Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/2228 of 14 October 2026 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 as regards the lists of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of certain animals and goods intended for human consumption in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products, amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) No 1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and Council Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC and 2008/120/EC, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC, 96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council Decision 92/438/EEC (Official Controls Regulation) [^ntr1-L_202602228EN.000101-E0001], and in particular Article 127(2) thereof,

Whereas:

• (1) Regulation (EU) 2017/625 lays down rules for official controls and other control activities performed by the competent authorities of the Member States in order to check compliance with Union legislation, including in the area of food safety at any stage of production, processing and distribution. In particular, Article 126(2), point (a), of that Regulation provides that a delegated act may require that only consignments of certain animals and goods from a third country or region thereof which appears on a list drawn up by the Commission for that purpose may enter the Union.

• (2) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2292 [^ntr2-L_202602228EN.000101-E0002] supplements Regulation (EU) 2017/625 by laying down entry requirements to ensure that consignments of food-producing animals and certain goods intended for human consumption from third countries or regions thereof comply with the relevant requirements established in the rules on food safety referred to in Article 1(2), point (a), of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 or with requirements recognised to be at least equivalent thereto. In particular, Article 3 of that Delegated Regulation identifies the food-producing animals and goods intended for human consumption that are subject to the requirement to enter into the Union only from a third country or region thereof which appears on the list referred to in Article 126(2), point (a), of Regulation (EU) 2017/625.

• (3) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 [^ntr3-L_202602228EN.000101-E0003] lays down the lists of third countries or regions thereof from which the entry into the Union of consignments of certain animals and goods intended for human consumption is permitted in accordance with Article 126(2), point (a), of Regulation (EU) 2017/625.

• (4) Article 6(1) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2292 provides that, in addition to the requirements laid down in Regulation (EU) 2017/625, consignments of food-producing animals, products of animal origin and composite products are to enter into the Union only from a third country that has in place a control plan for pharmacologically active substances, pesticides and contaminants.

• (5) Article 7 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2292 provides that, in addition to the conditions laid down in Regulation (EU) 2017/625, consignments of food-producing animals, products of animal origin and composite products may enter into the Union only from a third country that complies with the requirements provided for in Article 6(1) of that Delegated Regulation, and which is included in the list of third countries approved for the entry into the Union of the concerned food-producing animals or products of animal origin set out in Annex -I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405.

• (6) Article 8(1) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2292 provides that, by way of derogation from Article 7 of that Delegated Regulation, consignments of food-producing animals, products of animal origin and composite products may enter into the Union from third countries that do not have an approved control plan for pharmacologically active substances, pesticides and contaminants but ensure that the food-producing animals and products of animal origin, including those used in composite products, originate in a Member State or a third country included in the list set out in Annex -I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405. Article 8(2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2292 provides that in addition to the requirements laid down in Article 127(3) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625, the Commission is to decide on the inclusion of a third country in the list referred to in Article 126(2), point (a), of that Regulation only if the competent authority of that third country provides the Commission with evidence and guarantees of compliance with the requirements laid down in Article 8(1) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2292. Such evidence and guarantees are to consist of information on the procedures in place in that third country to guarantee the traceability and origin of those food-producing animals and those products of animal origin.

• (7) Note 16 in Annex -I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 establishes that third countries or regions thereof listed in Annex VIII to that Implementing Regulation are marked with an ‘M’ by default in that Annex -I. However, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/1304 [^ntr4-L_202602228EN.000101-E0004] amended Article 5(2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2292 by exempting from the entry requirements laid down, among others, in Article 6 of that Regulation, live, chilled, frozen and processed bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods, except when the production takes place in premises on land. As Annex -I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 contains the list of third countries with approved control plans in accordance with Article 6(1) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2292, the marking with an ‘M’ in Annex -I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 should only concern third countries or regions thereof which enter into the Union consignments of live, chilled, frozen and processed bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods when the production takes place in premises on land. The mark ‘M’ should be removed for third countries or regions thereof which do not have a production in premises on land of those aquatic animals, and the wording of note 16 in Annex -I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 should be amended accordingly.

