
Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 is amended as follows:

((a)) the following Article 6c is inserted:
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Article 6c 

1. Fishery products intended for human consumption caught by vessels flying the flag of a Member State, unloaded, with or without storage, in third countries before entering the Union by a different means of transportation, must be accompanied by a health certificate issued by the competent authority of that third country and completed in accordance with the model health certificate set out in Appendix VIII to Annex VI.
2. The third country where the transfer takes place must be listed as provided for in Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 854/2004.
3. If the fishery products referred to in paragraph 1 are unloaded and transported to storage facility located in the third country referred to in that paragraph, that storage facility shall appear in a list as provided for in Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 854/2004.
4. If the fishery products referred to in paragraph 1 are loaded in a vessel flying the flag of a third country, that third country must be listed as provided for in Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 and the vessel must appear in a list as provided for in Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 854/2004.Container vessels used to transport containerised fishery products are excluded from this requirement';
((b)) Annex VI 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 July 2018.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 30 October 2017.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
ANNEX

In Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005, the following Appendix VIII is added:
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Appendix VIII to Annex VI 





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