Article 129Equivalence
1.In the areas governed by the rules referred to in Article 1(2), with the exclusion of points (d), (e), (g), and (h) of Article 1(2), the Commission may, by means of implementing acts, recognise that measures applied in a third country, or regions thereof, are equivalent to the requirements laid down in those rules, on the basis of:
(a)a thorough examination of information and data provided by the third country concerned pursuant to Article 125(1); and
(b)where appropriate, the satisfactory outcome of a control performed in accordance with Article 120(1).
Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 145(2).
2.The implementing acts referred to in paragraph 1 shall set out the practical arrangements for the entry of animals and goods into the Union from the third country concerned, or regions thereof, and may include:
(a)the nature and content of the official certificates or attestations that have to accompany the animals or goods;
(b)specific requirements applicable to the entry into the Union of the animals or goods and the official controls to be performed at entry into the Union;
(c)where necessary, procedures for drawing up and amending lists of regions or establishments in the third country concerned from which the entry of animals and goods into the Union is permitted.
3.The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, repeal without delay the implementing acts provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article where any of the conditions for the recognition of equivalence cease to be fulfilled. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 145(2).