
Article 1 

(1. This Regulation lays down:
((a)) the public and animal health conditions and certification requirements for the introduction into  Great Britain  of consignments of raw milk, dairy products, colostrum and colostrum-based products;
((b)) the list of third countries from which the introduction into  Great Britain  of such consignments is authorised.This Regulation shall apply without prejudice to any specific certification requirements laid down in other  United Kingdom agreements  with third countries.
(2. In this Regulation:
 —  “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;
 —  “third country” means any country or territory other than the British Islands.

                  Article 2
                
The appropriate authority  shall authorise the importation of consignments of raw milk, dairy products, colostrum and colostrum-based products from  such of the third countries listed in Annex 1, 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.
Article 3 
The appropriate authority shall authorise the importation of consignments of dairy products derived from raw milk of cows, ewes, goats or buffaloes from such of the third countries listed in Annex 1, or parts thereof, not at risk from foot-and-mouth disease 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, provided that such dairy products have undergone, or been produced from raw milk which has undergone, a pasteurisation treatment involving a single heat treatment—

((a)) with a heating effect at least equivalent to that achieved by a pasteurisation process of at least 72 °C for 15 seconds;
((b)) where applicable, sufficient to ensure a negative reaction to an alkaline phosphatase test applied immediately after the heat treatment.
Article 4 

1. The appropriate authority shall authorise the importation of consignments of the dairy products listed in paragraph 1A, provided that the dairy products have undergone, or been produced from raw milk which has undergone, a heat treatment involving—
(a) a sterilisation process, to achieve an F0 value equal to or greater than three;
(b) an ultra high temperature (UHT) treatment at not less than 135 °C in combination with a suitable holding time;
(c) 
((i)) a high temperature short time pasteurisation treatment (HTST) at 72 °C for 15 seconds applied twice to milk with a pH equal to or greater than 7.0 achieving, where applicable, a negative reaction to a alkaline phosphatase test, applied immediately after the heat treatment; or
((ii)) a treatment with an equivalent pasteurisation effect to point (i) achieving, where applicable, a negative reaction to an alkaline phosphatase test, applied immediately after the heat treatment;
(d) a HTST treatment of milk with a pH below 7.0; or
(e) a HTST treatment combined with another physical treatment by either:
((i)) lowering the pH below 6 for one hour, or
((ii)) additional heating equal to or greater than 72 °C, combined with desiccation.
(1A.) The dairy products referred to in paragraph 1 are—
(a) dairy products derived from raw milk of cows, ewes, goats or buffaloes from such of the third countries or territories listed in Annex 1 (excluding the Emirates of Abu Dhabi and Dubai of the United Arab Emirates), or parts thereof, at risk of foot-and-mouth disease 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 paragraph;
(b) dairy products derived from raw milk from camels of the species Camelus dromedarius from the Emirates of Abu Dhabi and Dubai of the United Arab Emirates, or parts thereof, where such products are 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), in a document published for the purposes of this paragraph.
2. The appropriate authority  shall authorise the importation of consignments of dairy products derived from raw milk of animals other than those referred to in paragraph 1, from  such of the third countries listed in Annex 1 or parts thereof, at risk of foot-and-mouth disease 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 paragraph, provided that such dairy products have undergone, or been produced from raw milk which has undergone a treatment involving:
(a) a sterilisation process, to achieve an F0 value equal to or greater than three; or
(b) an ultra high temperature (UHT) treatment at not less than 135 °C in combination with a suitable holding time.
Article 5 
Consignments authorised for importation in accordance with Articles 2, 3 and 4 must be accompanied by a health certificate, in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time, for the commodity concerned and completed in accordance with any accompanying explanatory notes.
However, the requirements laid down in this Article shall not preclude the use of electronic certification ....

                  Article 6
                

                     The introduction into  Great Britain  of consignments of raw milk, dairy products, colostrum and colostrum-based products not intended for importation into Great Britain but destined for a third country either by immediate transit or after storage in  Great Britain, in accordance with  Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2124, shall only be authorised if the consignments comply with the following conditions:
                  

((a)) 
                              they come from a third country or part thereof listed in Annex I for the introduction into  Great Britain  of consignments of raw milk, dairy products, colostrum or colostrum-based products and comply with the appropriate treatment conditions for such consignments, as provided for in Articles 2, 3 and 4;
                           
((b)) 
                              they comply with the specific animal health conditions for importation into  Great Britain  of the raw milk, dairy products, colostrum or colostrum-based products concerned, as laid down in the animal health attestation in  the health certificate, in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time;
                           
((c)) 
                              they are accompanied by a health certificate  , in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time and completed in accordance with any accompanying explanatory notes;
((d)) they are certified as acceptable for transit, including for storage as appropriate, on the Common Health Entry Document referred to in Article 2(3) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2130, signed by the official veterinarian of the border control post of introduction into Great Britain.
Article 7 
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                  Article 7a
                
