
Article 1 
Annex I of Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 
Commodities in respect of which the relevant veterinary certificates have been issued in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 may continue to be imported into or transited through the Union until 1 June 2010.
Article 3 
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.
ANNEX

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

((1)) Part 1 is replaced by the following:
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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
Model(s) Additional guarantees Closing date Opening date
1 2 3 4 5 6 6A 6B 7 8 9
AL – Albania AL-0 Whole country EP, E       S4
AR – Argentina AR-0 Whole country SPF       
POU, RAT, EP, E     A  S4
WGM VIII      
AU – Australia AU-0 Whole country SPF       
EP, E       S4
BPP, DOC, HEP, SRP       S0
BPR I      
DOR II      
HER III      
POU VI      
RAT VII      
BR – Brazil BR-0 Whole country SPF       
BR-1 States of:Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Paraná, São Paulo and Mato Grosso do Sul RAT, BPR, DOR, HER, SRA  N   A  
BR-2 States of:Mato Grosso, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and São Paulo BPP, DOC, HEP, SRP  N    S0
BR-3 Distrito Federal and States of:Goiás, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and São Paulo WGM VIII      
EP, E, POU  N     S4
BW – Botswana BW-0 Whole country SPF       
EP, E       S4
BPR I      
DOR II      
HER III      
RAT VII      
CA – Canada CA-0 Whole country SPF       
EP, E       S4
BPR, BPP, DOR, HER, SRA, SRP  N   A  S1
DOC, HEP  L, N   
WGM VIII      
POU, RAT  N     
CH – Switzerland CH-0 Whole country      A  
CL – Chile CL-0 Whole country SPF       
EP, E       S4
BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRA, SRP  N   A  S0
WGM VIII      
POU, RAT  N     
CN – China CN-0 Whole country EP       
CN-1 Province of Shandong POU, E VI P2 6.2.2004 —   S4
GL – Greenland GL-0 Whole country SPF       
EP, WGM       
HK – Hong Kong HK-0 The whole territory of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region EP       
HR – Croatia HR-0 Whole country SPF       
BPR, BPP, DOR, DOC, HEP, HER, SRA, SRP  N   A  S2
EP, E, POU, RAT, WGM  N     
IL – Israel IL-0 Whole country SPF       
BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP  N   A  S1
WGM VIII      
EP, E, POU, RAT  N     S4
IN – India IN-0 Whole country EP       
IS – Iceland IS-0 Whole country SPF       
EP, E       S4
KR – Republic of Korea KR-0 Whole country EP, E       S4
ME – Montenegro ME-O Whole country EP       
MG – Madagascar MG-0 Whole country SPF       
EP, E, WGM       S4
MY – Malaysia MY-0 — —       
MY-1 Western Peninsular EP       
E  P2 6.2.2004    S4
MK – former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia MK-0 Whole country EP       
MX – Mexico MX-0 Whole country SPF       
EP       
NA – Namibia NA-0 Whole country SPF       
BPR I      
DOR II      
HER III      
RAT, EP, E VII      S4
NC – New Caledonia NC-0 Whole country EP       
NZ – New Zealand NZ-0 Whole country SPF       
BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRA, SRP       S0
WGM VIII      
EP, E, POU, RAT       S4
PM – Saint Pierre and Miquelon PM-0 Whole territory SPF       
RS – Serbia RS-0 Whole country EP       
RU – Russian Federation RU-0 Whole country EP       
SG – Singapore SG-0 Whole country EP       
TH – Thailand TH-0 Whole country SPF, EP       
WGM VIII P2 23.1.2004    
E, POU, RAT  P2 23.1.2004    S4
TN – Tunisia TN-0 Whole country SPF       
DOR, BPR, BPP, HER       S1
WGM VIII      
EP, E, POU, RAT       S4
TR – Turkey TR-0 Whole country SPF       
EP, E       S4
US – United States US-0 Whole country SPF       
BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRA, SRP  N   A  S3
WGM VIII      
EP, E, POU, RAT  N     S4
UY – Uruguay UY-0 Whole country SPF       
EP, E, RAT       S4
ZA – South Africa ZA-0 Whole country SPF       
EP, E       S4
BPR I    A  
DOR II     
HER III     
RAT VII     
ZW – Zimbabwe ZW-0 Whole country RAT VII      
EP, E       S4




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((2)) Part 2 is amended as follows:

((a)) In the Section Specific conditions, the following entries are added after the entry ‘P3’:
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N: Guarantees have been provided that the legislation on the control of Newcastle disease in the third country or territory is equivalent to that applied in the Union. In the case of an outbreak of Newcastle disease, imports may continue to be authorised from the third country or territory with no change in the third country code or territory code. However, imports into the Union from any areas which are placed under official restrictions by the competent authority of the third country or territory concerned due to an outbreak of that disease shall be automatically prohibited.
L: Guarantees have been provided that the legislation on the control of avian influenza in the third country or territory is equivalent to that applied in the Union. In the case of an outbreak of low pathogenic avian influenza, imports may continue to be authorised from the third country or territory with no change in the third country code or territory code. However, imports into the Union from any areas which are placed under official restrictions by the competent authority of the third country or territory concerned due to an outbreak of that disease shall be automatically prohibited.'
((b)) The model veterinary certificates BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, HEP and HER are replaced by the following:

((c)) The model veterinary certificates SRP, SRA and POU are replaced by the following:

((d)) The model veterinary certificate RAT is replaced by the following:

