
Article 1 
In the model of veterinary certificates ‘POU’ and ‘RAT’ in Part 2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008, point II.3 is replaced by the following:
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II.3. 
I, the undersigned official veterinarian, hereby certify, that the fresh meat described in Part I of this certificate derives from animals which have been handled in the slaughterhouse before and at the time of slaughter or killing in accordance with the relevant provisions of Union legislation and have met requirements at least equivalent to those laid down in Chapters II and III of Council Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009.
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Article 2 
In the model of veterinary certificate ‘RM’ in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 119/2009, point V is replaced by the following:
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V. 
I, the undersigned official veterinarian, hereby certify, that the fresh meat described in Part I of this certificate derives from animals which have been handled in the slaughterhouse before and at the time of slaughter or killing in accordance with the relevant provisions of Union legislation and have met requirements at least equivalent to those laid down in Chapters II and III of Council Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009.
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Article 3 
Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 is amended as follows:

((1)) in the models of veterinary certificates ‘BOV’, ‘OVI’, ‘POR’, ‘EQU’ and ‘SUF’ in Part 2 of Annex II, point II.3 is replaced by the following:
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II.3. 
I, the undersigned official veterinarian, hereby certify, that the fresh meat described in Part I of this certificate derives from animals which have been handled in the slaughterhouse before and at the time of slaughter or killing in accordance with the relevant provisions of Union legislation and have met requirements at least equivalent to those laid down in Chapters II and III of Council Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009.
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((2)) in the model of veterinary certificate ‘RUF’, in Part 2 of Annex II, the following point II.3 is inserted after point II.2.7:
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(1) II.3. 
In case the fresh meat described in Part I of this certificate derives from animals which have been slaughtered or killed in a slaughterhouse, I, the undersigned official veterinarian, hereby certify, that they were handled in the slaughterhouse before and at the time of slaughter or killing in accordance with the relevant provisions of Union legislation and have met requirements at least equivalent to those laid down in Chapters II and III of Council Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009.
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Article 4 
In the model of veterinary certificate ‘MP-PREP’, in Annex II to Decision 2000/572/EC, point II.3 is replaced by the following:
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II.3. 
I, the undersigned official veterinarian, hereby certify, that the meat preparations (1) described in Part I of this certificate are derived from meat from animals which have been handled in the slaughterhouse before and at the time of slaughter or killing in accordance with the relevant provisions of Union legislation and have met requirements at least equivalent to those laid down in Chapters II and III of Council Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009.
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Article 5 
For a transitional period until 31 January 2014, consignments of products of animal origin accompanied by the relevant veterinary certificates issued no later than 30 November 2013 in accordance with the models of veterinary certificates before the entry into force of this Regulation may continue to be introduced into the Union.
Article 6 
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.Done at Brussels, 5 March 2013.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO