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European
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 144/2011
of 17 February 2011
amending Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 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)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
include specific animal health requirements for live
ungulates which are to be based on the rules laid
down in Union legislation for the diseases to which
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
those animals are susceptible.
Union,
(4) Directive
2004/68/EC
also
provides
that
specific
Having regard to Council Directive 2002/99/EC of
conditions may be laid down for third countries for
16 December 2002 laying down the animal health rules
which equivalence has been formally recognised by the
governing the production, processing, distribution and intro
Union based on the official health guarantees provided
duction of products of animal origin for human
by the third country concerned.
consumption ( 1 ), and in particular the introductory phrase of
Article 8, the first subparagraph of Article 8(1) and
Article 9(2)(b) thereof,
(5) 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
Having regard to Council Directive 2004/68/EC of 26 April
European Union of certain animals and fresh meat and
2004 laying down animal health rules for the importation
the veterinary certification requirements ( 5 ) lays down the
into and transit through the Community of certain live
veterinary certification requirements for the introduction
ungulate animals, amending Directives 90/426/EEC and
into the Union of certain consignments of live animals or
92/65/EEC and repealing Directive 72/462/EEC ( 2 ), and in
fresh meat. Annexes I and II thereto lay down lists of
particular the first subparagraph of Article 6(1) and
third countries, territories or parts thereof from which
Article 7(e) thereof,
consignments of those animals and meat may be
introduced into the Union.
Whereas:
(6) In
addition,
Annex
I
to
Regulation
(EU)
No
206/2010
sets out specific conditions for the introduction into the
(1) Council
Directive
64/432/EEC
of
26
June
1964
on
Union of domestic bovine animals intended for breeding
animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade
and production, together with a model veterinary
in bovine animals and swine (
certificate for those animals, including Bubalus and

3 ) applies to intra-Union
trade in bovine animals. It provides that bovine
Bison species, and their cross-breeds (BOV-X).
animals for breeding and production must come from
an officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free herd and if
more than 12 months old, have reacted negatively to
(7) Special
condition
‘IVb’
of
Annex
I
to
Regulation
(EU)
No
an individual test carried out during the 30 days prior
206/2010 refers to ‘territory with approved holdings
to leaving the herd of origin and complying with the
recognised as having an official enzootic-bovine-
provisions of Annex D thereto.
leukosis (EBL) free status for the purposes of exports to
the Union of live animals certified according to the
model of certificate (BOV–X)’. That special condition
(2) Directive
64/432/EEC
also
sets
out
diagnostic
tests
to
be
should be amended to take account of the provisions
used for brucellosis and the certification requirements for
concerning officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free herds
intra-Union trade in bovine animals for breeding and
laid down in Directive 64/432/EEC.
production. In addition, that Directive, as amended by
Commission Decision 2008/984/EC ( 4 ), now includes
fluorescence polarization assay as a standard diagnostic
(8) Accordingly,
specific
condition
IVb
set
out
in
Part
1
of
test.
Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 and model of
veterinary certificate (BOV-X) set out in Part 2 of that
Annex should therefore be amended accordingly.
(3) Directive
2004/68/EC
lays
down
the
animal
health
requirements for the importation into, and transit
through, the Union of live ungulates. Those requirements
(9) In
addition,
Part
6
of
Annex
I
to
Regulation
(EU)
No
206/2010 should be amended to take account of the
flurorescence polarization essay diagnostic test set out
( 1 ) OJ L 18, 23.1.2003, p. 11.
in Directive 64/432/EEC.
( 2 ) OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 321.
( 3 ) OJ 121, 29.7.1964, p. 1977.
( 4 ) OJ L 352, 31.12.2008, p. 38.
( 5 ) OJ L 73, 20.3.2010, p. 1.

