means the official recognition of a part of the territory of a third country with precise geographical delimitations, containing an equidae subpopulation with a distinct health status with respect to one or more specific diseases and subject to appropriate surveillance, disease control and biosecurity measures;

means any document which may be used to prove the identity of an equine animal and which includes at least the following information:

1. (i)

   a narrative describing the animal and recording its marks depicted in a completed outline diagram;

2. (ii)

   a reference to specific marks, characteristics or identifiers which establish an unambiguous link between the animal and the document;

3. (iii)
   the information set out in points 1, 2, 3 and 6 to 10 of Part A and in points 12 to 18 in Part B of Section 1 of Annex I to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/26234;

means an animal of the species Equus caballus registered as defined in F1Article 2(e) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/262, identified by means of an identification document issued by:

1. (i)

   the breeding authority or any other competent authority of the country where the animal originated which manages the studbook or register for that breed of animal; or

2. (ii)

   any international association or organisation which manages horses for competition or racing;

means the action of moving equidae or their semen, ova or embryos into F2Great Britain;

means respectively the temporary admission, the re-entry after temporary export, imports and transit;

means the status of a registered horse originating in a third country and moved into F3Great Britain for a period of less than 90 days;

means the movement of a registered horse out of F4Great Britain for a period of less than 90 days;

means the movement of a registered horse from a third country into F5Great Britain after temporary export from F5Great Britain;

means the movement of a consignment of equidae or their semen, ova or embryos into F6Great Britain for an undetermined period;

means the movement of a consignment of equidae across F7Great Britain by road, rail or waterway transport from one third country to another or from one part of the territory of a third country to another part of the territory of the same third country;

means any F8control post as defined in F9Article 3(38) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 and approved by the appropriate authority for the commodity concerned;

means respectively registered equidae, equidae for slaughter and equidae for breeding and production as defined in F10Article 2(e), (g) and (h) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/262, and registered horses;

means the haploid stages of the ootidogenesis including secondary oocytes and ova;

means any natural or legal person subject to one or more of the rules provided for in this Regulation who has equidae or their germinal products under its responsibility;

means the separation for a specified period of equidae from other animals to prevent the transmission through direct or indirect contact of specified pathogen(s), while the equidae are undergoing observation and, if appropriate, testing and treatment under the supervision of the veterinary authority;

means the isolation of equidae on premises operated in accordance with specific biosecurity rules under the control of the veterinary authority;

means the quarantine of equidae which

1. (i)

   is carried out on dedicated premises that are:

   • screened against the intrusion of relevant vectors,

   • included in a system of vector surveillance within the premises and of measures to limit the presence of relevant vectors around the premises;

2. (ii)

   may include exercise of the quarantined animal under official supervision during the vector-low period of the day and subject to application of insecticides and insect repellents and where possible body-coverage;

means the quarantine of equidae in a sealed building which is:

• furnished with positive pressure ventilation and filtered air inlets,

• is only accessible through a double door entry-exit system37,

• in which a vector surveillance system is operated,

• where Standard Operating Procedures, including description of back-up and alarm systems, are implemented for the operation of the quarantine and the transport of equidae to the place of loading,

F11. . .

F12(t) ‘appropriate authority’

F12(u) ‘appropriate computerised information management system’

means the computerised information management system for official controls referred to in Article 131 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625.

F12(v) ‘third country’

means any country or territory other than the British Islands.