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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/636 of 25 March 2025 amending Annexes III and V to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2235 as regards model animal health certificates, model official certificates, model animal health/official certificates and private attestation, for the entry into the Union or transit through the Union to a third country of consignments of certain categories of animals and goods intended for human consumption

Type Implementing Regulation

Publication 2025-04-30

State In force

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Department European Commission, SANTE

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II.1. Health attestation I, the undersigned official veterinarian, hereby certify, that the consignment of products of animal origin or goods described in Part I: II.1.1. originates from and has been produced in the Union and was eligible for placing on the market in the Union, II.1.2. was packed in the Union and, for products of animal origin, was marked in the Union in accordance with Section I of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, II.1.3. is destined for the Union, II.1.4. has not been tampered and did not undergo any other handling than unloading, storage, re-loading, and transporting in … ⁽¹⁾ and for products of animal origin has been stored and transported in accordance with the relevant requirements of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004. II.2. Storage attestation I, the undersigned official veterinarian, hereby certify, that the consignment of products of animal origin or goods described in Part I: II.2.1. has been stored in the approved/registered establishments, II.2.2. has been reloaded in the approved/registered establishments under supervision of the competent authority. Notes In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Windsor Framework (see Joint Declaration No 1/2023 of the Union and the United Kingdom in the Joint Committee established by the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community of 24 March 2023, OJ L 102, 17.4.2023, p. 87) in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Framework, for the purpose of this animal health/official certificate, references to the Union in this certificate include the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland. This animal health/official certificate is intended for the entry into the Union of consignments of products covered by the certificates laid down in Articles 8 to 29 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2235 that originate from the Member States, are moved to a third country or territory listed in Annex XXII to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 with the specific condition “consignments that originate in the Union and are moved to a third country or territory, and moved back to the Union after unloading, storage and reloading” and are moved back to the Union from that third country or territory after being unloaded, stored and reloaded. This animal health/official certificate shall be completed in accordance with the notes for the completion of certificates provided for in Chapter 4 of Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2235. Part I: Box reference 1.7 : Indicate the name and ISO country code of the country where the goods were produced, manufactured or packed (labelled with the identification mark). Part II: ⁽¹⁾ Code of the zone in accordance with column 2 of the table in Part 1 of Annex XXII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404; only for the zones listed with the specific condition “consignments that originate in the Union and are moved to a third country or territory, and moved back to the Union after unloading, storage and reloading” in column 6 of that table.

II.1. Health attestation I, the undersigned official veterinarian, hereby certify, that the consignment of products of animal origin or goods described in Part I: II.1.1. originates from and has been produced in the Union and was eligible for placing on the market in the Union, II.1.2. was packed in the Union and, for products of animal origin, was marked in the Union in accordance with Section I of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, II.1.3. is destined for the Union, II.1.4. has not been tampered and did not undergo any other handling than unloading, storage, re-loading, and transporting in … ⁽¹⁾ and for products of animal origin has been stored and transported in accordance with the relevant requirements of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004. II.2. Storage attestation I, the undersigned official veterinarian, hereby certify, that the consignment of products of animal origin or goods described in Part I: II.2.1. has been stored in the approved/registered establishments, II.2.2. has been reloaded in the approved/registered establishments under supervision of the competent authority. Notes In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Windsor Framework (see Joint Declaration No 1/2023 of the Union and the United Kingdom in the Joint Committee established by the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community of 24 March 2023, OJ L 102, 17.4.2023, p. 87) in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Framework, for the purpose of this animal health/official certificate, references to the Union in this certificate include the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland. This animal health/official certificate is intended for the entry into the Union of consignments of products covered by the certificates laid down in Articles 8 to 29 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2235 that originate from the Member States, are moved to a third country or territory listed in Annex XXII to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 with the specific condition “consignments that originate in the Union and are moved to a third country or territory, and moved back to the Union after unloading, storage and reloading” and are moved back to the Union from that third country or territory after being unloaded, stored and reloaded. This animal health/official certificate shall be completed in accordance with the notes for the completion of certificates provided for in Chapter 4 of Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2235. Part I: Box reference 1.7 : Indicate the name and ISO country code of the country where the goods were produced, manufactured or packed (labelled with the identification mark). Part II: ⁽¹⁾ Code of the zone in accordance with column 2 of the table in Part 1 of Annex XXII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404; only for the zones listed with the specific condition “consignments that originate in the Union and are moved to a third country or territory, and moved back to the Union after unloading, storage and reloading” in column 6 of that table.


