title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2197 of 21 December 2020 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 concerning certain specific restrictions on economic and financial relations with Iraq

text:
                  23.12.2020

                  EN

                  Official Journal of the European Union

                  L 434/50

         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/2197
         of 21 December 2020
         amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 concerning certain specific restrictions on economic and financial relations with Iraq
         THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
         Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
         Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 of 7 July 2003 concerning certain specific restrictions on economic and financial relations with Iraq and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2465/96 (1), and in particular Article 11(b) thereof,
         Whereas:

                     (1)

                     Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 lists public bodies, corporations and agencies and natural and legal persons, bodies and entities of the previous government of Iraq covered by the freezing of funds and economic resources that were located outside Iraq on 22 May 2003 under that Regulation.

                     (2)

                     On 16 December 2020, the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council decided to remove one entity from the list of persons and entities to whom the freezing of funds and economic resources should apply.

                     (3)

                     Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 should therefore be amended accordingly,

               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

            Article 1
            Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

            Article 2
            This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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, 21 December 2020.

                  For the Commission,

                  On behalf of The President,

                  Director-General

                  Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union

            (1)  OJ L 169, 8.7.2003, p. 6.

            ANNEX
            In Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 the following entity is deleted:

                        ‘4.

                        Rafidain Bank (alias Al-Rafidain Bank), Rashid Street, Baghdad, Iraq. Other information: offices in Iraq, United Kingdom, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Sudan and Egypt.’


title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2198 of 22 December 2020 correcting Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1628 introducing retrospective Union surveillance of imports of renewable ethanol for fuel

text:
                  23.12.2020

                  EN

                  Official Journal of the European Union

                  L 434/52

         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/2198
         of 22 December 2020
         correcting Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1628 introducing retrospective Union surveillance of imports of renewable ethanol for fuel
         THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
         Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
         Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2015/478 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2015 on common rules for imports (1), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
         Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2015/755 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 on common rules for imports from certain third countries (2), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
         After consulting the Committee on Safeguards and Common Rules for exports,
         Whereas:

                     (1)

                     By Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1628 (3), the Commission has introduced retrospective Union surveillance of imports of renewable ethanol for fuel.

                     (2)

                     In the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1628 the product concerned covers ethyl alcohol produced from agricultural products contained in Ethyl tert-butyl ether (ETBE), but the corresponding CN code for ‘ETBE’ was erroneously missing in the list of the CN codes in the table of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1628. The CN code ex 2909 19 10 therefore has to be added by amending the table in the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1628.

                     (3)

                     The Commission considers that the error does not raise any concerns since Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1628 referred to ‘renewable ethanol for fuel’ as the product subject to retrospective Union surveillance and the CN and TARIC codes were provided for information only,

               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

            Article 1
            The table in the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1628 is replaced by the following:

                           ‘CN CODES

                           TARIC CODE EXTENSIONS

                           ex 2207 10 00

                           11

                           ex 2207 20 00

                           11

                           ex 2208 90 99

                           11

                           ex 2710 12 21

                           10

                           ex 2710 12 25

                           10

                           ex 2710 12 31

                           10

                           ex 2710 12 41

                           10

                           ex 2710 12 45

                           10

                           ex 2710 12 49

                           10

                           ex 2710 12 50

                           10

                           ex 2710 12 70

                           10

                           ex 2710 12 90

                           10

                           ex 2909 19 10

                           10

                           ex 3814 00 10

                           10

                           ex 3814 00 90

                           70

                           ex 3820 00 00

                           10

                           ex 3824 99 92

                           66’

            Article 2
            This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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, 22 December 2020.

                  For the Commission

                  The President

               Ursula VON DER LEYEN

            (1)  OJ L83, 27.3.2015, p.16.

            (2)  OJ L123, 19.5.2015, p.33.

            (3)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1628 of 3 November 2020 introducing retrospective Union surveillance of imports of renewable ethanol for fuel (OJ L 366, 4.11.2020, p. 12).


title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2202 of 22 December 2020 amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008 as regards the entries for the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies in the list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments authorised for the import into the European Union of consignments of aquaculture animals (Text with EEA relevance)

text:
                  28.12.2020

                  EN

                  Official Journal of the European Union

                  L 438/1

         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/2202
         of 22 December 2020
         amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008 as regards the entries for the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies in the list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments authorised for the import into the European Union of consignments of aquaculture animals
         (Text with EEA relevance)
         THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
         Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
         Having regard to Council Directive 2006/88/EC of 24 October 2006 on animal health requirements for aquaculture animals and products thereof, and on the prevention and control of certain diseases in aquatic animals (1), and in particular Article 22 and Article 61(3) thereof,
         Whereas:

                     (1)

                     Commission Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008 (2) establishes requirements for the import into the Union of aquaculture animals. More particularly, Annex III to that Regulation lists the third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which the import into the Union of consignments of aquaculture animals is authorised.

