Article 11

1. Third countries whose legislation authorizes the placing on the market and administration of stilbenes, stilbene derivatives, their salts and esters, or of thyrostatic substances for administering to animals of all species may not appear on any of the lists of countries provided for under Community legislation from which Member States are authorized to import farm or aquaculture animals or meat or products obtained from such animals. 2. Member States shall also prohibit the importation from third countries on any of the lists referred to in paragraph 1 of: farm or aquaculture animals to which products or substances referred to in point (a) of Article 2 have been administered by any means whatsoever; to which substances or products referred to in point (a) of Article 3 have been administered, unless those substances or products were administered in compliance with the provisions and requirements laid down in Articles 4, 5 and 7 and the withdrawal periods allowed in international recommendations have been observed; meat or products obtained from animals the importation of which is prohibited under point (a). 3. However, animals intended for breeding, breeding animals at the end of their reproductive life, or meat therefrom, from third countries may be imported subject to their affording guarantees at least equivalent to those laid down in this Directive, which have been established in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 33 of Directive 96/23/EC for the purpose of giving effect to Chapter V of that Directive. 4. Checks on imports from third countries shall be carried out in accordance with Article 4 (2) (c) of Council Directive 91/496/EEC of 15 July 1991 laying down the principles governing the organization of veterinary checks on animals entering the Community from third countries (18) and Article 8 (2) of Council Directive 90/675/EEC of 10 December 1990 laying down the principles governing the organization of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries (19).

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-06 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.