Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1170 of 23 April 2024 amending Annexes IV, VIII, XIII, XIV and XV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 as regards the lists of third countries or territories, or zones thereof, authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of certain animals and products of animal origin, and correcting Annex XIV thereto as regards the list of third countries or territories, or zones thereof, authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of fresh meat of poultry and game birds

Amendments to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404

Article 1

Annexes IV, VIII, XIII, XIV and XV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 are amended in accordance with Part A of the Annex to this Regulation.

Corrections to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404

Article 2

Annex XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 is corrected in accordance with Part B of the Annex to this Regulation.

Entry into force and application

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 . Point 2(a) and (b) of Part A of the Annex shall apply from 16 September 2024.

ANNEXSupplementary provisions

ANNEX PART A Annexes IV, VIII, XIII, XIV and XV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 are amended as follows: (1) Annex IV is amended as follows: (a) Part 1 is replaced by the following: ‘PART 1 List of third countries or territories, or zones thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of equine animals as referred to in Article 3, point (1)(c) ISO code and name of the third country or territory Zone as set out in Part 2 Sanitary group Categories permitted to enter the Union Animal health certificates Specific conditions as set out in Part 3 Animal health guarantees as set out in Part 4 Closing date Opening date 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 AE United Arab Emirates AE-0 E Registered horses EQUI-X, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-RACE         AR Argentina AR-0 D Registered horses; registered equidae; other equine animals not for slaughter; equine animals for slaughter EQUI-X, EQUI-Y, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP         AU Australia AU-0 A Registered horses; registered equidae; other equine animals not for slaughter; equine animals for slaughter EQUI-X, EQUI-Y, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-RACE         BA Bosnia and Herzegovina BA-0 B Registered horses EQUI-X, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP         BB Barbados BB-0 D Registered horses EQUI-X, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP         BH Bahrain BH-0 E Registered horses EQUI-X, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-RACE         BM Bermuda BM-0 D Registered horses EQUI-X, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP         BO Bolivia BO-0 D Registered horses EQUI-X, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP         BR Brazil BR-1 D Registered horses EQUI-X, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP         BY Belarus BY-0 B Registered horses; registered equidae; other equine animals not for slaughter; equine animals for slaughter EQUI-X, EQUI-Y, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP         CA Canada CA-0 C Registered horses; registered equidae; other equine animals not for slaughter; equine animals for slaughter EQUI-X, EQUI-Y, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-RACE         CH Switzerland CH-0 A Subject to the Agreement referred to in point 7 of Annex I         CL Chile CL-0 D Registered horses; registered equidae; other equine animals not for slaughter; equine animals for slaughter EQUI-X, EQUI-Y, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP         CN China CN-1 G Registered horses EQUI-X, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP         CN-2 G Registered horses EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP         CN-3 G Registered horses EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP     13.11.2023 15.9.2023 CR Costa Rica CR-1 D Registered horses EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP         CU Cuba CU-0 D Registered horses EQUI-X, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP         DZ Algeria DZ-0 E Registered horses; registered equidae; other equine animals not for slaughter; equine animals for slaughter EQUI-X, EQUI-Y, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP         EG Egypt EG-1 E Registered horses EQUI-X         EG-2 E Registered horses EQUI-X         FK Falkland Islands FK-0 A Registered horses; registered equidae; other equine animals not for slaughter EQUI-X, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP         GB United Kingdom GB-0 A Registered horses; registered equidae; other equine animals not for slaughter; equine animals for slaughter EQUI-X, EQUI-Y, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP         GG Guernsey GG-0 A Registered horses; registered equidae; other equine animals not for slaughter EQUI-X, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP         GL Greenland GL-0 A Registered horses; registered equidae; other equine animals not for slaughter; equine animals for slaughter EQUI-X, EQUI-Y, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP         HK Hong Kong HK-0 G Registered horses EQUI-X, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-RACE         IL Israel IL-0 E Registered horses; registered equidae; other equine animals not for slaughter; equine animals for slaughter EQUI-X, EQUI-Y, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP         IM Isle of Man IM-0 A Registered horses; registered equidae; other equine animals not