Food of animal origin and composite products, live animals

Commission Implementing Regulation concerning model official certificates and a model declaration for certain categories of aquatic animals and certain products thereof and repealing Commission Regulation (EU) No 1251/2008. Language(s): English. Number of pages: 53

Regulation (EU) 2017/625 ('Official Controls Regulation') empowers the Commission to adopt, by way of implementing acts, model official certificates and declarations which accompany animals and goods entering the Union, and rules for the issuance of such certificates. Regulation (EU) 2016/429 ('Animal Health Law') empowers the Commission to lay down, by way of implementing acts, rules concerning animal health provisions to be contained in those official certificates and declarations.

The purpose of this Regulation is to lay down rules for the issuance of official certificates and to lay down specific model certificates and a model declaration with regard to the category of aquatic animals and certain products thereof.

The Regulation is launched as part of a package together with Implementing Regulation concerning model official certificates for certain terrestrial animals and Implementing Regulation concerning model official certificates for certain goods.