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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-144/annex",
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  "legislation": "eur/2011/144",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 144/2011 of 17 February 2011 amending Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 laying down lists of third countries, territories or parts thereof authorised for the introduction into the European Union of certain animals and fresh meat and the veterinary certification requirements (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-144",
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  "text": "The Annexes to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 are amended as follows:\n(1) Annex I is amended as follows:\n(a) In Part 1, specific condition ‘IVb’ is replaced by the following:\n‘ “IVb”:\nrecognised as having officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis (EBL)-free herds equivalent to the requirements set out in Annex D to Directive 64/432/EEC for the purposes of exports to the Union of live animals certified according to the model of certificate BOV–X.’\n(b) In Part 2, Model BOV-X is replaced by the following:\n‘ Model BOV-X\n’\n(c) In Part 6, the protocol for Brucellosis (Brucella abortus) (BRL) is replaced by the following:\n‘ Brucellosis (Brucella abortus) (BRL)\nThe serum agglutination test, complement fixation test, buffered brucella antigen test, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) and fluorescence polarisation assay (FPA) shall be carried out according to Annex C to Directive 64/432/EEC.’\n(2) In Annex II, Part 1, is replaced by the following:\n‘PART 1\nList of third countries, territories and parts thereof\nFootnotes:\nWithout prejudice to specific certification requirements provided for in Union agreements with third countries.\nMeat from animals slaughtered on or before the date set out in column 7 may be imported into the Union for 90 days from that date. Consignments carried on vessels on the high seas may be imported into the Union if certified before the date set out in column 7 for 40 days from that date.(N.B.: no date in column 7 means that there are no time restrictions).\nOnly meat from animals slaughtered on or after the date set out in column 8 may be imported into the Union (no date in column 8 means that there are no time restrictions).\nThe 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.\nNot including Kosovo which is at present under international administration pursuant to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999\n* Requirements as in accordance with the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products (OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 132).\n— No certificates are laid down and fresh meat imports are prohibited (except for those species where indicated in the line comprising the entry for the whole country).\n“1” Category restrictions:\nNo offal is authorised for introduction into the Union (except, in the case of bovine species, diaphragm and masseter muscles).\nISO code and name of third country\nCode of Territory\nDescription of third country, territory or part thereof\nVeterinary certificate\nSpecific conditions\nClosing date\nOpening date\nModel(s)\nSG\n1\n2\n3\n4\n5\n6\n7\n8\nAL – Albania\nAL-0\nWhole country\n—\nAR – Argentina\nAR-0\nWhole country\nEQU\nAR-1\nThe Provinces of:\nBuenos Aires,\nCatamarca,\nCorrientes (except the departments of Berón de Astrada, Capital, Empedrado, General Paz, Itati, Mbucuruyá, San Cosme and San Luís del Palmar)\nEntre Ríos,\nLa Rioja,\nMendoza,\nMisiones,\nPart of Neuquén (excluding territory included in AR-4),\nPart of Río Negro (excluding territory included in AR-4),\nSan Juan,\nSan Luis,\nSanta Fe,\nTucuman,\nCordoba,\nLa Pampa,\nSantiago del Estero,\nChaco, Formosa, Jujuy and