Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/772Show full title

Article 6 U.K. Preventive health measures

1. The owner or authorised person as defined in points (c) and (d) of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) No 576/2013 shall ensure that dogs moved into the territory or into the parts of the territory of a Member State referred to in Article 3 of this Regulation have undergone a treatment against mature and immature intestinal forms of the Echinococcus multilocularis parasite.

2. The treatment referred to in paragraph 1 shall be carried out within a period of not more than 120 hours and not less than 24 hours before the time of the dog's scheduled entry into the territory or into parts of the territory of such Member State in accordance with paragraphs 3 and 4 of this Article.

3. The treatment referred to in paragraph 1 shall be administered by a veterinarian and shall consist of a medicinal product:

(a) which contains the appropriate dose of:

(i)

praziquantel, or

(ii)

other pharmacologically active substances, which alone or in combination, have been proven to reduce the burden of mature and immature intestinal forms of the Echinococcus multilocularis parasite in dogs at least as effectively as praziquantel; and

(b) which has been granted:

(i)

a marketing authorisation in accordance with Article 5 of Directive 2001/82/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(1) or Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council(2), or

(ii)

an approval or a licence by the competent authority of the third country of dispatch of the dog intended for non-commercial movement.

4. The treatment referred to in paragraph 1 shall be certified by:

(a) the administering veterinarian in the relevant section of the passport laid down in accordance with the model set out in:

(i)

Part 1 of Annex III to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013(3), in the case of non-commercial movements of dogs into the territory or into parts of the territory of a Member State referred to in Article 3 of this Regulation from another Member State or entry into a Member State after movement to or transit through a territory or a third country from a Member State in accordance with point (b) of Article 27 of Regulation (EU) No 576/2013; or

(ii)

Part 3 of Annex III to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013, in the case of non-commercial movements of dogs into the territory or into parts of a Member State referred to in Article 3 of this Regulation from a territory or third country listed in Part 1 of Annex II to that Implementing Regulation; or

(b) an official veterinarian of the territory or third country of provenance, or an authorised veterinarian and subsequently endorsed by the competent authority of the territory or third country of provenance, in the relevant section of the animal health certificate laid down in accordance with the model set out in Part 1 of Annex IV to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013, in the case of non-commercial movement of dogs into the territory or into parts of a Member State referred to in Article 3 of this Regulation from a territory or third country other than those listed in Part 1 of Annex II to that Implementing Regulation.

(1)

Directive 2001/82/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to veterinary medicinal products (OJ L 311, 28.11.2001, p. 1).

(2)

Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 laying down Community procedures for the authorisation and supervision of medicinal products for human and veterinary use and establishing a European Medicines Agency (OJ L 136, 30.4.2004, p. 1).

(3)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013 of 28 June 2013 on the model identification documents for the non-commercial movement of dogs, cats and ferrets, the establishment of lists of territories and third countries and the format, layout and language requirements of the declarations attesting compliance with certain conditions provided for in Regulation (EU) No 576/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 178, 28.6.2013, p. 109).