The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management hereby legislates

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1 Pursuant to Article 120 Paragraph 5 of the Law on Veterinary Matters ( Official Gazette RS, number 91/05 and 30/10) and Article 12 Paragraph 2 of the Law on Food Safety ( Official Gazette RS, number 41/09); The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management hereby legislates RULEBOOK LAYING DOWN TYPES OF LOADS SUBJECT TO VETERINARY-HYGIENE CHECKS AND PROCEDURES OF VETERINARY-HYGIENE CHECKS OF LOADS ON BORDER CROSSINGS Rulebook on the types of consignment that are subject to veterinary sanitary control and methods of veterinary-sanitary examination at the border crossing (O.G. of the Republic of Serbia No. 56/2010) (Published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia, number 56/10) I. INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS Article 1 These rules lay down types of loads subject to veterinary-hygiene checks and method for performing veterinary-hygiene checks of loads on border crossings with the existing organized, veterinary-hygiene checking. Article 2 Provisions of these Rules do not refer to loads of pets, transported in company of their owners, dedicated to non-commercial purposes, apart from equidae. Article 3 Terms used in these Rules shall have the following meanings: 1) identity check shall mean visual inspection of the load, for verification of consistency of said load and data stipulated in the documents accompanying such load; 2) gelatin is natural, soluble protein, gelatinous or non-gelatinous, produced through partial hydrolysis of collagen obtained from animal bones, skin, sinews and tendons; 3) collagen is a protein-based product, obtained from animal bones, skin and tendons; 4) person responsible for the load (importer) is natural or legal person responsible for the load; 5) mixed food includes products for human consumption, containing processed products of animal and plant origin, including such products for which processing of primary product represents the constitutive part of the final product; 6) milk products are processed products, obtained by processing raw milk or further processing of such products; 7) processed stomachs, bladders and intestine are stomachs, bladders and intestines which were, subsequent to extraction, cleaning and washing, subjected to processing such as salting, drying or thermal processing; 8) documentary check is review o international veterinary certificate, identification document or other documents accompanying the load; 9) processed products of animal origin are products of animal origin, processed within the technological processing cycle, and shall include: meat products, milk products, egg products, processed fish and fishing products, melted animal fat, pork scratchings, gelatin, collagen, processed stomachs, bladders and intestine;

2 10) processed fish and fishing products are the products obtained through processing fish and fishing products or further processing of said products; 11) meat products are products obtained through processing meat or further processing of such products, in such manner that the surface of cut does not indicate properties of fresh meat; 12) egg products are products obtained through processing eggs or various components or mixture of eggs, or are obtained by further processing of said egg products; 13) third countries are countries other than the European Union Member States, apart from the Republic of Serbia; 14) melted animal fat is fat intended for human consumption obtained by melting fat from the meat, including the bones; 15) physical check of load is check of the load, which includes checking vehicle, package, temperature, documents, organic properties, collecting samples for laboratory testing, and when load contains animals, performing additional examinations for the duration of quarantine, in order to establish if the load meets the prescribed veterinary-hygiene requirements stipulated in accompanying documents; 16) pork scratchings are leftovers after melting protein-containing bacon, after partial separation of fat and water. II. TYPES OF LOADS SUBJECT TO VETERINARY-HYGIENE CONTROL Article 4 Loads, in the sense of these Rules, means loads of animals, animal origin products, animal origin food, animal origin by-products or animal feed, including mixed food loads, containing animal origin products, covered with the same prescribed document, placed in the same vehicle, originating from the same location and intended for the same final destination. Types of loads subject to veterinary-hygiene control on border inspection posts with organized veterinary-hygiene control in place are presented in Annex 1 Types of loads subject to veterinary-hygiene control, printed with and constituting these Rules. Article 5 Load of mixed food shall be subjected to veterinary-hygiene control, namely: 1) in the event when public health preservation requires so; 2) if contents include meat products; 3) if contents include 50 % or more of any processed animal origin product, excluding meat products; 4) if contents do not include meat products, but do include less than 50 % processed dairy, and if the final product is not: (1) sustainable on room temperature or it is unclear if all of its ingredients had passed through complete process of cooking or thermal processing during the production, to denaturize each raw product or ingredient; (2) clearly identified as product or food intended for human consumption; (3) hermetically sealed in the appropriate packaging or clear containers; (4) accompanied by the commercial document and marked in the official language of importing country and country of origin, so that this document and label jointly provide information on nature, quantity and number of packages of mixed food, country of origin, manufacturer and ingredients;

3 5) if contents include any dairy product, regardless of percentage, providing that such milk or processed dairy originates from the establishment certified for import to the Republic of Serbia.