Salta, excluding the buffer area of 25 Km from the border with Bolivia and Paraguay that extends from the Santa Catalina District in the Province of Jujuy, to the Laishi District in the Province of Formosa\nBOV\nA\n1\n18 March 2005\nRUF\nA\n1\n1 December 2007\nRUW\nA\n1\n1 August 2010\nAR-2\nChubut, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego\nBOV, OVI, RUW, RUF\n1 March 2002\nAR-3\nCorrientes: the departments of Berón de Astrada, Capital, Empedrado, General Paz, Itati, Mbucuruyá, San Cosme and San Luís del Palmar\nBOV\nRUF\nA\n1\n1 December 2007\nAR-4\nPart of Río Negro (except: in Avellaneda the zone located north of the Provincial road 7 and east of the Provincial road 250, in Conesa the zone located east of the Provincial road 2, in El Cuy the zone located north of the Provincial road 7 from its intersection with the Provincial road 66 to the border with the Department of Avellaneda, and in San Antonio the zone located east of the Provincial roads 250 and 2)\nPart of Neuquén (except in Confluencia the zone located east of the Provincial road 17, and in Picun Leufú the zone located east of the Provincial road 17)\nBOV, OVI, RUW, RUF\n1 August 2008\nAU – Australia\nAU-0\nWhole country\nBOV, OVI, POR, EQU, RUF, RUW, SUF, SUW\nBA – Bosnia and Herzegovina\nBA-0\nWhole country\n—\nBH – Bahrain\nBH-0\nWhole country\n—\nBR – Brazil\nBR-0\nWhole country\nEQU\nBR-1\nState of Minas Gerais\nState of Espírito Santo;\nState of Goiás;\nState of Mato Grosso\nState of Rio Grande Do Sul, State of Mato Grosso Do Sul (except for the designated high surveillance zone of 15 Km from the external borders in the municipalities of Porto Murtinho, Caracol, Bela Vista, Antônio João, Ponta Porã, Aral Moreira, Coronel Sapucaia, Paranhos, Sete Quedas, Japorã, and Mundo Novo and the designated high surveillance zone in the municipalities of Corumbá and Ladário).\nBOV\nA and H\n1\n1 December 2008\nBR-2\nState of Santa Catarina\nBOV\nA and H\n1\n31 January 2008\nBR-3\nStates of Paraná and São Paulo\nBOV\nA and H\n1\n1 August 2008\nBW – Botswana\nBW-0\nWhole country\nEQU, EQW\nBW-1\nThe veterinary disease control zones 3c, 4b, 5, 6, 8, 9 and 18\nBOV, OVI, RUF, RUW\nF\n1\n1 December 2007\nBW-2\nThe veterinary disease control zones 10, 11, 13 and 14\nBOV, OVI, RUF, RUW\nF\n1\n7 March 2002\nBW-3\nThe veterinary disease control zone 12\nBOV, OVI, RUF, RUW\nF\n1\n20 October 2008\n20 January 2009\nBW-4\nThe veterinary disease control zone 4a, except the intensive surveillance buffer zone of 10 km along the boundary with the foot and mouth disease vaccination zone and wildlife management areas\nBOV\nF\n1\n18 February 2011\nBY – Belarus\nBY-0\nWhole country\n—\nBZ – Belize\nBZ-0\nWhole country\nBOV, EQU\nCA – Canada\nCA-0\nWhole country\nBOV, OVI, POR, EQU, SUF, SUW, RUF, RUW\nG\nCH – Switzerland\nCH-0\nWhole country\n*\nCL – Chile\nCL-0\nWhole country\nBOV, OVI, POR, EQU, RUF, RUW, SUF\nCN – China\nCN-0\nWhole country\n—\nCO – Colombia\nCO-0\nWhole country\nEQU\nCR – Costa Rica\nCR-0\nWhole country\nBOV, EQU\nCU – Cuba\nCU-0\nWhole country\nBOV, EQU\nDZ – Algeria\nDZ-0\nWhole country\n—\nET – Ethiopia\nET-0\nWhole country\n—\nFK – Falkland Islands\nFK-0\nWhole country\nBOV, OVI, EQU\nGL – Greenland\nGL-0\nWhole country\nBOV, OVI, EQU, RUF, RUW\nGT – Guatemala\nGT-0\nWhole country\nBOV, EQU\nHK – Hong Kong\nHK-0\nWhole country\n—\nHN – Honduras\nHN-0\nWhole country\nBOV, EQU\nHR – Croatia\nHR-0\nWhole country\nBOV, OVI, EQU, RUF, RUW\nIL – Israel\nIL-0\nWhole country\n—\nIN – India\nIN-0\nWhole country\n—\nIS – Iceland\nIS-0\nWhole country\nBOV, OVI, EQU, RUF, RUW\nKE – Kenya\nKE-0\nWhole country\n—\nMA – Morocco\nMA-0\nWhole country\nEQU\nME – Montenegro\nME-0\nWhole country\nBOV, OVI, EQU\nMG – Madagascar\nMG-0\nWhole country\n—\nMK – Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia\nMK-0\nWhole country\nOVI, EQU\nMU – Mauritius\nMU-0\nWhole