• (8) The United States is currently listed in Annex -I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 with an ‘X’ and the remark ‘caprine only’ for ovine/caprine. The United States has now informed the Commission that it is no longer interested in exporting fresh meat from caprine animals to the Union and therefore it has not provided guarantees of compliance with the requirements of Article 6(1) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2292. The marking with an ‘X’ and the remark ‘caprine only’ for the United States in Annex -I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 should therefore be deleted.

• (9) Canada has submitted to the Commission a control plan for casings. The plan provides the required guarantees and should therefore be approved. Canada should therefore be listed with an ‘X’ for casings in Annex -I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405.

• (10) Canada is currently listed in Annex -I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 with an ‘X’ for aquaculture, and in the list of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of certain fishing products in Annex IX to that Implementing Regulation, for all fishery products (finfish and finfish products, and crustaceans) from wild catch and from aquaculture. However, Canada has now informed the Commission that it is no longer interested in exporting aquaculture farmed crustaceans to the Union and therefore it has not provided guarantees of compliance with the requirements laid down in Article 6(1) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2292. Therefore, the marking with an ‘X’ for aquaculture for Canada in Annex -I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 should be limited to finfish and finfish products only, and the entry for Canada in Annex IX to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 should be limited to wild catch and aquaculture: finfish and finfish products.

• (11) Egypt has submitted a control plan for aquaculture, namely, finfish and finfish products, and crustaceans. The plan provides the required guarantees, and should therefore be approved. In addition, Egypt has provided evidence and guarantees that finfish and finfish products and crustaceans comply with the relevant Union requirements. Egypt should therefore be listed with an ‘X’ for aquaculture without remarks in Annex -I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405, and the entry for Egypt in Annex IX to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 should be extended to aquaculture: finfish and finfish products and crustaceans.

• (12) Mozambique is currently listed in Annex -I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 with an ‘X’ and the remark ‘crustaceans only’, and with a ‘P’ for aquaculture, and in Annex IX to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 with the remark ‘aquaculture: only crustaceans’. However, Mozambique has not provided guarantees of compliance with the requirements laid down in Article 6(1) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2292. Therefore, the entry for Mozambique in Annex -I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 should be deleted, and the entry for Mozambique in Annex IX to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 should be limited to wild catch.

• (13) Albania has submitted a request to the Commission to be included in the list of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of eggs intended for placing on the market as class A eggs, set out in Annex IV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405, and has provided evidence and guarantees of compliance with the relevant Union requirements on Salmonella control. Albania should therefore be included in the list in Annex IV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405.

• (14) Annex IX to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 establishes the list of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of certain fishery products without specifying whether those fishery products originate from wild catch or from aquaculture. Experience gained by competent authorities in Member States in the implementation of Annex IX to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 has highlighted certain ambiguities and operational difficulties created by the existing structure of that table, which necessitate structural amendments to that table to ensure clarity and uniform application across Member States. It is therefore appropriate to insert further columns to clarify whether the listing is for wild catch, aquaculture, or for both, and to further clarify whether within the column for aquaculture the listing is for finfish and finfish products, crustaceans, or for both. Annex IX to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 should be amended accordingly.

• (15) Curaçao is currently listed in Annex IX to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 as authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of certain fishery products, with the remark ‘only wild catch’. Curaçao has not provided the required guarantees of compliance with the relevant Union requirements. Curaçao should therefore be removed from the list in Annex IX to that Implementing Regulation.

• (16) The Falkland Islands are currently listed in Annex IX to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 as authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of certain fishery products, with the remark ‘aquaculture: only finfish’. The Falkland Islands have informed the Commission that they are no longer interested in exporting aquaculture products to the Union. The entry for The Falkland Islands should therefore be limited to wild catch in Annex IX to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405.

