PART IV

REGISTRATION, APPROVAL, TRACEABILITY AND MOVEMENTS
TITLE II

AQUATIC ANIMALS AND PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN FROM AQUATIC ANIMALS
CHAPTER 2

Movements within the Union of aquatic animals
Section 5

Animal health certification

Self–declaration by operators for movements of aquaculture animals to other Member States and delegated acts
Article 218
1
Operators at the place of origin shall issue a self–declaration document for movements of aquaculture animals from their place of origin in one Member State to their place of destination in another Member State, and shall ensure that it accompanies such aquaculture animals, where they are not required to be accompanied by an animal health certificate as provided for in Articles 208 and 209 or in any rules adopted pursuant to Articles 211 and Article 214.
2
The self–declaration document provided for in paragraph 1 shall contain at least the following information concerning the aquaculture animals in question:
a
their places of origin and destination, and, when relevant, any places en route;
b
the means of transport
c
a description of the aquaculture animals, and their categories, species and quantity (numbers, volume or weight), as relevant for the animals concerned;
d
the information needed to demonstrate that the aquaculture animals fulfil the movement requirements provided for in Sections 1 to 4 (Articles 191 to 207).
3
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 264 concerning:
a
detailed rules on the content of the self–declaration document provided for in paragraph 2 of this Article for different species and categories of aquaculture animals;
b
additional information to be contained in the self–declaration document to the one provided for in paragraph 2 of this Article.
4
The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, lay down rules for a model form of the self–declaration document provided for in paragraph 1.
Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 266(2).