Date: 2025-11-04Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2220 of 3 November 2025 amending Annex XVI to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 as regards the entry for North Macedonia in the list of third countries or territories or zones thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of casings
Issued by European Commission
· Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety
**Executive Summary**
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2220, dated November 3, 2025, amends Annex XVI to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 to include North Macedonia in the list of third countries, territories, or zones authorised for entry into the Union for consignments of casings. The regulation will enter into force twenty days after its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Amendment of Annex XVI:**
* Annex XVI to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 is amended to add North Macedonia to the list of countries authorised for the entry of casing consignments into the EU.
* In Part 1 of Annex XVI to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404, the following entry for North Macedonia is inserted between the entry for Morocco and the entry for Mongolia:
* 'MK North Macedonia MK-0 Ungulates and poultry CAS'.
* **Entry into Force:**
* The regulation enters into force on the twentieth day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
* **Applicability:**
* This Regulation is binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
**Impact Analysis**
**North Macedonia**
* **Impact:** North Macedonia is now authorised to export consignments of casings into the Union, provided they meet Union requirements and animal health conditions.
* **Action Required:** Ensure compliance with the Union's regulations and animal health conditions regarding casings for export to EU member states.
**EU Member States**
* **Impact:** Member States must now allow the entry of casing consignments from North Macedonia that comply with EU regulations.
* **Action Required:** Update import procedures and controls to include North Macedonia as an approved source for casing consignments.
Key Entities Referenced
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404: Lays down the lists of third countries, territories or zones thereof from which the entry into the Union of particular species and categories of animals, germinal products and products of animal origin is permitted.
Regulation (EU) 2016/429: The 'Animal Health Law' which provides that consignments of animals, germinal products and products of animal origin must come from a third country or territory, or zone or compartment thereof, listed in accordance with Article 230(1) of that Regulation in order to enter the Union.
North Macedonia: A third country requesting inclusion in the list of countries authorized for the entry of casings into the Union.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/2220 4.11.2025
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION(EU) 2025/2220
of 3 November 2025
amending Annex XVI to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 as regards the entry for North
Macedonia in the list of third countries or territories or zones thereof authorised for the entry into
the Union of consignments of casings
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on
transmissible animal diseases and amending and repealing certain acts in the area of animal health (‘Animal Health
Law’)(1), and in particular Article 230(1) thereof.
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EU) 2016/429 provides that consignments of animals, germinal products and products of animal origin
must come from a third country or territory, or zone or compartment thereof, listed in accordance with
Article 230(1) of that Regulation in order to enter the Union.
(2) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692(2)lays down the animal health requirements that consignments of
certain species and categories of animals, germinal products and products of animal origin, from third countries or
territories, or zones thereof, or compartments thereof in the case of aquaculture animals, must comply with in order
to enter the Union.
(3) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404(3) lays down the lists of third countries, or territories, or
zones thereof, from which the entry into the Union of the particular species and categories of animals, germinal
products and products of animal origin concerned is permitted. Those lists and certain general rules concerning
those lists are set out in Annexes I to XXII to that Implementing Regulation.
(4) Annex XVI to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 sets out the list of third countries, territories or zones thereof
authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of casings. North Macedonia requested to be included in this
list and has meanwhile submitted to the Commission its response to a questionnaire concerning the entry into the
Union of consignments of casings from that third country in terms of animal and public health. North Macedonia
has also provided evidence and guarantees to the Commission to be included in that list. The Commission has
assessed the legislation and organisation of the control system, including certification procedures, in North
Macedonia and has concluded that they are in line with the Union’s requirements and animal health conditions
regarding casings. Annex XVI to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5) Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(1) OJ L 84, 31.3.2016, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/429/oj.
(2) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692 of 30 January 2020 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European
Parliament and of the Council as regards rules for entry into the Union, and the movement and handling after entry of consignments
of certain animals, germinal products and products of animal origin (OJ L 174, 3.6.2020, p. 379, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/
reg_del/2020/692/oj).
(3) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 of 24 March 2021 laying down the lists of third countries, territories or zones
thereof from which the entry into the Union of animals, germinal products and products of animal origin is permitted in accordance
with Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 114, 31.3.2021, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/
eli/reg_impl/2021/404/oj).
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/2220/oj 1/3EN
OJ L, 4.11.2025
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on
Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Annex XVI to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 3 November 2025.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN
2/3 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/2220/ojEN
OJ L, 4.11.2025
ANNEX
In Part 1 of Annex XVI to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404, the following entry for North Macedonia is inserted
between the entry for Morocco and the entry for Mongolia:
‘MK Ungulates and
MK-0 CAS’.
North Macedonia poultry
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/2220/oj 3/3