                     (2)

                     The United Kingdom has provided the necessary guarantees required by Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008 in order for the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependancies of Guernsey, the Isle of Man and Jersey to be listed in Annex III to that Regulation at the end of the transition period provided for in the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (Withdrawal Agreement), without prejudice to the application of Union law to and in the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland in accordance with Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland to the Withdrawal Agreement in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol. Taking into account the guarantees provided by the United Kingdom, that third country and the Crown Dependencies should be included in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008.

                     (3)

                     Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly.

                     (4)

                     As the transitional period provided for in the Withdrawal Agreement ends on 31 December 2020, this Regulation should apply from 1 January 2021.

                     (5)

                     The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,

               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

            Article 1
            Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

            Article 2
            This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
            It shall apply from 1 January 2021.

            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
            Done at Brussels, 22 December 2020.

                  For the Commission

                  The President

               Ursula VON DER LEYEN

            (1)  OJ L 328, 24.11.2006, p. 14.

            (2)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008 of 12 December 2008 implementing Council Directive 2006/88/EC as regards conditions and certification requirements for the placing on the market and the import into the Community of aquaculture animals and products thereof and laying down a list of vector species (OJ L 337, 16.12.2008, p. 41).

            ANNEX
            Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008 is amended as follows:

                        (1)

                        the following entries for the United Kingdom and Guernsey are inserted after the entry for the Cook Islands:

                                    ‘GB

                                    United Kingdom (*1)

                                    X

                                    X

                                    X

                                    Whole country

                                    GG

                                    Guernsey

                                    X

                                    X

                                    X

                                    Whole country

                        (2)

                        the following entries for the Isle of Man and Jersey are inserted after the entry for Israel:

                                    ‘IM

                                    Isle of Man

                                    X

                                    Whole country

                                    JE

                                    Jersey

                                    X

                                    X

                                    X

                                    Whole country’


title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2203 of 22 December 2020 amending Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/659 as regards the entries for the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies in the list of third countries and parts of the territory of third countries from which the entry into the Union of consignments of equidae and of semen, ova and embryos of equidae is authorised (Text with EEA relevance)

text:
                  28.12.2020

                  EN

                  Official Journal of the European Union

                  L 438/4

         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/2203
         of 22 December 2020
         amending Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/659 as regards the entries for the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies in the list of third countries and parts of the territory of third countries from which the entry into the Union of consignments of equidae and of semen, ova and embryos of equidae is authorised
         (Text with EEA relevance)
         THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
         Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
         Having regard to Council Directive 92/65/EEC of 13 July 1992 laying down animal health requirements governing trade in and imports into the Community of animals, semen, ova and embryos not subject to animal health requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A(I) to Directive 90/425/EEC (1), and in particular Article 17(3) thereof,
         Having regard to Council Directive 2009/156/EC of 30 November 2009 on animal health conditions governing the movement and importation from third countries of equidae (2), and in particular Article 2(i), Article 12(1), (4) and (5), Article 13(2), Articles 15, 16, 17 and 19 thereof,
         Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products, amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) No 1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and Council Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC and 2008/120/EC, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC, 96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council Decision 92/438/EEC (Official Controls Regulation) (3), and in particular Article 52 thereof,
         Whereas:

                     (1)

                     Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/659 (4) establishes conditions for the entry into the Union of consignments of live equidae and of semen, ova and embryos of equidae. More particularly, Annex I to that Implementing Regulation establishes the list of third countries and parts of the territory of third countries from which the entry into the Union of consignments of equidae and of semen, ova and embryos of equidae is authorised.

                     (2)

                     The United Kingdom has provided the necessary guarantees required by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/659 in order for the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies of Guernsey, the Isle of Man and Jersey to be listed in Annex I to that Implementing Regulation after the end of the transition period provided for in the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (Withdrawal Agreement), without prejudice to the application of Union law to and in the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland in accordance with Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland to the Withdrawal Agreement in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol. Taking into account the guarantees provided by the United Kingdom, that third country and the Crown Dependencies should be included in Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/659.

                     (3)

                     As regards the health status of equidae in the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies, that third country and the Crown Dependencies should be assigned to sanitary group A, and all types of entry and the entry of all categories of equidae should be allowed.

                     (4)

                     Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/659 should therefore be amended accordingly.

                     (5)

                     As the transition period provided for in the Withdrawal Agreement ends on 31 December 2020, this Regulation should apply from 1 January 2021.

                     (6)

                     The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,

               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

            Article 1
            Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/659 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

            Article 2
            This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
            It shall apply from 1 January 2021.

            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
            Done at Brussels, 22 December 2020.

                  For the Commission

                  The President

               Ursula VON DER LEYEN

            (1)  OJ L 268, 14.9.1992, p. 54.

            (2)  OJ L 192, 23.7.2010, p. 1.

            (3)  OJ L 95, 7.4.2017, p. 1.

            (4)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/659 of 12 April 2018 on the conditions for the entry into the Union of live equidae and of semen, ova and embryos of equidae (OJ L 110, 30.4.2018, p. 1).

