
Article 1 
This Regulation concerns the lists of third countries or regions thereof from which consignments of certain animals and goods intended for human consumption shall be authorised for entry into the Union from food safety perspective in accordance with Article 126(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625.
Article 2 
For the purpose of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:

((1)) ‘fresh meat’ means fresh meat as defined in point 1.10 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
((2)) ‘meat preparations’ means meat preparations as defined in point 1.15 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
((3)) ‘meat’ means meat as defined in point 1.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
((4)) ‘poultry’ means poultry as defined in point 1.3 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
((5)) ‘wild game’ means wild game as defined in point 1.5 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
((6)) ‘eggs’ means eggs as defined in point 5.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
((7)) ‘egg products’ means egg products as defined in point 7.3 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
((8)) ‘meat products’ means meat products as defined in point 7.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
((9)) ‘treated stomachs, bladders and intestines’ means treated stomachs, bladders and intestines as defined in point 7.9 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
((10)) ‘bivalve molluscs’ means bivalve molluscs as defined in point 2.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
((11)) ‘fishery products’ means fishery products as defined in point 3.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
((12)) ‘raw milk’ means raw milk as defined in point 4.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
((13)) ‘dairy products’ means dairy products as defined in point 7.2. of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
((14)) ‘colostrum’ means colostrum as defined in point 1 of Section IX of Annex III of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
((15)) ‘colostrum-based products’ means colostrum-based products as defined in points 2 of Section IX of Annex III of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
((16)) ‘frogs' legs’ means frogs' legs as defined in point 6.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
((17)) ‘snails’ means snails as defined in point 6.2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
((18)) ‘rendered animal fat’ means rendered animal fat defined in point 7.5 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
((19)) ‘greaves’ means greaves as defined in point7.6 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
((20)) ‘gelatine’ means gelatine as defined in point 7.7 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
((21)) ‘collagen’ means collagen as defined in point 7.8 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
((22)) ‘honey’ means honey as defined in point 1 of Part IX of Annex II of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
((23)) ‘apiculture products’ means apiculture products as defined in point 2 of Part IX of Annex II of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013;
((24)) ‘reptile meat’ means reptile meat as defined in point (16) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2019/625;
((25)) ‘insects’ means insects as defined in point (17) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2019/625.
Article 3 
Consignments of fresh meat and meat preparations of ungulates intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries or regions thereof authorised for the import into the Union in accordance with point (a) of Article 14 of Regulation (EU) No 206/2010.
Article 4 
Consignments of meat of poultry, ratites and wild game birds, meat preparations of poultry, eggs and egg products intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries or regions thereof authorised for the import into the Union in accordance with Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 798/2008.
Article 5 
Consignments of meat of wild leporidae, of wild land mammals other than ungulates and leporidae, and of farmed rabbits intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries or regions thereof authorised for the import into the Union in accordance with Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 119/2009.
Article 6 
Consignments of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines, others than casings, intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries or regions thereof authorised for the import into the Union in accordance with point (b) of Article 3 of Decision 2007/777/EC.
However, consignments of biltong/jerky and pasteurised meat products intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries or regions thereof authorised for the import into the Union in accordance with Part 3 of Annex II of Decision 2007/777/EC.
Article 7 
Consignments of casings intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries or regions thereof authorised for the import into the Union in accordance with Article 1 of Decision 2003/779/EC.
Article 8 
Consignments of live chilled, frozen or processed bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from third countries or regions thereof that are listed in Annex I. Nevertheless, entry into the Union of adductor muscles of pectinidae other than aquaculture animals, completely separated from the viscera and gonads, shall also be permitted from third countries not appearing on such a list.
Article 9 
Consignments of fishery products others than those referred to in Article 8, intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from third countries or regions thereof that are listed in Annex II.
Article 10 
Consignments of raw milk, colostrum, dairy products and colostrum-based products intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries or regions thereof authorised for the import into the Union in accordance with Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 605/2010.
Article 11 
Consignments of frogs' legs intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from third countries or regions thereof that are listed in Annex III.
Article 12 
Consignments of snails, prepared in accordance with Section XI of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from third countries or regions thereof that are listed in Annex III to this Regulation.
Article 13 
Consignments of rendered animal fats and greaves intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries or regions thereof authorised for the import of meat products into the Union in accordance with point (b)(i) of Article 3 of Decision 2007/777/EC.
Article 14 

