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[X1 ANNEX I U.K.

Editorial Information

X1 Substituted by Corrigendum 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 (Official Journal of the European Union L 139 of 30 April 2004).

Animal species as referred to in Article 1

Taxon
Order	Family	Genera/Species
Artiodactyla	Antilocapridae	Antilocapra ssp.
	Bovidae	Addax ssp., Aepycero s 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., Madogua ssp., Naemorhedus ssp. (including Nemorhaedus and Capricornis ), Neotragus ssp., Oreamuos 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.
	Hippopotamidae	Hexaprotodon-Choeropsis ssp., Hippopotamus ssp.
	Moschidae	Moschus ssp.
	Suidae	Babyrousa ssp., Hylochoerus ssp., Phacochoerus ssp., Potamochoerus ssp., Sus ssp.,
	Tayassuidae	Catagonus ssp., Pecari-Tayassu ssp.
	Tragulidae	Hyemoschus ssp., Tragulus-Moschiola ssp.
Perissodactyla	Rhinocerotidae	Ceratotherium ssp., Dicerorhinus ssp., Diceros ssp., Rhinoceros ssp.
	Tapiridae	Tapirus ssp.
Proboscidae	Elephantidae	Elephas ssp., Loxodonta ssp.

ANNEX II U.K.

The diseases referred to in Article 4(f)(i) and the basic general criteria for a territory to be considered disease-free in accordance with Article 7(a)

a In accordance with Chapter 2.1.1 of the OIE Manual.
Disease	Conditions	Animals concerned
Foot and mouth disease	no outbreak of disease, no evidence of virus infection a and no vaccination carried out during the last 12 months	All species
Vesicular stomatitis	no case of disease during the last six months	All species
Swine vesicular disease	no case of disease and no vaccination carried out during the last 24 months	Species of family Suidae
Rinderpest	no case of disease and no vaccination carried out during the last 12 months	All species
Peste des petits ruminants	no case of disease and no vaccination carried out during the last 12 months	Species of the genera Ovis and Capra
Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia	no case of disease and no vaccination carried out during the last 12 months	Species of the genus Bos
Lumpy skin disease	no case of disease and no vaccination carried out during the last 36 months	Species of the genera Bos , Bison and Bubalus
Rift valley fever	no case of disease and no vaccination carried out during the last 12 months	All species other than those of family Suidae
[F1 Bluetongue	no case of disease and no vaccination carried out during the last 24 months with appropriate control of the Culicoides population	All species other than those of the genera Bos , Bison, Bubalus, Ovis and Capra and of the family Suidae]
Sheep pox and goat pox	no case of disease and no vaccination carried out during the last 12 months	Species of the genera Ovis and Capra
African swine fever	no case of disease during the last 12 months	Species of family Suidae
Classical swine fever	no case of disease and no vaccination carried out during the last 12 months	Species of family Suidae

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Implementing Decision of 10 May 2012 amending Annex II to Council Directive 2004/68/EC as regards the basic general criteria for a territory to be considered free from bluetongue (notified under document C(2012) 2978) (Text with EEA relevance) (2012/253/EU).

ANNEX III U.K. Requirements for veterinary certificates as referred to in Article 11

1.

The representative of the competent authority of dispatch issuing a veterinary certificate to accompany a consignment of animals must sign the certificate and ensure that it bears an official stamp. This requirement applies to each sheet of the certificate if it consists of more than one.

2.

Veterinary certificates must be drawn up in the official language or languages of the Member State of destination and those of the Member State in which the border inspection takes place, or be accompanied by a certified translation into that language or those languages. However, a Member State may consent to the use of an official Community language other than its own.

3.

The original version of the veterinary certificate must accompany the consignments on entry into the Community.

4.

Veterinary certificates must consist of:

(a)

a single sheet of paper;

or

(b)

two or more pages that are part of a single and indivisible sheet of paper;

or

(c)

a sequence of pages numbered so as to indicate that it is a particular page in a finite sequence (for example, ‘ page 2 of four pages ’ ).

5.

Veterinary certificates must bear a unique identifying number. Where the veterinary certificate consists of a sequence of pages, each page must indicate the unique identifying number.

6.

The veterinary certificate must be issued before the consignment to which it relates leaves the control of the competent authority of the country of dispatch.

ANNEX IV U.K.

‘ANNEX F U.K.

Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June 1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine

Council Directive 88/407/EEC of 14 June 1988 laying down the animal health requirements applicable to intra-Community trade in and imports of deep-frozen semen of domestic animals of the bovine species

Council Directive 89/556/EEC of 25 September 1989 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in and importation from third countries of embryos of domestic animals of the bovine species

Council Directive 90/426/EEC of 26 June 1990 on animal health conditions governing the movement and import from third countries of Equidae

Council Directive 90/429/EEC of 26 June 1990 laying down the animal health requirements applicable to intra-Community trade in and imports of semen of domestic animals of the porcine species

Council Directive 90/539/EEC of 15 October 1990 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in, and imports from third countries of, poultry and hatching eggs

Council Directive 91/67/EEC of 28 January 1991 concerning the animal health conditions governing the placing on the market of aquaculture animals and products

Council Directive 91/68/EEC of 28 January 1991 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in ovine and caprine animals

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.’

ANNEX V U.K. List of Decisions

2003/56/EC : Commission Decision of 24 January 2003 on health certificates for the importation of live animals and animal products from New Zealand ( OJ L 22, 25.1.2003, p. 38 )

2002/987/EC : Commission Decision of 13 December 2002 on the list of establishments in the Falkland Islands approved for the purpose of importing fresh meat into the Community ( OJ L 344, 19.12.2002, p. 39 )

2002/477/EC : Commission Decision of 20 June 2002 laying down public health requirements for fresh meat and fresh poultrymeat imported from third countries, and amending Decision 94/984/EC ( OJ L 164, 22.6.2002, p. 39 )

2001/600/EC : Commission Decision of 17 July 2001 concerning protective measures with regard to imports of certain animals from Bulgaria due to an outbreak of bluetongue, repealing Decision 1999/542/EC, amending Decision 98/372/EC concerning the animal health conditions and veterinary certifications for import of live animals of bovine and swine species from certain European countries to take into account some aspects in relation with Bulgaria and amending Decision 97/232/EC drawing up lists of third countries from which Member States authorise imports of sheep and goats ( OJ L 210, 3.8.2001, p. 51 )

2000/159/EC : Commission Decision of 8 February 2000 on the provisional approval of residue plans of third countries according to Council Directive 96/23/EC ( OJ L 51, 24.2.2000, p. 30 )

98/8/EC : Commission Decision of 16 December 1997 on the list of establishments in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia approved for the purpose of importing fresh meat into the Community ( OJ L 2, 6.1.1998, p. 12 )

97/222/EC : Commission Decision of 28 February 1997 laying down the list of third countries from which the Member States authorise the importation of meat products ( OJ L 89, 4.4.1997, p. 39 )

97/221/EC : Commission Decision of 28 February 1997 laying down the animal health conditions and model veterinary certificates in respect of imports of meat products from third countries and revoking Decision 91/449/EEC ( OJ L 89, 4.4.1997, p. 32 )

95/427/EC : Commission Decision of 16 October 1995 on the list of establishments in the Republic of Namibia approved for the purpose of importing meat products into the Community ( OJ L 254, 24.10.1995, p. 28 )

95/45/EC : Commission Decision of 20 February 1995 on the list of establishments in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia approved for the purpose of importing fresh meat into the Community ( OJ L 51, 8.3.1995, p. 13 )

94/465/EC : Commission Decision of 12 July 1994 on the list of establishments in Botswana approved for the purpose of importing meat products into the Community ( OJ L 190, 26.7.1994, p. 25 )

94/40/EC : Commission Decision of 25 January 1994 on the list of establishments in Zimbabwe approved for the purpose of importing meat products into the Community ( OJ L 22, 27.1.1994, p. 50 )

93/158/EEC : Council Decision of 26 October 1992 concerning the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Economic Community and the United States of America concerning the application of the Community third-country directive, Council Directive 72/462/EEC, and the corresponding United States of America regulatory requirements with respect to trade in fresh bovine and porcine meat ( OJ L 68, 19.3.1993, p. 1 )

93/26/EEC : Commission Decision of 11 December 1992 on the list of establishments in the Republic of Croatia approved for the purpose of importing fresh meat into the Community ( OJ L 16, 25.1.1993, p. 24 )

90/432/EEC : Commission Decision of 30 July 1990 on the list of establishments in Namibia approved for the purpose of importing fresh meat into the Community ( OJ L 223, 18.8.1990, p. 19 )

90/13/EEC : Commission Decision of 20 December 1989 on the procedure to be followed for amending or supplementing the lists of establishments approved in third countries for the import of fresh meat into the Community ( OJ L 8, 11.1.1990, p. 70 )

87/431/EEC : Commission Decision of 28 July 1987 on the list of establishments in the Kingdom of Swaziland approved for the purpose of importing fresh meat into the Community ( OJ L 228, 15.8.1987, p. 53 )

87/424/EEC : Commission Decision of 14 July 1987 on the list of establishments in the United Mexican States approved for the purpose of importing fresh meat into the Community ( OJ L 228, 15.8.1987, p. 43 )