            ANNEX
            Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/659 is amended as follows:

                        (1)

                        the following entries are inserted after the entry for the Falkland Islands:

                                    ‘GB

                                    United Kingdom (*1)

                                    GB-0

                                    Whole country

                                    A

                                    X

                                    X

                                    X

                                    X

                                    X

                                    X

                                    X

                                    X

                                    X

                                    X

                                    GG

                                    Guernsey

                                    GG-0

                                    Whole country

                                    A

                                    X

                                    X

                                    X

                                    X

                                    X

                        (2)

                        the following entry is inserted after the entry for Israel:

                                    ‘IM

                                    Isle of Man

                                    IM-0

                                    Whole country

                                    A

                                    X

                                    X

                                    X

                                    X

                                    X’

                        (3)

                        the following entry is inserted after the entry for Iceland:

                                    ‘JE

                                    Jersey

                                    JE-0

                                    Whole country

                                    A

                                    X

                                    X

                                    X

                                    X

                                    X’


title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2204 of 22 December 2020 amending Annexes I and II to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 as regards the entries for the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies in the lists of third countries, territories or parts thereof authorised for the introduction into the Union of certain animals and fresh meat (Text with EEA relevance)

text:
                  28.12.2020

                  EN

                  Official Journal of the European Union

                  L 438/7

         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/2204
         of 22 December 2020
         amending Annexes I and II to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 as regards the entries for the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies in the lists of third countries, territories or parts thereof authorised for the introduction into the Union of certain animals and fresh meat
         (Text with EEA relevance)
         THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
         Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
         Having regard to Council Directive 92/65/EEC of 13 July 1992 laying down animal health requirements governing trade in and imports into the Community of animals, semen, ova and embryos not subject to animal health requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A (I) to Directive 90/425/EEC (1), and in particular Article 17(3)(a) and the first subparagraph of Article 17(3)(c) thereof,
         Having regard to Council Directive 2002/99/EC of 16 December 2002 laying down the animal health rules governing the production, processing, distribution and introduction of products of animal origin for human consumption (2), and in particular the introductory phrase and points (1) and (4) of Article 8 and the introductory phrase and point (c) of Article 9(4) thereof,
         Having regard to Council Directive 2004/68/EC of 26 April 2004 laying down animal health rules for the importation into and transit through the Community of certain live ungulate animals, amending Directives 90/426/EEC and 92/65/EEC and repealing Directive 72/462/EEC (3), and in particular the first and second subparagraphs of Article 3(1) and the first subparagraph of Article 6(1) thereof,
         Whereas:

                     (1)

                     Commission Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 (4) establishes lists of third countries, territories or parts thereof authorised for the introduction into the Union of certain animals and fresh meat and the veterinary certification requirements. It provides that consignments of ungulates, and fresh meat of those animals intended for human consumption, are only to be introduced into the Union from third countries that comply with the conditions laid down in that Regulation. More particularly, Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 lists the third countries, territories and parts thereof authorised for the introduction into the Union of consignments of ungulates, other than equidae, while Part 1 of Annex II thereto lists the third countries, territories or parts thereof authorised for the introduction into the Union of consignments of fresh meat of ungulates, including equidae.

                     (2)

                     The United Kingdom has provided the necessary guarantees required by Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 in order for the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies of Guernsey, the Isle of Man and Jersey to be listed in Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010, and in Part 1 of Annex II thereto, after the end of the transition period provided for in the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (Withdrawal Agreement), without prejudice to the application of Union law to and in the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland in accordance with Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland to the Withdrawal Agreement in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol. Taking into account the guarantees provided by the United Kingdom, that third country and the Crown Dependencies should be listed in Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010, and in Part 1 of Annex II thereto.

                     (3)

                     In accordance with the import health requirements laid down in Article 13(2) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1375 (5), a third country may only apply the derogations from Trichinella testing provided for in Article 3(2) and (3) of that Regulation if it has informed the Commission of the application of those derogations and if it has been listed for that purpose in, inter alia, the relevant Annexes to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010. On 4 December 2020, the United Kingdom informed the Commission of its intention to apply derogation from Trichinella testing for unweaned domestic swine less than five weeks of age. in accordance with Article 3(2) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1375. The United Kingdom should therefore be listed in Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 as third country applying such a derogation to certain live pigs and their meat. The United Kingdom is the only third country so far that has asked for a derogation from Trichinella testing.

                     (4)

                     Annexes I and II to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 should therefore be amended accordingly.

                     (5)

                     As the transition period provided for in the Withdrawal Agreement ends on 31 December 2020, this Regulation should apply from 1 January 2021.

                     (6)

                     The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,

               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

            Article 1
            Annexes I and II to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

            Article 2
            This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
            It shall apply from 1 January 2021.

            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
            Done at Brussels, 22 December 2020.

                  For the Commission

                  The President

               Ursula VON DER LEYEN

            (1)  OJ L 268, 14.9.1992, p. 54.

            (2)  OJ L 18, 23.1.2003, p. 11.