• (17) Sint Maarten is currently listed in Annex IX to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 as authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of certain fishery products, with the remark ‘only wild catch’. Sint Maarten has not provided the required guarantees of compliance with the relevant Union requirements. Sint Maarten should therefore be removed from the list in Annex IX to that Implementing Regulation.

• (18) Tanzania is currently listed in Annex IX to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 as authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of certain fishery products, with the remark ‘aquaculture: only crustaceans’. Tanzania has informed the Commission that it no longer produces farmed crustaceans. The entry for Tanzania should therefore be limited to wild catch in Annex IX to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405.

• (19) Due to the amendments made to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/334 [^ntr5-L_202602228EN.000101-E0005], the wording of footnote 14 (currently footnote 13) ‘finfish only’ was replaced with ‘finfish and finfish products only’ in Annex -I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405. Albania, Armenia, Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belarus, Canada, Switzerland, Chile, the United Kingdom, Israel, the Isle of Man, Kenya, Morocco, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Mauritius, New Zealand, Serbia, Tunisia, Türkiye and Uruguay are listed in Annex -I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405, with an ‘X’ for aquaculture and the remark ‘finfish and finfish products only’. However, those third countries are listed in Annex IX to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 with the remark ‘aquaculture: only finfish’. Those third countries have provided evidence and guarantees to the Commission that finfish and finfish products from aquaculture comply with the relevant Union requirements. Those third countries should therefore be listed for aquaculture: finfish and finfish products in Annex IX to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405.

• (20) Due to the amendments made to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/334, the wording of footnote 16 (currently footnote 15) ‘roes and caviar only’ was replaced with ‘finfish products only (e.g. roes and caviar)’ in Annex -I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405. Azerbaijan is listed in Annex -I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 with an ‘X’ for aquaculture and the remark ‘finfish products only (e.g. roes and caviar)’. However, Azerbaijan is listed in Annex IX to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 with the remark ‘only products of finfish (caviar and roes) whether wild catch or aquaculture origin’. Azerbaijan has provided evidence and guarantees to the Commission that finfish products (e.g. roes and caviar) from aquaculture comply with the relevant Union requirements. Azerbaijan should therefore be listed for finfish products only (e.g. roes and caviar) in Annex IX to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405.

• (21) Due to the amendments made to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/334, the wording of footnote 16 (currently footnote 15) ‘roes and caviar only’ was replaced with ‘finfish products only (e.g. roes and caviar)’ in Annex -I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405. Iran is listed in Annex -I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 with an ‘X’ for aquaculture and the remark ‘finfish products only (e.g. roes and caviar)’. However, Iran is listed in Annex IX to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 with the remark ‘Aquaculture: only roes and caviar and crustaceans’. Iran has provided evidence and guarantees to the Commission that finfish products (e.g. roes and caviar) from aquaculture comply with the relevant Union requirements. Iran should therefore be listed for finfish products only (e.g. roes and caviar) in Annex IX to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405.

• (22) Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 should therefore be amended accordingly.

• (23) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annexes -I, IV, and IX to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 14 October 2026.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

[^ntr1-L_202602228EN.000101-E0001]: OJ L 95, 7.4.2017, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2017/625/oj.

[^ntr2-L_202602228EN.000101-E0002]: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2292 of 6 September 2022 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to requirements for the entry into the Union of consignments of food-producing animals and certain goods intended for human consumption (OJ L 304, 24.11.2022, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2022/2292/oj).

[^ntr3-L_202602228EN.000101-E0003]: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 of 24 March 2021 laying down the lists of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of certain animals and goods intended for human consumption in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 114, 31.3.2021, p. 118, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2021/405/oj).

[^ntr4-L_202602228EN.000101-E0004]: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/1304 of 12 June 2026 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2292 as regards the requirements for the entry into the Union of certain dairy products, certain fishery products and bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods (OJ L, 2026/1304, 24.8.2026, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2026/1304/oj).

[^ntr5-L_202602228EN.000101-E0005]: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/334 of 19 January 2024 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 as regards the lists of third countries with an approved control plan and authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of certain live, chilled, frozen or processed bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods and fishery products. (OJ L, 2024/334, 22.1.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/334/oj).

