Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 780/2013Show full title

“ANNEX VI

PART 1

Table 1
"RUM-A" : Model of veterinary certificate for animals of the species listed below that are originating from and intended for an approved body, institute or centre.
Order	Family	Genera/species
Artiodactyla	Antilocapridae	Antilocapra ssp.
	Bovidae	Addax ssp., Aepyceros ssp., Alcelaphus ssp., Ammodorcas ssp., Ammotragus ssp., Antidorcas ssp., Antilope ssp., Bison ssp., Bos ssp. (including Bibos, Novibos, Poephagus), Boselaphus ssp., Bubalus ssp. (including anoa), Budorcas ssp., Capra ssp., Cephalophus ssp., Connochaetes ssp., Damaliscus ssp. (including Beatragus), Dorcatragus ssp., Gazella ssp., Hemitragus ssp., Hippotragus ssp., Kobus ssp., Litocranius ssp., Madoqua ssp., Naemorhedus ssp. (including Nemorhaedus and Capricornis), Neotragus ssp., Oreamnos ssp., Oreotragus ssp., Oryx ssp., Ourebia ssp., Ovibos ssp., Ovis ssp., Patholops ssp., Pelea ssp., Procapra ssp., Pseudois ssp., Pseudoryx ssp., Raphicerus ssp., Redunca ssp., Rupicapra ssp., Saiga ssp., Sigmoceros-Alecelaphus ssp., Sylvicapra ssp., Syncerus ssp., Taurotragus ssp., Tetracerus ssp., Tragelaphus ssp. (including Boocerus).
	Camelidae	Camelus ssp., Lama ssp., Vicugna ssp.
	Cervidae	Alces ssp., Axis-Hyelaphus ssp., Blastocerus ssp., Capreolus ssp., Cervus-Rucervus ssp., Dama ssp., Elaphurus ssp., Hippocamelus ssp., Hydropotes ssp., Mazama ssp., Megamuntiacus ssp., Muntiacus ssp., Odocoileus ssp., Ozotoceros ssp., Pudu ssp., Rangifer ssp.
	Giraffidae	Giraffa ssp., Okapia ssp.
	Moschidae	Moschus ssp.
	Tragulidae	Hyemoschus ssp., Tragulus-Moschiola ssp.

Table 2
"SUI-A" : Model of veterinary certificate for animals of the species listed below that are originating from and intended for an approved body, institute or centre.
Order	Family	Genera/species
Artiodactyla	Suidae	Babyrousa ssp., Hylochoerus ssp., Phacochoerus ssp., Potamochoerus ssp., Sus ssp.
	Tayassuidae	Catagonus ssp., Pecari-Tayassu ssp.
	Hippopotamidae	Hexaprotodon-Choeropsis ssp., Hippopotamus ssp.

Table 3
"TRE-A" : Model of veterinary certificate for animals of the species listed below that are originating from and intended for an approved body, institute or centre.
Order	Family	Genera/species
Perissodactyla	Tapiridae	Tapirus ssp.
	Rhinocerotidae	Ceratotherium ssp., Dicerorhinus ssp., Diceros ssp., Rhinoceros ssp.
Proboscidea	Elephantidae	Elephas ssp., Loxodonta ssp.

PART 2

PART 3 Requirements concerning bodies, institutes or centres in third countries

The body, institute or centre in a third country must:

(a)

be clearly demarcated and separated from its surroundings;

(b)

have adequate means for catching, confining and isolating animals, and have available adequate quarantine facilities and approved standard operating procedures for animals coming from unknown origin;

(c)

have a vector-protected structure complying with the following requirements:

(i)

it has appropriate physical barriers at entry and exit points;

(ii)

the openings of the vector-protected structure are vector-screened with mesh of appropriate gauge impregnated regularly with an approved insecticide according to the instructions of the manufacturer;

(iii)

vector surveillance and control are carried out within and around the vector-protected structure;

(iv)

measures are taken to limit or eliminate breeding sites for vectors in the vicinity of the vector-protected structure;

(v)

standard operating procedures are in place, including descriptions of back-up and alarm systems, for the operation of the vector-protected structure and for the transport of the animals from that structure to the place of loading;

(d)

keep, for a minimum period of ten years, up-to-date records indicating:

(i)

the number and identity (age, sex, species and individual identification, where appropriate) of the animals of each species present on their premises;

(ii)

the number and identity (age, sex, species and individual identification where appropriate) of animals arriving in or leaving their premises, together with information on their origin or destination, the means of transport, and the health status of those animals;

(iii)

the results of blood tests or any other diagnostic procedures carried out on the animals on their premises;

(iv)

cases of disease and, where appropriate, the treatment administered;

