Movements between the EU Member States
Rules concerning the production, processing and distribution within the Union of products of animal origin from terrestrial animals are set out in Chapter 6, Title I, of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council on transmissible animal diseases and amending and repealing certain acts in the area of animal health ('Animal Health Law') according to which movements of such products within the Union are not required to be accompanied by an animal health or official certificate.
These rules are supplemented by additional rules concerning products of animal origin, which are allowed to be moved from a restricted zone subject to emergency measures or disease control measures or originate from animals of species subject to those measures, set out in Article 3 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/2154.
The model certificate, which apply to such commodities, is set out in Chapter 1 of Annex II to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2235.
Rules concerning the production, processing and distribution within the Union of products of animal origin from aquatic animals (other than live aquatic animals), are set out in Chapter 3, Title II, Part IV of Regulation (EU) 2016/429. These rules are supplemented by additional rules, which are set out in Articles 22 to 28 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/990.
The model certificates, which apply to such commodities, are set out in Chapters 6 and 7 of Annex I to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2236, as relevant.
Entry into the Union
The rules concerning the animal health requirements for the entry into the Union of products of animal origin are set out in Part V of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council on transmissible animal diseases and amending and repealing certain acts in the area of animal health ('Animal Health Law').
These rules are supplemented by the general rules, which are set out in Part I, and the specific rules concerning products of animal origin, which are set out in Parts IV and V, of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 as regards rules for entry into the Union, and the movement and handling after entry of consignments of certain animals, germinal products and products of animal origin.
The rules concerning the public health requirements for the entry into the Union of products of animal origin are set out in:
- Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies;
- Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety;
- Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the hygiene of foodstuffs;
- Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin;
- Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council on maximum residue levels of pesticides in or on food and feed of plant and animal origin
- Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/915 on maximum levels for certain contaminants in food and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006;
- Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products (Official Controls Regulation);
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/624 concerning specific rules for the performance of official controls on the production of meat and for production and relaying areas of live bivalve molluscs in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/625;
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2292 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to requirements for the entry into the Union of consignments of food-producing animals and certain goods intended for human consumption;
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/627 laying down uniform practical arrangements for the performance of official controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumption in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/625
Products of animal origin intended for human consumption shall originate from a non-EU country or territory, or zone thereof, listed, as relevant, in:
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 laying down the lists of third countries, territories or zones thereof from which the entry into the Union of animals, germinal products and products of animal origin is permitted in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/429;
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 laying down the lists of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of certain animals and goods intended for human consumption in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/625;
In addition, such products, except those for which the Union is not a final destination, shall, where appropriate, originate from EU approved establishments listed in accordance with Article 13(2) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2292 or, if the products originate from a Member State, in accordance with Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004.
Model animal health/official certificates, official certificates and private attestation for entry into the Union of products of animal origin intended for human consumption are set out Annexes III and Annex V to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2235 laying down rules for the application of Regulations (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards model animal health certificates, model official certificates and model animal health/official certificates, for the entry into the Union and movements within the Union of consignments of certain categories of animals and goods, official certification regarding such certificates.
