Article 1

Commission Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 is amended as follows:

  1. (1)

    The following Article is inserted:

    “Article 12aDerogation for the transit of certain consignments of live bovine animals for breeding and production through Lithuania

    1.

    The transit by road through Lithuania of consignments of live bovine animals for breeding and production coming from the Russian region of Kaliningrad and consigned to a destination outside the Union shall be authorised subject to compliance with the following conditions:

    (a)

    the animals enter Lithuania at the border inspection post at Kybartai road and exit Lithuania at the border inspection post of Medininkai;

    (b)

    the animals are transported in containers on road vehicles sealed with a serially numbered seal at the border inspection post of introduction into the Union at Kybartai road, by the veterinary services of the competent authority of Lithuania;

    (c)

    the documents referred to in the third indent of Article 7 (1) of Council Directive 91/496/EEC, including the duly completed veterinary certificate in accordance with the model veterinary certificate "BOV-X-TRANSIT-RU" set out in Part 2 of Annex I to this Regulation, accompanying the animals from the border inspection post Kybartai road to the border inspection post Medininkai are stamped “ONLY FOR TRANSIT FROM THE RUSSIAN REGION OF KALININGRAD VIA LITHUANIA" on each page by the official veterinarian of the competent authority responsible for the border inspection post at Kybartai road;

    (d)

    the requirements provided for in Article 9 of Council Directive 91/496/EEC are complied with;

    (e)

    the consignment is certified as acceptable for transit through Lithuania on the common veterinary entry document referred to in Article 1(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 282/20044 and signed by the official veterinarian of the border inspection post at Kybartai road;

    (f)

    the animals are accompanied by a health certificate that allows unhindered entry into Belarus and a veterinary certificate issued for the place of destination of the animals in Russia.

    2.

    The consignment shall not be unloaded in the Union and shall be moved directly to the border inspection post of exit of Medininkai.

    The official veterinarian at the border inspection post of Medininkai shall complete part 3 of the Common Veterinary Entry Document after the exit controls on the consignment have verified that it is the same consignment that entered Lithuania at the border inspection post at 'Kybartai road'.

    3.

    In case of any irregularity or emergency during the transit, the Member State of transit shall apply the measures provided for in the second indent of Article 8(1) (b) of Directive 90/425/EEC5 as appropriate.

    4.

    The competent authority of Lithuania shall verify regularly that the number of consignments entering and leaving the Union territory matches.”

  2. (2)

    Annex I is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.