{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-626/article-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-626/article-21.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2019/626",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/626 of 5 March 2019 concerning lists of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the European Union of certain animals and goods intended for human consumption, amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/759 as regards these lists (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-626",
  "path": "article/21",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into Great Britain of other products of animal origin",
  "text": "Consignments of products of animal origin other than those referred to in Articles 3 to 20 intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into Great Britain if they come from the following third countries or regions thereof:\n1..if derived from ungulates, such territory or part of the following third countries as the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), may specify in a document published for the purposes of this paragraph—\n(a)the countries listed in column 1 of the table in Part 1 of Annex 2 to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010;\n(b)South Korea;\n(c)Malaysia;\n(d)Pakistan;\n(e)Taiwan;\n2..if derived from poultry, such territory or part of the following third countries as the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), may specify in a document published for the purposes of this paragraph—\n(a)the countries listed in column 1 of the table in Part 1 of Annex 1 to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008;\n(b)Taiwan;\n3..if derived from fishery products, such territory or part of the third countries or regions listed in Annex 2 as the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), may specify in a document published for the purposes of this paragraph;\n4..if derived from leporidae and from wild land mammals other than ungulates, the third countries ... listed in column 1 of the table in Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 119/2009 , or any parts thereof specified by the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), under Article 3 of that Regulation in a document published for the purposes of that Article;\n5..if derived from different species, the third countries or regions thereof listed in points 1 to 4 of this Article for each product of animal origin.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Arts. 3-21 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(3) (with regs. 33-36)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Art. 21(1)-(3) substituted (10.2.2025) by The Official Controls (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/102), regs. 1(1)(b), 48(7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 21(4) omitted (1.7.2022) by virtue of The Import of Animals and Animal Products and Approved Countries (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/735), regs. 1(2), 17(6)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Art. 21(4) inserted (1.7.2022) by The Import of Animals and Animal Products and Approved Countries (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/735), regs. 1(2), 17(6)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Art. 21 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(2) (with regs. 33-36)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/626/article/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:43:28.325240+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}