Annex III to that Implementing Regulation contains the following model animal health/official certificates and model official certificates for the entry into the Union:
| BOV | Chapter 1: Model animal health/official certificate for the entry into the Union of fresh meat intended for human consumption, excluding mechanically separated meat, of domestic bovine animals |
| OVI | Chapter 2: Model animal health/official certificate for the entry into the Union of fresh meat intended for human consumption, excluding mechanically separated meat, of domestic ovine and caprine animals |
| POR | Chapter 3: Model animal health/official certificate for the entry into the Union of fresh meat intended for human consumption, excluding mechanically separated meat, of domestic porcine animals |
| EQU | Chapter 4: Model animal health/official certificate for the entry into the Union of fresh meat intended for human consumption, excluding minced meat and mechanically separated meat, of domestic solipeds (Equus caballus, Equus asinus and their cross-breeds) |
| RUF | Chapter 5: Model animal health/official certificate for the entry into the Union of fresh meat intended for human consumption, excluding offal, minced meat and mechanically separated meat, of animals of the family Bovidae (other than domestic bovine, ovine and caprine animals), camelid animals and cervid animals kept as farmed game |
| RUW | Chapter 6: Model animal health/official certificate for the entry into the Union of fresh meat intended for human consumption, excluding offal, minced meat and mechanically separated meat, of wild animals of the family Bovidae (other than domestic bovine, ovine and caprine animals), wild camelid animals and wild cervid animals |
| SUF | Chapter 7: Model animal health/official certificate for the entry into the Union of fresh meat intended for human consumption, excluding offal, minced meat and mechanically separated meat, of animals kept as farmed game of wild breeds of porcine animals and animals of the family Tayassuidae |
| SUW | Chapter 8: Model animal health/official certificate for the entry into the Union of fresh meat intended for human consumption, excluding offal, minced meat and mechanically separated meat, of wild animals of wild breeds of porcine animals and animals of the family Tayassuidae |
| EQW | Chapter 9: Model animal health/official certificate for the entry into the Union of fresh meat intended for human consumption, excluding offal, minced meat and mechanically separated meat, of wild game solipeds belonging to the subgenus Hippotigris (zebra) |
| RUM-MSM | Chapter 10: Model animal health/official certificate for the entry into the Union of mechanically separated meat, intended for human consumption, of domestic ruminants |
| SUI-MSM | Chapter 11: Model animal health/official certificate for the entry into the Union of mechanically separated meat, intended for human consumption, of domestic porcine animals |
| NZ-TRANSIT-SG | Chapter 12: Model animal health certificate for the entry into the Union of fresh meat intended for human consumption originating from New Zealand transiting through Singapore with unloading, possible storage and reloading before entry into the Union |
| POU | Chapter 13: Model animal health/official certificate for the entry into the Union of fresh meat intended for human consumption, excluding minced meat and mechanically separated meat, of poultry other than ratites |
| POU-MI/MSM | Chapter 14: Model animal health/official certificate for the entry into the Union of minced meat and mechanically separated meat, intended for human consumption, of poultry other than ratites |
| RAT | Chapter 15: Model animal health/official certificate for the entry into the Union of fresh meat intended for human consumption, excluding minced meat and mechanically separated meat, of ratites |
| RAT-MI/MSM | Chapter 16: Model animal health/official certificate for the entry into the Union of minced meat and mechanically separated meat, intended for human consumption, of ratites |
| GBM | Chapter 17: Model animal health/official certificate for the entry into the Union of fresh meat intended for human consumption, excluding minced meat and mechanically separated meat, of game birds |
| GBM-MI/MSM | Chapter 18: Model animal health/official certificate for the entry into the Union of minced meat and mechanically separated meat, intended for human consumption, of game-birds |
| E | Chapter 19: Model animal health/official certificate for the entry into the Union of eggs intended for human consumption |
| EP | Chapter 20: Model animal health/official certificate for the entry into the Union of egg products intended for human consumption |
| WL | Chapter 21: Model official certificate for the entry into the Union of fresh meat intended for human consumption of wild leporidae (rabbits and hares), excluding minced meat, mechanically separated meat and offal except for unskinned and uneviscerated leporidae |
| WM | Chapter 22: Model official certificate for the entry into the Union of fresh meat intended for human consumption, excluding offal, minced meat and mechanically separated meat, of wild land mammals other than ungulates and leporidae |
| RM | Chapter 23: Model animal health/official certificate for the entry into the Union of fresh meat intended for human consumption, excluding minced meat and mechanically separated meat, of farmed rabbits |
| MP-PREP | Chapter 24: Model animal health/official certificate for the entry into the Union of meat preparations intended for human consumption |
| MPNT | Chapter 25: Model animal health/official certificate for the entry into the Union of meat products intended for human consumption, including rendered animal fats and greaves, meat extracts and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines, others than casings, that are not required to undergo a specific risk-mitigating treatment |