4 Article 6 Load of mixed food shall be subjected to veterinary-hygiene control if it contains less than 50 % of any processed product, excluding meat products, providing that such product is: 1) sustainable on room temperature or it is clear that all of its ingredients had passed through complete process of cooking or thermal processing during the production, to denaturize each raw product or ingredient; 2) clearly identified as product or food intended for human consumption; 3) hermetically sealed in the appropriate packaging or clear containers; 4) accompanied by the commercial document and marked in the official language of importing country and country of origin, so that this document and label jointly provide information on nature, quantity and number of packages of mixed food, country of origin, manufacturer and ingredients Apart from load stipulated in Paragraph 1 herein, the following products shall not be subjected to veterinary-sanitary control: cookies, bread; cakes; chocolate, patisserie products, including candies; empty gelatin capsules; additives for consumables packed for sale to final consumer, containing small quantity of animal products or glucosamine, condroitin or cytosine; meat extracts and concentrates; fish-stuffed olives; pasta and noodles not mixed or stuffed with animal origin products; broths and soups packed for sale to final consumer, containing meat extracts, meat concentrates, animal origin fats or fish oil, fish powder or extracts. II. METHOD FOR VETERINARY-HYGIENE CHECK OF LOAD IN THE EVENT OF IMPORT AND TRANSIT Article 7 Veterinary-hygiene control on border inspection post shall consist of documentation review, load identification and physical examination, pursuant to the law regulating veterinary matters. 1. Documentation review Article 8 Documentation review refers to review of the international veterinary certificate (hereinafter: the certificate), accompanying load of animals, animal origin products, animal origin food, animal origin by-products and animal feed, including laod of mixed food stipulated in Article 5 herein, for the purpose of establishing if the certificate: 1) is original and issued in the language of the country of origin and in Serbian language in the event of import, i.e. in English language and another language officially accepted in international commerce, in the event of transit; 2) refers to the country or part thereof from which the import to the Republic of Serbia or transit over the territory of the Republic of Serbia is permitted; 3) regarding its form and contents, is in line with form and contents of certificate prescribed for each particular country and type of load; 4) is properly completed; 5) is consistent regarding date of loading and date of certificate issuing; 6) originates from one establishment and is intended for one recipient; 7) is signed by the competent veterinarian, i.e. representative of competent organ, contains readable name and position of the competent veterinarian, i.e. representative of competent organ, in print, and, when required, for the official stamp of the country and signature of the competent veterinarian, i.e. representative of competent organ, are of different color than certificate print;

5 8) contains data which were not amended or appended, apart for canceling, with signature and stamp by the competent veterinarian, i.e. representative of competent organ issuing the certificate; 9) had expired, i.e. no more than ten days had passed from the day of veterinary-hygiene check performance on the loading site to the day of review, and if the load is transported by the ship, validity period of the certificate shall be extended for the duration of transport. Apart from review of certificate stipulated in Paragraph 1 herein, review of animal load documentation also includes review of animal transport itinerary, filled by the transporter pursuant to the law regulating animal welfare. For mixed food loads, containing processed meat product, review of documentation refers to review of certificates for meat products, for mixed food products, containing processed dairy produce, review of documentation refers to review of certificate produced pursuant to the conditions of the country of origin, for mixed food products, containing processed fish or animal origin egg products, review of documentation refers to review of the appropriate certificate produced pursuant to separate regulations or review of the commercial document produced pursuant to the conditions of the country of origin. Article 9 For the loads transiting the territory of the Republic of Serbia, review of documentation includes review stipulated in Article 8 herein, and: 1) review of documents permitting transit of load over the territory of the Republic of Serbia, issued by the competent organ, i.e. border official veterinarian; 2) review of documents by which the country to which the load is shipped over the territory of the Republic of Serbia verifies that it will not deny entry or return loads for which import or transit is permitted. 2. Load identification 2.1. Animal load identification Article 10 Animal load identification shall be performed by visual inspection of the load and documentation accompanying the load, to determine if data stipulated in the documentation accompanying that load are correct (number of animals, ear stamp number, microchip number, tattoo number, etc.) Notwithstanding provisions of Paragraph 1 herein, for animals for which separate regulation do not impose obligation of individual marking, load identification shall consist of checking representative number of parcels or containers. In the event of impossibility to obtain necessary results by identification of load stipulated in Paragraph 2 herein, load identification may include checking all parcels or containers in the load. If load stipulated in Paragraph 1 herein contains large number of animals, load identification may be performed on 10 % of animals in the load, but no less than 10 animals typical for the entire load. In the event of impossibility to obtain necessary results by identification of load stipulated in Paragraph 4 herein, load identification may include checking all parcels or containers in the load. If border official veterinarian, on the occasion of load identification, suspects that the animal load does not meet prescribed veterinary-hygiene conditions or if he suspects the identity of an animal, he may request the additional information or perform other examination, at his own discretion.