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(10) Regulation
(EU)
No
206/2010
also
provides
that
fresh
(15) It
is
necessary
to
provide
for
a
transitional
period
in
meat introduced into the Union must satisfy the
order to give Member States and the industry sufficient
requirements set out in the appropriate veterinary
time to take the necessary measures to comply with the
certificate for that meat in accordance with the models
requirements laid down in Regulation (EU) No
set out in Part 2 of Annex II, taking into account any
206/2010, as amended by this Regulation, without any
specific conditions or supplementary guarantees required
disruption to trade.
for such meat.
(11) Botswana
has
requested
the
authorisation
to
export
to
(16) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
are
in
the Union de-boned and matured bovine meat of
accordance with the opinion of the Standing
animals from the veterinary control zone 4a within the
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
territory identified as BW-4 in column 2 of the table in
Part 1 of Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
(12) Requirements
for
imports
of
meat
from
third
countries
into the Union depend on the animal health status of the
exporting third country, territory or part thereof. The
Article 1
World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) determines
Annexes I and II to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 are amended
the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) status of its member
in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
countries and in May 2010 recognised the area in
question as a FMD free zone where vaccination is not
practised. Botswana has established an intensive
Article 2
surveillance zone of 10 km to segregate the disease free
zone from other parts of that country.
For a transitional period until 31 May 2011, consignments of
domestic bovine animals intended for breeding and/or
(13) Botswana
should
thus
be
authorised
for
the
introduction
production after import accompanied by a veterinary certificate
into the Union of de-boned and matured bovine meat of
in accordance with the Model BOV-X, as set out in Part 2 of
animals from the disease free zone. Column 4 of the
Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 before the
table in Part 1 of Annex II to Regulation (EU) No
amendments introduced by Article 1 of this Regulation, may
206/2010 should therefore refer to model veterinary
continue to be introduced into the Union.
certificate BOV. Part 1 of Annex II to that Regulation
should therefore be amended accordingly.
Article 3
(14) Annexes
I
and
II
to
Regulation
(EU)
No
206/2010
should
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following
therefore be amended accordingly.
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, 17 February 2011.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO

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The Annexes to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 are amended as follows:
(1) Annex I is amended as follows:
(a) In Part 1, specific condition ‘IVb’ is replaced by the following:
‘ “IVb”: recognised as having officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis (EBL)-free herds equivalent to the requirements set
out in Annex D to Directive 64/432/EEC for the purposes of exports to the Union of live animals
certified according to the model of certificate BOV–X.’

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(b) In Part 2, Model BOV-X is replaced by the following:
‘Model BOV-X

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(c) In Part 6, the protocol for Brucellosis (Brucella abortus) (BRL) is replaced by the following:
‘B r u c e l l o s i s ( B r u c e l l a a b o r t u s ) ( B R L )
The serum agglutination test, complement fixation test, buffered brucella antigen test, enzyme-linked immuno
sorbent assays (ELISA) and fluorescence polarisation assay (FPA) shall be carried out according to Annex C to
Directive 64/432/EEC.’
(2) In Annex II, Part 1, is replaced by the following:
‘PART 1
List of third countries, territories and parts thereof ( 1 )
Veterinary certificate
ISO code and name of
Code of
Description of third country, territory or part
Specific
Closing
third country
Territory
thereof
conditions
date ( 2 )
Opening date ( 3 )
Model(s) SG
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
AL – Albania AL-0 Whole
country
—
AR – Argentina AR-0 Whole
country EQU
AR-1 The
Provinces
of:
Buenos Aires,
Catamarca,
Corrientes (except the departments of
BOV
A
1 18
March
2005
Berón de Astrada, Capital, Empedrado,
General Paz, Itati, Mbucuruyá, San
Cosme and San Luís del Palmar)
Entre Ríos,
La Rioja,
Mendoza,
Misiones,
Part of Neuquén (excluding territory
RUF
A
1 1
December
2007
included in AR-4),
Part of Río Negro (excluding territory
included in AR-4),
San Juan,
San Luis,
Santa Fe,
Tucuman,
Cordoba,
La Pampa,
Santiago del Estero,
Chaco, Formosa, Jujuy and Salta,
RUW
A
1 1
August
2010
excluding the buffer area of 25 Km
from the border with Bolivia and
Paraguay that extends from the Santa
Catalina District in the Province of
Jujuy, to the Laishi District in the
Province of Formosa
AR-2 Chubut,
Santa
Cruz
and
Tierra
del
BOV, OVI,
1 March 2002
Fuego
RUW, RUF
AR-3 Corrientes:
the
departments
of
Berón
BOV
A
1 1
December
2007
de Astrada, Capital, Empedrado, RUF
General Paz, Itati, Mbucuruyá, San
Cosme and San Luís del Palmar

