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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/318 of 12 February 2026 amending Annex III to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2235 and Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/403 as regards model certificates for entry into the Union of consignments of certain products of domestic solipeds origin intended for human consumption and certain categories of equine animals

Type Implementing Regulation

Publication 2026-02-20

State In force

Text As published

Department European Commission, SANTE

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⁽¹⁾ [II.1. Public health attestation (Delete when the Union is not the final destination of the meat products) I, the undersigned, declare that I am aware of the relevant requirements of Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council and hereby certify that the meat products ⁽²⁾, including rendered animal fats and greaves, meat extracts and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines others than casings, described in Part I were produced in accordance with these requirements, in particular that: II.1.1. they come from establishments applying general hygiene requirements and implementing a programme based on the hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP) principles in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 852/2004, regularly audited by the competent authorities, and listed as Union approved establishments; II.1.2. ⁽¹⁾ either [the animals from which the meat products were derived have passed ante-mortem and post-mortem inspections;] ⁽¹⁾ or [the wild game from which the meat products were derived have passed post-mortem inspection;] II.1.3. they have been produced from raw materials which meet the requirements of Sections I to VI of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004; II.1.4. they are in packages which have been marked with an identification mark in accordance with Section I of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004; II.1.5. they are in packaging with the affixed label(s) bearing an identification mark to the effect that the meat products been manufactured from raw materials exclusively obtained in slaughterhouses, game handling establishments, cutting plants, and establishments producing minced meat, meat preparations and mechanically separated meat, approved for the entry into the Union; II.1.6. they satisfy the relevant criteria laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005; II.1.7. they fulfil the guarantees covering animals and products thereof provided by the control plan submitted in accordance with Article 6(2) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2292 and the third country or region thereof of their origin is listed in Annex -I to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 and marked with an “X” for the concerned category of animals and products thereof; II.1.8. they are in means of transport and were loaded under conditions meeting the hygiene requirements laid down as regards the entry into the Union;] ⁽¹⁾ [II.1.9.1. they were obtained from meat of domestic porcine animals which fulfils the requirements of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1375, and which in particular: ⁽¹⁾ either [has been subjected to an examination by a digestion method for Trichinella with negative results;]]] ⁽¹⁾ and/or [has been subjected to a freezing treatment in accordance with Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1375;]]] ^{(1) (11)} and/or [is derived from domestic porcine animals coming from a holding or category of holdings that has been officially recognised by the competent authorities as applying controlled housing conditions in accordance with Article 8 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1375;]]] ^{(1) (11)} and/or [is derived from domestic porcine animals not weaned and less than 5 weeks of age;]]] ⁽¹⁾ [II.1.9.2. they were obtained from meat of solipeds or wild boar which fulfils the requirements of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1375, and which, in particular, has been subjected to an examination by a digestion method for Trichinella with negative results;]] ⁽¹⁾ [II.1.9.3. they are treated stomachs, bladders and intestines, and meat extracts produced in accordance with Section XIII of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;]] ⁽¹⁾ [II.1.9.4. they are rendered animal fats and greaves produced in accordance with Section XII of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;]] ⁽¹⁾ [II.1.10. they contain material from bovine, ovine or caprine animals, and with regard to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), ⁽¹⁾ either [the country or region of their origin is classified in accordance with Commission Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region posing a negligible BSE risk, and: ⁽¹⁾ either [the animals from which the meat products are derived were born, continuously reared and slaughtered in a country or region classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region posing a negligible BSE risk in which there have been no BSE indigenous cases;]]]] ⁽¹⁾ and/or [the animals from which the meat products are derived originate from a country or region classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region posing a negligible BSE risk in which there has been at least one BSE indigenous case, and the meat products do not contain and are not derived from mechanically separated meat obtained from bones of bovine, ovine and caprine animals;]]]] ⁽¹⁾ and/or [the animals from which the meat products are derived originate from a country or region classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region posing a controlled BSE risk, and: (a) the meat products do not contain and are not derived from specified risk material as defined in point 1 of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001; (b) the meat products do not contain and are not derived from mechanically separated meat obtained from bones of bovine, ovine and caprine animals; (c) the animals from which the meat products are derived have not been slaughtered after stunning by means of gas injected into the cranial cavity or killed by the same method or slaughtered by laceration after stunning of central nervous tissue by means of an elongated rod-shaped instrument introduced into the cranial cavity;]]]] ⁽¹⁾ and/or [the animals from which the meat products are derived originate from a country or region classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region posing an undetermined BSE risk, and: (a) the meat products do not contain and are not derived from specified risk material as defined in point 1 of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001; (b) the meat products do not contain and are not derived from mechanically separated meat obtained from bones of bovine, ovine and caprine animals; (c) the animals from which the meat products are derived have not been slaughtered after stunning by means of gas injected into the cranial cavity or killed by the same method or slaughtered by laceration after stunning of central nervous tissue by means of an elongated rod-shaped instrument introduced into the cranial cavity; (d) the animals from which the meat products are derived have not been fed with meat-and-bone meal or greaves, as defined in the Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the World Organisation for Animal Health; (e) the meat products were produced and handled in a manner which ensures that they do not contain and were not contaminated with nervous and lymphatic tissues exposed during the deboning process;]]]] ⁽¹⁾ or [the country or region of their origin is classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region posing a controlled BSE risk, and: (a) the animals from which the meat products are derived have not been slaughtered after stunning by means of gas injected into the cranial cavity or killed by the same method or slaughtered by laceration after stunning of central nervous tissue by means of an elongated rod-shaped instrument introduced into the cranial cavity; (b) the meat products do not contain and are not derived from: (i) specified risk material as defined in point 1 of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001; (ii) mechanically separated meat obtained from bones of bovine, ovine and caprine animals; ⁽¹⁾ either [(c) the animals from which the meat products are derived originate from a country or region classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region posing a negligible or a controlled BSE risk;]]]] ⁽¹⁾ and/or [(c) the animals from which the meat products are derived originate from a country or region classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region posing an undetermined BSE risk, and: (i) the animals from which the meat products are derived have not been fed with meat-and-bone meal or greaves, as defined in the Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the World Organisation for Animal Health; (ii) the meat products were produced and handled in a manner which ensures that they do not contain and were not contaminated with nervous and lymphatic tissues exposed during the deboning process;]]]] ⁽¹⁾ or [the country or region of their origin is classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region with an undetermined BSE risk, and: (a) the animals from which the meat products are derived have not been: (i) slaughtered after stunning by means of gas injected into the cranial cavity or killed by the same method or slaughtered by laceration after stunning of central nervous tissue by means of an elongated rod-shaped instrument introduced into the cranial cavity; (ii) fed meat-and-bone meal or greaves derived from ruminants, as defined in the Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the World Organisation for Animal Health; (b) the meat products do not contain and are not derived from: (i) specified risk material as defined in point 1 of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001; (ii) mechanically separated meat obtained from bones of bovine, ovine and caprine animals; (iii) nervous and lymphatic tissues exposed during the deboning process;]]]] ⁽¹⁾ [II.1.11. they contain material from domestic solipeds and the fresh meat used in their preparation was obtained from domestic solipeds which have been kept as food-producing equine animals for their whole lifetime in a third country or territory listed for equine animals in Annex -I to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 and marked with an “X” for the category “equine”, or in a Member State, in which the administration to domestic solipeds of: (i) substances listed in Table 2 of the Annex to Commission Regulation (EU) No 37/2010 is prohibited; (ii) thyrostatic substances, stilbenes, stilbene derivatives, their salts and esters, oestradiol 17β and its ester-like derivatives is prohibited; (iii) other substances having oestrogenic, androgenic or gestagenic action and of beta-agonists is only allowed for: ⁽¹⁾ either [therapeutic treatment as defined in Article 1(2), point (b), of Council Directive 