ANNEX

Annexes -I, IV and IX to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 are amended as follows:

• (1) Annex -I is replaced by the following:

‘

ANNEX -I

List of third countries or regions thereof with approved control plans for certain food-producing animals and products of animal origin intended for human consumption, as referred to in Articles 2a, 3, Article 6, first paragraph, Article 7, first paragraph, Article 10, second paragraph, Articles 11, 15, 16, 21 and Article 25, points (a) and (c)

Country ISO Code	Third country[^ntr1-L_202602228EN.000602-E0001] or regions thereof	Bovine	Ovine/caprine	Porcine	Equine	Poultry	Aquaculture[^ntr16-L_202602228EN.000602-E0016]	Milk	Eggs	Rabbit	Wild game	Farmed game	Honey	Casings
AD	Andorra	X	X	Δ	X		P						X
AE	United Arab Emirates						Δ P	X[^ntr2-L_202602228EN.000602-E0002] O	O
AL	Albania		X				X[^ntr13-L_202602228EN.000602-E0013] Δ[^ntr14-L_202602228EN.000602-E0014] P	O	X					X
AM	Armenia						X[^ntr13-L_202602228EN.000602-E0013] P	O	O				X
AR	Argentina	X	X		X	X	X[^ntr13-L_202602228EN.000602-E0013] P	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
AU	Australia	X	X		X		X	X	X		X	X	X	X
AZ	Azerbaijan						X[^ntr15-L_202602228EN.000602-E0015] P
BA	Bosnia and Herzegovina	X	X	X		X	X[^ntr13-L_202602228EN.000602-E0013] P	X	X				X
BD	Bangladesh						X P
BF	Burkina Faso												X
BJ	Benin												X
BN	Brunei						X[^ntr14-L_202602228EN.000602-E0014] P
BR	Brazil	X			X	X	X P	O	X				X	X
BW	Botswana	X					P
BY	Belarus				X[^ntr7-L_202602228EN.000602-E0007]		X[^ntr13-L_202602228EN.000602-E0013] P	X	X				X	X
BZ	Belize						X[^ntr14-L_202602228EN.000602-E0014] P
CA	Canada	X	X	X	X	X	X[^ntr13-L_202602228EN.000602-E0013]	X	X	X		X	X	X
CH	Switzerland[^ntr6-L_202602228EN.000602-E0006]	X	X	X	X	X	X[^ntr13-L_202602228EN.000602-E0013]	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
CL	Chile	X	X[^ntr4-L_202602228EN.000602-E0004]	X		X	X[^ntr13-L_202602228EN.000602-E0013]	X			X		X	X
CM	Cameroon												X
CN	China					X	X P	O	X	X			X	X
CO	Colombia						X P	O	Δ
CR	Costa Rica						X P
CU	Cuba						X[^ntr14-L_202602228EN.000602-E0014] P						X
DO	Dominican Republic												X
EC	Ecuador						X P	O	O
EG	Egypt						X							X
ET	Ethiopia												X
FK	Falkland Islands	X	X[^ntr4-L_202602228EN.000602-E0004]
FO	Faroes						X[^ntr13-L_202602228EN.000602-E0013] P	O	O
GB	United Kingdom[^ntr5-L_202602228EN.000602-E0005]	X	X	X	X	X	X[^ntr13-L_202602228EN.000602-E0013] Δ	X	X	Δ	X	X	X	X
GE	Georgia												X
GG	Guernsey							X
GL	Greenland		X[^ntr4-L_202602228EN.000602-E0004]									X
GT	Guatemala						X[^ntr14-L_202602228EN.000602-E0014] P	O	O				X
HK	Hong Kong						Δ P		Δ
HN	Honduras						X P
ID	Indonesia						X P	O	O
IL	Israel[^ntr3-L_202602228EN.000602-E0003]					X	X[^ntr13-L_202602228EN.000602-E0013] P	X	O				X