1. Consignments of gelatine and collagen derived from bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine and equine animals, intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries or regions thereof authorised for the import of consignments of fresh meat of the specific ungulates into the Union in accordance with point (a) of Article 14 of Regulation (EU) No 206/2010, or from the South Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan or Taiwan.
2. Consignments of gelatine and collagen derived from poultry intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries or regions thereof listed in column 1 of the table in Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 for which imports of poultry meat of the respective species are authorised as specified in that part of that Annex or from Taiwan.
3. Consignments of gelatine and collagen derived from fishery products intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries or regions thereof that are listed in Annex II.
4. Consignments of gelatine and collagen derived from leporidae and from wild land mammals others than ungulates intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries or regions thereof listed in column 1 of the table in Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 119/2009.
Article 15 

1. Consignments of raw materials for the production of gelatine and collagen derived from bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine and equine animals intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries or regions thereof authorised for the import of consignments of fresh meat of the specific ungulates into the Union in accordance with point (a) of Article 14 of Regulation (EU) No 206/2010.
2. Consignments of raw materials for the production of gelatine and collagen derived from poultry intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries or regions thereof listed in Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 for which imports of poultry meat of the respective species are authorised as specified in that part of that Annex.
3. Consignments of raw materials for the production of gelatine and collagen derived from fishery products intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries or regions thereof that are listed in Annex II.
4. Consignments of raw materials for the production of gelatine and collagen derived from leporidae and from wild land mammals others than ungulates intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries or regions thereof listed in column 1 of the table in Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 119/2009.
Article 16 

1. Consignments of treated raw materials for the production of gelatine and collagen derived from bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine and equine animals intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries listed in column 1 of the table in Part 1 of Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010, or from the South Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan or Taiwan.
2. Consignments of treated raw materials for the production of gelatine and collagen derived from poultry intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries listed in column 1 the table in of Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 or from Taiwan.
3. Consignments of treated raw materials for the production of gelatine and collagen derived from fishery products intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries or regions thereof that are listed in Annex II.
4. Consignments of treated raw materials for the production of gelatine and collagen derived from leporidae and from wild land mammals others than ungulates, intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries or regions thereof listed in column 1 of the table in Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 119/2009.
5. Consignments of treated raw materials for the production of gelatine and collagen referred to in point 4(b)(iii) of Chapter I of Section XIV of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004, shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry of raw materials derived from those commodities in accordance with Article 15 of this Regulation.
Article 17 
Consignments of honey and other apiculture products intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries listed in the ‘Country’ column in the Annex to Commission Decision 2011/163/EU and marked with an ‘X’ in the ‘Honey’ column in that Annex.
Article 18 
Consignments of highly refined chondroitin sulphate, hyaluronic acid, other hydrolysed cartilage products, chitosan, glucosamine, rennet, isinglass and amino acids intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the following third countries or regions thereof:

1.. in the case of raw materials derived from ungulates, third countries listed in column 1 of the table in Part 1 of Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010, or from South Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan or Taiwan;
2.. in the case of raw materials derived from fishery products, all third countries or regions thereof that are listed in Annex II;
3.. in the case of raw materials derived from poultry, third countries and or territories listed in column 1 of the table in Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008.
Article 19 
Consignments of reptile meat intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from Switzerland, Botswana, Vietnam, South Africa or Zimbabwe.
Article 20 
Consignments of insects intended for human consumption shall be authorised for the entry into the Union only if such foods are originated in and consigned from a third country or region thereof, from which insects have been authorised in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council and listed in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470.
Article 21 
Consignments of products of animal origin other than those referred to in Articles 3 to 20 intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the following third countries or regions thereof:

1.. if derived from ungulates, the third countries listed in column 1 of the table in Part 1 of Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010, or from the South Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan or Taiwan;
2.. if derived from poultry, the third countries listed in the column 1 of the table in Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 or from Taiwan;
3.. if derived from fishery products, the third countries or regions thereof listed in Annex II;
4.. if derived from leporidae and from wild land mammals other than ungulates, the third countries or regions thereof listed in column 1 of the table in Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 119/2009;
5.. if derived from different species, the third countries or regions thereof listed in points 1 to 4 of this Article for each product of animal origin.
Article 22 
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/759 is amended as follows:

1.. Article 1 is deleted;
2.. Annex I is deleted.
Article 23 
Decision 2006/766/EC is repealed. References to Decision 2006/766/EC shall be construed as references to this Regulation and read in accordance with the correlation table set out in Annex IV to this Regulation.
Article 24 
Until 20 April 2021, Member States shall continue to allow the entry on their territory of consignments of casings referred to in Article 7 from third countries or regions thereof authorised for the import of such consignments into the Union in accordance with Article 1 of Decision 2003/779/EC.
Article 25 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 14 December 2019.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 5 March 2019.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
ANNEX I
COUNTRY ISO CODE THIRD COUNTRY OR REGIONS THEREOF REMARKS
AU Australia 
CA Canada 
CH Switzerland 
CL Chile 
GL Greenland 
JM Jamaica Only marine gastropods
JP Japan Only frozen or processed bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods
KR South Korea Only frozen or processed bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods
MA Morocco Processed bivalve molluscs belonging to the species Acanthocardia tuberculatum must be accompanied by: (a) an additional health attestation in accordance with the model set out in Part B of Appendix V of Annex VI to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 (OJ L 338, 22.12.2005, p. 27); and (b) the analytical results of the test demonstrating that the molluscs do not contain a paralytic shellfish poison (PSP) level detectable by the bioassay method.
NZ New Zealand 
PE Peru Only eviscerated Pectinidae (scallops) of aquaculture origin
TH Thailand Only frozen or processed bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods
TN Tunisia 
TR Turkey 
US United States of America Washington State and Massachusetts
UY Uruguay 
VN Vietnam Only frozen or processed bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods


ANNEX II
COUNTRY ISO CODE THIRD COUNTRY OR REGIONS THEREOF RESTRICTIONS
AE United Arab Emirates 
AG Antigua and Barbuda Only live lobsters
AL Albania 
AM Armenia Only live wild crayfish, heat processed non-farmed crayfish and frozen non-farmed crayfish
AO Angola 
AR Argentina 
AU Australia 
AZ Azerbaijan Only caviar
BA Bosnia and Herzegovina 
BD Bangladesh 
BJ Benin 
BN Brunei Only aquaculture products
BR Brazil 
BQ Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, Saba 
BS The Bahamas 
BY Belarus 
BZ Belize 
CA Canada 
CG Congo Only fishery products caught, gutted (where appropriate), frozen and packed in their final packaging at sea
CH Switzerland 
CI Cote d'Ivore 
CL Chile 
CN China 
CO Colombia 
CR Costa Rica 
CU Cuba 
CV Cape Verde 
CW Curaçao 
DZ Algeria 
EC Ecuador 
EG Egypt 
ER Eritrea 
FJ Fiji 
FK Falkland Islands 
GA Gabon 
GD Grenada 
GE Georgia 
GH Ghana 
GL Greenland 
GM Gambia 
GN Guinea Only fish that has not undergone any preparation or processing operation other than heading, gutting, chilling or freezing. The reduced frequency of physical checks, provided for by Commission Decision 94/360/EC (OJ L 158, 25.6.1994, p. 41), shall not be applied.
GT Guatemala 
GY Guyana 
HK Hong Kong 
HN Honduras 
ID Indonesia 
IL Israel 
IN India 
IR Iran 
JM Jamaica 
JP Japan 
KE Kenya 
KI Republic of Kiribati 
KR South Korea 
KZ Kazakhstan 
LK Sri Lanka 
MA Morocco 
MD Republic of Moldova Only caviar
ME Montenegro 
MG Madagascar 
MK North Macedonia 
MM Myanmar 
MR Mauretania 
MU Mauritius 
MV Maldives 
MX Mexico 
MY Malaysia 
MZ Mozambique 
NA Namibia 
NC New Caledonia 
NG Nigeria 
NI Nicaragua 
NZ New Zealand 
OM Oman 
PA Panama 
PE Peru 
PF French Polynesia 
PG Papua New Guinea 
PH Philippines 
PM Saint Pierre and Miquelon 
PK Pakistan 
RS SerbiaNot including Kosovo as defined by the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999 
RU Russia 
SA Saudi Arabia 
SB Solomon Islands 
SC Seychelles 
SG Singapore 
SH Saint HelenaNot including the islands of Tristan da Cunha and Ascension 
Tristan da CunhaNot including the islands of Saint Helena and Ascension Only lobsters (fresh or frozen)
SN Senegal 
SR Suriname 
SV El Salvador 
SX Sint Maarten 
TG Togo 
TH Thailand 
TN Tunisia 
TR Turkey 
TW Taiwan 
TZ Tanzania 
UA Ukraine 
UG Uganda 
US United States of America 
UY Uruguay 
VE Venezuela 
VN Vietnam 
YE Yemen 
ZA South Africa 
ZW Zimbabwe 