96/22/EC, where applied in conformity with Article 4(2) of that Directive;]] ⁽¹⁾ and/or [zootechnical treatment as defined in Article 1(2), point (c), of Directive 96/22/EC, where applied in conformity with Article 5 of that Directive;]] ⁽¹⁾ [II.1.12. ^{(1) (12)} either [if containing material from farmed cervidae, they contain or are derived exclusively from meat, excluding offal and spinal cord, of farmed cervid animals which have been examined for chronic wasting disease by histopathology, immunohistochemistry or other diagnostic method recognised by the competent authorities with negative results and are not derived from animals coming from a herd where chronic wasting disease has been confirmed or is officially suspected.]]] ^{(1) (13)} or [if containing material from wild cervidae, they contain or are derived exclusively from meat, excluding offal and spinal cord, of wild cervid animals which have been examined for chronic wasting disease by histopathology, immunohistochemistry or other diagnostic method recognised by the competent authorities with negative results and are not derived from animals coming from a region where chronic wasting disease has been confirmed in the last 3 years prior to the date of issue of this animal health/official certificate or is officially suspected.]]] ^{(1) (14)} [II.1a. Attestation as regards Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/905 (Delete when the Union is not the final destination of the meat products) I, the undersigned, declare that I am aware of the relevant requirements of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/905 and hereby certify that the meat products, including rendered animal fats and greaves, meat extracts and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines others than casings described in Part I were produced in accordance with these requirements, and in particular, that the animals from which the meat is derived have not been administered antimicrobial medicinal products for growth promotion or yield increase or antimicrobial medicinal products containing an antimicrobial that is included in the list of antimicrobials reserved for the treatment of certain infections in humans laid down in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1255 as set out in Article 3 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/905 and originate from a third country or region thereof listed in the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2598.] ⁽¹⁾ [II.2. Animal health attestation (Delete when the meat products are entirely derived from meat of domestic solipeds (Equus caballus, Equus asinus and their cross-breeds); wild game solipeds belonging to the subgenus Hippotigris (Zebra); wild leporidae; or wild land mammals other than ungulates and leporidae) The meat products, including rendered animal fats and greaves, meat extracts and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines others than casings, described in Part I: ⁽¹⁾ either [II.2.1. have been processed in and dispatched from the zone with code … ⁽³⁾, which, at the date of issue of this animal health/official certificate, is: (a) authorised for the entry into the Union of fresh meat of the species of animals from which the meat products described in Part I have been processed and listed in ⁽¹⁾ either [Part 1 of Annex XIII to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404, in case of fresh meat of ungulates;] ⁽¹⁾ or [Part 1, Section B, of Annex XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404, in case of fresh meat of poultry and game birds;] (b) listed in Part 1 of Annex XV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 for entry into the Union of the meat products described in Part I under the non-specific treatment “A”;] ⁽¹⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ or [II.2.1. have been processed in and dispatched from the zone with code … ⁽⁵⁾, which, at the date of issue of this animal health/official certificate, is authorised for the transit through the Union of meat products of the species of animals with code(s) … ⁽⁶⁾ intended for destination outside the Union, and listed in Part 1 of Annex XXII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404;] II.2.2. have been processed from fresh meat from the species of animals with code(s) … ⁽⁶⁾; II.2.3. have been processed from fresh meat that has undergone a non-specific treatment ⁽⁷⁾; II.2.4. have been processed from fresh meat that complied with all the relevant requirements for entry into the Union of fresh meat laid down in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692 and, therefore, was eligible for entry into the Union as such and was obtained from animals that complied with the residency period in establishments located in ⁽¹⁾ either [the zone referred to in point II.2.1;] ⁽¹⁾ or [the zone(s) with code(s) … ⁽⁸⁾ which, at the date of issue of this animal health/official certificate is/are authorised for the entry into the Union of fresh meat of the species from which the meat products have been processed and is/are listed in ^{(1) (9)} either [Part 1 of Annex XIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404;]] ⁽¹⁾ or [Part 1, Section B, of Annex XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404;]] ⁽¹⁾ or [Member States;] II.2.5. have been processed from fresh meat obtained from ⁽¹⁾ either [animals kept in establishments which were not subject to national restriction measures for animal health reasons, including the listed diseases referred to in Annex I to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692 relevant for the species of origin of the meat products and emerging diseases at the date of dispatch of the animals to the slaughterhouse, and in and around which, in an area of 10 km radius, including where appropriate the territory of a neighbouring country, such diseases have not been reported during the last 30 days prior to the date of slaughter of the animals;] ⁽¹⁾ or [wild animals which originate from a place in and round which none of the listed diseases relevant for the species of origin of the meat products in accordance with Annex I to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692, has been reported during the last 30 days prior to the date of killing of the animals;] II.2.6. after processing, have been handled until packaging in a way to prevent cross contamination that could introduce an animal health risk.] ^{(1) (10)} [II.2.7. are intended for Member States or zones thereof which have been granted the status free from infection with Newcastle disease virus without vaccination in accordance with Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/689 and have been processed from fresh meat obtained from poultry which have not been vaccinated against infection with Newcastle disease virus with a live vaccine during the last 30 days prior to the date of slaughter of the animals.]] ⁽¹⁾ [II.3. Animal welfare attestation (Delete when the Union is not the final destination) I, the undersigned official veterinarian, hereby certify, that the meat products described in Part I derive from animals which have been treated in the slaughterhouse in accordance with the requirements of the Union legislation on the protection of animals at the time of killing or at least equivalent requirements.] 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 animal health/official certificate include the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland. This animal health/official certificate is intended for the entry into the Union of meat products coming from zones authorised to enter fresh meat of the relevant species and therefore are not required to undergo a specific risk-mitigating treatment, including when the Union is not the final destination of such meat product. 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 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2235. Part I: Box reference I.27 : “Slaughterhouse”: Slaughterhouse or game handling establishment. Part II: ⁽¹⁾ Delete if not applicable. ⁽²⁾ “Meat products” as defined in point 7.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004. ⁽³⁾ Code of the zone in accordance with column 2 of the table in Part 1 of Annex XV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404. ⁽⁴⁾ Only applicable to consignments transiting through the Union and intended for destination outside the Union, originating from third country or territory, or zone thereof listed in Part 1 of Annex XXII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 as authorised for transit through the Union of meat products of the relevant species accompanied by an animal health certificate corresponding to the present model certificate in accordance with column 5 of the table in Part 1 of Annex XXII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404. ⁽⁵⁾ Code of the zone in accordance with column 2 of the table in Part 1 of Annex XXII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404. ⁽⁶⁾ BOV = domestic bovine animals; OVI = domestic ovine animals and caprine animals; POR = domestic porcine animals; RUF = animals of the family Bovidae (other than domestic bovine, ovine and caprine animals), camelid animals and cervid animals kept as farmed game; RUW = wild animals of the family Bovidae (other than domestic bovine, ovine and caprine animals), wild camelid animals and wild cervid animals; SUF = animals kept as farmed game of wild breeds of porcine animals and animals of the family Tayassuidae; SUW = wild animals of wild breeds of porcine animals and animals of the family Tayassuidae; POU = poultry other than ratites; RAT = ratites; GB= game birds. ⁽⁷⁾ This may be certified only when treatment “A” is assigned in Part 1 of Annex XV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 to the species of origin of the fresh meat and to the zone referred to in point II.2.1. ⁽⁸⁾ Code of the zone in accordance with column 2 of the table in Part 1 of Annex XIII or column 2 of the table in Part 1, Section B, of Annex XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404. ⁽⁹⁾ Not for the zones listed with specific conditions regarding maturation, pH or de-boning in column 5 of the table in Part 1 of Annex XIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404. ⁽¹⁰⁾ This guarantee is required only for the consignments intended for Member States or zones thereof which have been granted the status free from infection with Newcastle disease virus without vaccination in accordance with Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/689. ⁽¹¹⁾ The derogation for domestic porcine animals coming from a holding or category of holdings officially recognised as applying controlled housing conditions, may only be applied in countries listed in Annex VII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1375. ⁽¹²⁾ Applicable when the meat has been obtained from a country mentioned in Chapter F, point 1, of Annex IX to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001. ⁽¹³⁾ Applicable when the meat has been obtained from a country mentioned in Chapter F, point 2, of Annex IX to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001. ⁽¹⁴⁾ Applicable to consignments entering the Union as from 3 September 2026.


