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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 of 24 March 2021 Laying down the Lists of Third Countries or Regions Thereof Authorised for the Entry into the Union of Certain Animals and Goods Intended for Human Consumption in Accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council
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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 of 24 March 2021 Laying down the Lists of Third Countries or Regions Thereof Authorised for the Entry into the Union of Certain Animals and Goods Intended for Human Consumption in Accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council
Country/Region:
European Union
Competent Authority:
European Commission
Type:
Regulation
Status:
In force
Release Date:
2025-03-16
Implementation Date:
2025-03-16
Applicable Scope:
Aquatic & aquatic products; Egg & egg products; Meat & meat products; Milk & milk products
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Official Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 of 24 March 2021 Laying down the Lists of Third Countries or Regions Thereof Authorised for the Entry into the Union of Certain Animals and Goods Intended for Human Consumption in Accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council
Summary

This Regulation lays down the lists of third countries or regions thereof from which the entry into the Union of consignments of certain animals and goods intended for human consumption is permitted in accordance with Article 126(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625.

Article 1 Subject matter and scope

Article 2 Definitions

Article 3 List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of fresh meat and meat preparations of ungulates other than solipeds

Article 4 List of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of fresh meat, excluding minced meat, and of meat preparations of domestic solipeds

Article 5 List of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of fresh meat, excluding offal and minced meat, and of meat preparations of wild solipeds

Article 6 List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of fresh meat of poultry, ratites and wild game birds, and meat preparations of poultry

Article 7 List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of eggs and egg products

Article 8 List of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of fresh meat of farmed rabbit, and of fresh meat of wild leporidae not containing offal except for unskinned and uneviscerated wild leporidae

Article 9 List of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of fresh meat of wild land mammals other than ungulates and leporidae, not containing offal

Article 10 List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of meat products, including rendered animals fats, greaves, meat extracts and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines, and excluding casings

Article 11 List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of casings

Article 12 List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of live, chilled, frozen or processed bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods

Article 13 List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of certain fishery products

Article 14 List of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of raw milk, colostrum, colostrum-based products and dairy products of solipeds

Article 15 List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of raw milk, colostrum, colostrum-based products and dairy products, not required to undergo a specific risk-mitigating treatment against foot-and-mouth disease

Article 16 List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of dairy products required to undergo a specific risk-mitigating treatment against foot-and-mouth disease

Article 17 List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of frogs’ legs and of snails

Article 18 List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of gelatine and collagen

Article 19 List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of raw materials for the production of gelatine and collagen

Article 20 List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of treated raw materials for the production of gelatine and collagen

Article 21 List of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of honey and other apiculture products

Article 22 List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of certain highly refined products

Article 23 List of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of reptile meat

Article 24 List of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of insects

Article 25 List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of other products of animal origin

Article 26 List of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of live poultry and of hatching eggs of the species Gallus gallus, of live turkeys and of hatching eggs of turkeys

Article 27 Repeal

Article 28 Entry into force and application

ANNEX -I List of third countries or regions thereof with approved control plans for certain food-producing animals and products of animal origin intended for human consumption, as referred to in Article 2a, Article 3, Article 6, first paragraph, Article 7, first paragraph, Article 10, second paragraph, Articles 11, 15, 16, 21 and Article 25, points (a) and (c)

ANNEX I List of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of fresh meat, excluding minced meat, and of meat preparations of domestic solipeds, as referred to in Article 4, Article 19(2) and Article 25(b)

ANNEX II List of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of fresh meat, excluding offal and minced meat, and of meat preparations of wild solipeds, as referred to in Article 5 and Article 19(2)

ANNEX III List of third countries from which unplucked and uneviscerated wild game birds intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for entry into the Union if they are transported by aeroplane, as referred to in Article 6

ANNEX IV List of third countries authorized for the entry into the Union of consignments of eggs intended for placing on the market as Class A eggs as referred to in the second paragraph of Article 7

ANNEX V List of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of fresh meat of farmed rabbit, and of fresh meat of wild leporidae not containing offal except for unskinned and uneviscerated wild leporidae, as referred to in Article 8, Articles 18(4), 19(5) and 20(4), and Article 25(e)

ANNEX VI List of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of fresh meat of wild land mammals other than ungulates and leporidae, not containing offal, as referred to in Article 9, Articles 18(5), 19(6) and 20(5), and Article 25(f)

ANNEX VII List of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of meat products, including rendered animals fats, greaves, meat extracts and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines, and excluding casings, of leporidae, of solipeds, and of wild land mammals other than ungulates and leporidae, as referred to in the first paragraph of Article 10

ANNEX VIII List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of live, chilled, frozen or processed bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods, as referred to in Article 12

ANNEX IX List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of certain fishery products, as referred to in Article 13, Articles 18(3), 19(4), and 20(3), and Articles 22(b) and 25(d)

ANNEX X List of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of raw milk, colostrum, colostrum-based products and dairy products of solipeds, as referred to in Article 14

ANNEX XI List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of frogs’ legs and of snails, as referred to in Article 17

ANNEX XII List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of gelatine and collagen, derived from bovine, ovine, caprine, porcine and soliped animals, as referred to in Articles 18(1) and 20(1), and Article 22(a)

ANNEX XIII List of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of gelatine and collagen derived from poultry, as referred to in Articles 18(2) and 20(2), and Article 22(c)

ANNEX XIV List of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of reptile meat as referred to in Article 23

ANNEX XV List of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of insects as referred to in Article 24

ANNEX XVI List of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of live poultry and of hatching eggs of the species Gallus gallus, of live turkeys and of hatching eggs of turkeys, as referred to in the first paragraph of Article 26

ANNEX XVII Correlation table referred to in the second paragraph of Article 27

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