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Official Journal of the European Union
14.4.2011
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 364/2011
of 13 April 2011
amending Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 and amending Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1291/2008 as regards a control programme for Salmonella in certain poultry
and eggs in Croatia in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament
and of the Council and correcting Commission Regulations (EU) No 925/2010 and (EU) No
955/2010
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
lation covers cooked eggs. Therefore, the appropriate
Harmonised System (HS) code of the World Customs
Organisation for cooked eggs, namely 04.07, should
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
also be referred to in the model veterinary certificate
Union,
for egg products set out in Part 2 of Annex I to Regu
lation (EC) No 798/2008.
Having regard to Council Directive 2002/99/EC of
16 December 2002 laying down the animal health rules
governing the production, processing, distribution and intro
duction of products of animal origin for human
(3) Where
egg
products
covered
by
HS
code
04.07
orig
consumption (
inating from an area under animal health restrictions

1 ), and in particular Article 9(2)(b) thereof,
are imported into the Union, it is necessary that those
products have been subjected to an appropriate treatment
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the
for the inactivation of disease agents. For that purpose,
European Parliament and of the Council of 17 November
certain treatments for egg products recommended in the
2003 on the control of Salmonella and other specified food-
Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the World Organi
borne zoonotic agents ( 2 ), and in particular Article 10(2)
sation for Animal Health (OIE) as standards for inter
thereof,
national trade should be taken into account and be
included in the Animal health attestation in Part II of
Having regard to Council Directive 2009/158/EC of
the model veterinary certificate for egg products.
30 November 2009 on animal health conditions governing
intra-Community trade in, and imports from third countries
of, poultry and hatching eggs ( 3 ), and in particular Articles
(4) The
model
veterinary
certificate
for
egg
products
set
out
23(1) and 26(2) thereof,
in Part 2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008
should therefore be amended accordingly.
Whereas:
(1) Commission
Regulation
(EC)
No
798/2008
of
8
August (5) Regulation
(EC)
No
2160/2003
lays
down
rules
for
the
2008 laying down a list of third countries, territories,
control of Salmonella in different poultry populations in
zones or compartments from which poultry and
the Union. It provides that admission to or retention on
poultry products may be imported into and transit
the lists of third countries provided for in Union legis
through the Community and the veterinary certification
lation, for the relevant species or category, from which
requirements ( 4 ) lays down the veterinary certification
Member States are authorised to import those animals or
requirements for imports into and transit through the
hatching eggs covered by that Regulation is subject to the
Union of those commodities. It provides that the
submission to the Commission by the third country
commodities covered by that Regulation are only to be
concerned of a control programme for Salmonella with
imported into and transit through the Union from the
equivalent guarantees to those contained in the national
third countries, territories, zones or compartments listed
control programmes for Salmonella in the Member States.
in columns 1 and 3 of the table in Part 1 of Annex I
thereto.
(6) Commission
Regulation
(EC)
No
1291/2008 of
(2)
The definition of eggs set out in point 5.1 of Annex I to
18 December 2008 concerning the approval of control
Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European
programmes for Salmonella in certain third countries in
Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying
accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the
down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin ( 5 )
European Parliament and of the Council and listing of
does not include cooked eggs while the definition of egg
avian influenza surveillance programmes in certain third
products set out in point 7.3 of Annex I to that Regu
countries and amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No
798/2008 ( 6 ) approves the control programmes
( 1 ) OJ L 18, 23.1.2003, p. 11.
submitted by Croatia on 11 March 2008 as regards
( 2 ) OJ L 325, 12.12.2003, p. 1.
Salmonella in breeding poultry of Gallus gallus, hatching
( 3 ) OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 74.
( 4 ) OJ L 226, 23.8.2008, p. 1.
( 5 ) OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 55.
( 6 ) OJ L 340, 19.12.2008, p. 22.