6 2.2. Identification of load of animal origin products, animal origin food, animal origin by-products and animal feed, including mixed food products Article 11 Identification of load of animal origin products, animal origin food, animal origin by-products and animal feed, including mixed food products stipulated in Article 5 herein shall be performed by visual inspection of the load and accompanying documentation, for the purpose of establishing if data stipulated in the accompanying documents are correct. If the load stipulated in Paragraph 1 herein arrives to the border inspection post in containers, identification of the load shall be performed by controlling data on the seal against data from the certificate and other documents accompanying the load, including seal status, i.e. appearance. If the load stipulated in Paragraph 1 herein arrives to the border inspection post packed in parcels, palettes or in other similar packaging, including if the load had arrived in containers and the inspection establishes that the seal is damaged, load identification shall include checking specific declarations, as prescribed by regulations covering veterinary matters, as well as the existence and correctness of the official stamp or usability stamp, used for load origin identification (country of origin and establishment from which it originates). 3. Physical examination of load 3.1. Physical examination of animal load Article 12 Physical examination of animal load consists of: 1) examination of animals regarding capability to stand travel, where the estimation shall consider previous travel, including previous feeding, watering and rest, and the remaining travel, including intended feeding, watering and rest for that part of the journey; 2) clinical examination of animals, verifying if the load is consistent with data stipulated in the accompanying certificate or other document, and if the animals are clinically healthy, and shall include as a minimum: (1) visual observation of animals to establish general health status of animals, capability of free movement, status of skin and mucous membranes with possible existence of non-physiological secretions from animals; (2) observation of respiratory and digestive system of animals; (3) measuring body temperature by random sampling, except for the animals for which no discrepancy against physiological parameters was noticed during examinations stipulated in Sub-points (1) and (2) herein; (4) palpation, of observation or measuring stipulated in Sub-points (1), (2) and (3) herein had established that there is a deviation from physiological parameters; 3) laboratory examinations deemed necessary or prescribed by separate regulations; 4) examination of vehicle to establish if that vehicle meets conditions for animal load transport, as prescribed by separate regulations on conditions for vehicles for animal transport. Article 13 Notwithstanding provisions of Article 12 Point 2) herein, clinical examination shall consist of evaluation of behavior, holding and appearance of animals in load or representative sample thereof, namely the following animals:

7 1) poultry; 2) birds; 3) aquacultures, including all live fish; 4) rodents; 5) bees and other insects; 6) reptiles and amphibians; 7) fur animals; 8) individual animal species for zoos and circus animals, including ungulates and equidae, which are considered dangerous. Notwithstanding provisions of Article 12 Point 2) herein, clinical examination shall not be performed on experimental animals with verified health status, transported in sealed and controlled transport conditions Physical examination of load of animal origin products, animal origin food, animal origin by-products and animal feed, including mixed food products Article 14 Physical examination of load of animal origin products, animal origin food, animal origin by-products and animal feed, including mixed food products stipulated in Article 5 herein shall include: 1) examination of transport conditions and vehicle, in order to determine any inconsistency and if temperature conditions of transport are consistent with conditions prescribed for each load; 2) comparing real weight of load with weight stipulated in veterinary certificate or other document accompanying the load, including load weighting if needed; 3) examination of packaging and all marks thereon (stamps, labels, veterinary control numbers) and establishing if the prescribed conditions are met; 4) in the event of bulk products, examination of the entire set of parcels or samples, prior to subjecting it to organoleptic examination and physical, chemical and microbiological examinations. Article 15 Physical examination of load stipulated in Article 14 herein shall include checking if the load had changed state during the transport. Checking stipulated in Paragraph 1 herein shall be performed by: 1) laboratory tests on the border inspection post, performed by: (1) organoleptic examination (smell, color, consistency, taste); (2) simple physical or chemical analysis (slicing, unfreezing, cooking); 2) official sampling of load pursuant to monitoring plan, for further laboratory analysis of that load by the competent laboratories, in order to discover: (1) residues (traces of hazardous substances); (2) pathogenic causes; (3) contaminants; (4) evidence of organoleptic changes. Article 16 Physical examination of load stipulated in Article 14 herein shall be performed on certain number of samples collected from the entire load which, if needed, may be partially unloaded in the manner providing that all parts of the load are available for examination. Physical examination of load stipulated in Paragraph 1 herein shall cover 1 % of products or parcels in the load, but no less than two and no more than ten products or parcels in the load, and in the event of load containing bulk products, physical