⁽¹⁾ [II.1. Public health attestation (Delete when the Union is not the final destination of the meat products) I, the undersigned, declare that I am aware of the relevant requirements of Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council and hereby certify that the meat products ⁽²⁾, including rendered animal fats and greaves, meat extracts and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines others than casings, described in Part I were produced in accordance with these requirements, in particular that: II.1.1. they come from establishments applying general hygiene requirements and implementing a programme based on the hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP) principles in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 852/2004, regularly audited by the competent authorities, and listed as Union approved establishments; II.1.2. ⁽¹⁾ either [the animals from which the meat products were derived have passed ante-mortem and post-mortem inspections;] ⁽¹⁾ or [the wild game from which the meat products were derived have passed post-mortem inspection;] II.1.3. they have been produced from raw materials which meet the requirements of Sections I to VI of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004; II.1.4. they are in packages which have been marked with an identification mark in accordance with Section I of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004; II.1.5. they are in packaging with the affixed label(s) bearing an identification mark to the effect that the meat products been manufactured from raw materials exclusively obtained in slaughterhouses, game handling establishments, cutting plants, and establishments producing minced meat, meat preparations and mechanically separated meat, approved for the entry into the Union; II.1.6. they satisfy the relevant criteria laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005; II.1.7. they fulfil the guarantees covering animals and products thereof provided by the control plan submitted in accordance with Article 6(2) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2292 and the third country or region thereof of their origin is listed in Annex -I to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 and marked with an “X” for the concerned category of animals and products thereof; II.1.8. they are in means of transport and were loaded under conditions meeting the hygiene requirements laid down as regards the entry into the Union;] ⁽¹⁾ [II.1.9.1. they were obtained from meat of domestic porcine animals which fulfils the requirements of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1375, and which in particular: ⁽¹⁾ either [has been subjected to an examination by a digestion method for Trichinella with negative results;]]] ⁽¹⁾ and/or [has been subjected to a freezing treatment in accordance with Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1375;]]] ^{(1) (11)} and/or [is derived from domestic porcine animals coming from a holding or category of holdings that has been officially recognised by the competent authorities as applying controlled housing conditions in accordance with Article 8 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1375;]]] ^{(1) (11)} and/or [is derived from domestic porcine animals not weaned and less than 5 weeks of age;]]] ⁽¹⁾ [II.1.9.2. they were obtained from meat of solipeds or wild boar which fulfils the requirements of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1375, and which, in particular, has been subjected to an examination by a digestion method for Trichinella with negative results;]] ⁽¹⁾ [II.1.9.3. they are treated stomachs, bladders and intestines, and meat extracts produced in accordance with Section XIII of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;]] ⁽¹⁾ [II.1.9.4. they are rendered animal fats and greaves produced in accordance with Section XII of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;]] ⁽¹⁾ [II.1.10. they contain material from bovine, ovine or caprine animals, and with regard to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), ⁽¹⁾ either [the country or region of their origin is classified in accordance with Commission Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region posing a negligible BSE risk, and: ⁽¹⁾ either [the animals from which the meat products are derived were born, continuously reared and slaughtered in a country or region classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region posing a negligible BSE risk in which there have been no BSE indigenous cases;]]]] ⁽¹⁾ and/or [the animals from which the meat products are derived originate from a country or region classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region posing a negligible BSE risk in which there has been at least one BSE indigenous case, and the meat products do not contain and are not derived from mechanically separated meat obtained from bones of bovine, ovine and caprine animals;]]]] ⁽¹⁾ and/or [the animals from which the meat products are derived originate from a country or region classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region posing a controlled BSE risk, and: (a) the meat products do not contain and are not derived from specified risk material as defined in point 1 of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001; (b) the meat products do not contain and are not derived from mechanically separated meat obtained from bones of bovine, ovine and caprine animals; (c) the animals from which the meat products are derived have not been slaughtered after stunning by means of gas injected into the cranial cavity or killed by the same method or slaughtered by laceration after stunning of central nervous tissue by means of an elongated rod-shaped instrument introduced into the cranial cavity;]]]] ⁽¹⁾ and/or [the animals from which the meat products are derived originate from a country or region classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region posing an undetermined BSE risk, and: (a) the meat products do not contain and are not derived from specified risk material as defined in point 1 of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001; (b) the meat products do not contain and are not derived from mechanically separated meat obtained from bones of bovine, ovine and caprine animals; (c) the animals from which the meat products are derived have not been slaughtered after stunning by means of gas injected into the cranial cavity or killed by the same method or slaughtered by laceration after stunning of central nervous tissue by means of an elongated rod-shaped instrument introduced into the cranial cavity; (d) the animals from which the meat products are derived have not been fed with meat-and-bone meal or greaves, as defined in the Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the World Organisation for Animal Health; (e) the meat products were produced and handled in a manner which ensures that they do not contain and were not contaminated with nervous and lymphatic tissues exposed during the deboning process;]]]] ⁽¹⁾ or [the country or region of their origin is classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region posing a controlled BSE risk, and: (a) the animals from which the meat products are derived have not been slaughtered after stunning by means of gas injected into the cranial cavity or killed by the same method or slaughtered by laceration after stunning of central nervous tissue by means of an elongated rod-shaped instrument introduced into the cranial cavity; (b) the meat products do not contain and are not derived from: (i) specified risk material as defined in point 1 of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001; (ii) mechanically separated meat obtained from bones of bovine, ovine and caprine animals; ⁽¹⁾ either [(c) the animals from which the meat products are derived originate from a country or region classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region posing a negligible or a controlled BSE risk;]]]] ⁽¹⁾ and/or [(c) the animals from which the meat products are derived originate from a country or region classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region posing an undetermined BSE risk, and: (i) the animals from which the meat products are derived have not been fed with meat-and-bone meal or greaves, as defined in the Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the World Organisation for Animal Health; (ii) the meat products were produced and handled in a manner which ensures that they do not contain and were not contaminated with nervous and lymphatic tissues exposed during the deboning process;]]]] ⁽¹⁾ or [the country or region of their origin is classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region with an undetermined BSE risk, and: (a) the animals from which the meat products are derived have not been: (i) slaughtered after stunning by means of gas injected into the cranial cavity or killed by the same method or slaughtered by laceration after stunning of central nervous tissue by means of an elongated rod-shaped instrument introduced into the cranial cavity; (ii) fed meat-and-bone meal or greaves derived from ruminants, as defined in the Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the World Organisation for Animal Health; (b) the meat products do not contain and are not derived from: (i) specified risk material as defined in point 1 of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001; (ii) mechanically separated meat obtained from bones of bovine, ovine and caprine animals; (iii) nervous and lymphatic tissues exposed during the deboning process;]]]] ⁽¹⁾ [II.1.11. they contain material from domestic solipeds and the fresh meat used in their preparation was obtained from domestic solipeds which have been kept as food-producing equine animals for their whole lifetime in a third country or territory listed for equine animals in Annex -I to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 and marked with an “X” for the category “equine”, or in a Member State, in which the administration to domestic solipeds of: (i) substances listed in Table 2 of the Annex to Commission Regulation (EU) No 37/2010 is prohibited; (ii) thyrostatic substances, stilbenes, stilbene derivatives, their salts and esters, oestradiol 17β and its ester-like derivatives is prohibited; (iii) other substances having oestrogenic, androgenic or gestagenic action and of beta-agonists is only allowed for: ⁽¹⁾ either [therapeutic treatment as defined in Article 1(2), point (b), of Council Directive 96/22/EC, where applied in conformity with Article 4(2) of that Directive;]] ⁽¹⁾ and/or [zootechnical treatment as defined in Article 1(2), point (c), of Directive 96/22/EC, where applied in conformity with Article 5 of that Directive;]] ⁽¹⁾ [II.1.12. ^{(1) (12)} either [if containing material from farmed cervidae, they contain or are derived exclusively from meat, excluding offal and spinal cord, of farmed cervid animals which have been examined for chronic wasting disease by histopathology, immunohistochemistry or other diagnostic method recognised by the competent authorities with negative results and are not derived from animals coming from a herd where chronic wasting disease has been confirmed or is officially suspected.]]] ^{(1) (13)} or [if containing material from wild cervidae, they contain or are derived exclusively from meat, excluding offal and spinal cord, of wild cervid animals which have been examined for chronic wasting disease by histopathology, immunohistochemistry or other diagnostic method recognised by the competent authorities with negative results and are not derived from animals coming from a region where chronic wasting disease has been confirmed in the last 3 years prior to the date of issue of this animal health/official certificate or is officially suspected.]]] ^{(1) (14)} [II.1a. Attestation as regards Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/905 (Delete when the Union is not the final destination of the meat products) I, the undersigned, declare that I am aware of the relevant requirements of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/905 and hereby certify that the meat products, including rendered animal fats and greaves, meat extracts and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines others than casings described in Part I were produced in accordance with these requirements, and in particular, that the animals from which the meat is derived have not been administered antimicrobial medicinal products for growth promotion or yield increase or antimicrobial medicinal products containing an antimicrobial that is included in the list of antimicrobials reserved for the treatment of certain infections in humans laid down in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1255 as set out in Article 3 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/905 and originate from a third country or region thereof listed in the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2598.] ⁽¹⁾ [II.2. Animal health attestation (Delete when the meat products are entirely derived from meat of domestic solipeds (Equus caballus, Equus asinus and their cross-breeds); wild game solipeds belonging to the subgenus Hippotigris (Zebra); wild leporidae; or wild land mammals other than ungulates and leporidae) The meat products, including rendered animal fats and greaves, meat extracts and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines others than casings, described in Part I: ⁽¹⁾ either [II.2.1. have been processed in and dispatched from the zone with code … ⁽³⁾, which, at the date of issue of this animal health/official certificate, is: (a) authorised for the entry into the Union of fresh meat of the species of animals from which the meat products described in Part I have been processed and listed in ⁽¹⁾ either [Part 1 of Annex XIII to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404, in case of fresh meat of ungulates;] ⁽¹⁾ or [Part 1, Section B, of Annex XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404, in case of fresh meat of poultry and game birds;] (b) listed in Part 1 of Annex XV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 for entry into the Union of the meat products described in Part I under the non-specific treatment “A”;] ⁽¹⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ or [II.2.1. have been processed in and dispatched from the zone with code … ⁽⁵⁾, which, at the date of issue of this animal health/official certificate, is authorised for the transit through the Union of meat products of the species of animals with code(s) … ⁽⁶⁾ intended for destination outside the Union, and listed in Part 1 of Annex XXII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404;] II.2.2. have been processed from fresh meat from the species of animals with code(s) … ⁽⁶⁾; II.2.3. have been processed from fresh meat that has undergone a non-specific treatment ⁽⁷⁾; II.2.4. have been processed from fresh meat that complied with all the relevant requirements for entry into the Union of fresh meat laid down in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692 and, therefore, was eligible for entry into the Union as such and was obtained from animals that complied with the residency period in establishments located in ⁽¹⁾ either [the zone referred to in point II.2.1;] ⁽¹⁾ or [the zone(s) with code(s) … ⁽⁸⁾ which, at the date of issue of this animal health/official certificate is/are authorised for the entry into the Union of fresh meat of the species from which the meat products have been processed and is/are listed in ^{(1) (9)} either [Part 1 of Annex XIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404;]] ⁽¹⁾ or [Part 1, Section B, of Annex XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404;]] ⁽¹⁾ or [Member States;] II.2.5. have been processed from fresh meat obtained from ⁽¹⁾ either [animals kept in establishments which were not subject to national restriction measures for animal health reasons, including the listed diseases referred to in Annex I to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692 relevant for the species of origin of the meat products and emerging diseases at the date of dispatch of the animals to the slaughterhouse, and in and around which, in an area of 10 km radius, including where appropriate the territory of a neighbouring country, such diseases have not been reported during the last 30 days prior to the date of slaughter of the animals;] ⁽¹⁾ or [wild animals which originate from a place in and round which none of the listed diseases relevant for the species of origin of the meat products in accordance with Annex I to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692, has been reported during the last 30 days prior to the date of killing of the animals;] II.2.6. after processing, have been handled until packaging in a way to prevent cross contamination that could introduce an animal health risk.] ^{(1) (10)} [II.2.7. are intended for Member States or zones thereof which have been granted the status free from infection with Newcastle disease virus without vaccination in accordance with Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/689 and have been processed from fresh meat obtained from poultry which have not been vaccinated against infection with Newcastle disease virus with a live vaccine during the last 30 days prior to the date of slaughter of the animals.]] ⁽¹⁾ [II.3. Animal welfare attestation (Delete when the Union is not the final destination) I, the undersigned official veterinarian, hereby certify, that the meat products described in Part I derive from animals which have been treated in the slaughterhouse in accordance with the requirements of the Union legislation on the protection of animals at the time of killing or at least equivalent requirements.] 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 animal health/official certificate include the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland. This animal health/official certificate is intended for the entry into the Union of meat products coming from zones authorised to enter fresh meat of the relevant species and therefore are not required to undergo a specific risk-mitigating treatment, including when the Union is not the final destination of such meat product. 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 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2235. Part I: Box reference I.27 : “Slaughterhouse”: Slaughterhouse or game handling establishment. Part II: ⁽¹⁾ Delete if not applicable. ⁽²⁾ “Meat products” as defined in point 7.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004. ⁽³⁾ Code of the zone in accordance with column 2 of the table in Part 1 of Annex XV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404. ⁽⁴⁾ Only applicable to consignments transiting through the Union and intended for destination outside the Union, originating from third country or territory, or zone thereof listed in Part 1 of Annex XXII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 as authorised for transit through the Union of meat products of the relevant species accompanied by an animal health certificate corresponding to the present model certificate in accordance with column 5 of the table in Part 1 of Annex XXII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404. ⁽⁵⁾ Code of the zone in accordance with column 2 of the table in Part 1 of Annex XXII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404. ⁽⁶⁾ BOV = domestic bovine animals; OVI = domestic ovine animals and caprine animals; POR = domestic porcine animals; RUF = animals of the family Bovidae (other than domestic bovine, ovine and caprine animals), camelid animals and cervid animals kept as farmed game; RUW = wild animals of the family Bovidae (other than domestic bovine, ovine and caprine animals), wild camelid animals and wild cervid animals; SUF = animals kept as farmed game of wild breeds of porcine animals and animals of the family Tayassuidae; SUW = wild animals of wild breeds of porcine animals and animals of the family Tayassuidae; POU = poultry other than ratites; RAT = ratites; GB= game birds. ⁽⁷⁾ This may be certified only when treatment “A” is assigned in Part 1 of Annex XV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 to the species of origin of the fresh meat and to the zone referred to in point II.2.1. ⁽⁸⁾ Code of the zone in accordance with column 2 of the table in Part 1 of Annex XIII or column 2 of the table in Part 1, Section B, of Annex XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404. ⁽⁹⁾ Not for the zones listed with specific conditions regarding maturation, pH or de-boning in column 5 of the table in Part 1 of Annex XIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404. ⁽¹⁰⁾ This guarantee is required only for the consignments intended for Member States or zones thereof which have been granted the status free from infection with Newcastle disease virus without vaccination in accordance with Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/689. ⁽¹¹⁾ The derogation for domestic porcine animals coming from a holding or category of holdings officially recognised as applying controlled housing conditions, may only be applied in countries listed in Annex VII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1375. ⁽¹²⁾ Applicable when the meat has been obtained from a country mentioned in Chapter F, point 1, of Annex IX to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001. ⁽¹³⁾ Applicable when the meat has been obtained from a country mentioned in Chapter F, point 2, of Annex IX to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001. ⁽¹⁴⁾ Applicable to consignments entering the Union as from 3 September 2026.

