Regulation (EU) 2021/1756 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 October 2021 amending Regulation (EU) 2017/625 as regards official controls on animals and products of animal origin exported from third countries to the Union in order to ensure compliance with the prohibition of certain uses of antimicrobials and Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 as regards the direct supply of meat from poultry and lagomorphs (Text with EEA relevance)

Regulation (EU) 2017/625 is amended as follows: (1) in Article 1(4), point (c) is replaced by the following: ‘(c) Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council ; however, this Regulation shall apply to official controls for the verification of compliance with Article 118(1) of that Regulation. (2) Article 18 is amended as follows: (a) paragraph 6 is replaced by the following: ‘6. For the purposes of official controls referred to in paragraph 1 performed in relation to live bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods, the competent authorities shall classify production and relaying areas.’; (b) in paragraph 7, point (g) is replaced by the following: ‘(g) criteria and conditions to determine, by way of derogation from paragraph 6, when production and relaying areas are not to be classified in relation to: (i) Pectinidae; and (ii) where they are not filter feeders: echinoderms and marine gastropods;’; (c) in paragraph 8, point (b) is replaced by the following: ‘(b) the conditions for the classification and monitoring of classified production and relaying areas for live bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods;’; (3) in Article 47(1), point (e) is replaced by the following: ‘(e) animals and goods which are subject to an emergency measure provided for in acts adopted in accordance with Article 53 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002, Article 261 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429, or Articles 28(1), 30(1), 40(3), 41(3), 49(1), 53(3) and 54(3) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 requiring consignments of those animals or goods, identified by means of their codes from the Combined Nomenclature, to be subject to official controls at their entry into the Union;’.

In Article 1(3) of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004, point (d) is replaced by the following: ‘(d) the direct supply, by the producer, of small quantities of meat from poultry and lagomorphs slaughtered on the farm to the final consumer or to local retail establishments directly supplying such meat to the final consumer;’.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 28 October 2021. However, Article 1, point (1) shall apply from 28 January 2022.