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Name (in capital letters)
Date		Qualification and title
Stamp		Signature

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ANNEX II

‘ANNEX V

MODEL PRIVATE ATTESTATION BY THE OPERATOR ENTERING SHELF-STABLE COMPOSITE PRODUCTS INTO THE UNION IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 22 OF DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2022/2292

Part I: Description of consignment


COUNTRY

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I.1	Consignor/Exporter
	Name
	Address
	Address
	Country
I.5	Consignee/Importer ⁽⁷⁾
	Name
	Address
	Country
I.7	Country of origin
I.8	Region of origin
I.11	Place of dispatch
	Name
	Address
	Country
I.13	Place of loading

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I.15	Means of transport
	☐ Aircraft
	☐ Railway
	Identification
	Identification

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I.18	Transport conditions
I.19	Container number/Seal number
	Container No
I.20	Certified as or for ☐ Products for human consumption

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I.24	Total number of packages

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I.27	Description of consignment
CN code	CN code
	Nature of commodity
☐ Final consumer	☐ Final consumer

Part II: Attestation


	II. Health information	II.a	Attestation	II.b	IMSOC reference


I, the undersigned, … (name, address, and full details of the importer) as representative of the food business operators entering goods into the Union of the consignment of composite products described in Part I declare that the composite products accompanied by this attestation: 1. comply with the applicable requirements referred to in Article 126(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council; 2. do not need to be stored or transported under controlled temperature, unless shelf-stable composite products need to be transported chilled for organoleptic quality reasons; 3. contain no colostrum-based products and no processed meat other than gelatine not derived from ruminant bones ⁽³⁾, collagen not derived from ruminant bones ⁽³⁾ or highly refined products ⁽³⁾ referred to in Section XVI of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council; 4. contain the following list of ingredients of plant origin and of processed products of animal origin ⁽¹⁾ …; 5. contain processed products of animal origin, for which requirements are laid down in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 originating from the following approved establishment(s) ⁽²⁾ ….; 6. contain processed products of animal origin which originate, with the exception of gelatine, collagen, and the highly refined products listed in Section XVI, point 1, of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 and fishery products from wild catch, from third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of each processed product of animal origin as listed in Annex –I to Commission Implementing Regulation 2021/405 or from the Member States; 7. originate from third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of meat products, dairy products, fishery products or egg products on the basis of the Union animal and public health requirements, and which are listed at least for one of these products of animal origin pursuant to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 or Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 and included in the list laid down in Annex –I to Implementing Regulation 2021/405 for the species/commodity from which the processed products of animal origin contained in the composite products, with the exception of collagen, gelatine and the highly refined products listed in Section XVI, point 1, of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 and fishery products from wild catch, are derived; 8. have been produced in an establishment which fulfils hygiene standards, recognised to be equivalent to those required by Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council; ⁽³⁾ 9. contain fishery products from wild catch or fishery products derived from live bivalve molluscs/live echinoderms/live tunicates/live marine gastropods from wild catch for which monitoring arrangements are in place to control compliance with Union legislation on contaminants in accordance with Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/915, and on pesticide residues in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council; ⁽³⁾ 10. contain dairy products, which ^{(3) (4)} either were obtained in a third country or territory, or zone thereof listed in Annex XVII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 or in the Union, and the approved establishment(s) of origin of the raw milk or the dairy products (indicated in Part II, point 5, of this attestation) are located in: ⁽³⁾ either a third country or territory, or zone thereof listed in Annex XVII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404; ⁽³⁾ and/or the Union; ^{(3) (5)} or were obtained in a third country or territory, or zone thereof listed in Annex XVII or XVIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 or in the Union, and they have undergone a specific risk-mitigating treatment provided for in column A or B of the table in Annex XXVII to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692 in the approved establishment(s) (indicated in Part II, point 5, of this attestation) located in the third country or territory, or zone thereof of the origin of the composite products; ^{(3) (6)} or were obtained in a third country or territory, or zone thereof listed in Annex XVII or XVIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 or in the Union, and they have undergone a specific risk-mitigating treatment at least equivalent to one of the treatments provided for in column B of the table in Annex XXVII to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692 in the approved establishment(s) (indicated in Part II, point 5, of this attestation); ⁽³⁾ 11. contain egg products, which have undergone a specific risk-mitigating treatment at least equivalent to one of the treatments provided for in the table in Annex XXVIII to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692. Notes In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Windsor Framework (see Joint Declaration No 1/2023 of the Union and the United Kingdom in the Joint Committee established by the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community of 24 March 2023, OJ L 102, 17.4.2023, p. 87) in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Framework, references to the Union in this attestation include the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland. Part I: Box reference I.6 : Optional in the case of products exempted from official controls at border control posts. Box reference I.13 : Optional in the case of products exempted from official controls at border control posts. Box reference I.15 : Optional in the case of products exempted from official controls at border control posts. Box reference I.16 : Optional in the case of products exempted from official controls at border control posts. Box reference I.18 : Indicate chilled when the shelf-stable composite products are transported under controlled temperature for organoleptic quality reasons. Box reference I.19 : Optional in the case of products exempted from official controls at border control posts. Box reference I.27 : If the private attestation covers several composite products, the description of goods in box I.27 shall be presented clearly and separately for each composite product (one line by product). “Type of packaging”: Indicate the type of packaging according to the definition given in Recommendation No 21 ¹⁴ of UN/CEFACT (United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business). “Net weight”: Indicate the mass of each composite product covered by the private attestation. Those data are needed to calculate the total net weight in box I.26. “Manufacturing plant”: Indicate registration number or address of the plant where the final composite products are produced.