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CHAPTER 26

MODEL ANIMAL HEALTH/OFFICIAL CERTIFICATE FOR THE ENTRY INTO THE UNION OF MEAT PRODUCTS INTENDED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION, INCLUDING RENDERED ANIMAL FATS AND GREAVES, MEAT EXTRACTS AND TREATED STOMACHS, BLADDERS AND INTESTINES, OTHERS THAN CASINGS, THAT ARE REQUIRED TO UNDERGO A SPECIFIC RISK-MITIGATING TREATMENT (MODEL MPST)

Part I: Description of consignment

COUNTRY Animal health/official certificate to the EU

I.1 Consignor/Exporter I.2 Certificate reference I.2a IMSOC reference

Name I.2 Certificate reference

Address I.3 Central Competent Authority QR CODE

Address I.3 Central Competent Authority

Country ISO country code I.4 Local Competent Authority

I.5 Consignee/Importer I.6 Operator responsible for the consignment Operator responsible for the consignment

Name Name Name

Address Address Address

Country ISO country code Country Country ISO country code

I.7 Country of origin ISO country code I.9 Country of destination Country of destination ISO country code

I.8 Region of origin Code I.10 Region of destination Region of destination Code

I.11 Place of dispatch I.12 Place of destination Place of destination

Name Registration/Approval No Name Name Registration/Approval No

Address Address Address

Country ISO country code Country Country ISO country code

I.13 Place of loading Place of loading I.14 Date and time of departure Date and time of departure Date and time of departure


I.1	Consignor/Exporter		I.2	Certificate reference	I.2a	IMSOC reference
	Name		I.2	Certificate reference
	Address		I.3	Central Competent Authority		QR CODE
	Address		I.3	Central Competent Authority
	Country	ISO country code	I.4	Local Competent Authority
I.5	Consignee/Importer		I.6	Operator responsible for the consignment	Operator responsible for the consignment
	Name			Name	Name
	Address			Address	Address
	Country	ISO country code		Country	Country	ISO country code
I.7	Country of origin	ISO country code	I.9	Country of destination	Country of destination	ISO country code
I.8	Region of origin	Code	I.10	Region of destination	Region of destination	Code
I.11	Place of dispatch		I.12	Place of destination	Place of destination
	Name	Registration/Approval No		Name	Name	Registration/Approval No
	Address			Address	Address
	Country	ISO country code		Country	Country	ISO country code
I.13	Place of loading	Place of loading	I.14	Date and time of departure	Date and time of departure	Date and time of departure

I.15 Means of transport I.16 Entry Border Control Post Entry Border Control Post

☐ Aircraft ☐ Vessel I.17 Accompanying documents Accompanying documents

☐ Aircraft ☐ Vessel

☐ Railway ☐ Road vehicle Type Code

Identification Identification Country ISO country code

Identification Identification Commercial document reference


I.15	Means of transport		I.16	Entry Border Control Post	Entry Border Control Post
	☐ Aircraft	☐ Vessel	I.17	Accompanying documents	Accompanying documents
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	☐ Railway	☐ Road vehicle		Type	Code
	Identification	Identification		Country	ISO country code
	Identification	Identification		Commercial document reference

I.18 Transport conditions ☐ Ambient ☐ Chilled ☐ Frozen

I.19 Container number/Seal number Container number/Seal number Container number/Seal number Container number/Seal number

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I.20 Certified as or for Certified as or for Certified as or for Certified as or for

☐ Products for human consumption


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

I.21 ☐ For transit ☐ For transit I.22 ☐ For internal market

Third country ISO country code I.23


I.21	☐ For transit	☐ For transit	I.22	☐ For internal market
	Third country	ISO country code	I.23

I.24 Total number of packages I.25 Total quantity I.26 Total net weight/gross weight (kg)


I.24	Total number of packages	I.25	Total quantity	I.26	Total net weight/gross weight (kg)

I.27 Description of consignment Description of consignment Description of consignment Description of consignment Description of consignment Description of consignment Description of consignment

CN code Species

Cold store Type of packaging Net weight

Slaughterhouse Treatment type Nature of commodity Number of packages Batch No

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Part II: Certification

COUNTRY COUNTRY Certificate model MPST Certificate model MPST Certificate model MPST Certificate model MPST

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


COUNTRY	COUNTRY	Certificate model MPST	Certificate model MPST	Certificate model MPST	Certificate model MPST
	II. Health information	II.a	Certificate reference	II.b	IMSOC reference

