
Article 1 

1. This Regulation lays down:
(a) a list of third countries  and makes provision for the specification for the purposes of this Regulation by the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), of third countries or parts  thereof from which the following commodities may be imported into, or transit through  Great Britain:
((i)) meat of wild leporidae not containing offal, except for unskinned and uneviscerated wild leporidae;
((ii)) meat of wild land mammals other than ungulates and leporidae, not containing offal;
((iii)) meat of farmed rabbits;
(b) the veterinary certification requirements for the commodities listed in points (i), (ii) and (iii) (the commodities).
2. ... For the purposes of this Regulation, transit covers storage during transit (including putting into storage, as referred to in  Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2124).
3. This Regulation shall apply without prejudice to:
((i)) specific certification requirements provided for in  agreements between the United Kingdom and  third countries;
((ii)) the relevant rules on certification contained within legislation implementing Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein.
Article 2 
For the purposes of this Regulation—
(a)) “additional guarantee” means the guarantee given under paragraph 2 of Article 2a;
(b)) “wild leporidae” means wild rabbits and hares.
Article 2a 

(1. The Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), may impose conditions relating to the protection of public health, animal health or food safety in Great Britain on the import of a commodity from a third country listed in Part 1 of Annex 1, or a part thereof.
(2. The person exporting the commodity from the third country to Great Britain, or another person acting on their behalf, must provide evidence that any condition imposed under paragraph 1 in relation to the commodity is satisfied by giving an additional guarantee in accordance with the veterinary certificate for the commodity concerned.
(3. The Secretary of State must publish any conditions imposed under paragraph 1 and the commodities to which they relate in a document published for the purposes of this Article.
Article 2b 
The Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), may specify in a document published for the purposes of this Article a system of words, letters or numbers representing, for the purposes of a veterinary certificate under this Regulation, a third country listed in Part 1 of Annex 1, or part thereof.
Article 3 
The commodities that may be imported into, or transited through, Great Britain from a third country are confined to those from  such of the third countries  listed in Part 1 of Annex I or parts thereof, as the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), may specify in a document published for the purposes of this Article; and in this Regulation  “third country” means any country or territory other the British Islands.
Article 4 

1. Commodities imported into  Great Britain  shall be accompanied by a veterinary certificate drawn up in accordance with the model certificate  , in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time, for the commodity concerned ....
2. Commodities in transit through  Great Britain  shall be accompanied by a certificate drawn up in accordance with the model certificate  , in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time.
3. Compliance with the additional guarantees, as required  for Great Britain,  shall be certified by completing the appropriate section in the veterinary certificate for the commodity concerned.
4. Electronic certification ... may be used.
(5.) “Appropriate authority” means the Secretary of State (in relation to England), the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales) and the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland); but the  “appropriate authority” is the Secretary of State if consent is given by:
(a) in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;
(b) in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers.
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Article 5a 

(1.) The powers exercisable by the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), under the provisions listed in paragraph 2 may be exercised only where it is necessary or appropriate to do so in the light of an assessment of the risk to animal or public health in the United Kingdom, taking into account the animal health criteria and the public health criteria.
(2.) The provisions are—
(a) Article 2a (additional guarantees)
(b) Article 3 (specification of third countries or parts thereof from which commodities may be imported into, or transit through, Great Britain).
(3.) Any assessment which is relied upon for the purposes of paragraph 1 must have been approved by the Secretary of State, the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales).
(4.) Where the Scottish Ministers or the Welsh Ministers request that the Secretary of State exercise a power under a provision listed in paragraph 2, the Secretary of State must have regard to that request.
(5.) In this Article—
 “animal health criteria” means the criteria set out in Schedule 1 to the Trade in Animals and Animal Products (Legislative Functions) and Veterinary Surgeons (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019;
 “public health criteria” means the criteria set out in Schedule 2 to those Regulations.
Article 6 
Decision 2000/585/EC is repealed.
References to the repealed Decision shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex IV.
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Article 8 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 June 2009.
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ANNEX I
PART 1 

Country ... Leporidae Wild land mammals other than ungulates and leporidae
Wild Farmed rabbits
MC ... MC ... MC ...
1  3 4 5 6 7 8
Australia  WL  RM  WM 
Canada  WL  RM  WM 
EU member States, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway ...    WL  RM  WM 
Greenland  WL  RM  WM 
New Zealand  WL  RM  WM 
Russia  WL  RM  WM 
Any other third country  listed  in Part 1 of Annex II to  Commission Regulation (EU) No 206/2010, or territories or parts of those third countries, specified by the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales) under Article 14 of that Regulation in a document published for the purposes of that Article WL  RM   
MCModel veterinary certificate.AGAdditional guarantees.
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ANNEX II
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ANNEX III
ANNEX IV
Decision 2000/585/EC This Regulation
Article 2 Article 1
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Article 2a (a) Article 3
Article 2a (b, c and d) Article 4
Article 2b Article 5
Article 4(1) Article 6
Article 4(2) Article 7
Article 3 Article 8