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

CHAPTER 8 Animal health certificates and movement notification

Section 2 Content of animal health certificates for kept terrestrial animals and hatching eggs

Article 74Details on content of animal health certificate for kept ovine and caprine animals

1.

The animal health certificate for kept ovine and caprine animals, except those kept ovine and caprine animals referred to in paragraph 2 and 3, that is issued by the competent authority of the Member State of origin in accordance with Article 143(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429, shall contain the general information provided for in point 1 of Part 1 of Annex VIII and an attestation of compliance with the requirements provided for:

(a)

in case of ovine animals except uncastrated male ovine animals, in Article 15(1) and (2);

(b)

in case of caprine animals, in Article 15(1) and (3);

(c)

in case of uncastrated male ovine animals, in Article 15(1), (2) and (4);

(d)

in Article 17 where applicable.

2.

The animal health certificate for kept ovine and caprine animals moved to another Member State or zone thereof with an approved eradication programme for infection with Brucella abortus, B. melitensis and B. suis, that is issued by the competent authority of the Member State of origin in accordance with Article 143(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429, shall contain the general information provided for in point 1 of Part 1 of Annex VIII and an attestation of compliance with the requirements provided for:

(a)

in Article 15(1)(a), (b) and (d) to (h);

(b)

in either Article 15(1)(c) or Article 16;

(c)

in Article 17 where applicable.

3.

The animal health certificate for kept ovine and caprine animals being moved either directly or after undergoing an assembly operation to a slaughterhouse in another Member State for immediate slaughter, that is issued by the competent authority of the Member State of origin in accordance with Article 143(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429, shall contain the general information provided for in point 1 of Part 1 of Annex VIII and an attestation of compliance with the requirements provided for in Article 18.