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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
AR-4 Part
of
Río
Negro
(except:
in
Avel BOV, OVI,
1 August 2008
laneda the zone located north of the RUW, RUF
Provincial road 7 and east of the Prov
incial road 250, in Conesa the zone
located east of the Provincial road 2,
in El Cuy the zone located north of
the Provincial road 7 from its inter
section with the Provincial road 66
to the border with the Department
of Avellaneda, and in San Antonio
the zone located east of the Provincial
roads 250 and 2)
Part of Neuquén (except in
Confluencia the zone located east of
the Provincial road 17, and in Picun
Leufú the zone located east of the
Provincial road 17)
AU – Australia AU-0 Whole
country BOV,
OVI,
POR, EQU,
RUF,
RUW, SUF,
SUW
BA – Bosnia and
BA-0 Whole
country
—
Herzegovina
BH – Bahrain BH-0 Whole
country
—
BR – Brazil BR-0 Whole
country EQU
BR-1 State
of
Minas
Gerais
State of Espírito Santo;
State of Goiás;
State of Mato Grosso
State of Rio Grande Do Sul, State of
Mato Grosso Do Sul (except for the
designated high surveillance zone of
15 Km from the external borders in
BOV A
and
H
1 1
December
2008
the municipalities of Porto Murtinho,
Caracol, Bela Vista, Antnio Joo,
Ponta Por, Aral Moreira, Coronel
Sapucaia, Paranhos, Sete Quedas,
Japor, and Mundo Novo and the
designated high surveillance zone in
the municipalities of Corumbá and
Ladário).
BR-2 State
of
Santa
Catarina BOV A
and
H
1 31
January
2008
BR-3
States of Paraná and So Paulo BOV A
and
H
1 1
August
2008
BW – Botswana BW-0 Whole
country EQU,
EQW
BW-1 The
veterinary
disease
control
zones
BOV, OVI,
F
1 1
December
2007
3c, 4b, 5, 6, 8, 9 and 18
RUF, RUW
BW-2 The
veterinary
disease
control
zones
BOV, OVI,
F
1 7
March
2002
10, 11, 13 and 14
RUF, RUW

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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
BW-3 The
veterinary
disease
control
zone
12 BOV,
OVI,
F
1 20
Octob
20 January 2009
RUF, RUW
er 2008
BW-4 The
veterinary
disease
control
zone
4a,
BOV
F
1 [insert
the
date
of
except the intensive surveillance buffer
application of
zone of 10 km along the boundary
present Regu
with the foot and mouth disease vacci
lation]
nation zone and wildlife management
areas
BY – Belarus BY-0 Whole
country
—
BZ – Belize BZ-0 Whole
country BOV,
EQU
CA – Canada CA-0 Whole
country BOV,
OVI,
G
POR, EQU,
SUF, SUW,
RUF, RUW
CH – Switzerland CH-0 Whole
country
*
CL – Chile CL-0 Whole
country BOV,
OVI,
POR, EQU,
RUF,
RUW, SUF
CN – China CN-0 Whole
country
—
CO – Colombia CO-0 Whole
country EQU
CR – Costa Rica CR-0 Whole
country BOV,
EQU
CU – Cuba CU-0 Whole
country BOV,
EQU
DZ – Algeria DZ-0 Whole
country
—
ET – Ethiopia ET-0 Whole
country
—
FK – Falkland Islands FK-0 Whole
country BOV,
OVI,
EQU
GL – Greenland GL-0 Whole
country BOV,
OVI,
EQU, RUF,
RUW
GT – Guatemala GT-0 Whole
country BOV,
EQU
HK – Hong Kong HK-0 Whole
country
—
HN – Honduras HN-0 Whole
country BOV,
EQU

