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

1. Operators shall only move, from restricted zones I and II within the same Member State concerned or to another Member State, consignments of fresh meat and meat products, including casings, obtained from porcine animals kept in restricted zones I or II in the cases covered by Articles 41 and 42 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 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/2154 ( 16 ) ; and

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

‘Fresh meat and meat products, including casings, obtained from porcine animals kept in a restricted zone I in compliance with the special disease control measures relating to African swine fever laid down in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/594’;

‘Fresh meat and meat products, including casings, obtained from porcine animals kept in a restricted zone II in compliance with the special disease control measures relating to African swine fever laid down in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/594’

2. Operators shall only move, from restricted zones I, II and III within the same Member State concerned or to another Member State, consignments of meat products, including casings, that have undergone the relevant risk-mitigating treatment, obtained from porcine animals kept in restricted zones I, II or III subject to compliance with the following conditions:

the 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 provided for in this Regulation:

‘Meat products, including casings, that have undergone the relevant risk-mitigating treatment, obtained from porcine animals kept in restricted zones I, II or III in compliance with the special disease control measures relating to African swine fever laid down in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/594’.

3. Operators shall only move, from restricted zones I, II and III within the same Member State concerned or to another Member State, consignments of fresh meat and meat products, including casings, obtained from porcine animals kept in areas outside restricted zones I, II and III and slaughtered either in slaughterhouses located in restricted zones I, II or III or in slaughterhouses located outside those restricted zones, 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

one of the following attestations 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 I, II and III and slaughtered in restricted zones I, II or III in compliance with the special disease control measures relating to African swine fever laid down in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/594’; or

‘Fresh meat and meat products, including casings, obtained from porcine animals kept and slaughtered in areas outside restricted zones I, II and III in compliance with the special disease control measures relating to African swine fever laid down in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/594’; or

‘Fresh meat and meat products, including casings, obtained from porcine animals kept and slaughtered in areas outside restricted zones I, II and III and produced or processed in restricted zones I, II or III in compliance with the special disease control measures relating to African swine fever laid down in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/594’.

4. In the cases of movements of consignments referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this Article within the same Member State concerned, the competent authority may decide that an animal health certificate does not have to be issued as referred to in Article 167(1), first subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) 2016/429.

5. The competent authority of the Member State concerned may decide that, in the cases not covered by Article 167(1), first subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) 2016/429, 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 meat or meat products, including casings, may substitute the animal health certificate for movements of consignments to other Member States provided that:

a health mark or, where relevant, an identification mark is applied on the fresh meat or meat products, including casings, in either:

establishments designated in accordance with Article 44(1) of this Regulation; or

establishments which only handle fresh meat and meat products, including casings, obtained from porcine animals kept in a restricted zone I or areas outside restricted zones I, II and III, and listed in the list of establishments referred to in paragraph 6 of this Article;

the animal health certificate is only substituted for the following consignments:

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

meat products, including casings, that have undergone the relevant risk-mitigating treatment, obtained from porcine animals kept in restricted zones I or II from those restricted zones 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 restricted zones I, II and III and either slaughtered in those areas or slaughtered in slaughterhouses located in restricted zones I, II or III from those restricted zones to another Member State, as laid down in paragraph 3;

fresh meat and meat products, including casings, obtained from porcine animals kept in areas outside restricted zones I, II and III and produced or processed in restricted zones I, II or III from those restricted zones to another Member State, as laid down in paragraph 3;

the competent authority of the Member State concerned ensures that an alternative system is in place ensuring that consignments referred to in point (b) are traceable and that those consignments fulfil the special disease control measures related to African swine fever laid down in this Regulation.

6. The competent authority of the Member State concerned shall:

provide the Commission and other Member States with a link to the website of the competent authority with a list of establishments located in restricted zones I, II and III:

which only handle fresh meat or meat products, including casings, obtained from porcine animals kept in restricted zones I or areas outside restricted zones I, II and III; and

for which the competent authority of the Member State concerned has granted a possibility to substitute the animal health certificate for movements of consignments to other Member States with a health or, where relevant, an identification mark referred to in paragraph 5;

keep the list provided for in point (a) updated.

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2023/594 of 16 March 2023 laying down special disease control measures for African swine fever and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/605 ANNEX I ANNEX II ANNEX III ANNEX IV