8 examination includes collecting no less than five samples collected from different parts of the load. In the event of circumstances which may influence human and animal health and the environment, the competent organ for veterinary matters may, depending on type of load, order detailed examination of the load. Minimum and maximum quantities of goods collected as a sample for laboratory testing for health-hygiene and qualitative properties are presented in Annex 2 - Minimum and maximum quantities of goods collected as a sample, printed with and constituting these Rules. Article 17 Upon completion of physical examination of load stipulated in Article 14 herein, the border official veterinarian shall verify that the physical examination of load had been performed by sealing parcels and stamping all opened parcels with the official stamp, i.e. by resealing all containers in the event of bulk goods, having that the number of seal is registered in the document on crossing the border. III. METHOD FOR VETERINARY-HYGIENE EXAMINATION IN THE EVENT OF EXPORTED LOAD RETURN Article 18 In the event of returning load exported from the Republic of Serbia, the border official veterinarian performs review of documents and identification of load on the border inspection post, and physical examination, if needed, shall be performed on the unloading site. Review of documents stipulated in Paragraph 1 herein refers to review: 1) original certificate accompanying load, validated by the competent organ of importing country; 2) detailed rationale by competent organ of importing country on the reasons for rejecting the load; 3) documents verifying that the conditions of storing ant transport had been adhered to. Identification of load stipulated in Paragraph 1 herein shall be performed pursuant to Articles 10 and 11 herein, depending on type of load. IV. REGISTRATION AND KEEPING DATA IN THE PROCEDURE OF VETERINARY-HYGIENE EXAMINATION OF LOAD Article 19 Upon completion of veterinary-hygiene examination, the border official veterinarian presents the person responsible for the load validated copy of original certificate or another veterinary document accompanying the load, together with the veterinary document on load entry (hereinafter: the CVED), and if official sampling of the load had been performed pursuant to monitoring plan for further laboratory analysis of that load, minutes of sampling shall also be delivered to the person responsible for the load. Documents stipulated in Paragraph 1 herein shall contain the number assigned to the load by the border official veterinarian. Border official veterinarian shall retain original certificate or veterinary document accompanying the load and copy of CVED and keep such documents for three years.

9 Article 20 For each load, the following data shall be registered and kept on the border inspection post: 1) registration number of CVED; 2) date of load arrival to the border inspection post; 3) quantity (number, weight); 4) type and production category of animals, age if needed; 5) reference number of veterinary certificate; 6) country of origin; 7) destination country; 8) decision regarding the load; 9) note on sampling, if performed; 10) quantity/mass of goods collected as sample. V. FINAL PROVISION Article 21 These Rules shall come in force on the eighth day after publishing in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia. Number: / In Belgrade, August 2 nd, 2010 MINISTER dr Sasa Dragin Doc/1

10 Annex 1 TYPES OF LOADS SUBJECT TO VETERINARY-HYGIENE CONTROL Types of loads subject to veterinary-hygiene control are listed pursuant to nomenclature of goods prescribed by the law regulating customs tariff. Notes: 1) Column 1 notes Customs Nomenclature (CN) tariff marks. When four-digit mark is noted, and it is not otherwise stipulated, products with prefix or are designated with that four signs shall be subject to veterinary-hygiene control. If veterinary-hygiene control is being performed only for some of the products noted with each heading, and if nomenclature of goods provides no further elaboration of that heading, it is designated as Ex (e.g. Ex 3002: veterinary-hygiene control is required for animal origin products only, not for the entire heading. Numbers in brackets shall not be entered in TRACES system (TRADE CONTROL AND EXPERT SYSTEM), established pursuant to separate regulation on introduction of this system in the Republic of Serbia. 2) Column 2 provides description of goods, pursuant to the law regulating customs tariff. Detailed information on goods covered by individual chapters and tariff marks are presented in explanation of harmonized system of the World Customs Organization, or are available in the explanation of the Combined nomenclature, to be applied on categorization of products in Customs tariffs. Regardless of interpretation of Combined nomenclature, text of product description in Column 2 shall be considered indicative only, considering that it covers established items of this Annex and s from Customs Nomenclature (CN), available on the day of legislating these Rules, for better understanding of loads subject to veterinary-customs control and inspection and custom procedure after the inspection. 3) Column 3 provides qualification and on individual goods. When importing animals (such as reptiles, amphibians, insects, warms and other invertebrates) or animal origin products subject to veterinary-hygiene examination, for which no veterinary conditions for import are defined, i.e. there is no harmonized import certificate, conditions shall be harmonized among the competent organ of importing and exporting country, and such harmonized certificate shall accompany the load in international commerce. The border official veterinarians examine loads and issue common veterinary entry document (CVED), noting that the examination had been performed and that the animals may be traded, or that further proceeding on subject load may be determined. Considering animal origin by-products not intended for human consumption, regardless of degree of processing or treatment, such items are subject to veterinaryhygiene control pursuant to separate regulation of the Republic of Serbia, as noted in Column 3 of this table. The border official veterinarians on border inspection posts determine if the certain product is processed in the manner, according to which, and pursuant to regulations of the Republic of Serbia, such product shall not be subjected to control.

