Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 of 24 March 2021 laying down the lists of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of certain animals and goods intended for human consumption in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance)

Article 1

Subject matter and scope

This Regulation lays down the lists of third countries or regions thereof from which the entry into the Union of consignments of certain animals and goods intended for human consumption is permitted in accordance with Article 126(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625.

Article 2

Definitions

For the purpose of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:

(1) ‘fresh meat’ means fresh meat as defined in point 1.10 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(2) ‘meat preparations’ means meat preparations as defined in point 1.15 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(3) ‘domestic solipeds’ means animals of the species Equus caballus, Equus asinus and their cross-breeds;

(4) ‘wild solipeds’ means animals of the subgenus Hippotigris;

(5) ‘offal’ means offal as defined in point 1.11 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(6) ‘meat’ means meat as defined in point 1.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(7) ‘minced meat’ means minced meat as defined in point 1.13 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(8) ‘poultry’ means poultry as defined in point 1.3 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(9) ‘wild leporidae’ means rabbits and hares that are not kept by humans;

(10) ‘wild game’ means wild game as defined in point 1.5 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(11) ‘farmed game’ means farmed game as defined in point 1.6. of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(12) ‘eggs’ means eggs as defined in point 5.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(13) ‘egg products’ means egg products as defined in point 7.3 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(14) ‘meat products’ means meat products as defined in point 7.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(15) ‘treated stomachs, bladders and intestines’ means treated stomachs, bladders and intestines as defined in point 7.9 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(16) ‘casings’ means casings as defined in point (45) of the second paragraph of Article 2 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692;

(17) ‘rendered animal fat’ means rendered animal fat as defined in point 7.5 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(18) ‘greaves’ means greaves as defined in point 7.6 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(19) ‘bivalve molluscs’ means bivalve molluscs as defined in point 2.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(20) ‘fishery products’ means fishery products as defined in point 3.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(21) ‘raw milk’ means raw milk as defined in point 4.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(22) ‘dairy products’ means dairy products as defined in point 7.2. of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(23) ‘colostrum’ means colostrum as defined in point 1 of Section IX of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(24) ‘colostrum-based products’ means colostrum-based products as defined in point 2 of Section IX of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(25) ‘frogs’ legs’ means frogs’ legs as defined in point 6.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 and any other frogs’ legs of the genera Pelophylax from the family of Ranidae, and of the genera Limnonectes, Fejervarya and Hoplobatrachus from the family of Dicroglossidae;

(26) ‘snails’ means snails as defined in point 6.2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 and any other snails of the family of Helicidae, Hygromiidae or Sphincterochilidae;

(27) ‘gelatine’ means gelatine as defined in point 7.7 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(28) ‘collagen’ means collagen as defined in point 7.8 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(29) ‘honey’ means honey as defined in point 1 of Part IX of Annex II of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (¹);

(30) ‘apiculture products’ means apiculture products as defined in point 2 of Part IX of Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013;

(31) ‘reptile meat’ means reptile meat as defined in point (16) of Article 2 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/625;

(32) ‘insects’ means insects as defined in point (17) of Article 2 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/625;

(33) ‘day-old chicks’ means day-old chicks as defined in point (19) of Article 2 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692;

(34) ‘hatching eggs’ means hatching eggs as defined in point (44) of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429;

(35) ‘breeding poultry’ means breeding poultry as defined in point (17) of Article 2 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692;

(36) ‘productive poultry’ means productive poultry as defined in point (18) of Article 2 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692;

(37) ‘animals intended for slaughter’ means animals intended for slaughter as defined in point (13) of Article 2 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692.

Article 2a

List of third countries with approved control plans for pharmacologically active substances, pesticides and contaminants in certain food-producing animals and products of animal origin intended for human consumption

The third countries or regions thereof, which made a request to be included in the list referred to in Article 6(2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2292, which are marked with an ‘X’ in the table in Annex -I to this Regulation for the categories ‘bovine’, ‘ovine/caprine’, ‘porcine’, ‘equine’, ‘poultry’, ‘aquaculture’, ‘milk’, ‘eggs’, ‘rabbit’, ‘wild game’ or ‘farmed game’ and which produce composite products with processed products derived from bivalve molluscs originating either in Member States or in third countries or regions thereof listed in Annex VIII to this Regulation, are additionally marked with a ‘P’ in the table in Annex -I to this Regulation.

Article 3

List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of fresh meat and meat preparations of ungulates other than solipeds

Consignments of fresh meat and meat preparations of ungulates other than solipeds, intended for human consumption, shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union in accordance with Annex XIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404  and listed in Annex -I to this Regulation.

Article 4

List of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of fresh meat, excluding minced meat, and of meat preparations of domestic solipeds

Consignments of fresh meat, excluding minced meat, and of meat preparations of domestic solipeds, intended for human consumption, shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries that are listed in Annex I.

Article 5

List of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of fresh meat, excluding offal and minced meat, and of meat preparations of wild solipeds

Consignments of fresh meat, excluding offal and minced meat, and of meat preparations of wild solipeds, intended for human consumption, shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries that are listed in Annex II.

Article 6

List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of fresh meat of poultry, ratites and wild game birds, and meat preparations of poultry

Consignments of fresh meat of poultry, ratites and wild game birds, and meat preparations of poultry, intended for human consumption, shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union in accordance with Annex XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404  and listed in Annex -I to this Regulation.

Consignments of fresh meat of wild game birds intended for human consumption that are unplucked and uneviscerated and come from third countries listed in Annex III shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they are transported by aeroplane.

Article 7

List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of eggs and egg products

Consignments of eggs and egg products, intended for human consumption, shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union in accordance with Annex XIX to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404  and listed in Annex -I to this Regulation for ‘eggs’.

