
Article 1 
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 
For a transitional period until 28 March 2017, Member States shall continue to authorise the introduction into the Union of consignments of the commodities covered by the model veterinary certificate for meat of poultry (POU) and the model veterinary certificate for egg products (EP), as set out in Part 2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008, in their versions before the amendments made to those models by this Regulation, provided that they were signed before 28 February 2017.
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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, 27 January 2017.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
ANNEX

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 amended as follows:

((1)) Part 1 is amended as follows:

((a)) the entry for Israel is replaced by the following:

ISO code and name of third country or territory Code of third country, territory, zone or compartment Description of third country, territory, zone or compartment Veterinary certificate Specific conditions Specific conditions Avian influenza surveillance status Avian influenza vaccination status Salmonella control status (6)
Model(s) Additional guarantees Closing date (1) Opening date (2)
1 2 3 4 5 6 6A 6B 7 8 9
‘IL — Israel (5) IL-0 Whole country SPF, EP       
BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, LT20 X P3 28.1.2017  A  S5, ST1
SRP  P3 18.4.2015    
RAT X P3 28.1.2017    
WGM VIII P3 18.4.2015    
E X P3 28.1.2017    S4’
IL-1 Area south of Route No 5 POU X N     
IL-2 Area north of Route No 5 POU X P3 28.1.2017    
((b)) the entry for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is replaced by the following:

ISO code and name of third country or territory Code of third country, territory, zone or compartment Description of third country, territory, zone or compartment Veterinary certificate Specific conditions Specific conditions Avian influenza surveillance status Avian influenza vaccination status Salmonella control status (6)
Model(s) Additional guarantees Closing date (1) Opening date (2)
1 2 3 4 5 6 6A 6B 7 8 9
‘MK-the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (4) MK-0 (4) Whole country POU       
E, EP’       
((2)) Part 2 is amended as follows:

((a)) the model veterinary certificate for meat of poultry (POU) is replaced by the following:
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((b)) in the model veterinary certificate for egg products (EP), in Part I of the Notes, the fourth indent relating to Box I.19 is replaced by the following:
'Box I.19: use the appropriate Harmonised System (HS) code of the World Customs Organisation: 04.07, 04.08, 35.02 or 21.06.'
