18.2.2011 Official Journal of the European Union L 447 COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 144/2011 of 17 February 2011 amending Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 laying down lists of third countries, territories or parts thereof authorised for the introduction into the European Union of certain animals and fresh meat and the veterinary certification requirements (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Council Directive 2002/99/EC of 16 December 2002 laying down the animal health rules governing the production, processing, distribution and intro- duction of products of animal origin for human consumption ('), and in particular the introductory phrase of Article 8, the first subparagraph of Article 8(1) and Article 9(2)(b) thereof, Having regard to Council Directive 2004/68/EC of 26 April 2004 laying down animal health rules for the importation into and transit through the Community of certain live ungulate animals, amending Directives 90/426/EEC and 92/65[/EEC and repealing Directive 72[462[EEC (), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 6(1) and Article 7(e) thereof, Whereas: (1) Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June 1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine (*) applies to intra-Union trade in bovine animals. It provides that bovine animals for breeding and production must come from an officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free herd and if more than 12 months old, have reacted negatively to an individual test carried out during the 30 days prior to leaving the herd of origin and complying with the provisions of Annex D thereto. (2)  Directive 64/432[EEC also sets out diagnostic tests to be used for brucellosis and the certification requirements for intra-Union trade in bovine animals for breeding and production. In addition, that Directive, as amended by Commission Decision 2008/984/EC (*, now includes fluorescence polarization assay as a standard diagnostic test. (3)  Directive 2004/68/EC lays down the animal health requirements for the importation into, and transit through, the Union of live ungulates. Those requirements ! L 18, 23.1.2003, p. 11. (") o] () O] L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 321. () O] 121, 29.7.1964, p. 1977. (4 O] L 352, 31.12.2008, p. 38. include specific animal health requirements for live ungulates which are to be based on the rules laid down in Union legislation for the diseases to which those animals are susceptible. (4)  Directive 2004/68/EC also provides that specific conditions may be laid down for third countries for which equivalence has been formally recognised by the Union based on the official health guarantees provided by the third country concerned. (5)  Commission Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 of 12 March 2010 laying down lists of third countries, territories or parts thereof authorised for the introduction into the European Union of certain animals and fresh meat and the veterinary certification requirements (°) lays down the veterinary certification requirements for the introduction into the Union of certain consignments of live animals or fresh meat. Annexes I and II thereto lay down lists of third countries, territories or parts thereof from which consignments of those animals and meat may be introduced into the Union. (6)  In addition, Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 sets out specific conditions for the introduction into the Union of domestic bovine animals intended for breeding and production, together with a model veterinary certificate for those animals, including Bubalus and Bison species, and their cross-breeds (BOV-X). (7)  Special condition IVb’ of Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 refers to ‘territory with approved holdings recognised as having an official enzootic-bovine- leukosis (EBL) free status for the purposes of exports to the Union of live animals certified according to the model of certificate (BOV—X). That special condition should be amended to take account of the provisions concerning officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free herds laid down in Directive 64/432/EEC. (8)  Accordingly, specific condition IVb set out in Part 1 of Annex [ to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 and model of veterinary certificate (BOV-X) set out in Part 2 of that Annex should therefore be amended accordingly. (9  In addition, Part 6 of Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 should be amended to take account of the flurorescence polarization essay diagnostic test set out in Directive 64/432[EEC. () O] L 73, 20.3.2010, p. 1.