IM	Isle of Man	X	X[^ntr4-L_202602228EN.000602-E0004]	X			X[^ntr13-L_202602228EN.000602-E0013]	X	O				X
IN	India					O	X P	O	X				X	X
IR	Iran						X[^ntr14-L_202602228EN.000602-E0014] X[^ntr15-L_202602228EN.000602-E0015] P	O	O					X
JE	Jersey	X						X	O
JP	Japan	X		Δ		X	X[^ntr13-L_202602228EN.000602-E0013]	X	X				Δ	X
KE	Kenya						X[^ntr13-L_202602228EN.000602-E0013] P
KG	Kyrgyzstan												X
KR	South Korea					X	X	O	O				Δ
KZ	Kazakhstan												X
LB	Lebanon												X	X
LK	Sri Lanka						X P	O	O
MA	Morocco					X	X[^ntr13-L_202602228EN.000602-E0013] Δ	O	O				X	X
MD	Moldova					X	X[^ntr13-L_202602228EN.000602-E0013] P	X	X				X
ME	Montenegro	X	X	X		X	X[^ntr13-L_202602228EN.000602-E0013] P	X	X				X	X
MG	Madagascar						X P	O	O				X
MK	North Macedonia	X	X	X		X	X[^ntr13-L_202602228EN.000602-E0013] P	X	X		X		X	X
MM	Myanmar/Burma						X P	O	O				X
MN	Mongolia													X
MU	Mauritius						X[^ntr13-L_202602228EN.000602-E0013] P	O	O				Δ
MX	Mexico			Δ			X P	O	X				X
MY	Malaysia					Δ	X P	O	O
NA	Namibia	X	X[^ntr4-L_202602228EN.000602-E0004]				P				X
NC	New Caledonia						X[^ntr14-L_202602228EN.000602-E0014]					X	X
NG	Nigeria						X[^ntr14-L_202602228EN.000602-E0014] P
NI	Nicaragua						X[^ntr14-L_202602228EN.000602-E0014] P						X
NZ	New Zealand	X	X	O		O	X[^ntr13-L_202602228EN.000602-E0013]	X	O	O	X	X	X	X
PA	Panama						X P	O	O
PE	Peru						X
PH	Philippines						X P	O	O
PK	Pakistan													X
PM	Saint Pierre and Miquelon					X	P
PY	Paraguay	X					P							X
RS	Serbia	X	X	X	X[^ntr7-L_202602228EN.000602-E0007]	X	X[^ntr13-L_202602228EN.000602-E0013] P	X	X	X	X		X	X
RU	Russia	X	X	X		X	O P	X	X			X[^ntr8-L_202602228EN.000602-E0008]	X	X
RW	Rwanda												X
SA	Saudi Arabia						X P	O	O
SG	Singapore	Δ	Δ	Δ		Δ	X P	Δ	Δ		X[^ntr9-L_202602228EN.000602-E0009]	X[^ntr9-L_202602228EN.000602-E0009]
SM	San Marino	X		Δ			O P	X	O				X
SV	El Salvador												X
SZ	Eswatini	X					P
TG	Togo												X
TH	Thailand	O		O		X	X	Δ	X				X
TN	Tunisia					Δ	X[^ntr13-L_202602228EN.000602-E0013]	O	O					X
TR	Türkiye					X	X[^ntr13-L_202602228EN.000602-E0013]	X	X				X	X
TW	Taiwan						X P	O	X				X
TZ	Tanzania												X
UA	Ukraine	X		X		X	X[^ntr13-L_202602228EN.000602-E0013]	X	X				X	X
UG	Uganda						X[^ntr13-L_202602228EN.000602-E0013]						X
US	United States	X		X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
UY	Uruguay	X	X		X		X[^ntr13-L_202602228EN.000602-E0013]	X			X		X	X
UZ	Uzbekistan													X
VE	Venezuela						X[^ntr14-L_202602228EN.000602-E0014] P	O	O
VN	Viet Nam						X	O	O				X
WF	Wallis and Futuna												X
XK	Kosovo[^ntr11-L_202602228EN.000602-E0011]					Δ
ZA	South Africa						P M				X	X[^ntr12-L_202602228EN.000602-E0012]
ZM	Zambia												X

[^ntr1-L_202602228EN.000602-E0001]: List of third countries and territories (not limited to third countries recognised by the Union).

