Department of Agriculture Memorandum Order No. 2 Series of 2021, Temporary Ban on the Importation of Domestic and Wild Birds and their Products Including Poultry Meat, Day-old Chicks, Eggs and Semen Originating from Corsica, Île-de-France, Aquitaine, Pays de la Loire and Midi-Pyrénées, France

The Order, signed on 11 January 2021, institutes the following emergency measures for the importation of domestic and wild birds and their products from Corsica, Île-de-France, Aquitaine, Pays de la Loire and Midi-Pyrénées, France:
1) Ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds and their products, including poultry meta, day-old chicks, eggs and semen;
2) Immediate suspension of the processing, evaluation of the application and issuance of Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) import clearance for the above-stated commodities;
3) All incoming poultry meat shipments with SPS import clearance issued on or before 21 December 2020 will be allowed provided frozen poultry meat has a slaughter/process date of 21 days prior to the start of the first HPAI outbreak  (on or before 17 October 2020).  All shipments will  be subject to veterinary quarantine rules and regulations;
4)  All shipments in transit after the official communication of this Order shall be allowed regardless of the production date, provided the products were not sourced from the following areas: (1) Corsica Region - Haute-Corse, Corse-Du-Sud; (2) Île-de-France Region - Yvelines; (3) Aquitaine Region - Landes, Deux-Sèvres; (4) Pays de la Loire Region - Vendée; (5) Midi-Pyrénées - Hautes-Pyrénées;
5) All other shipments accepted at the port of origin after the dated of official communication to the French authorities are therefore advised not to sail;
6) Shipments which have not complied with the conditions set forth in Item 3 to Item 5 shall be dealt with per DA AO 9 s. 2010 Section VII.D;
7) Importation of meat products of poultry is subject to the conditions provided in Articles 10.4.19, 10.4.20 and 10.4.26 of OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code (2019).