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                  Article 8
                

                     Consignments of dairy products and colostrum-based products authorised for introduction into  Great Britain  in accordance with  Articles 2, 3, 4 and 6  from third countries or parts thereof where an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease has occurred within the period of 12 months preceding the date of signature of the health certificate, or which have carried out vaccination against that disease during that period, shall only be authorised for introduction into Great Britain if such products have undergone one of the treatments listed in Article 4.
Article 8a 

(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 2 (importation of raw milk, dairy products, colostrum and colostrum-based products from third countries or parts thereof);
(b) Article 3 (importation of dairy products from third countries or parts thereof not at risk of foot-and-mouth disease);
(c) in Article 4 (importation of dairy products from third countries or parts thereof at risk of foot-and-mouth disease), paragraphs 1A(a) and (b) and 2.
(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 9 
Decision 2004/438/EC is repealed.
References to Decision 2004/438/EC shall be construed as references to this Regulation.
Article 10 
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Article 11 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
ANNEX I
            

‘+’
                                                   third country is authorised
                                                ‘0’
                                                   third country is not authorised
                                                

                              ISO code of third country
                            
                              Third country ...
                            ...
                            ...
                            ...
AE
                            
                              The Emirates of Abu Dhabi and Dubai of the United Arab Emirates
                               ... ... ...

                              AD
                            
                              Andorra
                            ... ... ...

                              AL
                            
                              Albania
                            ...
                              
                            ... ...

                              AR
                            
                              Argentina
                            ...
                            ... ...

                              AU
                            
                              Australia
                            ...
                            ... ...

                              BR
                            
                              Brazil
                            ...
                            ... ...

                              BW
                            
                              Botswana
                            ...
                            ... ...

                              BY
                            
                              Belarus
                            ...
                            ... ...

                              BZ
                            
                              Belize
                            ...
                            ... ...
BA
                            
                              Bosnia and Herzegovina
                            ...
                            ... ...

                              CA
                            
                              Canada
                            ...
                            ...
                            ...

                              CH
                            
                              Switzerland . . . ...
                            ... ...

                              CL
                            
                              Chile
                            ... ... ...

                              CN
                            
                              China
                            ...
                            ... ...

                              CO
                            
                              Colombia
                            ...
                            ... ...

                              CR
                            
                              Costa Rica
                            ...
                            ... ...

                              CU
                            
                              Cuba
                            ...
                            ... ...

                              DZ
                            
                              Algeria
                            ...
                            ... ...

                              ET
                            
                              Ethiopia
                            ...
                            ... ...
 EU member States, Liechtenstein and Norway   

                              GL
                            
                              Greenland
                            ...
                            ... ...

                              GT
                            
                              Guatemala
                            ...
                            ... ...

                              HK
                            
                              Hong Kong
                            ...
                            ... ...

                              HN
                            
                              Honduras
                            ...
                            ... ...

                              IL
                            
                              Israel
                            ...
                            ... ...

                              IN
                            
                              India
                            ...
                            ... ...

                              IS
                            
                              Iceland
                             . . . ...
                            ... ...
JP
                            
                              Japan
                            ...
                            ... ...

                              KE
                            
                              Kenya
                            ...
                            ... ...

                              MA
                            
                              Morocco
                            ...
                            ... ...
ME
                            
                              Montenegro
                            ... ... ...

                              MG
                            
                              Madagascar
                            ... ... ...

                              MK
                               
                              former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
                            ...
                            ... ...

                              MR
                            
                              Mauritania
                            ...
                            ... ...

                              MU
                            
                              Mauritius
                            ...
                            ... ...

                              MX
                            
                              Mexico
                            ...
                            ... ...

                              NA
                            
                              Namibia
                            ...
                            ... ...

                              NI
                            
                              Nicaragua
                            ...
                            ... ...

                              NZ
                            
                              New Zealand
                            ...
                            ... ...

                              PA
                            
                              Panama
                            ...
                            ... ...

                              PY
                            
                              Paraguay
                            ...
                            ... ...

                              RS
                               
                              Serbia
                            ...
                            ... ...

                              RU
                            
                              Russia
                            ... ... ...

                              SG
                            
                              Singapore
                            ...
                            ... ...

                              SV
                            
                              El Salvador
                            ...
                            ... ...

                              SZ
                            
                              Swaziland
                            ...
                            ... ...

                              TH
                            
                              Thailand
                            ...
                            ... ...

                              TN
                            
                              Tunisia
                            ...
                            ... ...

                              TR
                            
                              Turkey
                            ...
                            ... ...

                              UA
                            
                              Ukraine
                            ... ... ...

                              US
                            
                              United States
                            ... ... ...

                              UY
                            
                              Uruguay
                            ... ... ...

                              ZA
                            
                              South Africa
                            ... ... ...

                              ZW
                            
                              Zimbabwe
                            ... ... ...
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ANNEX II

                        PART 1
                     
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                     PART 2
                  

                              Model Milk-RM
                            

                              Model Milk-RMP
                            

                              Model Milk-HTB
                            

                              Model Milk-HTC
                            

                     PART 3
                  