I, the undersigned, … (name, address, and full details of the importer) as representative of the food business operators entering goods into the Union of the consignment of composite products described in Part I declare that the composite products accompanied by this attestation: 1. comply with the applicable requirements referred to in Article 126(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council; 2. do not need to be stored or transported under controlled temperature, unless shelf-stable composite products need to be transported chilled for organoleptic quality reasons; 3. contain no colostrum-based products and no processed meat other than gelatine not derived from ruminant bones ⁽³⁾, collagen not derived from ruminant bones ⁽³⁾ or highly refined products ⁽³⁾ referred to in Section XVI of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council; 4. contain the following list of ingredients of plant origin and of processed products of animal origin ⁽¹⁾ …; 5. contain processed products of animal origin, for which requirements are laid down in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 originating from the following approved establishment(s) ⁽²⁾ ….; 6. contain processed products of animal origin which originate, with the exception of gelatine, collagen, and the highly refined products listed in Section XVI, point 1, of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 and fishery products from wild catch, from third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of each processed product of animal origin as listed in Annex –I to Commission Implementing Regulation 2021/405 or from the Member States; 7. originate from third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of meat products, dairy products, fishery products or egg products on the basis of the Union animal and public health requirements, and which are listed at least for one of these products of animal origin pursuant to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 or Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 and included in the list laid down in Annex –I to Implementing Regulation 2021/405 for the species/commodity from which the processed products of animal origin contained in the composite products, with the exception of collagen, gelatine and the highly refined products listed in Section XVI, point 1, of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 and fishery products from wild catch, are derived; 8. have been produced in an establishment which fulfils hygiene standards, recognised to be equivalent to those required by Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council; ⁽³⁾ 9. contain fishery products from wild catch or fishery products derived from live bivalve molluscs/live echinoderms/live tunicates/live marine gastropods from wild catch for which monitoring arrangements are in place to control compliance with Union legislation on contaminants in accordance with Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/915, and on pesticide residues in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council; ⁽³⁾ 10. contain dairy products, which ^{(3) (4)} either were obtained in a third country or territory, or zone thereof listed in Annex XVII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 or in the Union, and the approved establishment(s) of origin of the raw milk or the dairy products (indicated in Part II, point 5, of this attestation) are located in: ⁽³⁾ either a third country or territory, or zone thereof listed in Annex XVII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404; ⁽³⁾ and/or the Union; ^{(3) (5)} or were obtained in a third country or territory, or zone thereof listed in Annex XVII or XVIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 or in the Union, and they have undergone a specific risk-mitigating treatment provided for in column A or B of the table in Annex XXVII to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692 in the approved establishment(s) (indicated in Part II, point 5, of this attestation) located in the third country or territory, or zone thereof of the origin of the composite products; ^{(3) (6)} or were obtained in a third country or territory, or zone thereof listed in Annex XVII or XVIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 or in the Union, and they have undergone a specific risk-mitigating treatment at least equivalent to one of the treatments provided for in column B of the table in Annex XXVII to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692 in the approved establishment(s) (indicated in Part II, point 5, of this attestation); ⁽³⁾ 11. contain egg products, which have undergone a specific risk-mitigating treatment at least equivalent to one of the treatments provided for in the table in Annex XXVIII to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692. Notes In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Windsor Framework (see Joint Declaration No 1/2023 of the Union and the United Kingdom in the Joint Committee established by the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community of 24 March 2023, OJ L 102, 17.4.2023, p. 87) in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Framework, references to the Union in this attestation include the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland. Part I: Box reference I.6 : Optional in the case of products exempted from official controls at border control posts. Box reference I.13 : Optional in the case of products exempted from official controls at border control posts. Box reference I.15 : Optional in the case of products exempted from official controls at border control posts. Box reference I.16 : Optional in the case of products exempted from official controls at border control posts. Box reference I.18 : Indicate chilled when the shelf-stable composite products are transported under controlled temperature for organoleptic quality reasons. Box reference I.19 : Optional in the case of products exempted from official controls at border control posts. Box reference I.27 : If the private attestation covers several composite products, the description of goods in box I.27 shall be presented clearly and separately for each composite product (one line by product). “Type of packaging”: Indicate the type of packaging according to the definition given in Recommendation No 21 ¹⁴ of UN/CEFACT (United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business). “Net weight”: Indicate the mass of each composite product covered by the private attestation. Those data are needed to calculate the total net weight in box I.26. “Manufacturing plant”: Indicate registration number or address of the plant where the final composite products are produced.


