#32026R0491Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/491 amending equine animal import rules for Argentina and Thailand and correcting meat and dairy product lists for Paraguay and the United Arab Emirates
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This regulation updates Annex IV of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 to authorise imports of equine animals from Argentina and Thailand under the specific condition 'Surra-programme'. Both countries have notified the presence of surra (Trypanosoma evansi) and submitted surveillance programmes demonstrating absence of the disease in specific establishments for at least 6 months prior to dispatch. The Commission has approved these programmes. The regulation also corrects errors: it restores the supplementary guarantee 'A' (maturation, pH and de-boning, no offal) for Paraguay in the fresh meat of ungulates list, and adds the Emirate of Abu Dhabi to the United Arab Emirates entry for dairy products of camelid animals requiring specific risk-mitigating treatment.
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Key Changes
- Argentina (AR-0, Sanitary Group D) now authorised for registered horses, registered equidae, other equine animals not for slaughter and equine animals for slaughter with 'Surra-programme' condition
- Thailand (TH-0, Sanitary Group E) authorised for registered horses with 'Surra-programme' condition effective from 9 June 2025
- Specific 'Surra-programme' condition added to column 6 of Annex IV Part 1 requiring 6-month disease-free surveillance in establishment of origin
+ 3 more changes with Pro
Obligations
What this law requires
Import equine animals from Argentina only if they originate from establishments with no surra (Trypanosoma evansi) infection reported for at least 6 months prior to dispatch and comply with Argentina's Commission-approved surveillance programme
Import equine animals from Thailand only if they originate from establishments with no surra (Trypanosoma evansi) infection reported for at least 6 months prior to dispatch and comply with Thailand's Commission-approved surveillance programme
Apply the specific condition 'Surra-programme' to all consignments of equine animals imported from Argentina and Thailand, demonstrating compliance with Part B of Annex IV to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692
Restore and apply supplementary guarantee 'A' (maturation, pH and de-boning, no offal) to fresh meat of ungulates imported from Paraguay
Add the Emirate of Abu Dhabi to the approved list for dairy products of camelid animals from the United Arab Emirates that require specific risk-mitigating treatment