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Contents

1. Preamble
2. 1. Article 1
   2. Article 2
3. ANNEX
4. ANNEX Model BOV-X-TRANSIT-RU

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

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), Article 7(e) and Article 13(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Directive 2004/68/EC lays down the animal health requirements for the transit through the Union of live ungulates. It provides that specific provisions, including model veterinary certificates, may be laid down for the transit through the Union of live ungulates from authorised third countries, provided that such animals transit the territory of the Union under customs and official veterinary approval and supervision through approved border inspection posts and without any stop on Union territory other than those necessary for animal welfare purposes.

(2) 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, including ungulates. Annex I to that Regulation sets out a list of third countries, territories or parts thereof from which such consignments may be introduced into the Union, together with models of veterinary certificates to accompany those consignments.

(3) The requirements for the transit of live bovine animals for breeding and production from the region of Kaliningrad (Kaliningradskaya oblast) through the territory of Lithuania, towards other regions of Russia, currently provide for certification, inter alia, that, prior to movement, the animals had remained in the territory of Kaliningrad since birth or for at least six months before the date of dispatch via the Union and without contact with imported cloven-hoofed animals for the last 30 days.

(4) Russia has requested a revision of those requirements, in order to permit the transit through the territory of Lithuania of live bovine animals for breeding and production originating in the Union but which had been introduced into the region of Kaliningrad, without requiring that they be previously kept for a minimum period in that region.

(5) Taking into account the favourable animal health situation in the Union, it is appropriate to provide for an alternative certification requirement for the transit of such animals from Kaliningrad through the territory of Lithuania, to other parts of the territory of Russia, by means of road vehicles. However, in order to safeguard the animal health status of the Union, such transit should only be permitted where appropriate certification is provided that, following their introduction into Kaliningrad, the animals were kept in facilities where only animals of Union origin were kept.

(6) The model veterinary certificate BOV-X-TRANSIT-RU, set out in Part 2 of Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(7) Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(8) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In Part 2 of Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010, the model veterinary certificate BOV-X-TRANSIT-RU is replaced by the text in 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, 7 December 2012. For the Commission The President José Manuel Barroso

