Article 4 Derogations from Article 3(b) of this Decision

By way of derogation from Article 3(b), Member States shall authorise the importation of the products referred to in Article 3(b)(i), (ii) and (iii), which have been obtained from birds slaughtered or hunted before 12 December 2007.

In the veterinary certificates/commercial documents accompanying consignments of those products, the following words as appropriate to the species shall be included:

‘Fresh meat/minced meat/mechanically separated meat of poultry, ratites, farmed or wild feathered game^f1 or meat preparations/meat products consisting of, or containing meat of poultry, ratites, farmed or wild feathered game or raw pet food and unprocessed feed material containing any parts of poultry, ratites, farmed or wild feathered game obtained from birds slaughtered or hunted before 12 December 2007 and in accordance with Article 4 of Commission Decision 2008/161/EC.’