11 TABLE When referring to CN s in this table, all loads noted and established within the CN and appropriate description together shall be considered. CN Chapter 1: Live Animals 0101 Live horses, asses, mules and hinnies All 0102 Live bovine animals All 0103 Live swine All Live sheep All Live goats All 0105 Live poultry, that is to say, fowls of the All species Gallus domesticus, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls 0106 Other live animals All Heading includes, the following domestic or wild animals: (A) Mammals (1) Primates (2) Whales Dolphins and porpoises (Mammals of the order Cetacea); manatees and dugongs (Mammals of the order Sirenia) (3) Other (such as reindeer, cats, dogs, lions, tigers, bears, elephants, camels, zebras, rabbits, hares, deer, antelope, chamois, foxes, mink, and other animals for fur farms (B) Reptiles including snakes and turtles) (C) Birds (1) Birds of Prey (2) Psittaciformes (including parrots, parakeets, macaws and cockatoos) (3) Other (such as partridges, pheasants, quail, woodcocks, snipe, pigeons, grouse, ortolan, wild ducks, wild geese, thrushes, blackbirds, larks, finches, tits, humming birds, peacocks, swans, and other birds not specified in heading 01.05). (D) Other, such as bees (whether or not travelling in boxes or cages or hives), other insects, frogs. Heading 0106 excludes animals forming part of circuses, menageries, or other similar travelling animal shows (heading 95.08) Primates All Whales, dolphins porpoises (mammals of the order Cetacea); manatees and All dugongs (mammals of the order Sirenia) Other Domestic rabbits, and mammals other than those part of 0101, 0102, 0103, 0104, and Includes dogs and cats Reptiles (including snakes and turtles). All Birds: Birds of prey. All Birds: Psittaciformes (including parrots, parakeets, macaws and cockatoos (red macaws and cockatoo) Other All Includes: birds, other than those falling under headings 0105, and , including pigeons.

12 Other All other animals not included elsewhere, other than mammals, birds and reptiles. Frogs whether for vivaria to be kept alive, or to be killed for human consumption, are covered by this heading. Chapter 2: Meat and edible meat offal chapter does not cover (a) Products of a kind described in headings 0201 to 0208 or 0210 unfit or unsuitable for human consumption; (b) guts bladders or stomachs of animals (heading 0504) or animal blood (heading 0511 or 3002); (c) animal fat other than the products of heading 0209 (Chapter 15) Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled All 0202 Meat of bovine animals, frozen All 0203 Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen All 0204 Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or All frozen Meat of horses, asses, mules or hinnies, All fresh, chilled or frozen Edible offal of bovine animals, swine, sheep, goats, horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen. All 0207 Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of All heading 0105, fresh, chilled or frozen Other meat and edible meat offal, fresh, chilled or frozen. Excludes: raw material not intended for human consumption. This includes bones and other material for the production of gelatin or collagen for human consumption Of Rabbits or hares All Of Primates All Of whales dolphins and porpoises All (mammals of the order Cetacea); of manatees and dugongs (mammals of the order Sirenia) (00) Of Reptiles (including snakes and turtles). All Other: of domestic pigeons, of game other than of rabbits or hares Frog s legs Includes meat of quails, seal meat, reindeer or any other mammal species. All

13 Pig fat, free of lean meat, and poultry fat, not rendered or otherwise extracted, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked Meat and edible meat offal, salted, in brine, All: Includes dried or smoked; edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal. Includes both fat and processed fat. meat, meat products and bones for human consumption and other products of animal origin. Processed animal protein including greaves for human consumption is covered by this chapter. Includes dried pigs ears for human consumption. Sausages are included under heading Chapter 3: Fish and Crustaceans, Mollusks and other aquatic invertebrates This chapter does not cover: (a) Mammals of heading 0106; (b) meat of mammals of heading 0106 (heading 0208 or 0210); (c) fish (including livers and roes thereof) or crustaceans mollusks or other aquatic invertebrates dead and unfit or unsuitable for human consumption by reason of either their species or their condition (Chapter 5); flours, meals or pellets of fish or of crustaceans, mollusks or other aquatic invertebrates unfit for human consumption (heading 2301); or (d) caviar or caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs (heading 1604) This chapter includes both live fish for breeding and reproduction, live ornamental fish, and live fish or live crustaceans transported alive but imported for human consumption. All products in this section are subject to veterinary checks Live fish All: Includes Trout, Eels, Carp, or any other species or any fish imported for breeding or reproduction. Live fish imported for immediate human consumption are treated for veterinary checks purposes as if they were products Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304*. Includes ornamental fish under heading All