(v)

the results of the post-mortem examinations on animals that have died on their premises, including still-born animals;

(vi)

observations made during any isolation or quarantine period;

(e)

be free from the diseases listed in Annex A to Directive 92/65/EEC or mentioned in the veterinary certificates for the relevant species set out in Part 2 of Annex VI to this Regulation, for at least the previous three years, as evidenced by the records kept pursuant to point (d) and the results of the clinical and laboratory tests carried out on the animals on their premises;

(f)

either have an arrangement with a laboratory approved by the competent authority to perform post-mortem examinations, or have one or more appropriate premises where these examinations may be performed under the authority of the approved veterinarian;

(g)

ensure disposal of the carcasses of animals which die of a disease or are euthanised;

(h)

secure, by contract or legal instrument, the services of a veterinarian approved by and acting under the control of the competent authority, who must perform at least the following tasks:

(i)

ensure that appropriate disease surveillance and control measures are applied in that body, institute or centre. Such measures must be approved by the competent authority of the third country, territory or part thereof where the body, institute or centre is situated, taking into account the disease situation and must include at least the following elements:

• an annual disease surveillance plan including appropriate control measures concerning zoonoses in the animals present on the premises,

• clinical, laboratory and post-mortem testing of animals suspected to be affected by transmissible diseases and zoonoses,

• vaccination of susceptible animals against infectious diseases and zoonoses;

(ii)

ensure that any suspect deaths or the presence of any other symptom suggesting that animals have contracted one or more of the diseases listed in Annex A to Directive 92/65/EEC or mentioned in the veterinary certificates for the relevant species set out in Part 2 of Annex VI to this Regulation are notified without delay to the competent authority, where that particular disease is notifiable in the third country, territory or part thereof concerned;

(iii)

ensure that incoming animals have been quarantined as necessary, in accordance with the instructions given by the competent authority;

(iv)

ensure compliance with the animal health requirements which the animals must fulfil in order to be introduced into the Union.

PART 4 Conditions concerning the approval of bodies, institutes or centres in third countries

1. Approval must be granted only to those bodies, institutes or centres which comply with the requirements set out in Part 3.

2. Where vector protection is required, the approval of a structure as vector-protected must be granted only if the criteria in point (c) of Part 3 are met. In order to grant the approval, the competent authority must verify at least three times during the required protection period (at the beginning, during and at the end of the period) the effectiveness of the vector protection measures, by means of a vector trap inside the vector protected structure.

3. Each approved body, institute and centre must be assigned an approval number.

4. Approval must be maintained only as long as the following conditions continue to be met:

the premises are under the control of an official veterinarian, who must perform at least the following tasks:

(i)

inspect the premises of the body, institute or centre at least once per year;

(ii)

audit the activity of the veterinarian referred to in point (h) of Part 3 and the implementation of the annual disease surveillance plan referred to in the first indent of point (h)(i);

(iii)

ensure that the provisions laid down in Parts 3 and 4 are met;

(iv)

verify that:

• compliance with the animal health requirements which the animals must fulfil in order to be introduced into the Union;

• the results of the clinical, post-mortem and laboratory tests on the animals have revealed no occurrence of the diseases listed in Annex A to Directive 92/65/EEC or mentioned in the veterinary certificates for the relevant species set out in Part 2 of Annex VI to this Regulation.

5. The approval must be withdrawn where the competent authority finds that the requirements of Part 3 are no longer being fulfilled.

6. Where notification is given of the suspicion of the occurrence of one of the diseases listed in Annex A to Directive 92/65/EEC or mentioned in the veterinary certificates for the relevant species laid down in Part 2 of Annex VI to this Regulation, the competent authority must suspend the approval of the body, institute or centre, until the suspicion has been officially ruled out. Depending on the disease involved and the risk of disease transmission, the suspension may relate to the the body, institute or centre as a whole or only to certain categories of animals susceptible to the disease in question. The competent authority must ensure that the measures necessary to confirm or rule out the suspicion and to avoid any spread of disease are taken.

7. Where the suspected disease referred to in point 6 is confirmed, the approval of the body, institute or centre must be withdrawn.

8. Where the approval of a body, institute or centre has been withdrawn, it must be restored only where the following conditions are complied with:

(a)

the disease and the source of infection were eradicated on the premises of the body, institute or centre concerned;

(b)

the premises of the body, institute or centre concerned were appropriately cleaned and desinfected;

(c)

the body, institute or centre concerned complies with the requirements set out in points (a) to (d) and (f) to (h) of Part 3.

9. The competent authority which approved the body, institute or centre must inform the Member States that included the body, institute or centre on their lists of approved bodies, institutes and centres of the suspension, withdrawal or restoration of that approval.