⁽¹⁾ [II.1. Public health attestation (Delete when the Union is not the final destination of the meat products) I, the undersigned, declare that I am aware of the relevant requirements of Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council and hereby certify that the meat products ⁽²⁾, including rendered animal fats and greaves, meat extracts and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines others than casings, described in Part I were produced in accordance with these requirements, in particular that: II.1.1. they come from establishments applying general hygiene requirements and implementing a programme based on the hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP) principles in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 852/2004, regularly audited by the competent authorities, and listed as Union approved establishments; II.1.2. ⁽¹⁾ either [the animals from which the meat products were derived have passed ante-mortem and post-mortem inspections;] ⁽¹⁾ or [the wild game from which the meat products were derived have passed post-mortem inspection;] II.1.3. they have been produced from raw materials which meet the requirements of Sections I to VI of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004; II.1.4 they are in packages which have been marked with an identification mark in accordance with Section I of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004; II.1.5. they are in packaging with the affixed label(s) bearing an identification mark to the effect that the meat products been manufactured from raw materials exclusively obtained in slaughterhouses, game handling establishments, cutting plants, and establishments producing minced meat, meat preparations and mechanically separated meat, approved for entry into the Union; II.1.6. they satisfy the relevant criteria laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005; II.1.7. they fulfil the guarantees covering animals and products thereof provided by the control plan submitted in accordance with Article 6(2) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2292 and the third country or region thereof of their origin is listed in Annex -I to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 and marked with an “X” for the concerned category of animals and products thereof; II.1.8. they are in means of transport and were loaded under conditions meeting the hygiene requirements laid down as regards the entry into the Union.] ⁽¹⁾ [II.1.9.1. they were obtained from meat of domestic porcine animals which fulfils the requirements of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1375, and which, in particular: ⁽¹⁾ either [has been subjected to an examination by a digestion method for Trichinella with negative results;]]] ⁽¹⁾ and/or [has been subjected to a freezing treatment in accordance with Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1375;]]] ^{(1) (12)} and/or [is derived from domestic porcine animals coming from a holding or category of holdings that has been officially recognised by the competent authorities as applying controlled housing conditions in accordance with Article 8 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1375;]]] ^{(1) (12)} and/or [is derived from domestic porcine animals not weaned and less than 5 weeks of age;]]] ⁽¹⁾ [II.1.9.2. they are obtained from meat of solipeds or wild boar which fulfils the requirements of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1375 and which, in particular, has been subjected to an examination by a digestion method for Trichinella with negative results;]] ⁽¹⁾ [II.1.9.3. they are treated stomachs, bladders and intestines and meat extracts produced in accordance with Section XIII of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004.]] ⁽¹⁾ [II.1.9.4. they are rendered animal fats and greaves produced in accordance with Section XII of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004.]] ⁽¹⁾ [II.1.10. they contain material from bovine, ovine or caprine animals, and with regard to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), ⁽¹⁾ either [the country or region of their origin is classified in accordance with Commission Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region posing a negligible BSE risk, and: ⁽¹⁾ either [the animals from which the meat products are derived were born, continuously reared and slaughtered in a country or region classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region posing a negligible BSE risk in which there have been no BSE indigenous cases;]]]] ⁽¹⁾ and/or [the animals from which the meat products are derived originate from a country or region classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region posing a negligible BSE risk in which there has been at least one BSE indigenous case, and the meat products do not contain and are not derived from mechanically separated meat obtained from bones of bovine, ovine and caprine animals;]]]] ⁽¹⁾ and/or [the animals from which the meat products are derived originate from a country or region classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region posing a controlled BSE risk, and: (a) the meat products do not contain and are not derived from specified risk material as defined in point 1 of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001; (b) the meat products do not contain and are not derived from mechanically separated meat obtained from bones of bovine, ovine and caprine animals; (c) the animals from which the meat products are derived have not been slaughtered after stunning by means of gas injected into the cranial cavity or killed by the same method or slaughtered by laceration after stunning of central nervous tissue by means of an elongated rod-shaped instrument introduced into the cranial cavity;]]]] ⁽¹⁾ and/or [the animals from which the meat products are derived originate from a country or region classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region posing an undetermined BSE risk, and: (a) the meat products do not contain and are not derived from specified risk material as defined in point 1 of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001; (b) the meat products do not contain and are not derived from mechanically separated meat obtained from bones of bovine, ovine and caprine animals; (c) the animals from which the meat products are derived have not been slaughtered after stunning by means of gas injected into the cranial cavity or killed by the same method or slaughtered by laceration after stunning of central nervous tissue by means of an elongated rod-shaped instrument introduced into the cranial cavity; (d) the animals from which the meat products are derived have not been fed with meat-and-bone meal or greaves, as defined in the Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the World Organisation for Animal Health; (e) the meat products were produced and handled in a manner which ensures that they do not contain and were not contaminated with nervous and lymphatic tissues exposed during the deboning process;]]]] ⁽¹⁾ or [the country or region of their origin is classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region posing a controlled BSE risk, and: (a) the animals from which the meat products are derived have not been slaughtered after stunning by means of gas injected into the cranial cavity or killed by the same method or slaughtered by laceration after stunning of central nervous tissue by means of an elongated rod-shaped instrument introduced into the cranial cavity; ⁽¹⁾ either [(b) the meat products do not contain and are not derived from: (i) specified risk material as defined in point 1 of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001; (ii) mechanically separated meat obtained from bones of bovine, ovine and caprine animals;] ⁽¹⁾ and/or [(b) the meat products contain and are derived from treated intestines sourced from animals which were born, continuously reared and slaughtered in a country or region classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region posing a negligible BSE risk in which there have been no BSE indigenous cases;] ⁽¹⁾ and/or [(b) the meat products contain and are derived from treated intestines sourced from animals which originate from a country or region classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region posing a negligible BSE risk in which there has been at least one BSE indigenous case, and: ⁽¹⁾ either [(i) the animals were born after the date from which the ban on the feeding of ruminants with meat-and-bone meal and greaves derived from ruminants has been enforced;]] ⁽¹⁾ and/or [(ii) the treated intestines of bovine, ovine and caprine animal origin do not contain and are not derived from specified risk material as defined in point 1 of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001;]] ⁽¹⁾ either [(c) the animals from which the meat products are derived originate from a country or region classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region posing a negligible or a controlled BSE risk;]]]] ⁽¹⁾ and/or [(c) the animals from which the meat products are derived originate from a country or region classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region posing an undetermined BSE risk, and: (i) the animals from which the meat products are derived have not been fed with meat-and-bone meal or greaves, as defined in the Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the World Organisation for Animal Health; (ii) the meat products were produced and handled in a manner which ensures that they do not contain and were not contaminated with nervous and lymphatic tissues exposed during the deboning process;]]]] ⁽¹⁾ or [the country or region of their origin is classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region with an undetermined BSE risk, and: (a) the animals from which the meat products are derived have not been: (i) slaughtered after stunning by means of gas injected into the cranial cavity or killed by the same method or slaughtered by laceration after stunning of central nervous tissue by means of an elongated rod-shaped instrument introduced into the cranial cavity; (ii) fed meat-and-bone meal or greaves derived from ruminants, as defined in the Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the World Organisation for Animal Health; ⁽¹⁾ either [(b) the meat products do not contain and are not derived from: (i) specified risk material as defined in point 1 of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001; (ii) mechanically separated meat obtained from bones of bovine, ovine and caprine animals; (iii) nervous and lymphatic tissues exposed during the deboning process.]]]] ⁽¹⁾ and/or [(b) the meat products contain and are derived from treated intestines sourced from animals which were born, continuously reared and slaughtered in a country or region classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region posing a negligible BSE risk in which there have been no BSE indigenous cases;]]]] ⁽¹⁾ and/or [(b) the meat products contain and are derived from treated intestines sourced from animals which originate from a country or region classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region posing a negligible BSE risk in which there has been at least one BSE indigenous case, and: ⁽¹⁾ either [the animals were born after the date from which the ban on the feeding of ruminants with meat-and-bone meal and greaves derived from ruminants has been enforced;]]]]] ⁽¹⁾ and/or [the treated intestines of bovine, ovine and caprine animal origin do not contain and are not derived from specified risk material as defined in point 1 of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001;]]]]] ⁽¹⁾ [II.1.11. they contain material from domestic solipeds and the fresh meat used in their preparation was obtained from domestic solipeds which have been kept as food-producing equine animals for their whole lifetime in a third country or territory listed for equine animals in Annex -I to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 and marked with an “X” for the category “equine”, or in a Member State, in which the administration to domestic solipeds of: (i) substances listed in Table 2 of the Annex to Commission Regulation (EU) No 37/2010 is prohibited; (ii) thyrostatic substances, stilbenes, stilbene derivatives, their salts and esters, oestradiol 17β and its ester-like derivatives is prohibited; (iii) other substances having oestrogenic, androgenic or gestagenic action and of beta-agonists is only allowed for: ⁽¹⁾ either [therapeutic treatment as defined in Article 1(2), point (b), of Council Directive 96/22/EC, where applied in conformity with Article 4(2) of that Directive;]] ⁽¹⁾ and/or [zootechnical treatment as defined in Article 1(2), point (c), of Directive 96/22/EC, where applied in conformity with Article 5 of that Directive;]] ⁽¹⁾ [II.1.12. ^{(1) (13)} either [if containing material from farmed cervidae, they contain or are derived exclusively from meat, excluding offal and spinal cord, of farmed cervid animals which have been examined for chronic wasting disease by histopathology, immunohistochemistry or other diagnostic method recognised by the competent authorities with negative results and are not derived from animals coming from a herd where chronic wasting disease has been confirmed or is officially suspected.]]] ^{(1) (14)} or [if containing material from wild cervidae, they contain or are derived exclusively from meat, excluding offal and