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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
HR – Croatia HR-0 Whole
country BOV,
OVI,
EQU, RUF,
RUW
IL – Israel IL-0 Whole
country
—
IN – India IN-0 Whole
country
—
IS – Iceland IS-0 Whole
country BOV,
OVI,
EQU, RUF,
RUW
KE – Kenya KE-0 Whole
country
—
MA – Morocco MA-0 Whole
country EQU
ME – Montenegro ME-0 Whole
country BOV,
OVI,
EQU
MG – Madagascar MG-0 Whole
country
—
MK – Former
MK-0 Whole
country OVI,
EQU
Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia ( 4 )
MU – Mauritius MU-0 Whole
country
—
MX – Mexico MX-0 Whole
country BOV,
EQU
NA – Namibia NA-0 Whole
country EQU,
EQW
NA-1
South of the cordon fences which
BOV,
F and J
1
extend from Palgrave Point in the OVI,RUF,
west to Gam in the east
RUW
NC – New Caledonia NC-0 Whole
country BOV,
RUF,
RUW
NI – Nicaragua NI-0 Whole
country
—
NZ – New Zealand NZ-0 Whole
country BOV,
OVI,
POR, EQU,
RUF,
RUW, SUF,
SUW
PA – Panama PA-0 Whole
country BOV,
EQU
PY – Paraguay PY-0 Whole
country EQU
PY-1 Whole
country
except
for
the
BOV
A
1 1
August
2008
designated high surveillance zone of
15 Km from the external borders

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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
RS – Serbia ( 5 ) RS-0 Whole
country BOV,
OVI,
EQU
RU – Russia RU-0 Whole
country
—
RU-1 Region
of
Murmansk,
Yamolo-Nenets
RUF
autonomous area
SV – El Salvador SV-0 Whole
country
—
SZ – Swaziland SZ-0 Whole
country EQU,
EQW
SZ-1 Area
west
of
the
“red
line”
fences
BOV, RUF,
F
1
which extends northwards from the
RUW
river Usutu to the frontier with
South Africa west of Nkalashane,
SZ-2 The
veterinary
foot
and
mouth
disease
BOV, RUF,
F
1 4
August
2003
surveillance and vaccination control
RUW
areas as gazetted as a Statutory
Instrument under legal notice number
51 of 2001
TH – Thailand TH-0 Whole
country
—
TN – Tunisia TN-0 Whole
country
—
TR – Turkey TR-0 Whole
country
—
TR-1 The
provinces
of
Amasya,
Ankara,
EQU
Aydin, Balikesir, Bursa, Cankiri,
Corum, Denizli, Izmir, Kastamonu,
Kutahya, Manisa, Usak, Yozgat and
Kirikkale
UA – Ukraine UA-0 Whole
country
—
US – United States US-0 Whole
country BOV,
OVI,
G
POR,
EQU,SUF,
SUW, RUF,
RUW
UY – Uruguay UY-0 Whole
country EQU
BOV,
A
1 1
November
2001
OVI
A
1

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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
ZA – South Africa ZA-0 Whole
country EQU,
EQW
ZA-1 The
whole
country
except:
— the part of the foot-and-mouth
disease control area situated in
the veterinary regions of
Mpumalanga and Northern
provinces, in the district of BOV, OVI,
Ingwavuma of the veterinary RUF, RUW
F
1
region of Natal and in the
border area with Botswana east
of longitude 28°, and,
— the district of Camperdown, in
the province of KwaZulu-Natal,
ZW – Zimbabwe ZW-0 Whole
country
—
Footnotes:
( 1 ) Without prejudice to specific certification requirements provided for in Union agreements with third countries.
( 2 ) Meat from animals slaughtered on or before the date set out in column 7 may be imported into the Union for 90 days from that date. Consignments carried on vessels
on the high seas may be imported into the Union if certified before the date set out in column 7 for 40 days from that date.(N.B.: no date in column 7 means that there
are no time restrictions).
( 3 ) Only meat from animals slaughtered on or after the date set out in column 8 may be imported into the Union (no date in column 8 means that there are no time
restrictions).
( 4 ) The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; provisional code that does not prejudge in any way the definitive nomenclature for this country, which will be agreed
following the conclusion of negotiations currently taking place on this subject in the United Nations.
( 5 ) Not including Kosovo which is at present under international administration pursuant to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999
* = Requirements as in accordance with the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products (OJ L 114,
30.4.2002, p. 132).
— = No certificates are laid down and fresh meat imports are prohibited (except for those species where indicated in the line comprising the entry for the whole country).
“1” Category
restrictions:
No offal is authorised for introduction into the Union (except, in the case of bovine species, diaphragm and masseter muscles).‘

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