Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/491 of 4 March 2026 amending Annex IV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 as regards the entries for Argentina and Thailand in the list of third countries or territories, or zones thereof, authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of certain categories of equine animals, and correcting Annexes XIII and XVIII thereto as regards the entries for Paraguay and the United Arab Emirates in the lists of third countries or territories, or zones thereof, authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of fresh meat of ungulates and of certain dairy products of camelid animals

• CELEX: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/491
• Articles: 4

Article 1 Amendments to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404

Annex IV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 is amended in accordance with Part I of the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2 Corrections to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404

Annexes XIII and XVIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 are corrected in accordance with Part II of the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 3 Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

PART I

Amendments to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404

Annex IV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 is amended as follows:

(1)

Part 1 is amended as follows:

(a)

the entry for Argentina is replaced by the following:

‘ 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

Surra-programme’;

(b)

the entry for Thailand is replaced by the following:

‘ TH

Thailand

TH-0

E

Registered horses

EQUI-X,

EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30,

EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP

Surra-programme

6.4.2020

9.6.2025’;

(2)

in Part 3, the following entry is added after the entry AHS-ZA:

‘Surra-programme

The surveillance programme for surra ( Trypanosoma evansi ) has been recognised by the Commission and is carried out in a third country or territory, or zone thereof to demonstrate the absence of infection in the establishment of origin of the equine animals during the period of 6 months prior to the date of dispatch to the Union, in accordance with Part B of Annex IV to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692.’.

PART II

Corrections to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 is corrected as follows:

(1)

in Annex XIII, in Part 1, the entry for Paraguay is replaced by the following:

‘ PY

Paraguay

PY-0

Bovine animals

BOV

Maturation, pH and de-boning

No offal

17.4.2015’;

(2)

Annex XVIII is corrected as follows:

(a)

in Part 1, the entry for United Arab Emirates is replaced by the following:

‘ AE

United Arab Emirates

AE-1

Camelid animals

DAIRY-PRODUCTS-ST’;

(b)

Part 2 is replaced by the following:

‘PART 2

Descriptions of zones of third countries or territories referred to in column 2 of the table set out in Part 1

Name of the third country or territory

Code of the zone

Description of the zone

United Arab Emirates

AE-1

The Emirates of Abu Dhabi and Dubai’.