Consignments of eggs intended for placing on the market as Class A eggs in accordance with Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 589/2008 (³) shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries that are listed in Annex IV in order to comply with the requirements on Salmonella control in accordance with Article 10(6) of Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (⁴).

Article 8

List of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of fresh meat of farmed rabbit, and of fresh meat of wild leporidae not containing offal except for unskinned and uneviscerated wild leporidae, and consignments of meat preparations of farmed rabbit and wild leporidae

Consignments of fresh meat of farmed rabbit and of fresh meat of wild leporidae not containing offal except for unskinned and uneviscerated wild leporidae, and consignments of meat preparations of farmed rabbit and wild leporidae, intended for human consumption, shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries that are listed in Annex V.

Article 9

List of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of fresh meat of wild land mammals other than ungulates and leporidae, not containing offal, and consignments meat preparations of wild land mammals other than ungulates and leporidae

Consignments of fresh meat of wild land mammals other than ungulates and leporidae, not containing offal, and consignments of meat preparations of wild land mammals other than ungulates and leporidae, intended for human consumption, shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries that are listed in Annex VI.

Article 10

List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of meat products, including rendered animals fats, greaves, meat extracts and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines, and excluding casings

Consignments of meat products, including rendered animals fats, greaves, meat extracts and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines, and excluding casings, of leporidae, of solipeds, and of wild land mammals other than ungulates and leporidae, intended for human consumption, shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries that are listed in Annex VII.

Consignments of meat products, including rendered animals fats, greaves, meat extracts and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines, and excluding casings, of other species than those referred to in the first paragraph, intended for human consumption, shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union in accordance with Annex XV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404  and listed in Annex -I to this Regulation.

Article 11

List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of casings

Consignments of casings intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union in accordance with Annex XVI to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404  and listed in Annex -I to this Regulation for ‘casings’.

Article 12

List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of live, chilled, frozen or processed bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods

Consignments of live, chilled, frozen or processed bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods, and intended for human consumption, shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries or regions thereof that are listed in Annex VIII. Nevertheless, entry into the Union of adductor muscles of pectinidae other than aquaculture animals, completely separated from the viscera and gonads and intended for human consumption, shall also be permitted from third countries not appearing on that list.

Article 13

List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of certain fishery products

Consignments of fishery products intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries or regions thereof that are listed in Annex IX. This does not apply to consignments of animals and goods covered by Article 12.

Article 14

List of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of raw milk, colostrum, colostrum-based products and dairy products of solipeds

Consignments of raw milk, colostrum, colostrum-based products and dairy products of solipeds, intended for human consumption, shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries that are listed in Annex X.

Article 15

List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of raw milk, colostrum, colostrum-based products and dairy products, not required to undergo a specific risk-mitigating treatment against foot-and-mouth disease

Consignments of raw milk, colostrum, colostrum-based products and dairy products, not required to undergo a specific risk-mitigating treatment against foot-and-mouth disease and intended for human consumption, shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union in accordance with Annex XVII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404  and listed in Annex -I to this Regulation for ‘milk’.

Article 16

List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of dairy products required to undergo a specific risk-mitigating treatment against foot-and-mouth disease

Consignments of dairy products required to undergo a specific risk-mitigating treatment against foot-and-mouth disease and intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union in accordance with Annex XVIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404  and listed in Annex -I to this Regulation for ‘milk’.

Article 17

List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of frogs’ legs and of snails

Consignments of frogs’ legs and of snails, intended for human consumption, shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries or regions thereof that are listed in Annex XI.

Article 18

List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of gelatine and collagen

Article 19

List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of raw materials for the production of gelatine and collagen

Article 20

List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of treated raw materials for the production of gelatine and collagen

Article 21

List of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of honey and other apiculture products

Consignments of honey and other apiculture products intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries  listed in Annex -I for ‘honey’.

Article 22

List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of certain highly refined products

Consignments of highly refined products as described in Section XVI of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004, intended for human consumption, shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the following third countries or regions thereof:

(a) in the case of highly refined products derived from ungulates, the third countries or regions thereof that are listed in Annex XII;

(b) in the case of highly refined products derived from fishery products, the third countries or regions thereof that are listed in Annex IX;

(c) in the case of highly refined products derived from poultry, the third countries that are listed in Annex XIII.

Article 23

List of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of reptile meat

Consignments of reptile meat intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries that are listed in Annex XIV.

Article 24

List of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of insects

Consignments of insects intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if such foods are originated in and consigned from the third countries that are listed in Annex XV.

Article 25

List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of other products of animal origin

Consignments of products of animal origin other than those referred to in Articles 3 to 24, and intended for human consumption, shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the following third countries or regions thereof:

(a) if derived from domestic ungulates other than domestic solipeds, the third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry of fresh meat of domestic ungulates into the Union in accordance with Annex XIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404  and listed in Annex -I to this Regulation, where applicable;

(b) if derived from domestic solipeds, the third countries that are listed in Annex I;

(c) if derived from poultry, the third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry of fresh poultry meat into the Union in accordance with Annex XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404  and listed in Annex -I to this Regulation, where applicable;

(d) if derived from fishery products, the third countries or regions thereof that are listed in Annex IX;

(e) if derived from leporidae, the third countries that are listed in Annex V;

(f) if derived from wild land mammals other than ungulates and leporidae, the third countries that are listed in Annex VI;

(g) if derived from more than one species, the third countries or regions thereof that are listed for each species from which the products are derived, in accordance with points (a) to (e).

Article 26