
Article 1 
Annex II to Decision 2000/572/EC is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation.
Article 2 
Annex III to Decision 2007/777/EC is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.
Article 3 
Part 2 of Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 is amended in accordance with Annex III to this Regulation.
Article 4 

1. For a transitional period until 31 March 2017, consignments of meat preparations accompanied by a health certificate for meat preparations issued in accordance with the model set out in Annex II to Decision 2000/572/EC before the amendments made by this Regulation, shall continue to be authorised for importation into the Union provided that the certificate was issued no later than 28 February 2017.
2. For a transitional period until 31 March 2017, consignments of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines, accompanied by a health certificate for meat products and treated commodities issued in accordance with the model set out in Annex III to Decision 2007/777/EC before the amendments made by this Regulation, shall continue to be authorised for importation into the Union provided that the certificate was issued no later than 28 February 2017.
3. For a transitional period until 31 March 2017, consignments of fresh meat of equidae intended for human consumption, accompanied by an EQU certificate issued in accordance with the model set out in Part 2 of Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 before the amendments made by this Regulation, shall continue to be authorised for importation into the Union provided that the certificate was issued no later than 28 February 2017.
Article 5 
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, 17 October 2016.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
ANNEX I

In Annex II to Decision 2000/572/EC, in the model animal and public health certificate for meat preparations intended for consignment to the European Union from third countries, the following point II.1.10 is added to the public health attestation in Part II:
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(2) [II.1.10. 

either (2) [was obtained from domestic solipeds which immediately prior to slaughter had been kept for at least six months or since birth, if slaughtered at an age of less than six months, or since importation as food producing equidae from a Member State of the European Union, if imported less than six months prior to slaughter, in a third country:

((a)) in which the administration to domestic solipeds:

((i)) of thyrostatic substances, stilbenes, stilbene derivatives, their salts and esters, oestradiol 17β and its ester-like derivatives is prohibited;
((ii)) of other substances having oestrogenic, androgenic or gestagenic action and of beta-agonists is only allowed for:

— therapeutic treatment as defined in Article 1(2)(b) of Directive 96/22/EC, where applied in conformity with Article 4(2) of that Directive, or
— zootechnical treatment as defined in Article 1(2)(c) of Directive 96/22/EC, where applied in conformity with Article 5 of that Directive; and
((b)) which has had, at least during the six months prior to slaughter of the animals, a plan for the monitoring of the groups of residues and substances referred to in Annex I to Directive 96/23/EC which covers equidae born in and imported into the third country and was approved in accordance with the fourth subparagraph of Article 29(1) of Directive 96/23/EC;]]
and/or (2) [was imported from a Member State of the European Union.]]
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ANNEX II

In Annex III to Decision 2007/777/EC, in the model animal health and public health certificate for certain meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines intended for consignment to the European Union from third countries, the following point II. 2.10. is added to the Public health attestation in Part II:
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(2) II.2.10. 

(2) either [was/were obtained from domestic equine animals which immediately prior to slaughter had been kept for at least six months or since birth if slaughtered at an age of less than six months, or since importation as food producing equidae from a Member State of the European Union, if imported less than six months prior to slaughter, in a third country:

((a)) in which the administration to domestic equine animals:

((i)) of thyrostatic substances, stilbenes, stilbene derivatives, their salts and esters, oestradiol 17β and its ester-like derivatives is prohibited;
((ii)) of other substances having oestrogenic, androgenic or gestagenic action and of beta-agonists is only allowed for:

— therapeutic treatment as defined in Article 1(2)(b) of Directive 96/22/EC, where applied in conformity with Article 4(2) of that Directive, or
— zootechnical treatment as defined in Article 1(2)(c) of Directive 96/22/EC, where applied in conformity with Article 5 of that Directive; and
((b)) which has had, at least during the six months prior to slaughter of the animals, a plan for the monitoring of the groups of residues and substances referred to in Annex I to Directive 96/23/EC which covers equidae born in and imported into the third country and was approved in accordance with the fourth subparagraph of Article 29(1) of Directive 96/23/EC.]
(2) and/or [was/were imported from a Member State of the European Union.]
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ANNEX III

In Part 2 of Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010, in the model veterinary certificate ‘EQU’ for fresh meat, excluding minced meat, of domestic solipeds (Equus caballus, Equus asinus and their cross-breeds), point II.1.7. of the Public Health Attestation in Part II is replaced by the following:
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II.1.7. 

((a)) in which the administration to domestic solipeds:

((i)) of thyrostatic substances, stilbenes, stilbene derivatives, their salts and esters, oestradiol 17β and its ester-like derivatives is prohibited;
((ii)) of other substances having oestrogenic, androgenic or gestagenic action and of beta-agonists is only allowed for:

— therapeutic treatment, as defined in Article 1(2)(b) of Directive 96/22/EC, where applied in conformity with Article 4(2) of that Directive, or
— zootechnical treatment, as defined in Article 1(2)(c) of Directive 96/22/EC, where applied in conformity with Article 5 of that Directive; and
((b)) which has had, at least during the six months prior to slaughter of the animals, a plan for the monitoring of the groups of residues and substances referred to in Annex I to Directive 96/23/EC which covers equidae born in and imported into the third country and was approved in accordance with the fourth subparagraph of Article 29(1) of Directive 96/23/EC;
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