for slaughter EQUI-X, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP         IS Iceland IS-0 A Registered horses; registered equidae; other equine animals not for slaughter; equine animals for slaughter EQUI-X, EQUI-Y, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP         JE Jersey JE-0 A Registered horses; registered equidae; other equine animals not for slaughter EQUI-X, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP         JM Jamaica JM-0 D Registered horses EQUI-X, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP         JO Jordan JO-0 E Registered horses EQUI-X, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP         JP Japan JP-0 G Registered horses EQUI-X, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-RACE         KG Kyrgyzstan KG-1 B Registered horses EQUI-X         KR South Korea KR-0 G Registered horses EQUI-X, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP         KW Kuwait KW-0 E Registered horses EQUI-X, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP     28.11.2019 27.11.2020 LB Lebanon LB-0 E Registered horses EQUI-X, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP         MA Morocco MA-0 E Registered horses; registered equidae; other equine animals not for slaughter; equine animals for slaughter EQUI-X, EQUI-Y, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP         ME Montenegro ME-0 B Registered horses; registered equidae; other equine animals not for slaughter; equine animals for slaughter EQUI-X, EQUI-Y, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP         MK North Macedonia MK-0 B Registered horses; registered equidae; other equine animals not for slaughter; equine animals for slaughter EQUI-X, EQUI-Y, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP         MO Macao MO-0 G Registered horses EQUI-X, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP         MY Malaysia MY-1 E Registered horses EQUI-X, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP     7.9.2020   MU Mauritius MU-0 E Registered horses EQUI-X         MX Mexico MX-1 C Registered horses EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP         MX-2 C Registered horses; registered equidae; other equine animals not for slaughter EQUI-X, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP         NZ New Zealand NZ-0 A Registered horses; registered equidae; other equine animals not for slaughter; equine animals for slaughter EQUI-X, EQUI-Y, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP         OM Oman OM-0 E Registered horses EQUI-X, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP         PE Peru PE-1 D Registered horses EQUI-X, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP         PM Saint Pierre and Miquelon PM-0 A Registered horses; registered equidae; other equine animals not for slaughter; equine animals for slaughter EQUI-X, EQUI-Y         PY Paraguay PY-0 D Registered horses; registered equidae; other equine animals not for slaughter; equine animals for slaughter EQUI-X, EQUI-Y, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP         QA Qatar QA-0 E Registered horses EQUI-X, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-RACE         RS Serbia RS-0 B Registered horses; registered equidae; other equine animals not for slaughter; equine animals for slaughter EQUI-X, EQUI-Y, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP         RU Russia RU-1 B Registered horses; registered equidae; other equine animals not for slaughter; equine animals for slaughter EQUI-X, EQUI-Y, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP         RU-2 B Registered horses; registered equidae; other equine animals not for slaughter; equine animals for slaughter EQUI-X, EQUI-Y, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP         RU-3 B Registered horses; registered equidae; other equine animals not for slaughter; equine animals for slaughter EQUI-X, EQUI-Y, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP         SA Saudi Arabia SA-1 E Registered horses EQUI-X, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-RACE         SG Singapore SG-0 G Registered horses EQUI-X, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-RACE         TH Thailand TH-0 E Registered horses EQUI-X, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP     6.4.2020   TN Tunisia TN-0 E Registered horses; registered equidae; other equine animals not for slaughter; equine animals for slaughter EQUI-X, EQUI-Y, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP         TR Türkiye TR-1 E Registered horses EQUI-X, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP     April 2020 27.11.2020 UA Ukraine UA-0 B Registered horses; registered equidae; other equine animals not for slaughter; equine animals for slaughter EQUI-X, EQUI-Y, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP         US United States US-0 C Registered horses; registered equidae; other equine animals not for slaughter; equine animals for slaughter EQUI-X, EQUI-Y, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-RACE         UY Uruguay UY-0 D Registered horses; registered equidae; other equine animals not for slaughter; equine animals for slaughter EQUI-X, EQUI-Y, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30, EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP         ZA South Africa ZA-1 F Registered horses EQUI-X AHS-ZA   3.5.2011 20 May 2024’ (b) Part 3 is replaced by the following: ‘PART 3 Specific conditions referred to in column 6 of the table set out in Part 1 AHS-ZA 1. The zone ZA-1 is part of a controlled area set up by the competent authorities of South Africa in the Western Cape province which includes the zone ZA-1 surrounded by a surveillance zone of at least 50 km and a protection zone of at least a further 100 km and which is separated from the rest of the country by sanitary measures. 