Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1874 of 8 July 2024 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2235 laying down rules for the application of Regulations (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards model animal health certificates, model official certificates and model animal health/official certificates for the entry into the Union and movements within the Union of consignments of certain categories of animals and goods, and official certification regarding such certificates

The official certificate referred to in Article 1(3), point (b)(i) to be used for the entry into the Union of gelatine intended for human consumption other than gelatine capsules not derived from ruminant bones shall correspond to the model GEL drawn up in accordance with the model set out in Chapter 41 of Annex III.’

The official certificate referred to in Article 1(3), point (b)(i) to be used for the entry into the Union of highly refined products as described in Section XVI of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004, intended for human consumption, shall correspond to the model HRP drawn up in accordance with the model set out in Chapter 46 of Annex III.’;

1 The animal health/official certificate referred to in Article 1(3), point (b)(i) to be used for the entry into the Union of non-shelf-stable composite products intended for human consumption shall correspond to the model COMP drawn up in accordance with the model set out in Chapter 50 of Annex III.

2 The certification requirement referred to in paragraph 1 shall also apply to the entry into the Union of shelf-stable composite products intended for human consumption and containing: (a) any quantity of meat products except gelatine not derived from ruminant bones, collagen not derived from ruminant bones and highly refined products; or, (b) any quantity of colostrum-based products.’

1 The animal health certificate referred to in Article 1(3), point (d) to be used for the transit through the Union to a third country either by immediate transit or after storage in the Union of non-shelf-stable composite products intended for human consumption shall correspond to the model TRANSIT-COMP drawn up in accordance with the model set out in Chapter 52 of Annex III.

2 The certification requirement referred to in paragraph 1 shall also apply to the transit through the Union to a third country either by immediate transit or after storage in the Union of shelf-stable composite products intended for human consumption and containing: (a) any quantity of meat products except gelatine, collagen and highly refined products; (b) any quantity of colostrum-based products.’

The health certificate referred to in Article 1(3), point (e) to be used in the case of ante-mortem inspection at the holding of provenance in accordance with Articles 5 and 6 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/624 shall correspond to one of the following models, depending on the species and categories of products concerned: (a) the model set out in Chapter 1 of Annex IV, for live animals transported to the slaughterhouse in the case of ante-mortem inspection at the holding of provenance in accordance with Article 5(2), point (f), of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/624; (b) the model set out in Chapter 2 of Annex IV, for poultry reared for the production of foie gras and delayed eviscerated poultry slaughtered at the holding of provenance in accordance with Article 6(2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/624; (c) the model set out in Chapter 3 of Annex IV, for domestic bovine, porcine, ovine and caprine animals, domestic solipeds and farmed game, slaughtered at the holding of provenance in accordance with Section I, Chapter VIa and Section III, point 3, of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 and Article 6(3) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/624; (d) the model set out in Chapter 4 of Annex IV, for farmed game slaughtered at the holding of provenance in accordance with Section III, point 3a, of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 and Article 6(4) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/624.

The health certificate referred to in Article 1(3), point (e) to be used in the case of emergency slaughter outside the slaughterhouse in accordance with Article 4 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/624 shall correspond to the model set out in Chapter 5 of Annex IV.’

For a transitional period until 29 April 2025, consignments of certain composite products intended for human consumption referred to in Article 28 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2235, accompanied by the appropriate animal health/official certificate issued in accordance with the model set out in Chapter 50 of Annex III to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2235, as applicable before the amendments made to that Implementing Regulation by this Regulation, shall continue to be authorised for the entry into the Union provided that the certificate was issued no later than 29 January 2025.

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