14 Livers and roes 0303 Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and All. other fish meat of heading Includes: Pacific Salmon but excluding livers and roes; sockeye salmon (red salmon); other salmonidae, excluding livers and roes; Trout; Atlantic Salmon; and all other fish Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh, chilled or frozen Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process; flours, meals and pellets of fish, fit for human consumption. Fish flour, meals and fish pellets, for human consumption Crustaceans, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; crustaceans, in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, whether or not chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; All: includes other fishery products such as flours, meals and pellets fit for human consumption made from fish, crustaceans or other aquatic invertebrates. All: Live crustaceans imported for immediate human consumption are considered and treated for veterinary checks purposes as if they were products. flours, meals and pellets of crustaceans, fit for human consumption Mollusks, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and mollusks, live, fresh, chilled, frozen; dried, salted or in brine; flours, meals and pellets of aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans, fit for human consumption. Snails other than sea snails. All: This includes Bonamia Ostreae and Martelia refringens, also mollusks and aquatic invertebrates that may have been cooked and then chilled or frozen. Live mollusks imported for immediate human consumption are considered and treated for veterinary checks purposes as if they were products. This includes meat of snail species. Includes terrestrial gastropods of the species Helix pomatia Linné, Helix aspersa Muller, Helix lucorum and species of the family Achatinidae. Includes live snails for

15 Live aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and mollusks, live, fresh, or chilled Other: This includes flours, meals and pellets of aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans, fit for human consumption. immediate human consumption and also snail meat for human consumption. Includes lightly precooked or pre-processed snail. All All: Includes fish meal for human consumption. Chapter 4: Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 1. The expression milk means full-cream milk or partially or completely skimmed milk. 2. For the purposes of heading 0405: (a) the term butter means natural butter, whey butter or recombined butter (fresh, salted or rancid, including canned butter) derived exclusively from milk, with a milkfat content of 80 % or more but not more than 95 % by weight, a maximum milk solids-not-fat content of 2 % by weight and a maximum water content of 16 % by weight. Butter does not contain added emulsifiers, but may contain sodium chloride, food colors, neutralizing salts and cultures of harmless lactic-acid-producing bacteria; (b) the expression dairy spreads means a spreadable emulsion of the water-in-oil type, containing milkfat as the only fat in the product, with a milkfat content of 39 % or more but less than 80 % by weight. 3. Products obtained by the concentration of whey and with the addition of milk or milkfat are to be classified as cheese in heading 0406 provided that they have the three following characteristics: (a) a milkfat content, by weight of the dry matter, of 5 % or more; (b) a dry matter content, by weight, of at least 70 % but not exceeding 85 %; and (c) they are moulded or capable of being moulded. 4. This chapter does not cover: (a) products obtained from whey, containing by weight more than 95 % lactose, expressed as anhydrous lactose calculated on the dry matter (heading 1702); or (b) albumins (including concentrates of two or more whey proteins, containing by weight more than 80 % whey proteins, calculated on the dry matter) (heading 3502) or globulins (heading 3504) Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter Milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter. All: Milk includes milk that is raw, pasteurized, or thermised. Includes fractions of milk. Milk for animal feed is included under heading All

16 0403 Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yogurt, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa Whey, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter; products consisting of natural milk constituents, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, not elsewhere specified or included. All: Includes cream, butter, and flavored, jellied, frozen and fermented milk, and concentrated milk for human consumption. Ice cream is included under heading Butter and other fats and oils derived All: Includes dairy spreads. from milk; dairy spreads Cheese and curd All Birds eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked Birds eggs, not in shell, and egg yolks, fresh, dried, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, moulded, frozen or otherwise preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter. All All: Includes hatching eggs and Specified Pathogen Free eggs (SPF), and also eggs for human consumption. Includes 100 year old eggs. Egg albumin not fit for human consumption is included under heading All: This heading includes egg products whether or not heat treated. This heading covers whole eggs not in shell, and egg yolks of all birds. The products of this heading may be fresh, dried, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, moulded (e.g. cylindrical long eggs ), frozen or otherwise preserved. All these fall in the heading whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter and whether for use as food or for industrial purposes (e.g. in tanning). This heading does not cover (a) Oil of egg yolk (heading 15.06). (b) Egg preparations containing seasoning, spices or other additives (heading 21.06). (c) Lecithin (heading 29.23). (d) Separate egg white (egg albumin) (heading 35.02) Natural honey All This heading covers honey produced by bees (Apis Mellifera) or by other insects, centrifuged or in the comb or containing comb chunks, provided that neither sugar nor other substance has been added. Such honey may be designated by floral source, origin or color. The heading excludes artificial honey and mixtures of natural and artificial honey (heading 17.02).

