Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/575 of 6 April 2022 concerning emergency measures to prevent the introduction into the Union of foot and mouth disease through consignments of hay and straw from third countries or territories and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2208 (notified under document C(2022)2078) (Text with EEA relevance)

• CELEX: Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/575
• Articles: 5

Article 1 Subject matter and scope

This Decision lays down emergency measures for the entry into the Union of consignments of hay and straw from third countries and territories.

Article 2 Requirements for the entry into the Union of consignments of hay and straw

1.   Consignments of straw (CN code Ex12130000) as referred to in Chapter 12 of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/632, or hay (CN code: Ex12 14 90) as referred to in Chapter 12 of that Annex, shall only be permitted to enter the Union if such consignments originate from the third countries or territories listed in Part 1 of the Annex to this Decision.

2.   By way of derogation from paragraph 1, consignments of pelleted straw intended for combustion in a plant shall be permitted to enter the Union provided that they comply with the following conditions:

(a)

they originate from the third countries or territories listed in Part 2 of the Annex;

(b)

they are placed, upon entry into the Union, under the special procedure provided for in Article 210, point (a), of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013; their transport is monitored, in accordance with Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1666, through the computerised information management system for official controls (IMSOC) provided for in Article 131 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625; and they are delivered directly from the border control post of entry into the Union to the plant of destination in the Union, where they are going to be burnt.

Article 3 Repeal

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2208 is repealed.

Article 4 Addresses

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

Part 1 – List of third countries or territories from which the entry into the Union of consignments of hay and straw is authorised, as referred to in Article 2(1)

ISO code of the third country or territory

Name of the third country or territory

AU

Australia

CA

Canada

CH

Switzerland

CL

Chile

GB

United Kingdom  ( 1 )

GG

Guernsey

GL

Greenland

IM

Isle of Man

IS

Iceland

JE

Jersey

NZ

New Zealand

RS

Serbia  ( 2 )

US

United States

*

This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.

Part 2 – List of third countries or territories from which the entry into the Union of consignments of pelleted straw is authorised, as referred to in Article 2(2)

ISO code of the third country or territory

Name of the third country or territory

UA

Ukraine

( 1 )   In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of Part 1 of this Annex references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.

( 2 )   For the purpose of the emergency measures referred to in Article 1, when reference to Serbia is made in this Annex, the territory of Kosovo* is not included.