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Official Journal of the European Union
10.9.2013
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 866/2013
of 9 September 2013
amending Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards transit of consignments of poultry meat from
Belarus through Lithuania to the Russian territory of Kaliningrad
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Article 4(4) of that Regulation and lays down specific
conditions for transit of certain consignments from and
bound for Russia through Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Those conditions include additional controls and the
Union,
sealing of the consignments.
Having regard to Council Directive 2002/99/EC of 16 December
2002 laying down the animal health rules governing the
(5) Belarus
requested
the
Commission
to
authorise
the
production, processing, distribution and introduction of
transit through the Union of poultry meat from Belarus
products of animal origin for human consumption (
through Lithuania to the Russian territory of Kaliningrad.

1 ) and in
particular the introductory phrase of Article 8, the first
paragraph of point 1 of Article 8, point 4 of Article 8 and
(6) Owing
to
the
geographical
situation
of
Kaliningrad
and
Article 9(4)(c) thereof,
the already existing procedural structures laid down in
Article 18(2) of Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 with
Whereas:
regard to transit of commodities from and bound to
Russia, the transit of poultry meat from Belarus
through Lithuania to the Russian territory of Kaliningrad
(1) Directive
2002/99/EC
lays
down
the
general
animal
by rail or road should be permitted, provided the
health rules governing the production, processing,
conditions laid down in Article 18(2), (3) and (4) for
distribution within the Union and the introduction
other commodities are complied with.
from third countries of products of animal origin for
human consumption and provides for establishing
specific rules and certification for transit.
(7) Regulation
(EC)
No
798/2008
should
be
amended
in
order to include the commodity poultry meat in its
Article 18(2) and to modify the entry for Belarus in
(2) Commission
Regulation
(EC)
No
798/2008
of
8
August
Part 1 of Annex I to that Regulation.
2008 laying down a list of third countries, territories,

zones or compartments from which poultry and
poultry products may be imported into and transit
(8) Regulation
(EC)
No
798/2008
should
therefore
be
through the Community and the veterinary certification
amended accordingly.
requirements ( 2 ) lays down that certain commodities are
only to be imported into and transit through the Union
from third countries, territories, zones or compartments
(9) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
are
in
listed in the table in Part 1 of Annex I thereto. It also lays
accordance with the opinion of the Standing
down the veterinary certification requirements for such
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
commodities. Those requirements take also into account
whether or not additional guarantees are requested due
to the disease status of those third countries, territories,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
zones or compartments. The additional guarantees with
which those commodities are to comply are set out in
Article 1
Part 2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008.
Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 is amended as follows:
(3) Article
4(4)
of
Regulation
(EC)
No
798/2008
requires
that specified pathogen-free eggs, meat, minced meat
(1) The introductory paragraph in Article 18(2) is replaced by
and mechanically separated meat of poultry, ratites and
the following:
wild game-birds, eggs and egg products transiting
through the Union shall be accompanied by a certificate
drawn up in accordance with the model certificate set
‘2. By
way
of
derogation
from
Article
4(4),
transit
by
out in Annex XI and complying with the conditions set
road or rail shall be authorised between the border
out in that certificate.
inspection posts in Lithuania listed in the Annex to
Decision 2009/821/EC, of consignments of eggs, egg
products and poultry meat coming from Belarus and
(4) In view of the isolated geographic situation of the
bound for the Russian territory of Kaliningrad, where the
Russian territory of Kaliningrad, Article 18 of Regulation
following conditions are met:’
(EC) No 798/2008 derogates from the requirements of
( 1 ) OJ L 18, 23.1.2003, p. 11.
(2) Annex I is amended in accordance with the Annex to this
( 2 ) OJ L 226, 23.8.2008, p. 1.
Regulation.

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EN
10.9.2013 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
241/5
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, 9 September 2013.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
ANNEX
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 is amended as follows:
(1) In Part 1 the entry for Belarus is replaced by the following:
Whole
EP, E and POU (only for transit
‘BY – Belarus BY
-
0
country
through Lithuania)
IX’
(2) In Part 2, in the section ‘Additional guarantees (AG)’, the entry ‘IX’ is replaced by the following:
‘ ‘IX’: only transit through Lithuania of consignments of eggs, egg products and poultry meat originating in Belarus
and bound for the Russian territory of Kaliningrad shall be permitted provided that Article 18(2), (3) and (4) is
complied with.’

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