Article 11

Products of animal origin shall be imported only from a third country or a part of third country that appears on a list drawn up and updated in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 19(2). A third country shall appear on such lists only if a Community control in that country has taken place and demonstrates that the competent authority provides appropriate guarantees as specified in paragraph 4. However, a third country may appear on such lists without a Community control having taken place there if: the risk determined in accordance with Article 18, point 18 does not warrant it; and it is determined, when deciding to add a particular third country to a list in accordance with paragraph 1, that other information indicates that the competent authority provides the necessary guarantees. Lists drawn up in accordance with this Article may be combined with other lists drawn up for public and animal health purposes. When lists are drawn up or updated, particular account shall be taken of the following criteria: the legislation of the third country on: products of animal origin, the use of veterinary medicinal products, including rules on their prohibition or authorisation, their distribution, their placing on the market and the rules covering administration and inspection, and the preparation and use of feedingstuffs, including the procedures for using additives and the preparation and use of medicated feedingstuffs, as well as the hygiene quality of the raw materials used for preparing feedingstuffs and of the final product; the organisation of the third countries' competent authorities, their powers and independence, the supervision to which they are subject and the authority that they have effectively to enforce the applicable legislation; the training of staff in the performance of official controls; the resources, including diagnostic facilities available to competent authorities; the existence and operation of documented control procedures and control systems based on priorities; where applicable, the situation regarding animal health and procedures for notifying the Commission and relevant international bodies of outbreaks of animal diseases; the extent and operation of official controls on imports of animals and products of animal origin; the assurances which the third country can give regarding compliance with, or equivalence to, Community requirements; the hygiene conditions of production, manufacture, handling, storage and dispatch actually applied to products of animal origin destined for the Community; any experience of marketing of the product from the third country and the results of any import controls carried out; the results of Community controls carried out in the third country, in particular the results of the assessment of the competent authorities, and the action that competent authorities have taken in the light of any recommendations addressed to them following a Community control; the existence, implementation and communication of an approved zoonoses control programme; and the existence, implementation and communication of an approved residue control programme. The Commission shall arrange for up-to-date versions of all lists drawn up or updated in accordance with this Article to be available to the public.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-04 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.