87/258/EEC : Commission Decision of 28 April 1987 on the list of establishments in Canada approved for the purpose of importing fresh meat into the Community ( OJ L 121, 9.5.1987, p. 50 )

87/257/EEC : Commission Decision of 28 April 1987 on the list of establishments in the United States of America approved for the purpose of importing fresh meat into the Community ( OJ L 121, 9.5.1987, p. 46 )

87/124/EEC : Commission Decision of 19 January 1987 on the list of establishments in Chile approved for the purpose of importing fresh meat into the Community ( OJ L 51, 20.2.1987, p. 41 )

86/474/EEC : Commission Decision of 11 September 1986 on the implementation of the on-the-spot inspections to be carried out in respect of the importation of bovine animals and swine and fresh meat from non-member countries ( OJ L 279, 30.9.1986, p. 55 )

86/65/EEC : Commission Decision of 13 February 1986 on the list of establishments in Morocco approved for the purpose of importing fresh meat into the Community ( OJ L 72, 15.3.1986, p. 40 )

85/539/EEC : Commission Decision of 29 November 1985 on the list of establishments in Greenland approved for the purpose of importing fresh meat into the Community ( OJ L 334, 12.12.1985, p. 25 )

84/24/EEC: Commission Decision of 23 December 1983 on the list of establishments in Iceland approved for the purposes of importing fresh meat into the Community ( OJ L 20, 25.1.1984, p. 21 )

83/423/EEC : Commission Decision of 29 July 1983 on the list of establishments in the Republic of Paraguay approved for the purpose of importing fresh meat into the Community ( OJ L 238, 27.8.1983, p. 39 )

83/402/EEC: Commission Decision of 29 July 1983 on the list of establishments in New Zealand approved for the purposes of importing fresh meat into the Community ( OJ L 233, 24.8.1983, p. 24 )

83/384/EEC : Commission Decision of 29 July 1983 on the list of establishments in Australia approved for the purposes of importing fresh meat into the Community ( OJ L 222, 13.8.1983, p. 36 )

83/243/EEC : Commission Decision of 10 May 1983 on the list of establishments in the Republic of Botswana approved for the purposes of importing fresh meat into the Community ( OJ L 129, 19.5.1983, p. 70 )

83/218/EEC : Commission Decision of 22 April 1983 on the list of establishments in the Socialist Republic of Romania approved for the purpose of importing fresh meat into the Community ( OJ L 121, 7.5.1983, p. 23 )

82/923/EEC : Commission Decision of 17 December 1982 concerning the establishments in the Republic of Guatemala from which Member States may authorise the importation of fresh meat ( OJ L 381, 31.12.1982, p. 40 )

82/913/EEC : Commission Decision of 16 December 1982 on the list of establishments in the Republic of South Africa and Namibia approved for the purpose of importing fresh meat into the Community ( OJ L 381, 31.12.1982, p. 28 )

82/735/EEC : Council Decision of 18 October 1982 on the list of establishments in the People's Republic of Bulgaria approved for the purposes of exporting fresh meat to the Community ( OJ L 311, 8.11.1982, p. 16 )

82/734/EEC : Council Decision of 18 October 1982 on the list of establishments in the Swiss Confederation approved for the purposes of exporting fresh meat to the Community ( OJ L 311, 8.11.1982, p. 13 )

81/713/EEC : Commission Decision of 28 July 1981 on the list of establishments in the Federative Republic of Brazil approved for the purpose of importing fresh beef and veal and meat of domestic solipeds into the Community ( OJ L 257, 10.9.1981, p. 28 )

81/92/EEC : Commission Decision of 30 January 1981 on the list of establishments in the Republic of Uruguay approved for the purposes of the importation of fresh beef and veal, sheep meat and meat of domestic solipeds into the Community ( OJ L 58, 5.3.1981, p. 43 )

81/91/EEC : Commission Decision of 30 January 1981 on the list of establishments in the Argentine Republic approved for the purposes of the importation of fresh beef and veal, sheep meat and meat of domestic solipeds into the Community ( OJ L 58, 5.3.1981, p. 39 )

79/542/EEC : Council Decision of 21 December 1976 drawing up a list of third countries or parts of third countries, and laying down the animal and public health, and veterinary certification conditions, for importation into the Community of certain live animals and their fresh meat. ( OJ L 146, 14.6.1979, p. 15 )

78/685/EEC : Commission Decision of 26 July 1978 establishing a list of epizootic diseases in accordance with Directive 72/462/EEC ( OJ L 227, 18.8.1978, p. 32 ).]