ANNEX

ANNEX Model BOV-X-TRANSIT-RU

Part I: Details of dispatched consignment COUNTRY Veterinary certificate to EU I.1. Consignor Name Address Tel. I.2. Certificate reference No I.2.a. I.3. Central competent authority I.4. Local competent authority I.5. Consignee Name Address Postal code Tel. I.6. Person responsible for the load in EU Name Address Postal code Tel. I.7. Country of origin Russia ISO code I.8. Region of origin Kaliningrad Code I.9. Country of destination Russia ISO code I.10. Region of destination Code I.11. Place of origin Name Address Postal code I.12. I.13. Place of loading Address Approval number I.14. Date of departure I.15. Means of transport Aeroplane Ship Railway wagon Road vehicle Other Identification Documentary references I.16. Entry BIP in EU Kybartai road — Lithuania I.17. I.18. Description of commodity I.19. Commodity code (HS code) 01.02 I.20. Quantity I.21. I.22. Number of packages I.23. Seal/Container No I.24. I.25. Commodities certified for: Breeding Fattening I.26. For transit through EU to third country Third country Russian Federation ISO code RU I.27. I.28. Identification of the commodities Species (scientific name) Breed Identification system Identification number Age Sex Part II: Certification COUNTRY Model BOV-X-TRANSIT-RU II. Health information II.a. Certificate reference No II.b. II.1. Animal Health attestation: I, the undersigned official veterinarian, hereby certify, that the animals described in Part I meet the following requirements: II.1.1. they come from the territory with code: RU-2 (2) which, at the date of issuing this certificate: (1) either [(a) has been free for 24 months from foot-and-mouth disease;] (1) or [(a) has been considered free from foot-and-mouth disease since … (dd/mm/yyyy), without having had cases/outbreaks after that date, and authorised to export these animals by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No …/…, of … (dd/mm/yyyy);] (b) has been free for 12 months from rinderpest, Rift valley fever, contagious bovine pleuropneumonia, lumpy skin disease and epizootic haemorrhagic disease, and for 6 months from vesicular stomatitis; (c) where, during the last 12 months, no vaccination against the diseases referred to in points (a) and (b) has been carried out and imports of domestic cloven-hoofed animals vaccinated against these diseases are not permitted; (1) either [(d) has been free for 24 months from bluetongue;] (1) or [(d) has not been free for 24 months from bluetongue, and the animals have been vaccinated with an inactivated vaccine, at least 60 days before the date of the movement, against all bluetongue serotype/s … (insert serotype/s) which are those present in the source population as demonstrated through a surveillance programme (4) in an area with a 150 km radius around the holding(s) of origin described under box reference I.11., and the animals are still within the immunity period of time guaranteed in the specifications of the vaccine;] (1) either [II.1.2. they are of European Union origin and they were introduced from the European Union into the territory with code RU-2 on … (dd/mm/yyyy) and, since that date, they have been kept in facilities where only animals of European Union origin are kept;] (1) or [II.1.2. they have remained in the territory with code RU-2 since birth, or for at least the last six months before the date of dispatch via the European Union and without contact with imported cloven-hoofed animals for the last 30 days;] II.1.3. they have remained [since birth or at least 40 days before the date of dispatch (5) in the holding(s) of origin described under box reference I.11.: (a) in and around which, in an area with a 150 km radius, there has been no case/outbreak of epizootic haemorrhagic disease during the previous 60 days; (b) in and around which, in an area with a 10 km radius, there has been no case/outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, rinderpest, Rift valley fever, bluetongue, contagious bovine pleuropneumonia, lumpy skin disease and vesicular stomatitis during the previous 40 days; II.1.4. they are not animals to be killed under a national programme for the eradication of diseases, nor have they been vaccinated against the diseases referred to under point II.1.1., (a) and (b), and: (a) they did not come in contact with other cloven-hoofed animals not complying with the health requirements as described in this certificate; (b) they were not at any place where, or around which, within a 10 km radius, during the previous 30 days there has been a case/outbreak of any of the diseases referred to in point II.1.1.; II.1.5. any transport vehicles or containers in which they were loaded were cleaned and disinfected before loading with an officially authorised disinfectant; II.1.6. they were examined by an official veterinarian within 24 hours of loading and showed no clinical sign of disease; II.1.7. they have been loaded for dispatch to Russia via the European Union on … (dd/mm/yyyy) (3) in the means of transport described under box reference I.15. above that were cleaned and disinfected before loading with an officially authorised disinfectant and so constructed that faeces, urine, litter or fodder could not flow or fall out of the vehicle or container during transportation; II.1.8. the consignment is intended to leave the European Union at the designated Border Inspection Post Medininkai, Lithuania. COUNTRY Model BOV-X-TRANSIT-RU II. Health information II.a. Certificate reference No II.b. II.2. Animal transport attestation I, the undersigned official veterinarian, hereby certify, that the animals described in Part I have been treated before and at the time of loading in accordance with the relevant provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005, in particular as regards watering and feeding, and they are fit for the intended transport. Notes: This certificate is meant for transit through the European Union of domestic bovine animals (including Bubalus and Bison species and their cross-breeds) intended for breeding and/or production coming from the region of Kaliningrad and destined to other parts of Russia. Part I: Box reference I.8.: Provide the code of territory as appearing in Part 1 of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) No 206/2010. Box reference I.13.: The assembly centre, if any, must fulfil the conditions for its approval, as laid down in Part 5 of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) No 206/2010. Box reference I.15.: Registration number of road vehicle is to be provided. In case an emergency, the consignor must immediately inform the Border Inspection Post of entry into the Union. Box reference I.23.: For containers or boxes, the container number and the seal number (if applicable) must be included. Box reference I.28.: Identification system: the animals must bear: An individual number which permits tracing of their premises of origin. Specify the identification system (such as tag, tattoos, brand, chip, transponder). An ear tag that includes the ISO code of the exporting country. The individual number must permit tracing of their premises of origin. Box reference I.28.: Species: select amongst “Bos”, “Bison” and “Bubalus” as appropriate. Box reference I.28.: Age: date of birth (dd/mm/yy). Box reference I.28.: Sex (M = male, F = female, C = castrated). Box reference I.28.: Breed: select purebred, cross-breed. Part II: (1) Keep as appropriate. (2) Code of the territory as it appears in Part 1 of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) No 206/2010. (3) Date of loading. Transit of these animals shall not be allowed when the animals were loaded either prior to the date of authorisation for transit to Russia via the European Union from this third country, territory or part thereof referred to in Boxes I.7., or during a period where restrictive measures have been adopted by the European Union against transit of these animals from this third country, territory or part thereof via the European Union. (4) Surveillance programme as laid down in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007. (5) Delete the text in square brackets if the second option for point II.1.2. is deleted. Official veterinarian/Official inspector Name (in capital letters): Qualification and title: Date: Signature: Stamp:

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