            (3)  OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 320.

            (4)  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 (OJ L 73, 20.3.2010, p. 1).

            (5)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1375 of 10 August 2015 laying down specific rules on official controls for Trichinella in meat (OJ L 212, 11.8.2015, p. 7).

            ANNEX
            Annexes I and II to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 are amended as follows:

                        (1)

                        in Annex I, Part 1 is amended as follows:

                                    (a)

                                    the following entries for the United Kingdom and for Guernsey are inserted after the entry for Chile:

                                                ‘GB-United Kingdom (*******)

                                                GB-0

                                                Whole country

                                                GB-1

                                                England and Wales

                                                BOV-X, BOV-Y, OVI-X, OVI-Y, POR-X, POR-Y, RUM, SUI

                                                   III, IVa, V, IX, XI

                                                GB-2

                                                Scotland

                                                BOV-X, BOV-Y, OVI-X, OVI-Y, POR-X, POR-Y, RUM, SUI

                                                   II, III, IVa, V, IX, XI

                                                GG-Guernsey

                                                GG-0

                                                Whole country

                                                BOV-X, OVI-X, POR-X
                                                RUM

                                                   V, IX’

                                    (b)

                                    the following entry for the Isle of Man is inserted after the entry for Greenland:

                                                ‘IM-Isle of Man

                                                IM-0

                                                Whole country

                                                BOV-X, BOV-Y, OVI-X, OVI-Y

                                                   II, III, IVa, V, IX’

                                    (c)

                                    the following entry for Jersey is inserted after the entry for Iceland:

                                                ‘JE-Jersey

                                                JE-0

                                                Whole country

                                                BOV-X, BOV-Y

                                                   IVa’

                                    (d)

                                    the specific condition ‘XI’ is replaced by the following:
                                    ‘“XI”: unweaned domestic swine less than five weeks of age are exempt from Trichinella testing.’;

                                    (e)

                                    the following note concerning the entry for the United Kingdom is added:

                                                ‘(*******)

                                                In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.’;

                        (2)

                        Annex II is amended as follows:

                                    (a)

                                    Part 1 is amended as follows:

                                                (i)

                                                the following entries are inserted after the entry for the Falkland Islands:

                                                            ‘GB- United Kingdom(***)

                                                            GB-0

                                                            Whole country

                                                            BOV, OVI, POR, EQU, RUF, RUW, SUF, SUW

                                                            K

                                                            GG-Guernsey

                                                            GG-0

                                                            Whole country’

                                                (ii)

                                                the following entry is inserted after the entry for Israel:

                                                            ‘IM-Isle of Man

                                                            IM-0

                                                            Whole country

                                                            BOV, OVI, POR’

                                                (iii)

                                                the following entry is inserted after the entry for Iceland:

                                                            ‘JE-Jersey

                                                            JE-0

                                                            Whole country’

                                                (iv)

                                                the following note concerning the entry for the United Kingdom is added:

                                                            ‘(***)

                                                            In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.’;

                                    (b)

                                    in Part 2, in the supplementary guarantees, point ‘K’ is replaced by the following:
                                    ‘“K”: unweaned domestic swine less than five weeks of age are exempt from Trichinella testing.’.


title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2205 of 22 December 2020 amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entries for the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependency of Guernsey in the list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which consignments of poultry and poultry products may be introduced into or transit through the Union (Text with EEA relevance)

text:
                  28.12.2020

                  EN

                  Official Journal of the European Union

                  L 438/11

         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/2205
         of 22 December 2020
         amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entries for the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependency of Guernsey in the list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which consignments of poultry and poultry products may be introduced into or transit through the Union
         (Text with EEA relevance)
         THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
         Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
         Having regard to Council Directive 2002/99/EC of 16 December 2002 laying down the animal health rules governing the production, processing, distribution and introduction of products of animal origin for human consumption (1), and in particular the introductory phrase and points (1) and (4) of Article 8 and the introductory phrase and point (c) of Article 9(4) thereof,
         Having regard to Council Directive 2009/158/EC of 30 November 2009 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in, and imports from third countries of, poultry and hatching eggs (2), and in particular Articles 23(1), 24(2) and 25(2) thereof,
         Whereas:

                     (1)

                     Commission Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 (3) lays down a list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which poultry and poultry products (‘the commodities’) may be imported into and transit through the Union and the respective veterinary certification requirements. It provides that the commodities are only to be imported into and transit through the Union from the third countries, territories, zones or compartments listed in columns 1 and 3 of the table in Part 1 of Annex I thereto.

                     (2)

                     Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 also lays down the conditions for a third country, territory, zone or compartment, from which commodities are imported into the Union, to be considered as free from highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).

                     (3)

                     The United Kingdom has provided the necessary guarantees required by Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 in order for the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependency of Guernsey to be listed in Part 1 of Annex I to that Regulation after the end of the transition period provided for in the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (Withdrawal Agreement), without prejudice to the application of Union law to and in the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland in accordance with Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland to the Withdrawal Agreement in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol. Taking into account the guarantees provided by the United Kingdom, that third country and the Crown Dependency of Guernsey should be included in Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008.