17 Edible products of animal origin, not All elsewhere specified or included. This heading includes Royal Jelly and Propolis and also bones and other animal derived material for human consumption. Insects or insect eggs for human consumption are included under this heading. This heading covers products of animal origin suitable for human consumption, not specified or included elsewhere in the combined nomenclature. This includes: (a) Turtles eggs; (b) Salanganes nests ( birds nests ) The heading excludes animal blood, edible or not, liquid or dried (heading or 30.02) Chapter 5: Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included Additional selection requirements for certain products in this chapter are laid down in separate regulations, establishing criteria and handling of animal byproducts not intended for human consumption, regarding wool, hair, pig bristles, feathers and parts thereof. 1. This chapter does not cover: (a) edible products (other than guts, bladders and stomachs of animals, whole and pieces thereof, and animal blood, liquid or dried); (b) hides or skins (including furskins), other than goods of heading 0505 and parings and similar waste of raw hides or skins of heading 0511 (Chapter 41 or 43); (c) animal textile materials, other than horsehair and horsehair waste (Section XI); or (d) prepared knots or tufts for broom or brush making (heading 9603). 2. Throughout the nomenclature, elephant, hippopotamus, walrus, narwhal and wild boar tusks, rhinoceros horns and the teeth of all animals are regarded as ivory. 3. Throughout the nomenclature, the expression horsehair means hair of the manes or tails of equine or bovine animals Pigs, hogs or boars bristles and hair; Un-processed pigs bristles waste of such bristles or hair. means pig bristles that have not undergone factory washing, been obtained from tanning, or been treated by some other method to ensure that no pathogens remain.

18 Horse hair and horsehair waste. All hair under this must be notified to the competent veterinary authority. Proof of species, status and treatment received may be required. Heading 0503 excludes hair that has undergone a spinning process or is knotted end to end. This includes not only un-worked horsehair but also horsehair that has been washed, dyed, bleached, curled or otherwise prepared Guts, bladders and stomachs of animals (other than fish), whole and pieces thereof, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked Skins and other parts of birds, with their feathers or down, feathers and parts of feathers (whether or not with trimmed edges) and down, not further worked than cleaned, disinfected or treated for preservation; powder and waste of feathers or parts of feathers. All: Includes stomachs, bladders and intestines cleaned salted dried or heated of bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine, or of poultry origin. All excluding treated decorative feathers, treated feathers carried by travelers for their private use or consignments of treated feathers sent to private individuals for non industrial purposes. Heading 0505 covers untreated as well as those treated as follows: merely cleaned, disinfected or treated for preservation but not otherwise worked or mounted. Feathers of a kind used for stuffing; and down, raw or other feathers Bones and horn-cores, un-worked, defatted, simply prepared (but not cut to shape), treated with acid or de-gelatinized; powder and waste of these products. Includes bones for production of gelatin, or collagen if derived from carcasses that have been slaughtered for human consumption and bone flour for human consumption. Selection requirements are laid down in separate regulation covering byproducts (bones and bone products etc.).

19 0507 Ivory, tortoise-shell, whalebone and Selection requirements whalebone hair, horns, antlers, hooves, for game trophies are nails, claws and beaks, un-worked or laid down in separate simply prepared but not cut to shape; regulation. powder and waste of these products. Includes treated game trophies from birds and ungulates being solely bones, horns, hooves, claws, antlers, teeth, hides or skins from third countries. Еx 0510 Ambergris, castoreum, civet and musk, Selection requirements are 00 cantharides, bile, whether or not dried; laid down in separate 00 regulation referring to Glands and other animal products used in the preparation of pharma- ceutical products, fresh, chilled, frozen or otherwise provisionally preserved Animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead animals of Chapter 1 or 3, unfit for human consumption Bovine semen Products of fish or crustaceans, mollusks or other aquatic invertebrates; dead animals of Chapter 3. animal by-products for the manufacture of feed including petfood and for pharmaceuticals and other technical products. Glands, other animal products and bile are covered by this. Dried glands and products are covered by heading Includes genetic material (semen and embryos of animal origin such as bovine, ovine, caprine, equine and porcine species). Includes also animal byproducts of categories 1 and 2. All: includes fish eggs for hatching: and dead animals (10) Sinews or tendons; parings and similar waste of raw hides and skins Other 00 Includes animal byproducts for the manufacture of petfood and for pharmaceuticals and other technical products. All All: embryos, ova, semen and genetic material not

