SECTION 7U.K.Specific animal health and certification requirements for entry into [F1Great Britain] of consignments of equidae

Article 21U.K.Specific animal health conditions regarding imports of equidae for slaughter

The operator, as identified in [F2the relevant part] of the [F3CHED] referred to in point (i) of Article 16(1)(b), of a consignment of equidae for slaughter shall ensure that after the checks carried out at the border [F4control] post of entry into [F5Great Britain], the animals:

(a)

are either conveyed directly, without delay and without coming into contact with equidae of a different health status, to the slaughterhouse of destination where they shall be slaughtered within 72 hours of arrival at the slaughterhouse; or

(b)

pass through a single approved market or marshalling centre [F6, as indicated in the relevant health certificate, in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time,] from where they are to be removed after the market under national rules ensuring traceability directly to a slaughterhouse to be slaughtered, as soon as possible, but at the latest within 5 working days of arrival in [F7Great Britain] without coming into contact with equidae of a different health status.