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22.5.2013 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
135/5
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 467/2013
of 16 May 2013
amending Regulation (EC) No 206/2009 on the introduction into the Community of personal
consignments of products of animal origin, as regards information to be provided in the posters
to travellers and to the general public
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
that Regulation. The posters contain information on
derogations for certain third countries of geographical
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
proximity and limited animal health risk.
Union,
(3)
Croatia is one of those countries. Subject to, and as from
Having regard to Council Directive 2002/99/EC of 16 December
the date of the entry into force of the Treaty of
2002 laying down animal health rules governing the
Accession of Croatia, it is necessary to delete the entry
production, processing, distribution and introduction of
for that country from those posters.
products of animal origin for human consumption ( 1 ), and in
particular the third indent of Article 8(5) thereof,
(4)
It is also opportune to slightly review the wording and
the layout of the message presented in the posters in
Whereas:
order to make it clearer for the travellers and the
general public.
(1) Commission
Regulation
(EC)
No
206/2009
( 2 ) lays down
(5) Annex
III
to
Regulation
(EC)
No
206/2009
should
rules concerning the introduction into the Union of
therefore be amended accordingly.
personal consignments of products of animal origin of
a non-commercial nature which form part of travellers’
(6) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
are
in
luggage, or are delivered to private persons in small
accordance with the opinion of the Standing
amounts also as a result of remote orders (for example
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
by mail, by telephone or via the internet).
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
(2) Article
3
of
Regulation
(EC)
No
206/2009
requires
Article 1
Member States to ensure that at all points of entry into
the Union, the veterinary conditions applicable to
Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 206/2009 is replaced by the
personal consignments introduced into the Union are
text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
brought to the attention of travellers arriving from
Article 2
third countries. The information to be provided to
travellers has to include at least the information
This Regulation shall enter into force subject to, and on the date
contained in one of the posters set out in Annex III to
of the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession of Croatia.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 16 May 2013.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
( 1 ) OJ L 18, 23.1.2003, p. 11.
( 2 ) OJ L 77, 24.3.2009, p. 1.

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(The notices can be found at: http://ec.europa.eu/food/fs/ah_pcad/ah_pcad_importposters_en.html)

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