Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/800 of 17 May 2021 amending Decision 2011/163/EU on the approval of plans submitted by third countries in accordance with Article 29 of Council Directive 96/23/EC (notified under document C(2021) 3291)Text with EEA relevance.

Article 2(1) of Decision 2011/163/EU is replaced by the following:

1. With the exception of raw material used for the production of casings, third countries using raw material imported from other third countries approved for production of food of animal origin in accordance with this Decision or from Member States to be exported to the Union and which are unable to provide a residue monitoring plan equivalent to that required by Article 7 of Directive 96/23/EC for such raw material shall complement the plan with the following statement: The competent authority of [third country] ensures that animal products for human consumption exported to the European Union, in particular products produced from raw material imported into [third country], shall only come from establishments listed in accordance with Article 5 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/625

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)..

and having reliable procedures in place to guarantee that raw material of animal origin used in such food originates only from Member States of the European Union or third countries listed for the respective raw material in the Annex to Decision 2011/163/EU without a restrictive footnote as provided for in Article 2(2) of the Decision..

For the production of casings intended for export to the Union, third countries may use raw material imported from other third countries, which are authorised for the entry into the Union of fresh meat, or of certain meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines in Implementing Regulations (EU) 2021/404 and (EU) 2021/405.

The third country intending to export casings to the Union shall be listed in Implementing Regulations (EU) 2021/404 and (EU) 2021/405 for casings, as well as in the Annex to Decision 2011/163/EU (for casings). In addition, the establishments from which the casings are to be exported to the Union shall be listed in accordance with Article 5 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/625.

Article 3

The Annex to Decision 2011/163/EU is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 4

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 17 May 2021.

For the Commission

Stella Kyriakides

Member of the Commission

Annex

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Annex

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The table contains a list of countries and territories. It is not limited to countries recognised by the EU.

Camel milk only.

Export to the Union of live equidae for slaughter (food producing animals only).

Third countries using only raw material either from Member States or from other third countries approved for imports of such raw material to the Union, in accordance with Article 2.

Third countries using only raw material either from Member States or from other third countries approved for imports of such raw material to the Union, in accordance with Article 2, with the purpose to be used only for the preparation of composite products to be exported to the EU.