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Contents

1. Preamble
2. 1. Article 1
   2. Article 2
3. ANNEX
4. ANNEX
5. ANNEX II List of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of fresh meat, excluding offal and minced meat, and of meat preparations of wild solipeds, as referred to in Article 5 and Article 19(2)
6. ANNEX IX List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of certain fishery products, as referred to in Article 13, Articles 18(3), 19(4), and 20(3), and Articles 22(b) and 25(d)
7. ANNEX XI List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of frogs’ legs and of snails, as referred to in Article 17
8. ANNEX XV List of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of insects as referred to in Article 24

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), and in particular Article 127(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/625 supplements Regulation (EU) 2017/625 as regards the requirements 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 requirements include the identification of the animals and goods intended for human consumption which may only enter the Union from third countries or regions listed in accordance with Article 126(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625.

(2) A third country or region thereof can only be included in the list referred to in Article 126(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 if it complies with the requirements laid down in Article 127 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625, and with those laid down in Article 4(a) to (f) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/625. The requirement laid down in Article 4(f) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/625 is the existence, implementation and communication of a residues control programme approved by the Commission, when applicable, in accordance with Council Directive 96/23/EC.

(3) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 lays down the lists of third countries and regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of certain animals and goods intended for human consumption in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/625, while Commission Decision 2011/163/EU approves the residue monitoring plans submitted by certain third countries concerning specific animals and animal products listed in the Annex to that Decision.

(4) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/653 amended Decision 2011/163/EU and approved the residue monitoring plans of certain third countries, which comply with the requirement laid down in Article 4(f) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/625. Some of these third countries had already submitted appropriate evidence and guarantees that the animals and goods concerned comply with the requirements laid down in Article 4(a) to (e) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/625. These countries should be accordingly included in the lists laid down in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405.

(5) Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/653 removed or restricted the approval of the residue monitoring plans of certain third countries, which are currently included in the lists laid down in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405. The lists laid down in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 should be amended accordingly so as to remove or restrict the authorisation of these countries.

(6) Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/653 approved the residue monitoring plan of Namibia for wild game. Since Namibia provided sufficient evidence and guarantees that it fulfils the requirements of Union legislation for the entry into the Union of consignments of fresh meat, excluding offal and minced meat, and of meat preparations of wild solipeds, this country should be added to the list of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of meat of wild solipeds laid down in Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405, with the remark only wild game.

(7) Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/653 approved the residue monitoring plan of Nigeria for aquaculture with the remark excluding finfish. Since Nigeria has provided sufficient evidence and guarantees that it fulfils the requirements of Union legislation for the entry into the Union of consignments of fishery products from aquaculture, the entry of Nigeria in the list laid down in Annex IX to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 should be amended so as to authorise the country for entry into the Union of consignments of fishery products from aquaculture with the exception of finfish.

(8) Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/653 approved the residue monitoring plan of Oman for aquaculture with the remark excluding crustaceans. Since Oman has provided sufficient evidence and guarantees that it fulfils the requirements of Union legislation for the entry into the Union of consignments of fishery products from aquaculture, the entry of Oman in the list laid down in Annex IX to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 should be amended so as to authorise the country for the entry into the Union of consignments of fishery products from aquaculture with the exception of crustaceans.

(9) Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/653 added the remark excluding crustaceans to the approval of the residue monitoring plans for aquaculture of the Falklands Islands, Montenegro, Morocco and Ukraine. Therefore, these countries should not be authorised for the entry into the Union of crustaceans from aquaculture. Annex IX to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(10) Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/653 added the remark excluding finfish to the approval of the residue monitoring plans for aquaculture of Guatemala, Mozambique, Nicaragua, and Tanzania. Therefore, these countries should not be authorised for the entry into the Union of finfish from aquaculture. Annex IX to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(11) Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/653 amended the footnotes applying to aquaculture products. Only crustaceans and only finfish were replaced by excluding finfish and excluding crustaceans, respectively. For consistency reasons, it is necessary to align the wording of the remarks in Annex IX to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 to that in Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/653.

(12) On 12 March 2021, the competent authority of the United Kingdom submitted to the Commission the relevant questionnaire for the evaluation of the entry of insects intended for human consumption into the Union. The competent authority of the United Kingdom responded satisfactorily to all questions, and therefore provided sufficient evidence and guarantees to the Commission that requirements equivalent to Article 126(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 were complied with. The United Kingdom should therefore be included in the list of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of insects laid down in Annex XV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405, 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 Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol.

(13) Annexes II, IX and XV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(14) Annex XI to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 contains errors concerning Armenia and Azerbaijan in terms of omission and product authorisation. Those errors alter the meaning of the text.

(15) Annex XI to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 should therefore be corrected accordingly.

