Food-producing animals and products derived therefrom intended for human consumption

Draft Commission Implementing Regulation laying down the list of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of certain animals and products of animal origin intended for human consumption in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the application of the prohibition on the use of certain antimicrobial medicinal products (Text with EEA relevance). Language(s): English. Number of pages: 10

Article 118 (1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 requires third country operators exporting animals or products of animal origin intended for human consumption to the European Union to respect the prohibition on the use of antimicrobial medicinal products for the purpose of promoting growth or to increase yield, and on the use of antimicrobials that have been reserved for the treatment of certain infections in humans.

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/905 supplements Regulation (EU) 2019/6 as regards the conditions for the entry into the Union of consignments of food-producing animals and products derived therefrom intended for human consumption from third countries or regions thereof.

Article 4 (1)(a) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/905 establishes that consignments of animals or products concerned entering the Union from third countries shall originate from a third country or region thereof included in the list of countries referred to in Article 5 of that Regulation.

This draft Implementing Regulation lays down the list of approved third countries or regions thereof in accordance with Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/905.