Division Section 4 Imports from a third country of hides and skins of ungulatesF1

The following requirements shall apply to the import F2from a third country of hides and skins of ungulates:

1. 1..

   Fresh or chilled hides and skins may be imported if:

   1. (a)

      they come from a third country referred to in the applicable column of row 4 of Table 2 set out in Section 1 which, as appropriate to the species concerned:

      1. (i)

         for a period of at least 12 months before dispatch, has been free from all of the following diseases:

         • classical swine fever,

         • African swine fever, and

         • Rinderpest; and

      2. (ii)

         has been free from foot-and-mouth disease for a period of at least 12 months before the date of dispatch and where, for a period of at least 12 months before the date of dispatch, no vaccination has been carried out against that disease;

   2. (b)

      they have been obtained from:

      1. (i)

         animals that have remained in the territory of the third country of origin for a period of at least three months before being slaughtered or since birth in the case of animals less that three months old;

      2. (ii)

         in the case of hides and skins from bi-ungulates, animals that come from holdings in which there has been no outbreak of foot-and mouth disease in the previous 30 days, and around which within a radius of 10 km there has been no case of foot-and-mouth disease for 30 days;

      3. (iii)

         in the case of hides and skins from swine, animals that come from holdings in which there has been no outbreak of swine vesicular disease in the previous 30 days, or of classical or African swine fever in the previous 40 days, and around which within a radius of 10 km there has been no case of these diseases for 30 days; or

      4. (iv)

         animals that have passed the ante-mortem health inspection at the slaughterhouse during the 24 hours before slaughter and have shown no evidence of foot-and-mouth disease, rinderpest, classical swine fever, African swine fever or swine vesicular disease; and

   3. (c)

      they have undergone all precautions to avoid recontamination with pathogenic agents.

2. 2..

   Treated hides and skins referred to in point C.2 of Chapter V of Annex XIII may be imported without any restrictions.

3. 3..

   Other treated hides and skins may be imported if:

   1. (a)

      they come either from:

      1. (i)

         a third country or, in the case of regionalisation in accordance with F3F4assimilated law, from a part of a third country, appearing on the list set out in point (a) of the column ‘third countries’ list’ of row 5 of Table 2 set out in Section 1 from which imports of fresh meat of the corresponding species are authorised and they have been treated as referred to in point 28(a), (b) and (c) of Annex I;

      2. (ii)

         a third country appearing on the list set out in point (a) of the applicable column of row 5 of Table 2 set out in Section 1 and they have been treated as referred to in point 28(c) or (d) of Annex I; or

      3. (iii)

         equidae or ruminant animals from a third country appearing on the list set out in point (b) of the column ‘third countries’ list’ of row 5 of Table 2 of Section 1, and have been treated as referred to in point 28(a), (b) and (c) of Annex I and after treatment have been kept separate for a period of at least 21 days; and

   2. (b)

      in the case of salted hides and skins transported by ship, they have been treated as referred to in point 28(b) or (c) of Annex I and have been kept separated after treatment during transportation for a period of at least 14 days in the case of the treatment referred to in point 28(b) or seven days in the case of the treatment referred to in point 28(c) before importation and the health certificate accompanying the consignment attests such treatment and the duration of the transportation.

4. 4..

   Fresh, chilled or treated hides and skins of ungulates must be imported in containers, road vehicles, railway wagons or bales sealed under the responsibility of the competent authority of the third country of dispatch.