                     (4)

                     However, since November 2020, the United Kingdom has confirmed a number of HPAI outbreaks of subtype H5N8 on its territory, certain of which will not have been resolved by 1 January 2021. Therefore, the territory of the United Kingdom cannot be considered as being free from that disease.

                     (5)

                     The United Kingdom has submitted information on the epidemiological situation on its territory and the measures it has taken to prevent the further spread of HPAI. That information has been evaluated by the Commission. On the basis of that evaluation, as well as of the guarantees provided by the United Kingdom, it is appropriate to place restrictions on the introduction into the Union of consignments of poultry and poultry products from the areas affected by HPAI, which the veterinary authorities of the United Kingdom have placed under restrictions due to the outbreaks.

                     (6)

                     Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly.

                     (7)

                     As the transition period provided for in the Withdrawal Agreement ends on 31 December 2020, this Regulation should apply from 1 January 2021.

                     (8)

                     The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,

               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

            Article 1
            Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

            Article 2
            This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
            It shall apply from 1 January 2021.

            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
            Done at Brussels, 22 December 2020.

                  For the Commission

                  The President

               Ursula VON DER LEYEN

            (1)  OJ L 18, 23.1.2003, p. 11.

            (2)  OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 74.

            (3)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 of 8 August 2008 laying down a list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which poultry and poultry products may be imported into and transit through the Community and the veterinary certification requirements (OJ L 226, 23.8.2008, p. 1).

            ANNEX
            In Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008, the following entries are inserted after the entry for China:

                           ‘GB – United Kingdom (*1)

                           GB-0

                           Whole country

                           SPF

                           EP, E

                           GB-1

                           The whole country of the United Kingdom, excluding area GB-2

                           BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20

                           N

                           A

                           WGM

                           POU, RAT

                           N

                           GB-2

                           The territory of the United Kingdom corresponding to:

                           GB-2.1

                           North Yorkshire County:
                           The area contained within a circle of a radius of 10 km, centred on WGS84 dec. coordinates N54.30 and W1.47

                           BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20

                           N
                           P2

                           1.1.2021

                           A

                           WGM

                           P2

                           1.1.2021

                           POU, RAT

                           N
                           P2

                           1.1.2021

                           GB-2.2

                           North Yorkshire County:
                           The area contained within a circle of a radius of 10 km, centred on WGS84 dec. coordinates N54.29 and W1.45

                           BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20

                           N
                           P2

                           1.1.2021

                           A

                           WGM

                           P2

                           1.1.2021

                           POU, RAT

                           N
                           P2

                           1.1.2021

                           GB-2.3

                           Norfolk County:
                           The area contained within a circle of a radius of 10 km, centred on WGS84 dec. coordinates N52.49 and E0.95

                           BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20

                           N
                           P2

                           1.1.2021

                           A

                           WGM

                           P2

                           1.1.2021

                           POU, RAT

                           N
                           P2

                           1.1.2021

                           GB-2.4

                           Norfolk County:
                           The area contained within a circle of a radius of 10 km, centred on WGS84 dec. coordinates N52.72 and E0.15

                           BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20

                           N
                           P2

                           1.1.2021

                           A

                           WGM

                           P2

                           1.1.2021

                           POU, RAT

                           N
                           P2

                           1.1.2021

                           GG – Guernsey

                           GG-0

                           Whole territory

                           BPP, LT20

                           N

                           A

               (*1)  In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.’.


title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2206 of 22 December 2020 amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 119/2009 as regards the entry for the United Kingdom in the list of third countries or parts thereof authorised for the introduction into the Union of consignments of meat of wild leporidae, of certain wild land mammals and of farmed rabbits (Text with EEA relevance)

text:
                  28.12.2020

                  EN

                  Official Journal of the European Union

                  L 438/15

         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/2206
         of 22 December 2020
         amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 119/2009 as regards the entry for the United Kingdom in the list of third countries or parts thereof authorised for the introduction into the Union of consignments of meat of wild leporidae, of certain wild land mammals and of farmed rabbits
         (Text with EEA relevance)
         THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
         Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
         Having regard to Council Directive 2002/99/EC of 16 December 2002 laying down the animal health rules governing the production, processing, distribution and introduction of products of animal origin for human consumption (1), and in particular the introductory phrase of Article 8, the first subparagraph of point (1) and point (4) of Article 8 and the introductory phrase and point (c) of Article 9(4) thereof,
         Whereas:

                     (1)

                     Commission Regulation (EC) No 119/2009 (2) lays down the public and animal health conditions and certification requirements for the introduction into the Union of consignments of certain meat of wild leporidae, of wild land mammals and of farmed rabbits. More particularly, Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 119/2009 lists the third countries and parts thereof authorised for the introduction into the Union of such consignments.

