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Commission Regulation (EU) No 254/2010 of 10 March 2010 approving a control programme for Salmonella in poultry in certain third countries in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the Salmonella control status of certain third countries (Text with EEA relevance)

EU Regulation No 254/2010 · Adopted 10 March 2010 · Extends to United Kingdom

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Commission Regulation (EU) No 254/2010

of 10 March 2010

approving a control programme for Salmonella in poultry in certain third countries in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the Salmonella control status of certain third countries

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Directive 90/539/EEC of 15 October 1990 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in, and imports from third countries of, poultry and hatching eggsf1, and in particular Article 21(1) thereof,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 November 2003 on the control of Salmonella and other specified food-borne zoonotic agentsf2, and in particular Article 10(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 of 8 August 2008 laying down a list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which poultry and poultry products may be imported into and transit through the Community and the veterinary certification requirementsf3 provides that the commodities covered by that Regulation are only to be imported into and transit through the Union from the third countries, territories, zones or compartments listed in Annex I thereto.

(2)

Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 lays down rules for the control of Salmonella in different poultry populations in the Union. Admission to or retention on the list of third countries provided for in Union legislation from which Member States are authorised to import animals covered by that Regulation is subject to the submission to the Commission by the third country concerned of a control programme for Salmonella with equivalent guarantees as those contained in the national control programmes for Salmonella in the Member States.

(3)

In accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 584/2008f4, Salmonella control programmes concerning breeding and productive poultry of turkeys, hatching eggs thereof, day-old chicks of turkeys and slaughter poultry and poultry for restocking of turkeys provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003, are to apply from 1 January 2010 within the Union.

(4)

Canada, Israel and the United States have submitted to the Commission a control programme for Salmonella in breeding flocks of turkeys, hatching eggs thereof and day-old chicks of turkeys. These programmes provide the guarantees required by Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 and should therefore be approved.

(5)

Certain third countries currently listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 have not yet submitted any control programme for Salmonella in flocks of turkeys to the Commission, or alternatively the programmes submitted by them do not provide guarantees equivalent to those required by Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003. Imports of breeding and productive poultry of turkeys, hatching eggs thereof, day-old chicks of turkeys and slaughter poultry and poultry for restocking of turkeys should therefore no longer be authorised from those third countries from 1 January 2010.

(6)

Israel has submitted to the Commission a control programme for Salmonella in day-old chicks of Gallus gallus, intended for flocks of laying hens and broilers, supplementing the control programme of Israel approved by Commission Decision 2007/843/ECf5. Control programmes for Salmonella in flocks of breeding hens and hatching eggs thereof and day-old chicks of Gallus gallus were also submitted by Brazil. These programmes provide the guarantees required by Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 and should therefore be approved.

(7)

The list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments and the model veterinary certificates for the import of breeding and productive poultry, day old chicks and hatching eggs set out in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(8)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

OJ L 303, 31.10.1990, p. 6.

f2

OJ L 325, 12.12.2003, p. 1.

f3

OJ L 226, 23.8.2008, p. 1.

f4

OJ L 162, 21.6.2008, p. 3.

f5

OJ L 332, 18.12.2007, p. 81.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. 3Article 3
  4. Signature
  5. Annex Annex

1

The control programme in accordance with Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 is hereby approved as regards Salmonella:

  1. (a)

    in breeding flocks of turkeys, hatching eggs thereof and day-old chicks of turkeys submitted by Canada, Israel and the United States;

  2. (b)

    in day-old chicks of Gallus gallus intended for flocks of laying hens or broilers submitted by Israel;

  3. (c)

    in breeding hens of Gallus gallus, hatching eggs thereof and day-old chicks of Gallus gallus submitted by Brazil.

2

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 January 2010.

Signature

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirely and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 10 March 2010.

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel Barroso

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 is amended as follows:

  1. 1..

    Part 1 is replaced by the following:

    ‘PART 1

    List of third countries, territories, zones or compartments

    Commodities, including those transported on the high seas, produced before this date may be imported into the Union during a period of 90 days from this date.

    Only commodities produced after this date may be imported into the Union.

    In accordance with the agreement between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products (OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 132).

    The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; provisional code that does not prejudge in any way the definitive nomenclature for this country, which will be agreed following the conclusion of negotiations currently taking place on this subject in the United Nations.

    Not including Kosovo, as defined by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999.
    ISO code and name of third country or territoryCode of third country, territory, zone or compartmentDescription of third country, territory, zone or compartmentVeterinary certificateSpecific conditionsSpecific conditionsAvian influenza surveillance statusAvian influenza vaccination statusSalmonella control status
    Model(s)Additional guaranteesClosing datef1 Opening datef2
    1234566A6B789
    AL — AlbaniaAL-0Whole countryEP, ES4
    AR — ArgentinaAR-0Whole countrySPF
    POU, RAT, EP, EAS4
    WGMVIII
    AU — AustraliaAU-0Whole countrySPF
    EP, ES4
    BPP, DOC, HEP, SRPS0, ST0
    BPRI
    DORII
    HERIII
    POUVI
    RATVII
    BR — BrazilBR-0Whole countrySPF
    BR-1

    States of:

    Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Paraná, São Paulo and Mato Grosso do Sul

    		RAT, BPR, DOR, HER, SRANA
    BR-2

    States of:

    Mato Grosso, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and São Paulo

    		BPP, DOC, HEP, SRPNS5, ST0
    BR-3

    Distrito Federal and States of:

    Goiás, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and São Paulo

    		WGMVIII
    EP, E, POUNS4
    BW — BotswanaBW-0Whole countrySPF
    EP, ES4
    BPRI
    DORII
    HERIII
    RATVII
    BY — BelarusBY-0Whole countryEP and E (both “only for transit through the EU”)IX
    CA — CanadaCA-0Whole countrySPF
    EP, ES4
    BPR, BPP, DOR, HER, SRA, SRPNAS1, ST1
    DOC, HEPL, N
    WGMVIII
    POU, RATN
    CH — SwitzerlandCH-0Whole country f3 A
    CL — ChileCL-0Whole countrySPF
    EP, ES4
    BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRA, SRPNAS0, ST0
    WGMVIII
    POU, RATN
    CN — ChinaCN-0Whole countryEP
    CN-1Province of ShandongPOU, EVIP26.2.2004—S4
    GL — GreenlandGL-0Whole countrySPF
    EP, WGM
    HK — Hong KongHK-0The whole territory of the Hong Kong Special Administrative RegionEP
    HR — CroatiaHR-0Whole countrySPF
    BPR, BPP, DOR, DOC, HEP, HER, SRA, SRPNAS2, ST0
    EP, E, POU, RAT, WGMN
    IL — IsraelIL-0Whole countrySPF
    BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRPNAS5, ST1
    WGMVIII
    EP, E, POU, RATNS4
    IN — IndiaIN-0Whole countryEP
    IS — IcelandIS-0Whole countrySPF
    EP, ES4

    KR —

    Republic of Korea

    		KR-0Whole countryEP, ES4
    ME — MontenegroME-OWhole countryEP
    MG — MadagascarMG-0Whole countrySPF
    EP, E, WGMS4
    MY — MalaysiaMY-0——
    MY-1Western PeninsularEP
    EP26.2.2004S4

    MK —

    former Yugoslav Republic of Macedoniaf4

    		MK-0 Whole countryEP
    MX — MexicoMX-0Whole countrySPF
    EP
    NA — NamibiaNA-0Whole countrySPF
    BPRI
    DORII
    HERIII
    RAT, EP, EVIIS4

    NC —

    New Caledonia

    		NC-0Whole countryEP
    NZ — New ZealandNZ-0Whole countrySPF
    BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRA, SRPS0, ST0
    WGMVIII
    EP, E, POU, RATS4

    PM —

    Saint Pierre and Miquelon

    		PM-0Whole territorySPF
    RS — Serbiaf5 RS-0 Whole countryEP
    RU — RussiaRU-0Whole countryEP
    SG — SingaporeSG-0Whole countryEP
    TH — ThailandTH-0Whole countrySPF, EP
    WGMVIIIP223.1.2004
    E, POU, RATP223.1.2004S4
    TN — TunisiaTN-0Whole countrySPF
    DOR, BPR, BPP, HERS1, ST0
    WGMVIII
    EP, E, POU, RATS4
    TR — TurkeyTR-0Whole countrySPF
    EP, ES4
    US — United StatesUS-0Whole countrySPF
    BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRA, SRPNAS3, ST1
    WGMVIII
    EP, E, POU, RATNS4
    UY — UruguayUY-0Whole countrySPF
    EP, E, RATS4
    ZA — South AfricaZA-0Whole countrySPF
    EP, ES4
    BPRIA
    DORII
    HERIII
    RATVII
    ZW — ZimbabweZW-0Whole countryRATVII
    EP, ES4

    ’

  2. 2..

    Part 2 is amended as follows:

    1. (a)

      in the section on the ‘Salmonella control programme’, the following entries are added:

       “S5”

    2. ‘Prohibition to export into the Union breeding and productive poultry of Gallus gallus (BPP), slaughter poultry and poultry for restocking (SRP) of Gallus gallus because a Salmonella control programme in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 has not been submitted to the Commission or approved by it.

      3. “ST0”

    3. Prohibition to export into the Union breeding or productive poultry (BPP) of turkeys, day-old chicks (DOC) of turkeys, slaughter poultry and poultry for restocking (SRP) of turkeys and hatching eggs (HEP) of turkeys because a relevant Salmonella control programme in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 has not been submitted to the Commission or approved by it.

      4. “ST1”

    4. Prohibition to export into the Union breeding or productive poultry (BPP) of turkeys and slaughter poultry and poultry for restocking (SRP) of turkeys because a relevant Salmonella control programme in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 has not been submitted to the Commission or approved by it.’;

    5. (b)

      in the model certificate for breeding and productive poultry other than ratites (BPP), note 6 of Part II is replaced by the following:

      ‘(6)

      This guarantee applies for poultry belonging to the species of Gallus gallus and turkeys.’;

    6. (c)

      in the model certificate for day-old chicks other than ratites (DOC), note 6 of Part II is replaced by the following:

      ‘(6)

      This guarantee applies for poultry belonging to the species of Gallus gallus and turkeys.’;

    7. (d)

      in the model certificate for hatching eggs of poultry other than ratites (HEP), note 5 of Part II is replaced by the following:

      ‘(5)

      This guarantee applies for poultry belonging to the species of Gallus gallus and turkeys.’;

    8. (e)

      in the model certificate for slaughter poultry and poultry for restocking game supplies other than ratites (SRP), note 6 of Part II is replaced by the following:

      ‘(6)

      This guarantee applies for poultry belonging to the species of Gallus gallus and turkeys.’.