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1.Without prejudice to the measures taken by Bulgaria within the framework of
(a)Directive 2003/85/EC, and in particular those provided for in Article 85(4) of that Directive and detailed in Annex XVIII thereto; and
(b)Articles 2 and 4 of Decision 2008/855/EC;
Bulgaria shall ensure that the conditions set out in paragraphs 2 to 7 of this Article are met.
2.No live animals of the bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine species and other biungulates shall move between the areas listed in Annex I and Annex II.
3.No live animals of the bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine species and other biungulates shall be dispatched from or moved through the areas listed in Annex I and Annex II.
4.By way of derogation from paragraph 3, the competent authorities of Bulgaria may authorise the direct and uninterrupted transit of biungulate animals through the areas listed in Annex I and Annex II on main roads and railway lines.
5.The health certificates, as provided for in Directive 64/432/EEC for live bovine animals and, without prejudice to Articles 8b and 9 of Decision 2008/855/EC, for porcine animals and in Directive 91/68/EEC for live ovine and caprine animals, accompanying animals consigned from parts of the territory of Bulgaria not listed in Annex I and Annex II to other Member States shall bear the following words:
‘Animals conforming to Commission Decision 2011/8/EU of 6 January 2011 concerning certain interim protection measures against foot-and-mouth disease in Bulgaria(1).’
6.The health certificates accompanying biungulates other than those covered by the certificates referred to in paragraph 5, consigned from parts of the territory of Bulgaria not listed in Annex I and Annex II to other Member States shall bear the following words:
‘Live biungulates conforming to Commission Decision 2011/8/EU of 6 January 2011 concerning certain interim protection measures against foot-and-mouth disease in Bulgaria(2).’
7.Animals accompanied by an animal health certificate as referred to in paragraphs 5 and 6 may be moved to other Member States only if the local veterinary authority in Bulgaria has, three days before the move, notified the central and local veterinary authorities in the Member State of destination.
8.By way of derogation from paragraph 2 the competent authorities of Bulgaria may authorise the transport of animals of species susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease from holding situated in areas listed in Annex II to a slaughterhouse situated in the areas listed in Annex I.
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