spinal cord, of wild cervid animals which have been examined for chronic wasting disease by histopathology, immunohistochemistry or other diagnostic method recognised by the competent authorities with negative results and are not derived from animals coming from a region where chronic wasting disease has been confirmed in the last 3 years prior to the date of issue of this animal health/official certificate or is officially suspected.]]] ^{(1) (15)} [II.1a. Attestation as regards Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/905 (Delete when the Union is not the final destination of the meat products) I, the undersigned, declare that I am aware of the relevant requirements of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/905 and hereby certify that the meat products, including rendered animal fats and greaves, meat extracts and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines other than casings described in Part I were produced in accordance with these requirements, and in particular, that the animals from which the meat is derived have not been administered antimicrobial medicinal products for growth promotion or yield increase or antimicrobial medicinal products containing an antimicrobial that is included in the list of antimicrobials reserved for the treatment of certain infections in humans laid down in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1255 as set out in Article 3 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/905 and originate from a third country or region thereof listed in the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2598.] ⁽¹⁾ [II.2. Animal health attestation (Delete when the meat products are entirely derived from meat of domestic solipeds (Equus caballus, Equus asinus and their cross-breeds); wild game solipeds belonging to the subgenus Hippotigris (Zebra); wild leporidae; or wild land mammals other than ungulates and leporidae) The meat products, including rendered animal fats and greaves, meat extracts and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines others than casings, described in Part I: II.2.1. have been processed in and dispatched from ⁽¹⁾ either [the zone with code … ⁽³⁾, which, at the date of issue of this animal health/official certificate, is authorised for the entry into the Union of meat products processed from fresh meat of the species of animals from which the meat products described in Part I have been processed and listed in Part 1 of Annex XV to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404;] ^{(1) (4)} or [the zone with code … ⁽⁵⁾, which, at the date of issue of this animal health/official certificate, is authorised for the transit through the Union of meat products of the species of animals with code(s) … ⁽⁶⁾ intended for a destination outside the Union and is listed in Part 1 of Annex XXII to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404;] ⁽¹⁾ either [II.2.2. have been processed from fresh meat from only one species of animals, with code … ⁽⁶⁾, and the fresh meat used for the processing of the meat products has undergone the specific treatment … ⁽⁷⁾, which is specifically assigned in Part 1 of Annex XV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 to the species of origin of the fresh meat and to the zone referred to in point II.2.1, and has been obtained from animals originating from ⁽¹⁾ either [the zone referred to in point II.2.1;]] ⁽¹⁾ or [the zone(s) with code(s) … ⁽⁸⁾, which, at the date of issue of this animal health/official certificate, is/are listed for entry into the Union of fresh meat of the species from which the meat products have been processed in ^{(9) (1)} either [Part 1 of Annex XIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404, in case of fresh meat of ungulates;]]] ⁽¹⁾ or [Part 1, Section B, of Annex XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404, in case of fresh meat of poultry and game birds;]]] ⁽¹⁾ or [Member States;]] ⁽¹⁾ or [II.2.2. have been processed from fresh meat of poultry, with code … ⁽⁶⁾, which originate from the zone(s) listed for entry into the Union of fresh meat of poultry where there has been a case or an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza or infection with Newcastle disease virus and the fresh meat used for the processing of the meat products has undergone at least the specific treatment “D”⁽⁷⁾;] ⁽¹⁾ or [II.2.2. have been processed by mixing fresh meat from different species of animals, with codes … ⁽⁶⁾, and such fresh meat ⁽¹⁾ either [has been mixed before the final treatment and, after mixing, has undergone the specific treatment … ⁽⁷⁾, as it is the most severe of the treatments specifically assigned in Part 1 of Annex XV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 to the different species of origin of the fresh meat and to the zone referred to in point II.2.1, and has been obtained from animals originating from ⁽¹⁾ either [the zone referred to in point II.2.1;]]] ⁽¹⁾ or [the zone(s) with ^{(9) (1)} [code(s) … ⁽⁸⁾ which, at the date of issue of this animal health/official certificate, is listed in Part 1 of Annex XIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 for entry into the Union of fresh meat of the species from which the meat products have been processed;]]]] ⁽¹⁾ [code(s) … ⁽⁸⁾ which, at the date of issue of this animal health/official certificate, is listed in Part 1, Section B, of Annex XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 for entry into the Union of fresh meat of the species from which the meat products have been processed;]]]] ⁽¹⁾ or [Member States;]]] ⁽¹⁾ or [has been mixed after the final treatment and, before the mixing, has undergone the specific treatment(s) … ⁽¹⁰⁾, as specifically assigned in Part 1 of Annex XV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 to the different species of origin of the fresh meat and to the zone referred to in point II.2.1, and has been obtained from animals originating from ⁽¹⁾ either [the zone referred to in point II.2.1;]] ⁽¹⁾ or [the zone(s) with ^{(9) (1)} [code(s) … ⁽⁸⁾ which, at the date of issue of this animal health/official certificate, is/are listed in Part 1 of Annex XIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 for entry into the Union of fresh meat of the species from which the meat products have been processed;]]] ⁽¹⁾ [code(s) … ⁽⁸⁾ which, at the date of issue of this animal health/official certificate, is/are listed in Part 1, Section B, of Annex XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 for entry into the Union of fresh meat of the species from which the meat products have been processed;]]] ⁽¹⁾ or [Member States;]] ⁽¹⁾ or [II.2.2. have: (a) been processed from fresh meat from one species of animals or mixing fresh meat from different species of animals, with code(s) … ⁽⁶⁾; (b) been processed from fresh meat obtained from animals originating from the zone(s) with code(s) … ⁽³⁾ which, at the date of issue of this animal health/official certificate, is/are listed in Part 1 of Annex XV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 for entry into the Union of meat products subject to the application of one of the specific treatments defined in Annex XXVI to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692 to the fresh meat of the relevant species; (c) undergone the specific treatment “B” ⁽⁷⁾;] II.2.3. have been processed from fresh meat obtained from ⁽¹⁾ either [animals kept in establishments which were not subject to national restriction measures for animal health reasons, including the listed diseases referred to in Annex I to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692 relevant for the species of origin of the meat products and emerging diseases at the date of dispatch of the animals to the slaughterhouse, and in and around which, in an area of 10 km radius, including where appropriate the territory of a neighbouring country, such diseases have not been reported during the last 30 days prior to the date of slaughter of the animals;] ⁽¹⁾ or [wild animals which originate from a place in and round which, in an area of 10 km radius, including where appropriate the territory of a neighbouring country, none of the listed diseases referred to in Annex I to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692 relevant for the species of origin of the meat products and emerging diseases, has been reported during the last 30 days prior to the date of killing of the animals;] II.2.4. after processing, have been handled until packaging in a way to prevent cross contamination that could introduce animal health risk;] ^{(1) (11)} [II.2.5. are intended for Member States or zones thereof which have been granted the status free from infection with Newcastle disease virus without vaccination in accordance with Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/689 and have been processed from fresh meat obtained from poultry that have not been vaccinated against infection with Newcastle disease virus with a live vaccine during the last 30 days prior to the date of their slaughter.]] ⁽¹⁾ [II.3. Animal welfare attestation (Delete when the Union is not the final destination) I, the undersigned official veterinarian, hereby certify, that the meat products described in Part I derive from animals which have been treated in the slaughterhouse in accordance with the requirements of the Union legislation on the protection of animals at the time of killing or at least equivalent requirements.] 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 animal health/official certificate include the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland. This animal health/official certificate is intended for the entry into the Union of meat products from zones not authorised to enter fresh meat of the relevant species and therefore are required to undergo a specific risk-mitigating treatment, including when the Union is not the final destination of such meat products. This animal health/official certificate shall be completed according to the notes for the completion of certificates provided for in Chapter 4 of Annex I to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2235. Part I: Box reference I.27 : “Slaughterhouse”: Slaughterhouse or game handling establishment. Part II: ⁽¹⁾ Delete if not applicable. ⁽²⁾ “Meat products” as defined in point 7.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004. ⁽³⁾ Code of the zone in accordance with column 2 of the table in Part 1 of Annex XV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404. ⁽⁴⁾ Only applicable to consignments transiting through the Union and intended for a destination outside the Union, originating from third country or territory, or zone thereof listed in Part 1 of Annex XXII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 as authorised for transit through the Union of meat products of the relevant species accompanied by an animal health certificate corresponding to the present model certificate in accordance with column 5 of the table in Part 1 of Annex XXII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404. ⁽⁵⁾ Code of the zone in accordance with column 2 of the table in Part 1 of Annex XXII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404. ⁽⁶⁾ BOV = domestic bovine animals; OVI = domestic ovine animals and caprine animals; POR = domestic porcine animals; RUF = animals of the family Bovidae (other than domestic bovine, ovine and caprine animals), camelid animals and cervid animals kept as farmed game; RUW = wild animals of the family Bovidae (other than domestic bovine, ovine and caprine animals), wild camelid animals and wild cervid animals; SUF = animals kept as farmed game of wild breeds of porcine animals and animals of the family Tayassuidae; SUW = wild animals of wild breeds of porcine animals and animals of the family Tayassuidae; POU = poultry other than ratites; RAT = ratites; GB = game birds. ⁽⁷⁾ Treatment as defined in Annex XXVI to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692. ⁽⁸⁾ Code of the zone in accordance with column 2 of the table in Part 1 of Annex XIII or column 2 of the table in Part 1, Section B, of Annex XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404. ⁽⁹⁾ Not for the zones listed with specific conditions regarding maturation, pH or de-boning in column 5 of the table in Part 1 of Annex XIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404. ⁽¹⁰⁾ Specify the combination of treatments referred to in note (5) and species set out in note (4), as follows: letter of treatment – code(s) of species (X-YYY, X-YYY, X-YYY). ⁽¹¹⁾ This guarantee is required only for consignments intended for Member States or zones thereof which have been granted the status free from infection with Newcastle disease virus without vaccination in accordance with Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/689. ⁽¹²⁾ The derogation for domestic porcine animals coming from a holding or category of holdings officially recognised as applying controlled housing conditions, may only be applied in countries listed in Annex VII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1375. ⁽¹³⁾ Applicable when the meat has been obtained from a country mentioned in Chapter F, point 1, of Annex IX to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001. ⁽¹⁴⁾ Applicable when the meat has been obtained from a country mentioned in Chapter F, point 2, of Annex IX to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001. ⁽¹⁵⁾ Applicable to consignments entering the Union as from 3 September 2026.


