Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2141

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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products, amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) No 1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and Council Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC and 2008/120/EC, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC, 96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council Decision 92/438/EEC (Official Controls Regulation)^note, and in particular Article 54(3), first subparagraph, points (a) and (c), thereof,Whereas:

(1)Article 54(3) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 empowers the Commission to establish rules for the uniform application of the appropriate frequency rate for identity checks and physical checks on consignments of the categories of animals and goods referred to in Article 47(1), points (a) and (b), of that Regulation.

(2)Annex I to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2129^noteestablishes baseline criteria for determining the baseline frequency rates for the identity checks and physical checks performed on animals, products of animal origin, germinal products, animal by-products, derived products, hay and straw and composite products entering the Union, taking into account available scientific assessments and any other information regarding the risks associated with the categories of animals or goods.

(3)Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/625^note has applied since 21 April 2021 and lays down new requirements for consignments of composite products entering the Union. Article 12(2) of that Delegated Regulation differentiates between different categories of composite products. These categories are based on the physico-chemical properties of the processed products of animal origin contained in each category of composite products and the risks associated with those processed products.

(4)The composite products falling within Article 12(2), point (c), of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/625 pose the lowest risk of the various categories of composite products falling within Article 12(2), points (a) to (c), of that Delegated Regulation. In addition, a low number of non-compliance cases was observed and recorded in the Information Management System for Official Controls during border controls for that category of composite products since the date of application of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/625. In order to ensure that the administrative burden for Member States is proportionate to the risk posed by the goods entering the Union, it is appropriate to reduce the baseline frequency of physical checks for that category of composite products to 5 per cent.

(5)Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2129 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(6)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Baseline criteria for determining the baseline frequency rates for the identity checks and physical checks of the consignments of animals, products of animal origin, germinal products, animal by-products, derived products, hay and straw and composite products

Baseline criteria for determining baseline frequency rates for identity checks and physical checks	Baseline frequency rates that apply to
Risk category	Category of animals or goods^note	Identity checks	Physical checks
I	Animals	100 %	100 %
II	Minced meat, mechanically separated meat and meat preparations for human consumption (HC)Poultry meat for HCRabbit meat, game meat, and their meat products for HCEggs for HCEgg products for HC which are preserved at frozen or chilled temperaturesMilk for HCDairy products and colostrum-based products for HC, which are preserved at frozen or chilled temperaturesFishery products from aquaculture and bivalve molluscs for HC, which are not in hermetically sealed containers intended to render them stable at ambient temperatureAnimal by-products and derived products, for feeding of farmed animals	100 %	30 %
III	Meat other than meat mentioned in risk category II, and meat products derived from such meat, for HCRendered animal fat and greaves for HCPoultry meat products for HCEgg products for HC, other than those mentioned in risk category IIDairy products and colostrum-based products for HC other than those mentioned in risk category IIFishery products other than those mentioned in risk category IIHoney and other apiculture products for HCComposite products other than those mentioned in risk category IVHatching eggsOrganic fertilisers and soil improvers, derived from animal by-productsFrog legs and snails for HCInsects for HC	100 %	15 %
IV	Gelatine and collagen for HCCasingsSemen and embryosAnimal by-products and derived products, other than those mentioned in risk categories II and IIIComposite products falling within Article 12(2), point (c), of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/625	100 %	5 %
V	Highly refined products for HCHay and strawOther goods than those mentioned in risk categories II, III and IV	100 %	1 %

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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2141

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Annex I

Baseline criteria for determining the baseline frequency rates for the identity checks and physical checks of the consignments of animals, products of animal origin, germinal products, animal by-products, derived products, hay and straw and composite products

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Annex I

Baseline criteria for determining the baseline frequency rates for the identity checks and physical checks of the consignments of animals, products of animal origin, germinal products, animal by-products, derived products, hay and straw and composite products

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