Commission Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 of 12 March 2010 laying down lists of third countries, territories or parts thereof authorised for the introduction into the European Union of certain animals and fresh meat and the veterinary certification requirements (Text with EEA relevance)Text with EEA relevance

• Published date: 13 August 2011
• Subject Matter: legislazione veterinaria,Mercato interno - Principi,ravvicinamento delle legislazioni,legislación veterinaria,Mercado interior - Principios,aproximación de las legislaciones,législation vétérinaire,Marché intérieur - Principes,rapprochement des législations
• Official Gazette Publication: Gazzetta ufficiale dell’Unione europea, L 73, 20 marzo 2010,Diario Oficial de la Unión Europea, L 73, 20 de marzo de 2010,Journal officiel de l’Union européenne, L 73, 20 mars 2010

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Amended by:

		Official Journal
		No	page	date
►M1	COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 810/2010 of 15 September 2010	L 243	16	16.9.2010
►M2	COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 144/2011 of 17 February 2011	L 44	7	18.2.2011
►M3	COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 342/2011 of 8 April 2011	L 96	10	9.4.2011
M4	COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 801/2011 of 9 August 2011	L 205	27	10.8.2011
M5	COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1112/2011 of 3 November 2011	L 287	32	4.11.2011
M6	COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 497/2012 of 7 June 2012	L 152	1	13.6.2012
M7	COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 546/2012 of 25 June 2012	L 165	25	26.6.2012
►M8	COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 644/2012 of 16 July 2012	L 187	18	17.7.2012
M9	COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1036/2012 of 7 November 2012	L 308	13	8.11.2012
►M10	COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1160/2012 of 7 December 2012	L 336	9	8.12.2012
►M11	COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 71/2013 of 25 January 2013	L 26	7	26.1.2013
►M12	COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 102/2013 of 4 February 2013	L 34	4	5.2.2013
►M13	COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 191/2013 of 5 March 2013	L 62	22	6.3.2013
►M14	COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 196/2013 of 7 March 2013	L 65	13	8.3.2013
M15	COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 482/2013 of 24 May 2013	L 139	6	25.5.2013
►M16	COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 519/2013 of 21 February 2013	L 158	74	10.6.2013
►M17	COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 556/2013 of 14 June 2013	L 164	13	18.6.2013
►M18	COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 780/2013 of 14 August 2013	L 219	1	15.8.2013
M19	COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 854/2013 of 4 September 2013	L 237	1	5.9.2013
►M20	COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1044/2013 of 25 October 2013	L 284	12	26.10.2013
►M21	COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1218/2014 of 13 November 2014	L 329	20	14.11.2014
►M22	COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/604 of 16 April 2015	L 100	60	17.4.2015
M23	COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/917 of 15 June 2015	L 149	11	16.6.2015
►M24	COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/535 of 5 April 2016	L 89	8	6.4.2016
►M25	COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/922 of 10 June 2016	L 154	21	11.6.2016
►M26	COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/1248 of 28 July 2016	L 204	112	29.7.2016
►M27	COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/1832 of 17 October 2016	L 280	13	18.10.2016
►M28	COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2017/384 of 2 March 2017	L 59	3	7.3.2017
►M29	COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2017/731 of 25 April 2017	L 108	7	26.4.2017
►M30	COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2019/1162 of 1 July 2019	L 182	1	8.7.2019

Corrected by:

►C1	Corrigendum, OJ L 146, 11.6.2010, p. 1 (206/2010)
C2	Corrigendum, OJ L 049, 24.2.2011, p. 53 (144/2011)
C3	Corrigendum, OJ L 063, 10.3.2011, p. 28 (144/2011)
►C4	Corrigendum, OJ L 238, 6.9.2013, p. 23 (780/2013)
►C5	Corrigendum, OJ L 029, 5.2.2015, p. 16 (780/2013)
►C6	Corrigendum, OJ L 146, 3.6.2016, p. 37 (2016/535)

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 206/2010

of 12 March 2010

laying down lists of third countries, territories or parts thereof authorised for the introduction into the European Union of certain animals and fresh meat and the veterinary certification requirements

(Text with EEA relevance)

CHAPTER I

SUBJECT MATTER, SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS

Article 1

Subject matter and scope

1. This Regulation lays down the veterinary certification requirements for the introduction into the Union of consignments containing the following live animals or fresh meat:

(a) ungulates;

(b) the animals listed in Part 2 of Annex IV;

(c) fresh meat intended for human consumption, excluding meat preparations, of ungulates and equidae.