(16) 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 II, IX, XI and XV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 are replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 10 August 2021. For the Commission The President Ursula von der Leyen

ANNEX

ANNEX

ANNEX II List of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of fresh meat, excluding offal and minced meat, and of meat preparations of wild solipeds, as referred to in Article 5 and Article 19(2)

COUNTRY ISO CODE THIRD COUNTRY REMARKS NA Namibia Only wild game ZA South Africa Only wild game

ANNEX IX List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of certain fishery products, as referred to in Article 13, Articles 18(3), 19(4), and 20(3), and Articles 22(b) and 25(d)

COUNTRY ISO CODE THIRD COUNTRY OR REGIONS THEREOF REMARKS AE United Arab Emirates Aquaculture: Only raw material either from Member States or from other third countries approved for imports of such raw material into the Union AG Antigua and Barbuda Only live lobsters from wild catch AL Albania Excluding crustaceans from aquaculture AM Armenia Only live wild crayfish, heat processed non-farmed crayfish and frozen non-farmed crayfish AO Angola Only wild catch AR Argentina AU Australia AZ Azerbaijan Only caviar from wild catch BA Bosnia and Herzegovina Excluding crustaceans from aquaculture BD Bangladesh BJ Benin Only wild catch BN Brunei Only aquaculture products BQ Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, Saba Only wild catch BR Brazil BS Bahamas Only wild catch BY Belarus BZ Belize Only wild catch CA Canada CG Congo Only wild catch. Only fishery products caught, frozen and packed in their final packaging at sea CH Switzerland CI Cote d’Ivoire Only wild catch CL Chile CN China CO Colombia CR Costa Rica CU Cuba CV Cape Verde Only wild catch CW Curaçao Only wild catch DZ Algeria Only wild catch EC Ecuador EG Egypt Only wild catch ER Eritrea Only wild catch FJ Fiji Only wild catch FK Falkland Islands Excluding crustaceans from aquaculture GA Gabon Only wild catch GB United Kingdom GD Grenada Only wild catch GE Georgia Only wild catch GG Guernsey Only wild catch GH Ghana Only wild catch GL Greenland Only wild catch GM Gambia Only wild catch GN Guinea Only wild catch. Only fish that has not undergone any preparation or processing operation other than heading, gutting, chilling or freezing. GT Guatemala Excluding finfish from aquaculture GY Guyana Only wild catch HK Hong Kong Only wild catch HN Honduras ID Indonesia IL Israel IM Isle of Man IN India IR Iran Excluding finfish from aquaculture JE Jersey Only wild catch JM Jamaica Only wild catch JP Japan KE Kenya KI Kiribati Only wild catch KR South Korea KZ Kazakhstan Only wild catch LK Sri Lanka MA Morocco Excluding crustaceans from aquaculture MD Moldova Only caviar ME Montenegro Excluding crustaceans from aquaculture MG Madagascar MK North Macedonia MM Myanmar/Burma MR Mauritania Only wild catch MU Mauritius MV Maldives Only wild catch MX Mexico MY Malaysia MZ Mozambique Excluding finfish from aquaculture NA Namibia Only wild catch NC New Caledonia Excluding finfish from aquaculture NG Nigeria Excluding finfish from aquaculture NI Nicaragua Excluding finfish from aquaculture NZ New Zealand OM Oman Excluding crustaceans from aquaculture PA Panama PE Peru PF French Polynesia Only wild catch PG Papua New Guinea Only wild catch PH Philippines PM Saint Pierre and Miquelon Only wild catch PK Pakistan Only wild catch RS Serbia RU Russia Only wild catch SA Saudi Arabia SB Solomon Islands Only wild catch SC Seychelles Only wild catch SG Singapore SH Saint Helena (Not including the islands of Tristan da Cunha and Ascension) Only wild catch Tristan da Cunha (Not including the islands of Saint Helena and Ascension) Only lobsters (fresh or frozen) from wild catch SN Senegal Only wild catch SR Suriname Only wild catch SV El Salvador Only wild catch SX Sint Maarten Only wild catch TH Thailand TN Tunisia Excluding crustaceans from aquaculture TR Turkey TW Taiwan TZ Tanzania Excluding finfish from aquaculture UA Ukraine Excluding crustaceans from aquaculture UG Uganda US United States UY Uruguay VE Venezuela VN Vietnam YE Yemen Only wild catch ZA South Africa Only wild catch ZW Zimbabwe Only wild catch

ANNEX XI List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of frogs’ legs and of snails, as referred to in Article 17

COUNTRY ISO CODE THIRD COUNTRY OR REGIONS THEREOF REMARKS AL Albania AM Armenia Only snails AU Australia AZ Azerbaijan BA Bosnia and Herzegovina Only snails BR Brazil Only frogs’ legs BY Belarus Only snails CA Canada Only snails CH Switzerland CI Côte d’Ivoire Only snails CL Chile Only snails CN China DZ Algeria Only snails EG Egypt Only frogs’ legs GB United Kingdom GG Guernsey GH Ghana Only snails ID Indonesia IM Isle of Man IN India Only frogs’ legs JE Jersey MA Morocco Only snails MD Moldova Only snails MK North Macedonia Only snails NG Nigeria Only snails NZ New Zealand Only snails PE Peru Only snails RS Serbia Only snails TH Thailand Only snails TN Tunisia Only snails TR Turkey UA Ukraine Only snails US United States Only snails VN Vietnam ZA South Africa Only snails

ANNEX XV List of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of insects as referred to in Article 24

COUNTRY ISO CODE THIRD COUNTRY OR REGIONS THEREOF REMARKS CA Canada CH Switzerland GB United Kingdom KR South Korea TH Thailand VN Vietnam

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