country\n—\nMX – Mexico\nMX-0\nWhole country\nBOV, EQU\nNA – Namibia\nNA-0\nWhole country\nEQU, EQW\nNA-1\nSouth of the cordon fences which extend from Palgrave Point in the west to Gam in the east\nBOV, OVI,RUF, RUW\nF and J\n1\nNC – New Caledonia\nNC-0\nWhole country\nBOV, RUF, RUW\nNI – Nicaragua\nNI-0\nWhole country\n—\nNZ – New Zealand\nNZ-0\nWhole country\nBOV, OVI, POR, EQU, RUF, RUW, SUF, SUW\nPA – Panama\nPA-0\nWhole country\nBOV, EQU\nPY – Paraguay\nPY-0\nWhole country\nEQU\nPY-1\nWhole country except for the designated high surveillance zone of 15 Km from the external borders\nBOV\nA\n1\n1 August 2008\nRS – Serbia\nRS-0\nWhole country\nBOV, OVI, EQU\nRU – Russia\nRU-0\nWhole country\n—\nRU-1\nRegion of Murmansk, Yamolo-Nenets autonomous area\nRUF\nSV – El Salvador\nSV-0\nWhole country\n—\nSZ – Swaziland\nSZ-0\nWhole country\nEQU, EQW\nSZ-1\nArea west of the “red line” fences which extends northwards from the river Usutu to the frontier with South Africa west of Nkalashane,\nBOV, RUF, RUW\nF\n1\nSZ-2\nThe veterinary foot and mouth disease surveillance and vaccination control areas as gazetted as a Statutory Instrument under legal notice number 51 of 2001\nBOV, RUF, RUW\nF\n1\n4 August 2003\nTH – Thailand\nTH-0\nWhole country\n—\nTN – Tunisia\nTN-0\nWhole country\n—\nTR – Turkey\nTR-0\nWhole country\n—\nTR-1\nThe provinces of Amasya, Ankara, Aydin, Balikesir, Bursa, Cankiri, Corum, Denizli, Izmir, Kastamonu, Kutahya, Manisa, Usak, Yozgat and Kirikkale\nEQU\nUA – Ukraine\nUA-0\nWhole country\n—\nUS – United States\nUS-0\nWhole country\nBOV, OVI, POR, EQU,SUF, SUW, RUF, RUW\nG\nUY – Uruguay\nUY-0\nWhole country\nEQU\nBOV,\nA\n1\n1 November 2001\nOVI\nA\n1\nZA – South Africa\nZA-0\nWhole country\nEQU, EQW\nZA-1\nThe whole country except:\nthe part of the foot-and-mouth disease control area situated in the veterinary regions of Mpumalanga and Northern provinces, in the district of Ingwavuma of the veterinary region of Natal and in the border area with Botswana east of longitude 28°, and,\nthe district of Camperdown, in the province of KwaZulu-Natal,\nBOV, OVI, RUF, RUW\nF\n1\nZW – Zimbabwe\nZW-0\nWhole country\n—\n’",
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      "text": "Substituted by Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EU) No 144/2011 of 17 February 2011 amending Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 laying down lists of third countries, territories or parts thereof authorised for the introduction into the European Union of certain animals and fresh meat and the veterinary certification requirements (Official Journal of the European Union L 44 of 18 February 2011)."
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Without prejudice to specific certification requirements provided for in Union agreements with third countries."
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Meat from animals slaughtered on or before the date set out in column 7 may be imported into the Union for 90 days from that date. Consignments carried on vessels on the high seas may be imported into the Union if certified before the date set out in column 7 for 40 days from that date.(N.B.: no date in column 7 means that there are no time restrictions)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Only meat from animals slaughtered on or after the date set out in column 8 may be imported into the Union (no date in column 8 means that there are no time restrictions)."
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "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."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
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      "text": "Not including Kosovo which is at present under international administration pursuant to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999"
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