20 covered in and of species other than bovine come under this heading. Includes animal byproducts for the manufacture of petfood or other technological products. Includes bee products for use in apiculture. Еx Еx 1214 (90) Chapter 12: Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (bulky) Cereal straw and husks, unprepared, whether or not chopped, ground, pressed or in the form of pellets Swedes, mangolds, fodder roots, hay, lucerne (alfalfa), clover, sainfoin, forage kale lupines vetches and similar forage products whether or not in the form of pellets. Other. Also includes dead animals of chapter I (dogs and cats). Includes material where the essential characteristics have not been changed, and edible animal blood not derived from fish, for human consumption. Only certain plant products are subject to veterinary controls. Includes only Hay and Straw. Includes only Hay and Straw. Chapter 15: Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 1. This chapter does not cover (a) pig fat or poultry fat on heading 0209; (b) cocoa butter, fat and oil (heading 1804); (c) edible preparations containing by weight more than 15 % of the products of heading 0405 (generally Chapter 21); (d) greaves (heading 2301) or residues of headings 2304 to 2306; 2. Heading 1518 does not cover fats or oils or their fractions, merely denatured, which are classified un the heading appropriate to the corresponding un-denatured fats and oils and their fractions. 3. Soap stocks, oil foots and dregs, stearin pitch, glycerol pitch and wool grease residues fall in heading 1522.

21 Pig fat (including lard) and poultry fat, other than that of heading 0209 or Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats, other than those of heading Lard stearin, lard oil, oleostearin, oleo-oil and tallow oil, not emulsified or mixed or otherwise prepared Fats and oils and their fractions, of fish or marine mammals, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified Other animal fats and oils and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified Animal and vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether refined or not, but not further prepared. All animal origin oils. Pursuant to separate regulation on animal origin by-products hygiene conditions are established: - for melted fats and fish oil; - for melted fats from Category 2 substances for further processing; - melted fat derivates. Melted fat derivates cover primary processing products, obtained from clear fats and oils, produced using special production methods. Derivates mixed with other substances are not covered. All All All Fish oils and oils from marine mammals. Miscellaneous edible preparations are covered by Chapter 21. Un-split fats or oils, and also their initial fractions produced by a method laid down in separate regulation on animal origin by-products. Derivatives mixed with other materials are not included. Animal fats and oils only. Derivatives mixed with other materials are not included in veterinary checks. For veterinary purposes fat derivatives include first stage products derived from animal fats and oils when in their pure state produced by a method laid down in

22 Еx (91) (95) (91) Animal and vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, boiled, oxidised, dehydrated, sulphurised, blown, polymerised by heat in vacuum or in inert gas or otherwise chemically modified, excluding those of heading 1516; inedible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this Chapter, not elsewhere specified or included. Animal and vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, boiled, oxidised, dehydrated, sulphurised, blown, polymerised by heat in vacuum or in inert gas or otherwise chemically modified, excluding those of heading Inedible mixtures or preparations of animal or of animal and vegetable fats and oils and their fractions. Raw beeswax and other insect waxes whether refined or not. regulation on animal origin by-products, establishing hygiene conditions for processing. Animal fats and oils only Rendered fats only. Fat derivatives produced by a method laid down in separate regulation on animal origin by-products. Derivatives mixed with other materials are not included. Animal fats and oils only Selection requirements are laid down in separate regulation on animal origin by-products for rendered fats from category 2 materials for oleochemical purposes Fats and oil preparations derived from animals. Bees wax for technical purposes (99) Other. Additional selection requirements are laid down in separate regulation on animal origin by-products. Apiculture products. Bee products for apiculture purposes. Additional selection requirements are laid down separate regulation on animal origin products. Chapter 16: Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, mollusks or other aquatic invertebrates Apiculture products. Apiculture products other than bee products for apiculture must be submitted under Other.

23 1. This chapter does not cover meat, meat offal, fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates prepared or preserved by the process specified in Chapter 2 or 3 or heading Food preparations fall in this chapter provided that they contain more than 20 % by weight of sausage, meat, meat offal, blood, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or any combination thereof. In cases where the preparation contains two or more of the products mentioned above, it is classified in the heading of chapter 16 corresponding to the component or components which predominate by weight. These provisions do not apply to the stuffed products of heading 1902 or to the preparations of heading 2103 or This chapter Includes composite products containing processed Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood; food preparations based on these products Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood Extracts and juices of meat, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs; fish whole or in pieces, but not minced. animal product. Includes preserved meat in various forms. Includes preserved meat in various forms. All: includes Surimi, fish protein in gel form whether chilled of frozen. All: cooked or precooked culinary preparations containing mollusks or fish. Includes canned fish, and canned caviar in airtight containers Crustaceans, mollusks and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved. Fish products mixed with pasta are included under heading All: Fully prepared or prepared snail falls under this heading. Chapter 17: Sugars and sugar confectionery This chapter does not include chemically pure sugars other than sucrose, lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose. Includes canned crustaceans, or other aquatic invertebrates Lactose and lactose syrup, containing by 00 weight 99 % or more lactose, expressed as anhydrous lactose, calculated on the dry matter. Chapter 19: Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks products This chapter does not cover, except in the case of stuffed products of heading 1902,