Article 3
1.
Member States shall ensure that in addition to the veterinary checks on the horses in accordance with Directive 91/496/EEC, the veterinary authorities issuing the common veterinary entry document (‘CVED’) in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 282/2004 also:
(a)
notify the exit point indicated in Section IV of the certificate referred to in Article 2(b) of the scheduled export from the European Union by completing point 20 of the CVED;
(b)
communicate by fax or e-mail the arrival of the horses to each of the local veterinary units (FR01400, FR05000, FR06100) as defined in Article 2(b)(iii) of Decision 2009/821/EC responsible for the venues designated for the equestrian events as referred to in Article 1 (‘the venues’).
2.
Member States shall ensure that the horses on their way from the Member State of first destination indicated in the CVED to a subsequent Member State, or to one of the venues, are accompanied by the following health documents:
(a)
the health certificate completed in accordance with Article 2(1) in which the dedicated Section VII for certification of movements between Member States is completed;
(b)
the health attestation in accordance with Annex II to Directive 2009/156/EC, which must be notified to the place of destination in the format prescribed by Regulation (EC) No 599/2004 and bear a cross reference to the certificate mentioned in point (a) in Section I.6 of Part I of that format.
3.
Member States being notified of the movement of the horses in accordance with paragraph 2 shall confirm the arrival of the horses in point 45 of Part 3 of the CVED.