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Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 of 22 December 2004 on the protection of animals during transport and related operations and amending Directives 64/432/EEC and 93/119/EC and Regulation (EC) No 1255/97
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1.The competent authority shall grant authorisations to transporters carrying out long journeys upon application, provided that:
(a)they comply with the provisions of Article 10(1);
(b)the applicants have submitted the following documents:
valid certificates of competence for drivers and attendants as provided for in Article 17(2) for all drivers and attendants carrying out long journeys;
valid certificates of approval as provided for in Article 18(2) for all means of transport by road to be used for long journeys;
details of the procedures enabling transporters to trace and record the movements of road vehicles under their responsibility and to contact the drivers concerned at any time during long journeys;
contingency plans in the event of emergencies.
2.For the purpose of paragraph 1(b)(iii) transporters carrying on long journeys of domestic Equidae, other than registered Equidae, and domestic animals of the bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine species, shall demonstrate that they use the navigation system referred to in Article 6(9):
(a)for means of transport by road for the first time in service, as from 1 January 2007;
(b)for all means of transport by road, as from 1 January 2009.
3.The competent authority shall issue such authorisations in accordance with the specimen set out in Chapter II of Annex III. Such authorisations shall be valid for not more than five years from the date of issue and shall be valid for all journeys, including long journeys.
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