ANNEX III
COUNTRY ISO CODE THIRD COUNTRY OR REGIONS THEREOF RESTRICTIONS
AE United Arab Emirates 
AL Albania 
AO Angola 
AR Argentina 
AU Australia 
AZ Azerbaijan 
BA Bosnia and Herzegovina 
BD Bangladesh 
BJ Benin 
BR Brazil 
BQ Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, Saba 
BS The Bahamas 
BY Belarus 
BZ Belize 
CA Canada 
CH Switzerland 
CI Cote d'Ivore 
CL Chile 
CN China 
CO Colombia 
CR Costa Rica 
CU Cuba 
CV Cape Verde 
CW Curaçao 
DZ Algeria 
EC Ecuador 
EG Egypt 
ER Eritrea 
FJ Fiji 
FK Falkland Islands 
GA Gabon 
GD Grenada 
GE Georgia 
GH Ghana 
GL Greenland 
GM Gambia 
GT Guatemala 
GY Guyana 
HK Hong Kong 
HN Honduras 
ID Indonesia 
IL Israel 
IN India 
IR Iran 
JM Jamaica 
JP Japan 
KE Kenya 
KI Republic of Kiribati 
KR South Korea 
KZ Kazakhstan 
LK Sri Lanka 
MA Morocco 
MD Republic of Moldova Only snails
ME Montenegro 
MG Madagascar 
MK North Macedonia 
MM Myanmar 
MR Mauretania 
MU Mauritius 
MV Maldives 
MX Mexico 
MY Malaysia 
MZ Mozambique 
NA Namibia 
NC New Caledonia 
NG Nigeria 
NI Nicaragua 
NZ New Zealand 
OM Oman 
PA Panama 
PE Peru 
PF French Polynesia 
PG Papua New Guinea 
PH Philippines 
PM Saint Pierre and Miquelon 
PK Pakistan 
RS SerbiaNot including Kosovo as defined by the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999 
RU Russia 
SA Saudi Arabia 
SB Solomon Islands 
SC Seychelles 
SG Singapore 
SH Saint HelenaNot including the islands of Tristan da Cunha and Ascension 
SN Senegal 
SR Suriname 
SV El Salvador 
SX Sint Maarten 
SY Syria Only snails
TG Togo 
TH Thailand 
TN Tunisia 
TR Turkey 
TW Taiwan 
TZ Tanzania 
UA Ukraine 
UG Uganda 
US United States of America 
UY Uruguay 
VE Venezuela 
VN Vietnam 
YE Yemen 
ZA South Africa 
ZW Zimbabwe 

ANNEX IV
Decision 2006/766/EC This Regulation
Article 1 Article 8
Article 2 Article 9
Article 3 —
Article 4 —
Annex I Annex I
Annex II Annex II