This Regulation supplements Regulation (EU) 2017/625 as regards the requirements for the entry in the Union of consignments of food- producing animals and certain goods intended for human consumption from third countries or regions thereof in order to ensure their compliance with the applicable requirements established by the rules referred to in Article 1(2), point (a), of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 or with requirements recognized to be at least equivalent thereto. This Regulation refers to: (I) requirements for the identification of food-producing animals and certain goods intended for human consumption; (II) requirements for the entry into the Union of food-producing animals and certain goods intended for human consumption from a third country or region; (III) requirements that consignments of food-producing animals and certain goods intended for human consumption from third countries be dispatched from, and obtained or prepared in, establishments which comply with the applicable requirements referred to in Article 126(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625; (IV) requirements for the entry into the Union for placing on the market of the specific commodities; (V) additional requirements for the official certificates, official attestations and private attestations that shall accompany food- producing animals and certain goods intended for human consumption for entry into the Union; (VI) requirements for the use of pharmacologically active substances in food-producing animals and the residues thereof and for the levels of contaminants and pesticide residues in products of animal origin and composite products, where those food-producing animals, products of animal origin and composite products enter the Union from third countries and are intended to be placed on the market of the Union; (VII) the requirement that food-producing animals, products of animal origin and composite products shall only enter the Union from third countries that provide evidence and guarantees of compliance with the requirements set out in this Regulation by submitting a control plan.
2022-09-06