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eggs thereof, laying hens of Gallus gallus, table eggs
‘Treatment type’, which was erroneously, introduced in
thereof and day-old chicks of Gallus gallus intended for
Part I (Details of dispatched consignment) in box I.28 of
breeding or laying.
that certificate. The entry ‘Treatment type’ is not
applicable for meat of poultry and should therefore be
deleted from the model certificate. That error should be
(7) The
control
programmes
submitted
by
Croatia
on
corrected.
11 March 2008 also provides the guarantees required
by Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 for Salmonella
(13) It
is
appropriate
to
provide
for
a
transitional
period
to
control in all other flocks of Gallus gallus. These
permit Member States and the industry to take the
programmes should therefore also be approved. Regu
necessary measures to comply with the applicable
lation (EC) No 1291/2008 should therefore be
veterinary certification requirements following the
amended accordingly.
correction to Regulation (EU) No 955/2010.
(14) Regulations (EU) No 925/2010 and (EU) No 955/2010
(8) The
entry
for
Croatia
in
the
list
in
Part
1
of
Annex
I
to
Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 should be amended to
should therefore be corrected accordingly.
take account of the approval of the control programmes
for Salmonella for all flocks of Gallus gallus.
(15) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
are
in
accordance with the opinion of the Standing
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
(9) Commission
Decision
2007/843/EC
of
11
December
2007 concerning approval of Salmonella control
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
programmes in breeding flocks of Gallus gallus in
certain third countries in accordance with Regulation
(EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of
Article 1
the Council and amending Decision 2006/696/EC, as
regards certain public health requirements at import of
Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008
poultry and hatching eggs ( 1 ) approves the control
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 is amended in
programme submitted by Tunisia for Salmonella in
accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
flocks of breeding hens, in accordance with Regulation
(EC) No 2160/2003. In that Decision, as amended by
Commission Decision 2011/238/EU (
Article 2

2 ), the programme
submitted by Tunisia has been deleted since that third
Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 1291/2008
country has stopped the programme. The entry for
Tunisia in the list in Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation
Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2008 is replaced by the
(EC) No 798/2008 should be amended to take account
following:
of that deletion.
‘Article 1
(10) Regulations (EC) No 798/2008 and (EC) No 1291/2008
The control programmes submitted by Croatia to the
should therefore be amended accordingly.
Commission on 11 March 2008 in accordance with
Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 are
approved as regards Salmonella in all flocks of Gallus gallus.’
(11) Commission Regulation (EU) No 925/2010 of
15 October 2010 amending Decision 2007/777/EC
Article 3
and Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards transit
through the Union of poultry meat and poultry meat
Correction to Regulation (EU) No 925/2010
products from Russia ( 3 ) contains an obvious error in
In Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 925/2010, in the entry for
the entry for Israel (IL-2), in column 7 of the table set
Israel (IL-2), column 7 is corrected as follows:
out in Annex II to that Regulation, which should be
corrected. The corrected Regulation should be applicable
as of the date of entry into force of that Regulation.
(a) in the line for veterinary certificate models ‘BPR, BPP, DOC,
DOR, HEP, HER, SRP’, the date ‘1.5.2010’ is replaced by the
letter ‘A’;
(12) Commission Regulation (EU) No 955/2010 of
22 October 2010 amending Regulation (EC) No
(b) in the line for veterinary certificate model ‘WGM’, ‘A’ is
798/2008 as regards the use of vaccines against
deleted.
Newcastle disease ( 4 ) contains an error in the veterinary
model certificate for meat of poultry (POU) set out in the
Annex to that Regulation. The error concerns the entry
Article 4
Correction to Regulation (EU) No 955/2010
( 1 ) OJ L 332, 18.12.2007, p. 81.
In the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 955/2010, in point (a), in
( 2 ) See page 73 of this Official Journal.
( 3 ) OJ L 272, 16.10.2010, p. 1.
box I.28 of Part I of the model veterinary certificate for meat of
( 4 ) OJ L 279, 23.10.2010, p. 3.
poultry (POU), the words ‘Treatment type’ are deleted.

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Article 5
It shall apply from 1 May 2011.
Entry into force and applicability
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following
However, Article 3 shall apply from 5 November 2010 and
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 4 shall apply from 1 July 2011.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 13 April 2011.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO

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ANNEX
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 is amended as follows:
(a) Part 1 is amended as follows:
(i) the entry for Croatia is replaced by the following:
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SPF
‘HR — Croatia HR-0 Whole
country
BPR, BPP, DOR, DOC, HEP, HER, SRA, SRP
N
A ST0’
EP, E, POU, RAT, WGM
N
(ii) the entry for Tunisia is replaced by the following:
SPF
DOR, BPR, BPP, HER
icial
S0,
ST0
‘TN — Tunisia TN-0 Whole
country
Jour
WGM VIII
nal
EP, E, POU, RAT
S4’
of
the
European
Union
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(b) in Part 2, the model veterinary certificate for egg products (EP) is replaced by the following:
‘Model veterinary certificate for egg products (EP)

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