Commission Regulation (EU) No 633/2014 of 13 June 2014 amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the specific requirements for handling large wild game and for the post-mortem inspection of wild game Text with EEA relevance

Regulation (EU) No 633/2014 · Regulation · 5 articles

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Article 1

Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation.

Article 2

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union . It shall apply from 1 May 2014 for all consignments arriving at the Member States of destination from that date on.

Supplementary provisions

ANNEX ISupplementary provisions

ANNEX I In Chapter II of Section IV of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004, point 8 is replaced by the following: ‘8. In addition, unskinned large wild game: (a) may be skinned and placed on the market only if: (i) before skinning, it is stored and handled separately from other food and it is not frozen; (ii) after skinning, it undergoes a final inspection in a game-handling establishment in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 854/2004; (b) may be sent to a game handling establishment in another Member State only if, during transport to that game-handling establishment, it is accompanied by a certificate conforming to the specimen set out in the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 636/2014 ( *1 ) issued and signed by an official veterinarian, attesting that the requirements set out in point 4 as regards the availability of a declaration, when relevant, and the accompaniment of relevant parts of the body, have been complied with. In case the game handling establishment, close to the hunting area, is in another Member State, transport to this game handling establishment need not be accompanied by the certificate but by the declaration of the trained person referred to in point 2 to comply with Article 3(1) of Directive 89/662/EEC, taking into account the animal health status of the Member State of origin. ( *1 ) OJ L 175, 14.6.2014, p. 16 .’ ’

ANNEX IISupplementary provisions

ANNEX II In part A of Chapter VIII to Section IV of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 the following point 2a is added: ‘2a. The official veterinarian is to check that a health certificate conforming to the specimen set out in the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 636/2014 ( *1 ) or the declaration(s) accompanies the unskinned large wild game transported to the game-handling establishment from the territory of another Member State, in accordance with point 8(b) of Chapter II of Section IV of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004. The official veterinarian is to take into account the content of that certificate or declaration(s). ( *1 ) OJ L 175, 14.6.2014, p. 16 .’ ’

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