⁽¹⁾ [II.1. Public health attestation (Delete when the Union is not the final destination of the meat products) I, the undersigned, declare that I am aware of the relevant requirements of Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council and hereby certify that the meat products ⁽²⁾, including rendered animal fats and greaves, meat extracts and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines others than casings, described in Part I were produced in accordance with these requirements, in particular that: II.1.1. they come from establishments applying general hygiene requirements and implementing a programme based on the hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP) principles in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 852/2004, regularly audited by the competent authorities, and listed as Union approved establishments; II.1.2. ⁽¹⁾ either [the animals from which the meat products were derived have passed ante-mortem and post-mortem inspections;] ⁽¹⁾ or [the wild game from which the meat products were derived have passed post-mortem inspection;] II.1.3. they have been produced from raw materials which meet the requirements of Sections I to VI of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004; II.1.4 they are in packages which have been marked with an identification mark in accordance with Section I of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004; II.1.5. they are in packaging with the affixed label(s) bearing an identification mark to the effect that the meat products been manufactured from raw materials exclusively obtained in slaughterhouses, game handling establishments, cutting plants, and establishments producing minced meat, meat preparations and mechanically separated meat, approved for entry into the Union; II.1.6. they satisfy the relevant criteria laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005; II.1.7. they fulfil the guarantees covering animals and products thereof provided by the control plan submitted in accordance with Article 6(2) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2292 and the third country or region thereof of their origin is listed in Annex -I to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 and marked with an “X” for the concerned category of animals and products thereof; II.1.8. they are in means of transport and were loaded under conditions meeting the hygiene requirements laid down as regards the entry into the Union.] ⁽¹⁾ [II.1.9.1. they were obtained from meat of domestic porcine animals which fulfils the requirements of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1375, and which, in particular: ⁽¹⁾ either [has been subjected to an examination by a digestion method for Trichinella with negative results;]]] ⁽¹⁾ and/or [has been subjected to a freezing treatment in accordance with Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1375;]]] ^{(1) (12)} and/or [is derived from domestic porcine animals coming from a holding or category of holdings that has been officially recognised by the competent authorities as applying controlled housing conditions in accordance with Article 8 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1375;]]] ^{(1) (12)} and/or [is derived from domestic porcine animals not weaned and less than 5 weeks of age;]]] ⁽¹⁾ [II.1.9.2. they are obtained from meat of solipeds or wild boar which fulfils the requirements of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1375 and which, in particular, has been subjected to an examination by a digestion method for Trichinella with negative results;]] ⁽¹⁾ [II.1.9.3. they are treated stomachs, bladders and intestines and meat extracts produced in accordance with Section XIII of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004.]] ⁽¹⁾ [II.1.9.4. they are rendered animal fats and greaves produced in accordance with Section XII of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004.]] ⁽¹⁾ [II.1.10. they contain material from bovine, ovine or caprine animals, and with regard to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), ⁽¹⁾ either [the country or region of their origin is classified in accordance with Commission Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region posing a negligible BSE risk, and: ⁽¹⁾ either [the animals from which the meat products are derived were born, continuously reared and slaughtered in a country or region classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region posing a negligible BSE risk in which there have been no BSE indigenous cases;]]]] ⁽¹⁾ and/or [the animals from which the meat products are derived originate from a country or region classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region posing a negligible BSE risk in which there has been at least one BSE indigenous case, and the meat products do not contain and are not derived from mechanically separated meat obtained from bones of bovine, ovine and caprine animals;]]]] ⁽¹⁾ and/or [the animals from which the meat products are derived originate from a country or region classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region posing a controlled BSE risk, and: (a) the meat products do not contain and are not derived from specified risk material as defined in point 1 of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001; (b) the meat products do not contain and are not derived from mechanically separated meat obtained from bones of bovine, ovine and caprine animals; (c) the animals from which the meat products are derived have not been slaughtered after stunning by means of gas injected into the cranial cavity or killed by the same method or slaughtered by laceration after stunning of central nervous tissue by means of an elongated rod-shaped instrument introduced into the cranial cavity;]]]] ⁽¹⁾ and/or [the animals from which the meat products are derived originate from a country or region classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region posing an undetermined BSE risk, and: (a) the meat products do not contain and are not derived from specified risk material as defined in point 1 of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001; (b) the meat products do not contain and are not derived from mechanically separated meat obtained from bones of bovine, ovine and caprine animals; (c) the animals from which the meat products are derived have not been slaughtered after stunning by means of gas injected into the cranial cavity or killed by the same method or slaughtered by laceration after stunning of central nervous tissue by means of an elongated rod-shaped instrument introduced into the cranial cavity; (d) the animals from which the meat products are derived have not been fed with meat-and-bone meal or greaves, as defined in the Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the World Organisation for Animal Health; (e) the meat products were produced and handled in a manner which ensures that they do not contain and were not contaminated with nervous and lymphatic tissues exposed during the deboning process;]]]] ⁽¹⁾ or [the country or region of their origin is classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region posing a controlled BSE risk, and: (a) the animals from which the meat products are derived have not been slaughtered after stunning by means of gas injected into the cranial cavity or killed by the same method or slaughtered by laceration after stunning of central nervous tissue by means of an elongated rod-shaped instrument introduced into the cranial cavity; ⁽¹⁾ either [(b) the meat products do not contain and are not derived from: (i) specified risk material as defined in point 1 of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001; (ii) mechanically separated meat obtained from bones of bovine, ovine and caprine animals;] ⁽¹⁾ and/or [(b) the meat products contain and are derived from treated intestines sourced from animals which were born, continuously reared and slaughtered in a country or region classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region posing a negligible BSE risk in which there have been no BSE indigenous cases;] ⁽¹⁾ and/or [(b) the meat products contain and are derived from treated intestines sourced from animals which originate from a country or region classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region posing a negligible BSE risk in which there has been at least one BSE indigenous case, and: ⁽¹⁾ either [(i) the animals were born after the date from which the ban on the feeding of ruminants with meat-and-bone meal and greaves derived from ruminants has been enforced;]] ⁽¹⁾ and/or [(ii) the treated intestines of bovine, ovine and caprine animal origin do not contain and are not derived from specified risk material as defined in point 1 of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001;]] ⁽¹⁾ either [(c) the animals from which the meat products are derived originate from a country or region classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region posing a negligible or a controlled BSE risk;]]]] ⁽¹⁾ and/or [(c) the animals from which the meat products are derived originate from a country or region classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region posing an undetermined BSE risk, and: (i) the animals from which the meat products are derived have not been fed with meat-and-bone meal or greaves, as defined in the Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the World Organisation for Animal Health; (ii) the meat products were produced and handled in a manner which ensures that they do not contain and were not contaminated with nervous and lymphatic tissues exposed during the deboning process;]]]] ⁽¹⁾ or [the country or region of their origin is classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region with an undetermined BSE risk, and: (a) the animals from which the meat products are derived have not been: (i) slaughtered after stunning by means of gas injected into the cranial cavity or killed by the same method or slaughtered by laceration after stunning of central nervous tissue by means of an elongated rod-shaped instrument introduced into the cranial cavity; (ii) fed meat-and-bone meal or greaves derived from ruminants, as defined in the Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the World Organisation for Animal Health; ⁽¹⁾ either [(b) the meat products do not contain and are not derived from: (i) specified risk material as defined in point 1 of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001; (ii) mechanically separated meat obtained from bones of bovine, ovine and caprine animals; (iii) nervous and lymphatic tissues exposed during the deboning process.]]]] ⁽¹⁾ and/or [(b) the meat products contain and are derived from treated intestines sourced from animals which were born, continuously reared and slaughtered in a country or region classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region posing a negligible BSE risk in which there have been no BSE indigenous cases;]]]] ⁽¹⁾ and/or [(b) the meat products contain and are derived from treated intestines sourced from animals which originate from a country or region classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region posing a negligible BSE risk in which there has been at least one BSE indigenous case, and: ⁽¹⁾ either [the animals were born after the date from which the ban on the feeding of ruminants with meat-and-bone meal and greaves derived from ruminants has been enforced;]]]]] ⁽¹⁾ and/or [the treated intestines of bovine, ovine and caprine animal origin do not contain and are not derived from specified risk material as defined in point 1 of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001;]]]]] ⁽¹⁾ [II.1.11. they contain material from domestic solipeds and the fresh meat used in their preparation was obtained from domestic solipeds which have been kept as food-producing equine animals for their whole lifetime in a third country or territory listed for equine animals in Annex -I to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 and marked with an “X” for the category “equine”, or in a Member State, in which the administration to domestic solipeds of: (i) substances listed in Table 2 of the Annex to Commission Regulation (EU) No 37/2010 is prohibited; (ii) thyrostatic substances, stilbenes, stilbene derivatives, their salts and esters, oestradiol 17β and its ester-like derivatives is prohibited; (iii) other substances having oestrogenic, androgenic or gestagenic action and of beta-agonists is only allowed for: ⁽¹⁾ either [therapeutic treatment as defined in Article 1(2), point (b), of Council Directive 96/22/EC, where applied in conformity with Article 4(2) of that Directive;]] ⁽¹⁾ and/or [zootechnical treatment as defined in Article 1(2), point (c), of Directive 96/22/EC, where applied in conformity with Article 5 of that Directive;]] ⁽¹⁾ [II.1.12. ^{(1) (13)} either [if containing material from farmed cervidae, they contain or are derived exclusively from meat, excluding offal and spinal cord, of farmed cervid animals which have been examined for chronic wasting disease by histopathology, immunohistochemistry or other diagnostic method recognised by the competent authorities with negative results and are not derived from animals coming from a herd where chronic wasting disease has been confirmed or is officially suspected.]]] ^{(1) (14)} or [if containing material from wild cervidae, they contain or are derived exclusively from meat, excluding offal and spinal cord, of wild cervid animals which have been examined for chronic wasting disease by histopathology, immunohistochemistry or other diagnostic method recognised by the competent authorities with negative results and are not derived from animals coming from a region where chronic wasting disease has been confirmed in the last 3 years prior to the date of issue of this animal health/official certificate or is officially suspected.]]] ^{(1) (15)} [II.1a. Attestation as regards Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/905 (Delete when the Union is not the final destination of the meat products) I, the undersigned, declare that I am aware of the relevant requirements of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/905 