2. This Regulation lays down the lists of third countries, territories or parts thereof from which the consignments referred to in paragraph 1 may be introduced into the Union.

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4. This Regulation shall apply without prejudice to any specific certification requirements laid down in other Union acts or in agreements concluded by the Union with third countries.

Article 2

Definitions

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

(a) ‘ungulates’ means ungulates as defined in Article 2(d) of Directive 2004/68/EC;

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

(c) ‘equidae’ means equidae as defined in Article 2(b) of Council Directive 90/426/EEC ( 1 );

(d) ‘holding’ means a farm or other officially supervised agricultural, industrial or commercial undertaking, including zoos, amusement parks and wildlife or hunting reserves where live animals are regularly kept or bred.

CHAPTER II

CONDITIONS FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF LIVE ANIMALS INTO THE UNION

Article 3

General conditions for the introduction of ungulates into the Union

Consignments of ungulates shall only be introduced into the Union if they comply with the following conditions:

(a) they come from the third countries, territories or parts thereof listed in columns 1, 2 and 3 of the table set out in Part 1 of Annex I for which there is a model veterinary certificate corresponding to the consignment concerned listed in column 4 of the table in Part 1 of Annex I;

(b) they are accompanied by the appropriate veterinary certificate, drawn up in accordance with the relevant model veterinary certificate set out in Part 2 of Annex I, taking into account the specific conditions indicated in column 6 of the table in Part 1 of that Annex, and completed and signed by an official veterinarian of the exporting third country;

(c) they comply with the requirements set out in the veterinary certificate referred to in point (b), including:

(i) the supplementary guarantees laid down in that certificate, where indicated in column 5 of the table in Part 1 of Annex I;

(ii) any additional veterinary certification requirements that the Member State of destination may impose in accordance with Union veterinary legislation and which are included in the certificate.

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Article 3a

Conditions for the introduction of ungulates intended for an approved body, institute or centre

1. By way of derogation from Article 3, the competent authority of a Member State may authorise the introduction into its territory of consignments of ungulates of the species listed in Tables 1, 2 and 3 of Part 1 of Annex VI where those consignments are destined for an approved body, institute or centre, provided that the following conditions are complied with:

(a) an assessment has been carried out by the competent authority of the Member State of destination of the animal health risks that each of the consignments may present for the Union;

(b) the consignments concerned come from a third country, territory or part thereof which is included in one of the lists set out in:

(i) Part 1 of Annex I or in Part 1 of Annex II to this Regulation,

(ii) Decision 2004/211/EC ( 2 ), Decision 2007/777/EC ( 3 ), Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 ( 4 ), Regulation (EC) No 119/2009 ( 5 ), Regulation (EU) No 605/2010 ( 6 ),

(c) the ungulates originate from a body, institute or centre in a third country, territory or part thereof, referred to in point (a), which is included in a list established in accordance with Article 3c;

(d) the ungulates have been quarantined in a vector-protected facility at the premises of the body, institute or centre referred to in point (c) for the period provided for in the relevant certificates;

(e) the ungulates are conveyed directly to an approved body, institute or centre in the Member State of destination;

(f) the ungulates are accompanied by an appropriate veterinary certificate, drawn up in accordance with the relevant model of veterinary certificate referred to in Tables 1, 2 and 3 in Part 1 of Annex VI and set out in Part 2 of that Annex;

(g) the ungulates comply with the requirements set out in the model of veterinary certificate referred to in point (f).

The Member State of destination shall inform the Commission and the other Member States in the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health of the authorisation granted pursuant to the first subparagraph, prior to the introduction of the ungulates into their territory.

2. Where exceptional circumstances render compliance with points (c) and (d) of paragraph 1 impossible, the competent authority of the Member State of destination may authorise the introduction, into its territory, of ungulates of the...