PART IIMOVEMENTS WITHIN THE UNION OF KEPT TERRESTRIAL ANIMALS AND HATCHING EGGS

CHAPTER 4 Assembly operations in respect of kept ungulates and poultry

Article 43Specific rules for assembly operations of kept ungulates and poultry

1.

During the movement of kept ungulates and poultry from the establishment of origin to an establishment in the Member State of destination, operators shall ensure that the animals are not subjected to more than three assembly operations and that those assembly operations are carried out on establishments approved for assembly operations or on means of transport in accordance with Article 44 under the following conditions:

(a)

each of the kept ungulates and poultry subjected to those assembly operations is moved to their final place of destination in another Member State at the latest within 20 days after the date of leaving the establishment of origin;

(b)

the period of time between the date of departure of each of the kept ungulates and poultry from its establishment of origin and the date of its departure from the establishment approved for assembly operations in the Member State of origin to another Member State shall be no longer than 14 days.

2.

On request by the competent authority, the operator requesting the animal health certificate in order to comply with Article 143(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 shall provide a movement history, including all assembly operations, of the animals forming the consignment since their departure from the establishment of origin.

3.

By way of derogation from paragraph 1(a), in the case of transport by waterway/sea of animals, the period of 20 days laid down in paragraph 1(a), may be extended by the duration of the journey by waterway/sea.