Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/319 of 6 February 2019 amending Annex IX to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Annex XV to Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 as regards health certification at import into the Union concerning transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (Text with EEA relevance.)

Annex IX to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation.

Annex XV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.

For a transitional period until 30 September 2019, consignments of animal by-products and of derived products accompanied by a health certificate duly completed and signed in accordance with the appropriate model health certificate set out in Chapters 1, 1a, 2(A), 2(B), 3(A), 3(B), 3(C), 3(D), 3(E), 3(F), 4(B), 4(C), 4(D), 6(B), 8, 10(A), 10(B), 11, 12 and 18 of Annex XV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 in the version applicable before the amendments provided for by Article 2 of this Regulation, and, where applicable, by a declaration, which has been duly completed and signed in accordance with the model declaration set out in Chapter 20 of that Annex in its version applicable before the amendments provided for by Article 2 of this Regulation, shall continue to be accepted for importation into and transit though the Union, provided that such health certificates or declarations were duly completed and signed no later than 31 July 2019.

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