| MPST | Chapter 26: Model animal health/official certificate for the entry into the Union of meat products intended for human consumption, including rendered animal fats and greaves, meat extracts and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines, others than casings, that are required to undergo a specific risk-mitigating treatment |
| CAS | Chapter 27: Model animal health/official certificate for the entry into the Union of casings intended for human consumption |
| FISH-CRUST-HC | Chapter 28: Model animal health/official certificate for the entry into the Union of live fish, live crustaceans and products of animal origin from those animals intended for human consumption |
| EU-FISH | Chapter 29: Model official certificate for the entry into the Union of fishery products intended for human consumption caught by vessels flying the flag of a Member State and transferred in third countries with or without storage |
| FISH/MOL-CAP | Chapter 30: Model official certificate for the entry into the Union of fishery products or fishery products derived from bivalve molluscs intended for human consumption entering the Union directly from a reefer, freezer or factory vessel flying the flag of a third country as provided for in Article 21(2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2292 |
| MOL-HC | Chapter 31: Model animal health/official certificate for the entry into the Union of live bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates, marine gastropods and products of animal origin from those animals intended for human consumption |
| MOL-AT | Chapter 32: Model official certificate for the entry into the Union of processed bivalve molluscs intended for human consumption belonging to the species Acanthocardia Tuberculatum |
| MILK-RM | Chapter 33: Model animal health/official certificate for the entry into the Union of raw milk intended for human consumption |
| MILK-RMP/NT | Chapter 34: Model animal health/official certificate for the entry into the Union of dairy products intended for human consumption derived from raw milk or that are not required to undergo a specific risk-mitigating treatment |
| DAIRY-PRODUCTS-PT | Chapter 35: Model animal health/official certificate for the entry into the Union of dairy products intended for human consumption that are required to undergo a pasteurization treatment |
| DAIRY-PRODUCTS-ST | Chapter 36: Model animal health/official certificate for the entry into the Union of dairy products intended for human consumption that are required to undergo a specific risk-mitigating treatment other than pasteurization |
| COLOSTRUM | Chapter 37: Model animal health/official certificate for the entry into the Union of colostrum intended for human consumption |
| COLOSTRUM-BP | Chapter 38: Model animal health/official certificate for the entry into the Union of colostrum-based products intended for human consumption |
| FRG | Chapter 39: Model official certificate for the entry into the Union of chilled, frozen or prepared frogs’ legs intended for human consumption |
| SNS | Chapter 40: Model official certificate for the entry into the Union of snails intended for human consumption |
| GEL | Chapter 41: Model official certificate for the entry into the Union of gelatine intended for human consumption other than gelatine capsules not derived from ruminant bones. |
| COL | Chapter 42: Model official certificate for the entry into the Union of collagen intended for human consumption |
| RCG | Chapter 43: Model animal health/official certificate for the entry into the Union of raw materials for the production of gelatine and collagen intended for human consumption |
| TCG | Chapter 44: Model animal health/official certificate for the entry into the Union of treated raw materials for the production of gelatine and collagen intended for human consumption |
| HON | Chapter 45: Model official certificate for the entry into the Union of honey and other apiculture products intended for human consumption |
| HRP | Chapter 46: Model official certificate for the entry into the Union of highly refined products as described in Section XVI of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004, intended for human consumption |
| REP | Chapter 47: Model official certificate for the entry into the Union of reptile meat intended for human consumption |
| INS | Chapter 48: Model official certificate for the entry into the Union of insects intended for human consumption |
| PAO | Chapter 49: Model official certificate for the entry into the Union of other products of animal origin derived from domestic ungulates, poultry, rabbits or fishery products intended for human consumption and not covered by Articles 8 to 26 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2235 |
| COMP | Chapter 50: Model animal health/official certificate for the entry into the Union of non-shelf-stable composite products intended for human consumption and shelf-stable composite products intended for human consumption and containing any quantity of meat products except gelatine not derived from ruminant bones, collagen not derived from ruminant bones and highly refined products, and any quantity of colostrum-based products |
| SPR | Chapter 51: Model official certificate for the entry into the Union of sprouts intended for human consumption and seeds intended for the production of sprouts for human consumption |
| TRANSIT-COMP | Chapter 52: Model animal health certificate for the transit through the Union to a third country either by immediate transit or after storage in the Union of non-shelf-stable composite products intended for human consumption and shelf-stable composite products intended for human consumption and containing any quantity of meat products except gelatine, collagen and highly refined products, and any quantity of colostrum-based products. |
| STORAGE-TC PAO | Chapter 53: Model animal health/official certificate for the entry in to the Union of products of animal origin and certain goods that originate in the Union, are moved to a third country or territory and moved back to the Union after unloading, storage and reloading in that third country or territory |