EU/207
WTO/SPS
CE Europäische Union
  • 65 - Landwirtschaft
  • 67 - Lebensmitteltechnologie
2017-07-02
2017-05-05

Domestic bovine animals, fresh meat (including minced meat) of domestic bovine, ovine and caprine animals, gelatine, collagen, raw material for production of gelatine and collagen, treated raw material for production of gelatine and collagen, composite products.

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/731 of 25 April 2017 amending model veterinary certificates BOV-X, BOV-Y, BOV and OVI set out in Annexes I and II to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010, the model certificates GEL, COL, RCG and TCG set out in Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/759 and the model certificate for composite products set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 28/2012 in relation to the rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (Text with EEA relevance)

Amendments of the model certificates for imports of live domestic bovine animals, fresh meat and minced meat of bovine, ovine and caprine origin, gelatine, collagen, raw material for production of gelatine and collagen, treated raw material for production of gelatine and collagen and of composite products with products of bovine, ovine and caprine origin, as regards the public health attestation for BSE:

•  Clarification of the text concerning import of live domestic bovine animals and products of animal origin from bovine, ovine or caprine animals.

•  Amendment of the requirement for import of carcasses of bovine origin, as the requirement to indicate a blue stripe on the label when removal of the vertebral column is not required, is changed to indicate a red stripe on the label when such removal is required.

•  Modification of the import requirements for the products coming from countries with a negligible BSE risk, to allow also for import when such products originate from raw material from countries with controlled or undetermined BSE risk, provided that SRM has been removed.