# Commission Regulation (EC) No 119/2009 of 9 February 2009 laying down a list of third countries or parts thereof, for imports into, or transit through, the Community of meat of wild leporidae, of certain wild land mammals and of farmed rabbits and the veterinary certification requirements (Text with EEA relevance), Article 1: Subject matter and scope

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. This Regulation lays down:
(a) a list of third countries and makes provision for the specification for the purposes of this Regulation by the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), of third countries or parts thereof from which the following commodities may be imported into, or transit through Great Britain:
(i)meat of wild leporidae not containing offal, except for unskinned and uneviscerated wild leporidae;
(ii)meat of wild land mammals other than ungulates and leporidae, not containing offal;
(iii)meat of farmed rabbits;
(b) the veterinary certification requirements for the commodities listed in points (i), (ii) and (iii) (the commodities).
2. ... For the purposes of this Regulation, transit covers storage during transit (including putting into storage, as referred to in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2124).
3. This Regulation shall apply without prejudice to:
(i)specific certification requirements provided for in agreements between the United Kingdom and third countries;
(ii)the relevant rules on certification contained within legislation implementing Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/119/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-119/article-1
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