2. No vaccination of equine animals against African horse sickness (AHS) in the zone ZA-1 and the surveillance zone shall be carried out. Vaccination of equine animals against AHS in the protection zone shall be carried out only during the vector-low period (to minimise the risk of reassortments). 3. Controls on the movements of equine animals to the zone ZA-1, the surveillance zone and the protection zone, from any area outside the controlled area, based on identification of individual equine animals and registration of establishments keeping equine animals, and on vaccination and veterinary certification, confirming that animal health requirements as regards AHS are met for equine animals intended for movements within and into the controlled area, shall be carried out. 4. Surveillance for AHS and measures shall be in place to ensure: (a) immediate investigations of AHS suspected cases in the controlled area leading to movement restrictions of equine animals on infected establishments for a period of at least 40 days in the case of an AHS confirmed case; (b) immediate reporting of AHS confirmed cases in the controlled area to the European Commission; (c) immediate suspension of entry into the Union of registered horses from the zone ZA-1 in the case of a confirmed case of AHS in the controlled area lasting until its re-authorisation by the European Commission.’ (2) In Annex VIII, Part 1 is amended as follows: (a) the entry for Belarus is replaced by the following: ‘ BY Belarus BY-0 Dogs, cats and ferrets for commercial purposes CANIS-FELIS-FERRETS Rabies antibody titration test’       (b) the entry for Russia is replaced by the following: ‘ RU Russia RU-0 Dogs, cats and ferrets for commercial purposes CANIS-FELIS-FERRETS Rabies antibody titration test’       (3) Annex XIII is amended as follows: (a) in Part 1, the entry for Brazil is replaced by the following: ‘ BR Brazil BR-1 Bovine animals BOV Maturation, pH and de-boning Controlled vaccination programme No offal Additional traceability       BR-2 Bovine animals BOV Maturation, pH and de-boning No vaccination carried out No offal Additional traceability’       (b) in Part 2, the entry for Brazil is replaced by the following: ‘Brazil BR-1 State of Minas Gerais, State of Espírito Santo, State of Goiás, State of Mato Grosso Do Sul, State of São Paulo, State of Mato Grosso (excluding the territory included in BR-2) BR-2 State of Santa Catarina, State of Rio Grande Do Sul, State of Paraná and municipalities of Aripuanã, Colniza, Comodoro, Juína, and Rondolândia in the State of Mato Grosso’ (c) Part 3 is amended as follows: (i) the description of a specific condition ‘Controlled vaccination programme’ is replaced by the following: ‘ Controlled vaccination programme The vaccination programme carried out against foot and mouth disease in the zone shall be supervised by the competent authority and this supervision shall include the control of the efficacy of the vaccination programme through a regular serological surveillance that indicates adequate antibody levels in the animals and demonstrates the absence of foot and mouth disease virus circulation in the zone. If vaccination of animals against foot and mouth disease in the zone was stopped by the competent authority of the third country or territory due to a favourable situation of that disease in that third country, territory or zone, the competent authority of the third country or territory shall guarantee that the surveillance programme for foot and mouth disease is: (a) applicable for the zone demonstrating the absence of foot and mouth disease; and (b) carried out and controlled by the competent authority.’ (ii) the description of a specific condition ‘No vaccination carried out’ is replaced by the following: ‘ No vaccination carried out No vaccination against foot and mouth disease shall be carried out in the zone and the competent authority of the third country or territory shall guarantee that the surveillance programme for foot and mouth disease is: (a) applicable for the free zone demonstrating the absence of foot and mouth disease virus; and (b) carried out and controlled by the competent authority.’ (4) Annex XIV is amended as follows: (a) in Part 1, in Section B, the following entry for Moldova is inserted between the entry for Japan and the entry for Madagascar: ‘ MD Moldova MD-1 POU’         (b) in Part 2, the following entry setting out descriptions of the zones in Moldova is inserted between the entry for Israel and the entry for Ukraine: ‘ MD Moldova MD-1 The whole country of Moldova, excluding the following districts: Briceni, Cahul, Călărași, Cantemir, Comrat, Drochia, Dubăsari, Edineț, Florești, Glodeni, Orhei, Rezina, Rîșcani, Sîngerei, Șoldănești, Soroca, Ștefan Vodă, Strășeni, Taraclia’. (5) in Annex XV, in Part 1, in Section A, the entry for Montenegro is replaced by the following: ‘ ME Montenegro ME-0 A A C or D  ( *** ) A C or D  ( *** ) D Not authorised D D Not authorised MPNT (**) MPST   PART B Annex XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 is corrected as follows: (1) the title of Part 3 is replaced by the following: ‘PART 3 Specific conditions referred to in column 4 of the table set out in Section B of Part 1 ’; (2) the title of Part 4 is replaced by the following: ‘PART 4 Animal health guarantees referred to in column 5 of the table set out in Section B of Part 1 ’. ( *** )   Only for raw ham after a treatment consisting of natural fermentation and maturation of not less than nine months and resulting in the following characteristics: — Aw value of not more than 0,93, — pH value of not more than 6,0.’