[^ntr2-L_202602228EN.000602-E0002]: Camel milk only.

[^ntr3-L_202602228EN.000602-E0003]: Hereinafter understood as the State of Israel, excluding the territories under the administration of the State of Israel after 5 June 1967, namely the Golan Heights, the Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem and the rest of the West Bank.

[^ntr4-L_202602228EN.000602-E0004]: Ovine species only.

[^ntr5-L_202602228EN.000602-E0005]: In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Windsor Framework (see Joint Declaration No 1/2023 of the Union and the United Kingdom in the Joint Committee established by the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community of 24 March 2023, OJ L 102, 17.4.2023, p. 87) in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Framework, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.

[^ntr6-L_202602228EN.000602-E0006]: In accordance with the Agreement of 21 June 1999 between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products (OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 132).

[^ntr7-L_202602228EN.000602-E0007]: Export to the Union of live equidae intended for slaughter (food-producing animals only).

[^ntr8-L_202602228EN.000602-E0008]: Reindeer only.

[^ntr9-L_202602228EN.000602-E0009]: Only for consignments of fresh meat originating from New Zealand, destined to the Union and being unloaded, with or without storage, in Singapore and being reloaded in an approved establishment during transit through Singapore.

[^ntr10-L_202602228EN.000602-E0010]: (¹⁰)  Caprine species only.

[^ntr11-L_202602228EN.000602-E0011]: This designation is without prejudice to positions on status and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.

[^ntr12-L_202602228EN.000602-E0012]: Ratites only.

[^ntr13-L_202602228EN.000602-E0013]: Finfish and finfish products only.

[^ntr14-L_202602228EN.000602-E0014]: Crustaceans only.

[^ntr15-L_202602228EN.000602-E0015]: Finfish products only (for example roes and caviar).

[^ntr16-L_202602228EN.000602-E0016]: Aquaculture covers finfish, including eels, finfish products (for example roes and caviar), and crustaceans. The third countries or regions thereof listed for live, chilled, frozen or processed bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods in Annex VIII, where the production takes place in premises on land, are marked with an “M” in this column as third countries or regions thereof with an approved control plan.

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• (2) in Annex IV, the following entry for Albania is inserted before the entry for Switzerland:

• (3) Annex IX is replaced by the following:

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ANNEX IX

List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of certain fishery products, as referred to in Article 13, Article 18(3), Article 19(4), Article 20(3), Article 22, point (b), and Article 25, point (d)

