24.3.2009 Official Journal of the European Union L77/1 (Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is obligatory) REGULATIONS COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 206/2009 of 5 March 2009 on the introduction into the Community of personal consignments of products of animal origin and amending Regulation (EC) No 136/2004 (Text with EEA relevance) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com- munity, Having regard to Council Directive 97/78/EC of 18 December 1997 laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries (*), and in particular Article 3(5), Article 16(3) and (4) and Article 17(7) thereof, Having regard to Council Directive 2002/99/EC of 16 December 2002 laying down animal health rules governing the produc- tion, processing, distribution and introduction of products of animal origin for human consumption (%), and in particular the third indent of Article 8(5) thereof, Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules (*), and in particular Article 25(2)(c) and (d) thereof, Whereas: (1)  Directive 97/78/EC provides for veterinary checks on consignments of certain products of animal origin intro- duced into the Community from third countries. () Pursuant to Article 3(1) and (2) of that Directive, Member States are to ensure that no consignment from a third country is introduced into the Community without having been subjected to the appropriate veterinary () OJL24,30.1.1998,p.9. () OJL18,23.1.2003,p. 11. () OJL165,30.4.2004, p. 1; corrected by OJ L 191, 28.5.2004, p. 1. checks (systematic checks), and that consignments are introduced into the Community via a border inspection post. (3)  Pursuant to Article 16 of Directive 97/78/EC, those requirements are not to apply to products which form part of travellers’ luggage and are intended for their personal consumption, in so far as their quantity does not exceed a quantity to be defined in accordance with the procedure described therein. Also, those requirements are not to apply to products sent as small consignments to private persons, provided that the products are not being imported by way of trade, in so far as their quan- tity does not exceed a quantity to be defined in accord- ance with the procedure described in that Directive. (4)  Commission Decision 2007/275/EC of 17 April 2007 concerning lists of animals and products to be subject to controls at border inspection posts under Council Direc- tives 91/496/EEC and 97/78/EC (¥) lists the products of animal origin to be subjected to veterinary checks at border inspection posts. (5)  Article 8 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 136/2004 laying down procedures for veterinary checks at Com- munity border inspection posts on products imported from third countries (°) lays down a weight limit of 1 kg for the exemption from systematic veterinary checks for products destined for human consumption from approved countries or parts thereof. That Article also lays down weight limits for other specific products of animal origin introduced into Denmark, inter alia, from Greenland and the Faeroe Islands, and with regard to certain fish introduced into Finland and Sweden from Russia. () OJL116,4.5.2007,p.9. () OJL21,28.1.2004,p.11.