                     (2)

                     The United Kingdom has provided the necessary guarantees required by Regulation (EC) No 119/2009 in order for the United Kingdom to be listed in Part 1 of Annex I to that Regulation after the end of the transition period provided for in the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (Withdrawal Agreement), without prejudice to the application of Union law to and in the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland in accordance with Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland to the Withdrawal Agreement in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol. Taking into account the guarantees provided by the United Kingdom, that third country should be listed in Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 119/2009.

                     (3)

                     Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 119/2009 should therefore be amended accordingly.

                     (4)

                     As the transition period provided for in the Withdrawal Agreement ends on 31 December 2020, this Regulation should apply from 1 January 2021.

                     (5)

                     The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,

               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

            Article 1
            Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 119/2009 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

            Article 2
            This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
            It shall apply from 1 January 2021.

            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
            Done at Brussels, 22 December 2020.

                  For the Commission

                  The President

               Ursula VON DER LEYEN

            (1)  OJ L 18, 23.1.2003, p. 11.

            (2)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 119/2009 of 9 February 2009 laying down a list of third countries or parts thereof, for imports into, or transit through, the Community of meat of wild leporidae, of certain wild land mammals and of farmed rabbits and the veterinary certification requirements (OJ L 39, 10.2.2009, p. 12).

            ANNEX
            Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 119/2009 is amended as follows:

                        (1)

                        the following entry for the United Kingdom is inserted after the entry for Russia:

                                    ‘United Kingdom(*)

                                    GB

                                    WL

                                    RM

                                    WM

                                    ’

                        (2)

                        the following note concerning the entry for the United Kingdom is added at the end of the list of third countries and parts thereof and additional guarantees:

                                    ‘(*)

                                    In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.’


title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2207 of 22 December 2020 amending Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 605/2010 as regards the entries for the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies in the list of third countries or parts thereof authorised for the introduction into the Union of raw milk, dairy products, colostrum and colostrum-based products intended for human consumption (Text with EEA relevance)

text:
                  28.12.2020

                  EN

                  Official Journal of the European Union

                  L 438/18

         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/2207
         of 22 December 2020
         amending Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 605/2010 as regards the entries for the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies in the list of third countries or parts thereof authorised for the introduction into the Union of raw milk, dairy products, colostrum and colostrum-based products intended for human consumption
         (Text with EEA relevance)
         THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
         Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
         Having regard to Council Directive 2002/99/EC of 16 December 2002 laying down the animal health rules governing the production, processing, distribution and introduction of products of animal origin for human consumption (1), and in particular the introductory phrase of Article 8, the first subparagraph of point (1) and point (4) of Article 8 and Article 9(4) thereof,
         Whereas:

                     (1)

                     Commission Regulation (EU) No 605/2010 (2) lays down the public and animal health conditions and certification requirements for the introduction into the Union of consignments of raw milk, dairy products, colostrum and colostrum-based products intended for human consumption, and the list of third countries or parts thereof from which the introduction into the Union of such consignments is authorised. More particularly, Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 605/2010 lists the third countries and parts thereof from which the introduction into the Union of consignments of raw milk, dairy products, colostrum and colostrum-based products intended for human consumption is authorised.

                     (2)

                     The United Kingdom has provided the necessary guarantees required by Regulation (EU) No 605/2010 in order for the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies of Guernsey, the Isle of Man and Jersey to be listed in Annex I to that Regulation after the end of the transition period provided for in the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (Withdrawal Agreement), without prejudice to the application of Union law to and in the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland in accordance with Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland to the Withdrawal Agreement in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol.

                     (3)

                     Taking into account the guarantees provided by the United Kingdom, that third country and the Crown Dependencies should be included in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 605/2010.

                     (4)

                     Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 605/2010 should therefore be amended accordingly.

                     (5)

                     As the transition period provided for in the Withdrawal Agreement ends on 31 December 2020, this Regulation should apply from 1 January 2021.

                     (6)

                     The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,

               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

            Article 1
            Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 605/2010 is amended in accordance with the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

            Article 2
            This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
            It shall apply from 1 January 2021.

            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
            Done at Brussels, 22 December 2020.

                  For the Commission

                  The President

               Ursula VON DER LEYEN

            (1)  OJ L 18, 23.1.2003, p. 11.

            (2)  Commission Regulation (EU) No 605/2010 of 2 July 2010 laying down animal and public health and veterinary certification conditions for the introduction into the European Union of raw milk and dairy products intended for human consumption (OJ L 175, 10.7.2010, p. 1).

