# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2129 of 25 November 2019 establishing rules for the uniform application of frequency rates for identity checks and physical checks on certain consignments of animals and goods entering the Union (Text with EEA relevance), Annex I: Baseline criteria for determining the baseline frequency rates for the identity checks and physical checks of the consignments of animals, products of animal origin, germinal products, animal by-products, derived products, hay and straw and composite products

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

The frequency rates for physical checks of consignments of trade samples shall be in accordance with the description of the categories of goods provided in this Annex.
Baseline criteria for determining baseline frequency rates for identity checks and physical checks
Baseline frequency rates that apply to
Risk category
Category of animals or goods
identity checks
physical checks
I
Animals
100 %
100 %
II
Minced meat, mechanically separated meat and meat preparations for human consumption (HC)
Poultry meat for HC
Rabbit meat, game meat, and their meat products for HC
Eggs for HC
Egg products for HC which are preserved at frozen or chilled temperatures
Milk for HC
Dairy products and colostrum-based products for HC, which are preserved at frozen or chilled temperatures
Fishery products from aquaculture and bivalve molluscs for HC, which are not in hermetically sealed containers intended to render them stable at ambient temperature
Animal by-products and derived products, for feeding of farmed animals
100 %
30 %
III
Meat other than meat mentioned in Category II, and meat products derived from such meat, for HC
Rendered animal fat and greaves for HC
Poultry meat products for HC
Egg products for HC, other than those mentioned in Category II
Dairy products and colostrum-based products for HC other than those mentioned in Category II
Fishery products other than those mentioned in Category II
Honey and other apiculture products for HC
Composite products
Hatching eggs
Organic fertilisers and soil improvers, derived from animal by-products
Frog legs and snails for HC
Insects for HC
100 %
15 %
IV
Gelatine and collagen for HC
Casings
Semen and embryos
Animal by-products and derived products, other than those mentioned in Category II and Category III
100 %
5 %
V
Highly refined products for HC
Hay and straw
Other goods than those mentioned in Category II, Category III and Category IV
100 %
1 %

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/2129/annex/I (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-2129/annex-I
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