Date		Qualification and title of the importer
Stamp		Signature

⁽¹⁾ Please list the ingredients in descending order of weight. Grouping certain ingredients by dairy products, fishery products, egg products, products of non-animal origin, as relevant, is allowed.

⁽²⁾ Please introduce the approval number of the establishment(s) having produced the processed products of animal origin contained in the composite products and the third country or territory, or zone thereof, or the Member States, where the approved establishment(s) is/are located, as provided for in Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004, and indicated by the food business operator entering goods into the Union.

⁽³⁾ Delete if not applicable.

⁽⁴⁾ Only if the third country or territory, or zone thereof of origin of the composite products (ISO country code inserted in box I.7) is listed for the entry into the Union of milk and dairy products not subject to a risk-mitigating treatment in Annex XVII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404.

⁽⁵⁾ Only if the third country or territory, or zone thereof of origin of the composite products (ISO country code inserted in box I.7) is listed for the entry into the Union of dairy products subject to a risk-mitigating treatment in Annex XVIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404.

⁽⁶⁾ If the third country or territory, or zone thereof of origin of the composite products (ISO country code inserted in box I.7) is not listed for the entry into the Union of milk and dairy products not subject to a risk-mitigating treatment in Annex XVII or of dairy products subject to a risk-mitigating treatment in Annex XVIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404.

⁽⁷⁾ “Importer”: Representative of the food business operator entering goods into the Union as laid down in Article 22(1) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2292.

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