and hereby certify that the meat products, including rendered animal fats and greaves, meat extracts and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines other than casings described in Part I were produced in accordance with these requirements, and in particular, that the animals from which the meat is derived have not been administered antimicrobial medicinal products for growth promotion or yield increase or antimicrobial medicinal products containing an antimicrobial that is included in the list of antimicrobials reserved for the treatment of certain infections in humans laid down in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1255 as set out in Article 3 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/905 and originate from a third country or region thereof listed in the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2598.] ⁽¹⁾ [II.2. Animal health attestation (Delete when the meat products are entirely derived from meat of domestic solipeds (Equus caballus, Equus asinus and their cross-breeds); wild game solipeds belonging to the subgenus Hippotigris (Zebra); wild leporidae; or wild land mammals other than ungulates and leporidae) The meat products, including rendered animal fats and greaves, meat extracts and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines others than casings, described in Part I: II.2.1. have been processed in and dispatched from ⁽¹⁾ either [the zone with code … ⁽³⁾, which, at the date of issue of this animal health/official certificate, is authorised for the entry into the Union of meat products processed from fresh meat of the species of animals from which the meat products described in Part I have been processed and listed in Part 1 of Annex XV to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404;] ^{(1) (4)} or [the zone with code … ⁽⁵⁾, which, at the date of issue of this animal health/official certificate, is authorised for the transit through the Union of meat products of the species of animals with code(s) … ⁽⁶⁾ intended for a destination outside the Union and is listed in Part 1 of Annex XXII to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404;] ⁽¹⁾ either [II.2.2. have been processed from fresh meat from only one species of animals, with code … ⁽⁶⁾, and the fresh meat used for the processing of the meat products has undergone the specific treatment … ⁽⁷⁾, which is specifically assigned in Part 1 of Annex XV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 to the species of origin of the fresh meat and to the zone referred to in point II.2.1, and has been obtained from animals originating from ⁽¹⁾ either [the zone referred to in point II.2.1;]] ⁽¹⁾ or [the zone(s) with code(s) … ⁽⁸⁾, which, at the date of issue of this animal health/official certificate, is/are listed for entry into the Union of fresh meat of the species from which the meat products have been processed in ^{(9) (1)} either [Part 1 of Annex XIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404, in case of fresh meat of ungulates;]]] ⁽¹⁾ or [Part 1, Section B, of Annex XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404, in case of fresh meat of poultry and game birds;]]] ⁽¹⁾ or [Member States;]] ⁽¹⁾ or [II.2.2. have been processed from fresh meat of poultry, with code … ⁽⁶⁾, which originate from the zone(s) listed for entry into the Union of fresh meat of poultry where there has been a case or an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza or infection with Newcastle disease virus and the fresh meat used for the processing of the meat products has undergone at least the specific treatment “D”⁽⁷⁾;] ⁽¹⁾ or [II.2.2. have been processed by mixing fresh meat from different species of animals, with codes … ⁽⁶⁾, and such fresh meat ⁽¹⁾ either [has been mixed before the final treatment and, after mixing, has undergone the specific treatment … ⁽⁷⁾, as it is the most severe of the treatments specifically assigned in Part 1 of Annex XV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 to the different species of origin of the fresh meat and to the zone referred to in point II.2.1, and has been obtained from animals originating from ⁽¹⁾ either [the zone referred to in point II.2.1;]]] ⁽¹⁾ or [the zone(s) with ^{(9) (1)} [code(s) … ⁽⁸⁾ which, at the date of issue of this animal health/official certificate, is listed in Part 1 of Annex XIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 for entry into the Union of fresh meat of the species from which the meat products have been processed;]]]] ⁽¹⁾ [code(s) … ⁽⁸⁾ which, at the date of issue of this animal health/official certificate, is listed in Part 1, Section B, of Annex XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 for entry into the Union of fresh meat of the species from which the meat products have been processed;]]]] ⁽¹⁾ or [Member States;]]] ⁽¹⁾ or [has been mixed after the final treatment and, before the mixing, has undergone the specific treatment(s) … ⁽¹⁰⁾, as specifically assigned in Part 1 of Annex XV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 to the different species of origin of the fresh meat and to the zone referred to in point II.2.1, and has been obtained from animals originating from ⁽¹⁾ either [the zone referred to in point II.2.1;]] ⁽¹⁾ or [the zone(s) with ^{(9) (1)} [code(s) … ⁽⁸⁾ which, at the date of issue of this animal health/official certificate, is/are listed in Part 1 of Annex XIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 for entry into the Union of fresh meat of the species from which the meat products have been processed;]]] ⁽¹⁾ [code(s) … ⁽⁸⁾ which, at the date of issue of this animal health/official certificate, is/are listed in Part 1, Section B, of Annex XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 for entry into the Union of fresh meat of the species from which the meat products have been processed;]]] ⁽¹⁾ or [Member States;]] ⁽¹⁾ or [II.2.2. have: (a) been processed from fresh meat from one species of animals or mixing fresh meat from different species of animals, with code(s) … ⁽⁶⁾; (b) been processed from fresh meat obtained from animals originating from the zone(s) with code(s) … ⁽³⁾ which, at the date of issue of this animal health/official certificate, is/are listed in Part 1 of Annex XV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 for entry into the Union of meat products subject to the application of one of the specific treatments defined in Annex XXVI to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692 to the fresh meat of the relevant species; (c) undergone the specific treatment “B” ⁽⁷⁾;] II.2.3. have been processed from fresh meat obtained from ⁽¹⁾ either [animals kept in establishments which were not subject to national restriction measures for animal health reasons, including the listed diseases referred to in Annex I to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692 relevant for the species of origin of the meat products and emerging diseases at the date of dispatch of the animals to the slaughterhouse, and in and around which, in an area of 10 km radius, including where appropriate the territory of a neighbouring country, such diseases have not been reported during the last 30 days prior to the date of slaughter of the animals;] ⁽¹⁾ or [wild animals which originate from a place in and round which, in an area of 10 km radius, including where appropriate the territory of a neighbouring country, none of the listed diseases referred to in Annex I to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692 relevant for the species of origin of the meat products and emerging diseases, has been reported during the last 30 days prior to the date of killing of the animals;] II.2.4. after processing, have been handled until packaging in a way to prevent cross contamination that could introduce animal health risk;] ^{(1) (11)} [II.2.5. are intended for Member States or zones thereof which have been granted the status free from infection with Newcastle disease virus without vaccination in accordance with Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/689 and have been processed from fresh meat obtained from poultry that have not been vaccinated against infection with Newcastle disease virus with a live vaccine during the last 30 days prior to the date of their slaughter.]] ⁽¹⁾ [II.3. Animal welfare attestation (Delete when the Union is not the final destination) I, the undersigned official veterinarian, hereby certify, that the meat products described in Part I derive from animals which have been treated in the slaughterhouse in accordance with the requirements of the Union legislation on the protection of animals at the time of killing or at least equivalent requirements.] 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 animal health/official certificate include the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland. This animal health/official certificate is intended for the entry into the Union of meat products from zones not authorised to enter fresh meat of the relevant species and therefore are required to undergo a specific risk-mitigating treatment, including when the Union is not the final destination of such meat products. This animal health/official certificate shall be completed according to the notes for the completion of certificates provided for in Chapter 4 of Annex I to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2235. Part I: Box reference I.27 : “Slaughterhouse”: Slaughterhouse or game handling establishment. Part II: ⁽¹⁾ Delete if not applicable. ⁽²⁾ “Meat products” as defined in point 7.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004. ⁽³⁾ Code of the zone in accordance with column 2 of the table in Part 1 of Annex XV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404. ⁽⁴⁾ Only applicable to consignments transiting through the Union and intended for a destination outside the Union, originating from third country or territory, or zone thereof listed in Part 1 of Annex XXII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 as authorised for transit through the Union of meat products of the relevant species accompanied by an animal health certificate corresponding to the present model certificate in accordance with column 5 of the table in Part 1 of Annex XXII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404. ⁽⁵⁾ Code of the zone in accordance with column 2 of the table in Part 1 of Annex XXII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404. ⁽⁶⁾ BOV = domestic bovine animals; OVI = domestic ovine animals and caprine animals; POR = domestic porcine animals; RUF = animals of the family Bovidae (other than domestic bovine, ovine and caprine animals), camelid animals and cervid animals kept as farmed game; RUW = wild animals of the family Bovidae (other than domestic bovine, ovine and caprine animals), wild camelid animals and wild cervid animals; SUF = animals kept as farmed game of wild breeds of porcine animals and animals of the family Tayassuidae; SUW = wild animals of wild breeds of porcine animals and animals of the family Tayassuidae; POU = poultry other than ratites; RAT = ratites; GB = game birds. ⁽⁷⁾ Treatment as defined in Annex XXVI to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692. ⁽⁸⁾ Code of the zone in accordance with column 2 of the table in Part 1 of Annex XIII or column 2 of the table in Part 1, Section B, of Annex XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404. ⁽⁹⁾ Not for the zones listed with specific conditions regarding maturation, pH or de-boning in column 5 of the table in Part 1 of Annex XIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404. ⁽¹⁰⁾ Specify the combination of treatments referred to in note (5) and species set out in note (4), as follows: letter of treatment – code(s) of species (X-YYY, X-YYY, X-YYY). ⁽¹¹⁾ This guarantee is required only for consignments intended for Member States or zones thereof which have been granted the status free from infection with Newcastle disease virus without vaccination in accordance with Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/689. ⁽¹²⁾ The derogation for domestic porcine animals coming from a holding or category of holdings officially recognised as applying controlled housing conditions, may only be applied in countries listed in Annex VII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1375. ⁽¹³⁾ Applicable when the meat has been obtained from a country mentioned in Chapter F, point 1, of Annex IX to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001. ⁽¹⁴⁾ Applicable when the meat has been obtained from a country mentioned in Chapter F, point 2, of Annex IX to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001. ⁽¹⁵⁾ Applicable to consignments entering the Union as from 3 September 2026.

Official veterinarian Official veterinarian Official veterinarian Official veterinarian

Name (in capital letters)

Date Qualification and title

Stamp Signature’


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

ANNEX II

Chapters 13 and 14 of Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/403 are replaced by the following:

‘CHAPTER 13

MODEL ANIMAL HEALTH/OFFICIAL CERTIFICATE AND MODEL DECLARATION FOR THE ENTRY INTO THE UNION OF AN EQUINE ANIMAL (MODEL “EQUI-X”)

Part I: Description of consignment


COUNTRY	Animal health/official certificate to the EU

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I.1	Consignor/Exporter
	Name
	Address
	Address
	Country
I.5	Consignee/Importer
	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
	☐ Aircraft
	☐ Railway
	Identification
	Identification

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I.18
I.19	Container number/Seal number
	Container No
I.20	Certified as or for
	☐ Further keeping

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I.21	☐ For transit
	Third country

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I.24

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I.27	Description of consignment
CN code	Species

Part II Certification


COUNTRY	COUNTRY	Certificate model EQUI-X	Certificate model EQUI-X	Certificate model EQUI-X	Certificate model EQUI-X
	II. Health information	II.a	Certificate reference	II.b	IMSOC reference

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