Requirements for establishments
Article 13
1. Consignments of the following goods shall only enter the Union where those consignments are dispatched from, and obtained or prepared in, establishments that appear on lists drawn up and kept up-to-date in accordance with Article 127(3), points (e)(ii) and (iii), of Regulation (EU) 2017/625: (a) products of animal origin, for which requirements are laid down in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004, and for which the following codes have been laid down in Part Two of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87: (i) CN codes in Chapters 2 to 5, 15 or 16; or (ii) HS subheadings under headings 1702, 2105, 2106, 2301, 2932, 3001, 3002, 3501, 3502, 3503, 3504, 4101, 4102 or 4103; (b) sprouts falling under the following HS subheadings: 0704 90, 0706 90, 0708 10, 0708 20, 0708 90 or 1214 90 of Part Two of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87. 2. Establishments referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article may be placed on the lists referred to in Article 127(3), point (e), of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 only if, in addition to the guarantees laid down in Article 127(3), points (e)(ii) and (iv), of Regulation (EU) 2017/625, the third country where the establishments are located provides the following guarantees: (a) such establishments, together with any establishments handling raw materials of animal origin used in the manufacture of the products of animal origin referred to in paragraph 1(a), comply with applicable requirements referred to in Article 126(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625, in particular those of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004, or with requirements recognised to be at least equivalent thereto; (b) such establishments, where appropriate, only handle raw materials of animal origin that come from third countries with an approved residue monitoring plan for that product category in accordance with Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1644 and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1646, or from Member States; (c) it has real powers to stop such establishments from entering the Union, products of animal origin in the event that the establishments fail to meet the relevant Union requirements or requirements recognised to be at least equivalent thereto. 3. The Commission shall provide the Member States with any new and updated lists that it receives from the competent authorities of the third country in accordance with Article 127(3), point (e)(iii), of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 and shall publish such lists on its website. 4. Member States shall only allow the entry into the Union of the consignments referred to in paragraph 1 provided that the official certificates which are required to accompany such consignments pursuant to applicable Union rules are issued by the competent authorities of the third country starting with the date of publication, by the Commission, of the lists of establishments referred to in paragraph 1.