Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/659Show full title

SECTION 1 U.K. Subject matter, scope and definitions

Article 1 U.K. Subject matter and scope

This Regulation establishes the F1 ...third countries and parts of the territory of third countries from which the entry into [F2 Great Britain] of consignments of equidae and of their semen, ova and embryos is authorised.

It also lays down the animal health and veterinary certification requirements applicable to those consignments.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Art. 1 omitted (1.7.2022) by virtue of The Import of Animals and Animal Products and Approved Countries (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/735), regs. 1(2), 16(2)

F2 Words in Art. 1 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 68(2) (with regs. 69-71)

Article 2 U.K. Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:

a Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/262 of 17 February 2015 laying down rules pursuant to Council Directives 90/427/EEC and 2009/156/EC as regards the methods for the identification of equidae (Equine Passport Regulation) (OJ L 59, 3.3.2015, p. 1).
b Council Directive 90/427/EEC of 26 June 1990 on the zootechnical and genealogical conditions governing intra-Community trade in equidae (OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 55).
c Council Directive 97/78/EC of 18 December 1997 laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries (OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 9).
d https://ec.europa.eu/food/sites/food/files/animals/docs/ad_control-measures_bt_guidance_vpe_7068_2012.pdf
(a) ‘regionalisation’	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;
(b) ‘identification document’	means any document which may be used to prove the identity of an equine animal and which includes at least the following information: (i) a narrative describing the animal and recording its marks depicted in a completed outline diagram; (ii) a reference to specific marks, characteristics or identifiers which establish an unambiguous link between the animal and the document; (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) 2015/262a;
(c) ‘registered horse’	means an animal of the species Equus caballus registered as defined in [F3 Article 2(e) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/262], identified by means of an identification document issued by: (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 (ii) any international association or organisation which manages horses for competition or racing;
(d) ‘entry’	means the action of moving equidae or their semen, ova or embryos into [F4 Great Britain];
(e) ‘type of entry’	means respectively the temporary admission, the re-entry after temporary export, imports and transit;
(f) ‘temporary admission’	means the status of a registered horse originating in a third country and moved into [F5 Great Britain] for a period of less than 90 days;
(g) ‘temporary export’	means the movement of a registered horse out of [F6 Great Britain] for a period of less than 90 days;
(h) ‘re-entry’	means the movement of a registered horse from a third country into [F7 Great Britain] after temporary export from [F7 Great Britain];
(i) ‘imports’	means the movement of a consignment of equidae or their semen, ova or embryos into [F8 Great Britain] for an undetermined period;
(j) ‘transit’	means the movement of a consignment of equidae across [F9 Great 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;
(k) ‘border [F10 control] post’	means any [F10 control] post as defined in [F11 Article 3(38) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 and approved by the appropriate authority for the commodity concerned];
(l) ‘category of equidae’	means respectively registered equidae, equidae for slaughter and equidae for breeding and production as defined in [F12 Article 2(e), (g) and (h) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/262], and registered horses;
(m) ‘ova’	means the haploid stages of the ootidogenesis including secondary oocytes and ova;
(n) ‘operator’	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;
(o) ‘isolation’	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;
(p) ‘quarantine’	means the isolation of equidae on premises operated in accordance with specific biosecurity rules under the control of the veterinary authority;
(q) ‘vector-protected quarantine’	means the quarantine of equidae which (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; (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;
(r) ‘vector-proof quarantine’	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 systemd, 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,
(s) F13 ...	F13 . . .
[F14 (t) ‘appropriate authority’	means the Secretary of State (in relation to England), the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales) and the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland); but the ‘appropriate authority’ is the Secretary of State if consent is given by: (a) in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers; (b) in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers.]
[F14 (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.]
[F14 (v) ‘third country’	means any country or territory other than the British Islands.]

Textual Amendments

F3 Words in Art. 2(c) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 68(3)(a) (with regs. 69-71)

F4 Words in Art. 2(d) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 68(3)(b) (with regs. 69-71)

F5 Words in Art. 2(f) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 68(3)(c) (with regs. 69-71)

F6 Words in Art. 2(g) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 68(3)(d) (with regs. 69-71)

F7 Words in Art. 2(h) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 68(3)(d) (with regs. 69-71)

F8 Words in Art. 2(i) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 68(3)(d) (with regs. 69-71)

F9 Words in Art. 2(j) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 68(3)(e) (with regs. 69-71)

F10 Word in Art. 2(k) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 68(3)(f)(i) (with regs. 69-71)

F11 Words in Art. 2(k) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 68(3)(f)(ii) (with regs. 69-71)

F12 Words in Art. 2(l) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 68(3)(g) (with regs. 69-71)

F13 Art. 2(s) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 68(3)(h) (with regs. 69-71)

F14 Art. 2(t)-(v) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 68(3)(i) (with regs. 69-71)

[F15 Article 2a U.K. Publication of code representing third country or territory

The Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), may specify in a document published for the purposes of this Article a system of words, letters or numbers representing, for the purposes of an animal health or veterinary certificate under this Regulation, a third country, listed in Annex 1 or, where regionalisation is applied, any part of the territory of such third countries.]

Textual Amendments

F15 Art. 2a inserted (1.7.2022) by The Import of Animals and Animal Products and Approved Countries (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/735), regs. 1(2), 16(3)