Operators’ obligations with regard to animal health certificates for movements from the restricted zones of consignments of fresh meat and meat products, including casings, obtained from porcine animals kept in restricted zones

1. Operators shall only move consignments of fresh meat and meat products, including casings, obtained from porcine animals kept in the restricted zones listed in Annex I to this Regulation, from those restricted zones to another Member State in the cases covered by Article 22 of this Regulation, if those consignments are accompanied by an animal health certificate as provided for in Article 167(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 that contains:

the information required in accordance with Article 3 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/2154; and

the following attestation of compliance with the requirements laid down in this Regulation:

‘Fresh meat and meat products, including casings, obtained from porcine animals kept in restricted zone in compliance with the special control measures relating to classical swine fever laid down in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/934’.

2. Operators shall only move consignments of processed meat products, including casings, obtained from porcine animals kept in the restricted zones listed in Annex I, from those restricted zones to another Member State, subject to compliance with the following conditions:

the processed meat products, including casings, have undergone the relevant risk-mitigating treatment set out in Annex VII to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687;

those consignments are accompanied by an animal health certificate as provided for in Article 167(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 that contains:

the information required in accordance with Article 3 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/2154; and

the following attestation of compliance with the requirements laid down in this Regulation:

‘Processed meat products, including casings, obtained from porcine animals kept in restricted zones in compliance with the special control measures relating to classical swine fever laid down in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/934.’.

3. Operators shall only move consignments of fresh meat and meat products, including casings, obtained from porcine animals kept in areas outside the restricted zones listed in Annex I and slaughtered in slaughterhouses located in those restricted zones, from such restricted zones to another Member State, if those consignments are accompanied by:

an animal health certificate as provided for in Article 167(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 that contains the information required in accordance with Article 3 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/2154; and

the following attestation of compliance with the requirements laid down in this Regulation:

‘Fresh meat and meat products, including casings, obtained from porcine animals kept in areas outside restricted zones and slaughtered in restricted zones in compliance with the special control measures relating to classical swine fever laid down in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/934’.

4. Operators shall only move consignments of processed meat products, including casings, obtained from porcine animals kept in areas outside the restricted zones listed in Annex I, and processed in those restricted zones, from such restricted zones to another Member State, subject to compliance with the following conditions:

the processed meat products, including casings, have undergone the relevant risk-mitigating treatment set out in Annex VII to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687;

those consignments are accompanied by an animal health certificate as provided for in Article 167(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 that contains:

the information required in accordance with Article 3 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/2154; and

the following attestation of compliance with the requirements laid down in this Regulation:

‘Processed meat products, including casings, obtained from porcine animals kept in areas outside restricted zones and processed in restricted zones in compliance with the special control measures relating to classical swine fever laid down in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/934.’.

5. The competent authorities of the Member States concerned may decide that a health mark or, where relevant, an identification mark provided for in Article 5(1), point (b) of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 applied on the fresh or processed meat and meat products, including casings, in establishments designated in accordance with Article 23(1) of this Regulation may be substituted for the animal health certificate for movements from the restricted zones listed in Annex I for the following consignments of:

fresh meat and meat products, including casings, obtained from porcine animals kept in the restricted zones, listed in Annex I, to another Member State, as laid down in paragraph 1;

processed meat products, including casings, obtained from porcine animals kept in the restricted zones, listed in Annex I, to another Member State, as laid down in paragraph 2;

fresh meat and meat products, including casings, obtained from porcine animals kept in areas outside the restricted zones, listed in Annex I, and slaughtered in slaughterhouses located in those restricted zones to another Member State, as laid down in paragraph 3;

processed meat products, including casings, obtained from porcine animals kept in areas outside the restricted zones, listed in Annex I, and processed in those restricted zones to another Member State, as laid down in paragraph 4.

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2021/934 of 9 June 2021 laying down special control measures for classical swine fever ANNEX I ANNEX II