Article 1
Open ↗Annexes -I, IV, and IX to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Source
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/2228 of 14 October 2026 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 as regards the lists of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of certain animals and goods intended for human consumption in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/2228 of 14 October 2026 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 as regards the lists of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of certain animals and goods intended for human consumption in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council
In force
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Article 2
Open ↗This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
Supplementary provisions
ANNEXSupplementary provisions
Open ↗ANNEX Annexes -I, IV and IX to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 are amended as follows: (1) Annex -I is replaced by the following: ‘ ANNEX -I List of third countries or regions thereof with approved control plans for certain food-producing animals and products of animal origin intended for human consumption, as referred to in Articles 2a, 3, Article 6, first paragraph, Article 7, first paragraph, Article 10, second paragraph, Articles 11, 15, 16, 21 and Article 25, points (a) and (c) Country ISO Code Third country ( 1 ) or regions thereof Bovine Ovine/caprine Porcine Equine Poultry Aquaculture ( 16 ) Milk Eggs Rabbit Wild game Farmed game Honey Casings AD Andorra X X Δ X P X AE United Arab Emirates Δ P X ( 2 ) O O AL Albania X X ( 13 ) Δ ( 14 ) P O X X AM Armenia X ( 13 ) P O O X AR Argentina X X X X X ( 13 ) P X X X X X X X AU Australia X X X X X X X X X X AZ Azerbaijan X ( 15 ) P BA Bosnia and Herzegovina X X X X X ( 13 ) P X X X BD Bangladesh X P BF Burkina Faso X BJ Benin X BN Brunei X ( 14 ) P BR Brazil X X X X P O X X X BW Botswana X P BY Belarus X ( 7 ) X ( 13 ) P X X X X BZ Belize X ( 14 ) P CA Canada X X X X X X ( 13 ) X X X X X X CH Switzerland ( 6 ) X X X X X X ( 13 ) X X X X X X X CL Chile X X ( 4 ) X X X ( 13 ) X X X X CM Cameroon X CN China X X P O X X X X CO Colombia X P O Δ CR Costa Rica X P CU Cuba X ( 14 ) P X DO Dominican Republic X EC Ecuador X P O O EG Egypt X X ET Ethiopia X FK Falkland Islands X X ( 4 ) FO Faroes X ( 13 ) P O O GB United Kingdom ( 5 ) X X X X X X ( 13 ) Δ X X Δ X X X X GE Georgia X GG Guernsey X GL Greenland X ( 4 ) X GT Guatemala X ( 14 ) P O O X HK Hong Kong Δ P Δ HN Honduras X P ID Indonesia X P O O IL Israel ( 3 ) X X ( 13 ) P X O X IM Isle of Man X X ( 4 ) X X ( 13 ) X O X IN India O X P O X X X IR Iran X ( 14 ) X ( 15 ) P O O X JE Jersey X X O JP Japan X Δ X X ( 13 ) X X Δ X KE Kenya X ( 13 ) P KG Kyrgyzstan X KR South Korea X X O O Δ KZ Kazakhstan X LB Lebanon X X LK Sri Lanka X P O O MA Morocco X X ( 13 ) Δ O O X X MD Moldova X X ( 13 ) P X X X ME Montenegro X X X X X ( 13 ) P X X X X MG Madagascar X P O O X MK North Macedonia X X X X X ( 13 ) P X X X X X MM Myanmar/Burma X P O O X MN Mongolia X MU Mauritius X ( 13 ) P O O Δ MX Mexico Δ X P O X X MY Malaysia Δ X P O O NA Namibia X X ( 4 ) P X NC New Caledonia X ( 14 ) X X NG Nigeria X ( 14 ) P NI Nicaragua X ( 14 ) P X NZ New Zealand X X O O X ( 13 ) X O O X X X X PA Panama X P O O PE Peru X PH Philippines X P O O PK Pakistan X PM Saint Pierre and Miquelon X P PY Paraguay X P X RS Serbia X X X X ( 7 ) X X ( 13 ) P X X X X X X RU Russia X X X X O P X X X ( 8 ) X X RW Rwanda X SA Saudi Arabia X P O O SG Singapore Δ Δ Δ Δ X P Δ Δ X ( 9 ) X ( 9 ) SM San Marino X Δ O P X O X SV El Salvador X SZ Eswatini X P TG Togo X TH Thailand O O X X Δ X X TN Tunisia Δ X ( 13 ) O O X TR Türkiye X X ( 13 ) X X X X TW Taiwan X P O X X TZ Tanzania X UA Ukraine X X X X ( 13 ) X X X X UG Uganda X ( 13 ) X US United States X X X X X X X X X X X UY Uruguay X X X X ( 13 ) X X X X UZ Uzbekistan X VE Venezuela X ( 14 ) P O O VN Viet Nam X O O X WF Wallis and Futuna X XK Kosovo ( 11 ) Δ ZA South Africa P M X X ( 12 ) ZM Zambia X ( 1 ) List of third countries and territories (not limited to third countries recognised by the Union). ( 2 ) Camel milk only. ( 3 ) Hereinafter understood as the State of Israel, excluding the territories under the administration of the State of Israel after 5 June 1967, namely the Golan Heights, the Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem and the rest of the West Bank. ( 4 ) Ovine species only. ( 5 ) 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 Windsor Framework (see Joint Declaration No 1/2023 of the Union and the United Kingdom in the Joint Committee established by 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 of 24 March 2023, OJ L 102, 17.4.2023, p. 87 ) in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Framework, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland. ( 6 ) In accordance with the Agreement of 21 June 1999 between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products ( OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 132 ). ( 7 ) Export to the Union of live equidae intended for slaughter (food-producing animals only). ( 8 ) Reindeer only. ( 9 ) Only for consignments of fresh meat originating from New Zealand, destined to the Union and being unloaded, with or without storage, in Singapore and being reloaded in an approved establishment during transit through Singapore. ( 10 ) Caprine species only. ( 11 ) 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. ( 12 ) Ratites only. ( 13 ) Finfish and finfish products only. ( 14 ) Crustaceans only. ( 15 ) Finfish products only (for example roes and caviar). ( 16 ) Aquaculture covers finfish, including eels, finfish products (for example roes and caviar), and crustaceans. The third countries or regions thereof listed for live, chilled, frozen or processed bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods in Annex VIII, where the production takes place in premises on land, are marked with an “M” in this column as third countries or regions thereof with an approved control plan. ’; (2) in Annex IV, the following entry for Albania is inserted before the entry for Switzerland: ‘AL Albania’ (3) Annex IX is replaced by the following: ‘ ANNEX IX List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of certain fishery products, as referred to in Article 13, Article 18(3), Article 19(4), Article 20(3), Article 22, point (b), and Article 25, point (d) COUNTRY ISO CODE THIRD COUNTRY OR REGIONS THEREOF WILD CATCH AQUACULTURE REMARKS Finfish and finfish products Crustaceans AE United Arab Emirates X AG Antigua and Barbuda X From wild catch: only live lobsters AL Albania X X AM Armenia X X From wild catch: only live, heat processed and frozen crayfish AO Angola X AR Argentina X X AU Australia X X X AZ Azerbaijan X X From wild catch and aquaculture finfish and finfish products: only finfish products (for example roes and caviar) BA Bosnia and Herzegovina X X BD Bangladesh X X X BJ Benin X BN Brunei X BQ Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, Saba X BR Brazil X X X BS Bahamas X BY Belarus X X BZ Belize X X CA Canada X X CG Congo X From wild catch: only fishery products caught, frozen and packed in their final packaging at sea CH Switzerland ( 17 ) X X CI Cote d’Ivoire X CL Chile X X CN China X X X CO Colombia X X X CR Costa Rica X X X CU Cuba X X CV Cape Verde X DZ Algeria X EC Ecuador X X X EG Egypt X X X ER Eritrea X FJ Fiji X FK Falkland Islands X FO Faroe Islands X X GA Gabon X GB United Kingdom ( 18 ) X X GD Grenada X GE Georgia X GG Guernsey X GH Ghana X GL Greenland X GM Gambia X GN Guinea X From wild catch: only fish that has not undergone any preparation or processing operation other than heading, gutting, chilling or freezing GT Guatemala X X GY Guyana X HK Hong Kong X HN Honduras X X X ID Indonesia X X X IL Israel ( 19 ) X X IM Isle of Man X X IN India X X X IR Iran X X X From aquaculture finfish and finfish products: only finfish products (for example roes and caviar) JE Jersey X JM Jamaica X JP Japan X X KE Kenya X X KI Kiribati X KR South Korea X X X KZ Kazakhstan X LK Sri Lanka X X X MA Morocco X X MD Moldova X X ME Montenegro X X MG Madagascar X X X MK North Macedonia X X MM Myanmar/Burma X X X MR Mauritania X MU Mauritius X X MV Maldives X MX Mexico X X X MY Malaysia X X X MZ Mozambique X NA Namibia X NC New Caledonia X X NG Nigeria X X NI Nicaragua X X NZ New Zealand X X OM Oman X PA Panama X X X PE Peru X X X PF French Polynesia X PG Papua New Guinea X PH Philippines X X X PM Saint Pierre and Miquelon X PK Pakistan X RS Serbia X X RU Russia X SA Saudi Arabia X X X SB Solomon Islands X SC Seychelles X SG Singapore X X X SH Saint Helena (not including the islands of Tristan da Cunha and Ascension) X Tristan da Cunha (not including the islands of Saint Helena and Ascension) X From wild catch: only lobsters (fresh or frozen) SN Senegal X SR Suriname X SV El Salvador X TH Thailand X X X TN Tunisia X X TR Türkiye X X TW Taiwan X X X TZ Tanzania X UA Ukraine X X UG Uganda X X US United States X X X UY Uruguay X X VE Venezuela X X VN Viet Nam X X X YE Yemen X ZA South Africa X ZW Zimbabwe X ( 17 ) In accordance with the Agreement of 21 June 1999 between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products ( OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 132 ). ( 18 ) 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 Windsor Framework (see Joint Declaration No 1/2023 of the Union and the United Kingdom in the Joint Committee established by 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 of 24 March 2023, OJ L 102, 17.4.2023, p. 87 ) in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Framework, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland. ( 19 ) Hereinafter understood as the State of Israel, excluding the territories under Israeli administration since June 1967, namely the Golan Heights, the Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem and the rest of the West Bank. ’
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