Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2293 of 18 November 2022 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 as regards the list of third countries with an approved control plan on the use of pharmacologically active substances, the maximum residue limits of pharmacologically active substances and pesticides and the maximum levels of contaminants (Text with EEA relevance)

1 The control plans for pharmacologically active substances, pesticides and contaminants, referred to in Article 6(1) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2292 , submitted to the Commission by the third countries or regions thereof listed in the table set out in Annex -I to this Regulation, are approved for the food-producing animals and the products of animal origin intended for human consumption marked with an “X” in that table.

2 The third countries or regions thereof, which made a request to be included in the list referred to in Article 6(2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2292 but did not submit control plans for pharmacologically active substances, pesticides and contaminants and which, according to that request, intend to use for the production of products intended for export to the Union only raw material either from Member States or from other third countries approved for imports of such raw material into the Union in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article, are marked with a “Δ”, for the relevant species or commodity, in the table in Annex -I to this Regulation.

3 The third countries or regions thereof, which made a request to be included in the list referred to in Article 6(2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2292 but did not submit control plans for pharmacologically active substances, pesticides and contaminants for bovine, ovine/caprine, porcine, equine animals, rabbit or poultry and which, according to that request, intend to export composite products to the Union by using processed animal products from those species obtained from a Member State or from a third country or region thereof that has in place control plans for pharmacologically active substances, pesticides and contaminants, are marked with an “O”, for the species covered by the request, in the table in Annex -I to this Regulation.

4 The third countries or regions thereof, which made a request to be included in the list referred to in Article 6(2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2292, which are marked with an “X” in the table in Annex -I to this Regulation for the categories “aquaculture”, “milk” or “eggs” and which, according to that request, intend to produce composite products, are additionally marked with an “O”, for the remaining of these categories not marked with an “X”, in the table in Annex -I to this Regulation.

5 The third countries or regions thereof, which made a request to be included in the list referred to in Article 6(2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2292, which are marked with an “X” in the table in Annex -I to this Regulation for the categories “bovine”, “ovine/caprine”, “porcine”, “equine”, “poultry”, “aquaculture”, “milk”, “eggs”, “rabbit”, “wild game” or “farmed game” and which produce composite products with processed products derived from bivalve molluscs originating either in Member States or in third countries or regions thereof listed in Annex VIII to this Regulation, are additionally marked with a “P” in the table in Annex -I to this Regulation.

Decision 2011/163/EU is repealed.

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 15 December 2022.