            ANNEX
            Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 605/2010 is amended as follows:

                        (1)

                        the following entries for the United Kingdom and Guernsey are inserted after the entry for Ethiopia:

                                    ‘GB

                                    United Kingdom (*1)

                                    +

                                    +

                                    +

                                    GG

                                    Guernsey

                                    +

                                    +

                                    +

                        (2)

                        the following entry for the Isle of Man is inserted after the entry for Israel:

                                    ‘IM

                                    Isle of Man

                                    +

                                    +

                                    +’

                        (3)

                        the following entry for Jersey is inserted after the entry for Iceland:

                                    ‘JE

                                    Jersey

                                    +

                                    +

                                    +’

               (*1)  In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.’


title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2208 of 22 December 2020 including the United Kingdom as a third country authorised for the imports into the Union of consignments of hay and straw (Text with EEA relevance)

text:
                  28.12.2020

                  EN

                  Official Journal of the European Union

                  L 438/21

         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/2208
         of 22 December 2020
         including the United Kingdom as a third country authorised for the imports into the Union of consignments of hay and straw
         (Text with EEA relevance)
         THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
         Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
         Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products, amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) No 1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and Council Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC and 2008/120/EC, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC, 96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council Decision 92/438/EEC (Official Controls Regulation) (1), and in particular Article 128(1) thereof,
         Whereas:

                     (1)

                     Certain plant products, including hay and straw, pose a risk of spreading infectious or contagious diseases to animals.

                     (2)

                     Article 128(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 provides for the elements that should be included in the measures necessary to contain such risks.

                     (3)

                     Article 9 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 136/2004 (2) requires veterinary checks for the plant products listed in Annex IV to that Regulation, including straw and hay. Annex V to that Regulation lists the countries from which Member States are authorised to import hay and straw and specifies the conditions for such imports.

                     (4)

                     The CN codes for hay and straw are provided for in Chapter 12 of Annex I to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2007 (3).

                     (5)

                     Whilst Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2130 (4) repealed Regulation (EC) No 136/2004, at the same time, it provided that Article 9 and Annexes IV and V of Regulation (EC) No 136/2004 remain applicable until 21 April 2021.

                     (6)

                     Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2130 applies to hay and straw entering the Union. That Implementing Regulation provides detailed rules for documentary checks, identity checks and physical checks to be performed on hay and straw at border control posts.

                     (7)

                     In view of the end of the transition period provided for in the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (Withdrawal Agreement) on 31 December 2020, the United Kingdom requested to be able to continue its exports of hay and straw to the Union.

                     (8)

                     Furthermore, hay and straw are commodities through which risks to animal health may be transmitted. However, the present animal health status of the United Kingdom does not pose any concerns in relation to exports of hay and straw to the Union. Therefore, it is appropriate to subject hay and straw originating from the United Kingdom to documentary checks, identity checks and physical checks at the border control post of first arrival into the Union.

                     (9)

                     The United Kingdom has provided the necessary guarantees that would have fulfilled Regulation (EC) No 136/2004 for a third country to be listed in Annex V of that Regulation and to be included into the list of third countries from which Member States are authorised to import hay and straw. Taking into account the potential risk to animal health as well as the guarantees provided by the United Kingdom, that third country should be included as a third country from which Member States are authorised to import hay and straw, without prejudice to to the application of Union law to and in the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland in accordance with Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland to the Withdrawal Agreement in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol.

                     (10)

                     Council Directive 97/78/EC (5), which provided the legal base for Regulation (EC) No 136/2004, was repealed by Article 146(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 and could therefore not serve as a legal base for including the United Kingdom in Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 136/2004.

                     (11)

                     Since the list of third countries from where Member States may import hay and straw in Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 136/2004 is still applicable until 21 April 2021, the Commission has not yet adopted any delegated act in accordance with Article 126(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 to lay down that hay and straw only enter the Union from a third country or a region of a third country which appears on a list drawn up by the Commission for that purpose. As a consequence, the United Kingdom cannot be included into such list in accordance with Article 127(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625. Therefore, the United Kingdom should be included as a third country from which Member States are authorised to import hay and straw subject to the detailed rules on the operations to be carried out on goods subject to official controls at border control posts in accordance with Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2130.

                     (12)

                     Pending the replacement of the list in Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 136/2004 by a measure adopted in accordance with Regulation (EC) 2017/625, it is appropiate to allow imports into the Union of hay and straw coming and originating from the United Kingdom. This would allow trade with the United Kingdom to continue, while taking into account the current animal health status of the United Kingdom.

                     (13)

                     As the transition period provided for in the Withdrawal Agreement ends on 31 December 2020, this Regulation should apply from 1 January 2021.

                     (14)

                     The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,

               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

            Article 1
            Imports into the Union of hay (CN code ex 1214 90, as referred to in Chapter 12 of Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2007) and straw (CN code ex 1213 00 00, as referred to in Chapter 12 of Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2007) coming from and originating in Great Britain and the Crown Dependencies shall be authorised.

            Article 2
            This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
            It shall apply from 1 January 2021.

            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
            Done at Brussels, 22 December 2020.

                  For the Commission

                  The President

               Ursula VON DER LEYEN

            (1)  OJ L 95, 7.4.2017, p. 1.

            (2)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 136/2004 of 22 January 2004 laying down procedures for veterinary checks at Community border inspection posts on products imported from third countries (OJ L 21, 28.1.2004, p. 11).