COUNTRY ISO CODE	THIRD COUNTRY OR REGIONS THEREOF	WILD CATCH	AQUACULTURE	AQUACULTURE	REMARKS
COUNTRY ISO CODE	THIRD COUNTRY OR REGIONS THEREOF	WILD CATCH	Finfish and finfish products	Crustaceans	REMARKS
AE	United Arab Emirates	X
AG	Antigua and Barbuda	X			From wild catch: only live lobsters
AL	Albania	X	X
AM	Armenia	X	X		From wild catch: only live, heat processed and frozen crayfish
AO	Angola	X
AR	Argentina	X	X
AU	Australia	X	X	X
AZ	Azerbaijan	X	X		From wild catch and aquaculture finfish and finfish products: only finfish products (for example roes and caviar)
BA	Bosnia and Herzegovina	X	X
BD	Bangladesh	X	X	X
BJ	Benin	X
BN	Brunei			X
BQ	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, Saba	X
BR	Brazil	X	X	X
BS	Bahamas	X
BY	Belarus	X	X
BZ	Belize	X		X
CA	Canada	X	X
CG	Congo	X			From wild catch: only fishery products caught, frozen and packed in their final packaging at sea
CH	Switzerland[^ntr17-L_202602228EN.001201-E0001]	X	X
CI	Cote d’Ivoire	X
CL	Chile	X	X
CN	China	X	X	X
CO	Colombia	X	X	X
CR	Costa Rica	X	X	X
CU	Cuba	X		X
CV	Cape Verde	X
DZ	Algeria	X
EC	Ecuador	X	X	X
EG	Egypt	X	X	X
ER	Eritrea	X
FJ	Fiji	X
FK	Falkland Islands	X
FO	Faroe Islands	X	X
GA	Gabon	X
GB	United Kingdom[^ntr18-L_202602228EN.001201-E0002]	X	X
GD	Grenada	X
GE	Georgia	X
GG	Guernsey	X
GH	Ghana	X
GL	Greenland	X
GM	Gambia	X
GN	Guinea	X			From wild catch: only fish that has not undergone any preparation or processing operation other than heading, gutting, chilling or freezing
GT	Guatemala	X		X
GY	Guyana	X
HK	Hong Kong	X
HN	Honduras	X	X	X
ID	Indonesia	X	X	X
IL	Israel[^ntr19-L_202602228EN.001201-E0003]	X	X
IM	Isle of Man	X	X
IN	India	X	X	X
IR	Iran	X	X	X	From aquaculture finfish and finfish products: only finfish products (for example roes and caviar)
JE	Jersey	X
JM	Jamaica	X
JP	Japan	X	X
KE	Kenya	X	X
KI	Kiribati	X
KR	South Korea	X	X	X
KZ	Kazakhstan	X
LK	Sri Lanka	X	X	X
MA	Morocco	X	X
MD	Moldova	X	X
ME	Montenegro	X	X
MG	Madagascar	X	X	X
MK	North Macedonia	X	X
MM	Myanmar/Burma	X	X	X
MR	Mauritania	X
MU	Mauritius	X	X
MV	Maldives	X
MX	Mexico	X	X	X
MY	Malaysia	X	X	X
MZ	Mozambique	X
NA	Namibia	X
NC	New Caledonia	X		X
NG	Nigeria	X		X
NI	Nicaragua	X		X
NZ	New Zealand	X	X
OM	Oman	X
PA	Panama	X	X	X
PE	Peru	X	X	X
PF	French Polynesia	X
PG	Papua New Guinea	X
PH	Philippines	X	X	X
PM	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	X
PK	Pakistan	X
RS	Serbia	X	X
RU	Russia	X
SA	Saudi Arabia	X	X	X
SB	Solomon Islands	X
SC	Seychelles	X
SG	Singapore	X	X	X
SH	Saint Helena (not including the islands of Tristan da Cunha and Ascension)	X
SH	Tristan da Cunha (not including the islands of Saint Helena and Ascension)	X			From wild catch: only lobsters (fresh or frozen)
SN	Senegal	X
SR	Suriname	X
SV	El Salvador	X
TH	Thailand	X	X	X
TN	Tunisia	X	X
TR	Türkiye	X	X
TW	Taiwan	X	X	X
TZ	Tanzania	X
UA	Ukraine	X	X
UG	Uganda	X	X
US	United States	X	X	X
UY	Uruguay	X	X
VE	Venezuela	X		X
VN	Viet Nam	X	X	X
YE	Yemen	X
ZA	South Africa	X
ZW	Zimbabwe	X

[^ntr17-L_202602228EN.001201-E0001]: In accordance with the Agreement of 21 June 1999 between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products (OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 132).

[^ntr18-L_202602228EN.001201-E0002]: In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Windsor Framework (see Joint Declaration No 1/2023 of the Union and the United Kingdom in the Joint Committee established by the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community of 24 March 2023, OJ L 102, 17.4.2023, p. 87) in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Framework, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.

[^ntr19-L_202602228EN.001201-E0003]: Hereinafter understood as the State of Israel, excluding the territories under Israeli administration since June 1967, namely the Golan Heights, the Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem and the rest of the West Bank.

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