            (3)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2007 of 18 November 2019 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the lists of animals, products of animal origin, germinal products, animal by-products and derived products and hay and straw subject to official controls at border control posts and amending Decision 2007/275/EC (OJ L 312, 3.12.2019, p. 1).

            (4)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2130 of 25 November 2019 establishing detailed rules on the operations to be carried out during and after documentary checks, identity checks and physical checks on animals and goods subject to official controls at border control posts (OJ L 321, 12.12.2019, p. 128).

            (5)  Council Directive 97/78/EC of 18 December 1997 laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries (OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 9).


title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2209 of 22 December 2020 amending Annexes I, II and III to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/626 as regards the entries of the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies in the list of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the European Union of certain animals and goods intended for human consumption (Text with EEA relevance)

text:
                  28.12.2020

                  EN

                  Official Journal of the European Union

                  L 438/24

         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/2209
         of 22 December 2020
         amending Annexes I, II and III to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/626 as regards the entries of the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies in the list of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the European Union of certain animals and goods intended for human consumption
         (Text with EEA relevance)
         THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
         Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
         Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products, amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) No 1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and Council Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC and 2008/120/EC, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC, 96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council Decision 92/438/EEC (Official Controls Regulation) (1), and in particular Article 127(2) thereof,
         Whereas:

                     (1)

                     Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/625 (2) supplements Regulation (EU) 2017/625 as regards the conditions for the entry into the Union of consignments of certain animals and goods intended for human consumption from third countries or regions thereof in order to ensure that they comply with the applicable requirements established in the rules on food safety referred to in Article 1(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 or with requirements recognised to be at least equivalent. Those conditions include the identification of the animals and goods intended for human consumption which can enter the Union only from third countries or regions listed in accordance with Article 126(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625.

                     (2)

                     Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/626 (3) establishes lists of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union from a food safety perspective, in particular of live, chilled, frozen or processed bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods for human consumption, of other fishery products and of frogs’ legs and snails prepared in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4).

                     (3)

                     The United Kingdom has provided the necessary guarantees required by Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/625 in order for the United Kingdom and for the Crown Dependencies of Guernsey, the Isle of Man and Jersey to be listed in Annexes I, II and III to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/626 after the end of the transition period provided for in the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (Withdrawal Agreement), without prejudice to the application of Union law to and in the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland in accordance with Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland to the Withdrawal Agreement in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol. Taking into account the guarantees provided by the United Kingdom, that third country and the Crown Dependencies should be included in Annexes I, II and III to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/626.

                     (4)

                     Annexes I, II and III to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/626 should therefore be amended accordingly.

                     (5)

                     As the transition period provided for in the Withdrawal Agreement ends on 31 December 2020, this Regulation should apply from 1 January 2021.

                     (6)

                     The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,

               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

            Article 1
            Annexes I, II and III to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/626 are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

            Article 2
            This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
            It shall apply from 1 January 2021.

            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
            Done at Brussels, 22 December 2020.

                  For the Commission

                  The President

               Ursula VON DER LEYEN

            (1)  OJ L 95, 7.4.2017, p. 1.

            (2)  Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/625 of 4 March 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to requirements for the entry into the Union of consignments of certain animals and goods intended for human consumption (OJ L 131, 17.5.2019, p. 18).

            (3)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/626 of 5 March 2019 concerning lists of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the European Union of certain animals and goods intended for human consumption, amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/759 as regards these lists (OJ L 131, 17.5.2019, p. 31).

            (4)  Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin (OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 55).

            ANNEX
            Annexes I, II and III to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/626 are amended as follows:

                        (1)

                        Annex I is amended as follows:

                                    (a)

                                    the following entries are inserted after the entry for Chile:

                                                ‘GB

                                                United Kingdom (*)

                                                GG

                                                Guernsey

                                    (b)

                                    the following entries are inserted after the entry for Greenland:

                                                ‘IM

                                                Isle of Man

                                                JE

                                                Jersey’

                        (2)

                        Annex II is amended as follows:

                                    (a)

                                    the following entry is inserted after the entry for Gabon:

                                                ‘GB

                                                United Kingdom (*)

                                    (b)

                                    the following entry is inserted after the entry for Georgia:

                                                ‘GG

                                                Guernsey’

                                    (c)

                                    the following entry is inserted after the entry for Israel:

                                                ‘IM

                                                Isle of Man’

                                    (d)

                                    the following entry is inserted after the entry for Iran:

                                                ‘JE

                                                Jersey’

                        (3)

                        Annex III is amended as follows:

                                    (a)

                                    the following entry is inserted after the entry for Gabon:

                                                ‘GB

                                                United Kingdom (*)

                                    (b)

                                    the following entry is inserted after the entry for Georgia:

                                                ‘GG

                                                Guernsey’

                                    (c)

                                    the following entry is inserted after the entry for Israel:

                                                ‘IM

                                                Isle of Man’

                                    (d)

                                    the following entry is inserted after the entry for Iran:

                                                ‘JE

                                                Jersey’