COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2016/2002 
of 8 November 2016 
amending Annex E to Council Directiv e 91/68/EEC, Annex III to Commission Decision 
2010/470/EU and Annex II to Commission Decision 2010/472/EU concer ning trade in and impor ts 
into the Union of ovine and capr ine animals and semen of animals of the ovine and capr ine 
species in relation to the rules for the prev ention, control and eradication of certain transmissible 
spongif orm encephalopathies 
(notifi ed under document C(2016) 7026) 
(Text with EEA relevance) 
THE EUR OPEAN COMMISSION, 
Having regar d to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, 
Having regard to Council Directive 91/68/EEC of 28 Januar y 1991 on animal health conditions governing intra- 
Community trade in ovine and capr ine animals (1), and in particular Article 14(2) thereof, 
Having regard to Council Directive 92/65/EEC of 13 July 1992 laying down animal health requirements governing trade 
in and imports into the Community of animals, semen, ova and embr yos not subject to animal health requirements laid 
down in specifi c Community rules refer red to in Annex A(I) to Directive 90/425/EEC (2), and in particular the fourth 
indent of Article 11(2), Article 17(2)(b), the first indent of Article 18(1) and the introduct ory phrase and point (b) of 
Article 19 thereof, 
Whereas: 
(1)  Directive 91/68/EEC lays down the animal health conditions governing intra-Union trade in ovine and capr ine 
animals. It provides, inter alia, that ovine and capr ine animals must be accompan ied during transpor tation to 
their destination by a health certificate conf orming to Model I, II or III set out in Annex E thereto. 
(2)  Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) lays down rules for the 
prevention, control and eradication of transmissible spongif orm encephalopathies (TSEs) in bovine, ovine and 
capr ine animals. Annex VII to that Regulation sets out the measures for the control and eradication of TSEs. In 
addition, Chapt er A of Annex VIII to that Regulation lays down, inter alia, the conditions for intra-Un ion trade in 
live animals. 
(3)  Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 was recently amended by Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1396 (4). Those 
amendments provide, inter alia, for an exem ption from the conditions set out in point 4.1 of Section A of 
Chapt er A of Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001, which are aimed at preventing the spread of classical 
scrapie in farmed animals kept on holdings, for ovine and capr ine animals moved excl usively between appro ved 
bodies, institutes or centres as defined in Article 2(1)(c) of Directive 92/65/EEC. 
(4)  Regulation (EU) 2016/1396 also introduces specifi c conditions for intra-Un ion trade in ovine and capr ine 
animals of rare breeds whic h do not compl y with the requirements of point 4.1 of Section A of Chapt er A of 
Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001. Those specifi c conditions were introduced to maintain a possibility 
for regular exchange of such animals between Member State s in order to avoid inbreeding and to preser ve the 
genetic diversity in rare breed populations. 16.11.2016 L 308/29 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     
(1)OJ L 46, 19.2.1991, p. 19. 
(2)OJ L 268, 14.9.1992, p. 54. 
(3)Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 laying down rules for the prevention, 
control and eradication of certain transmissible spongif orm encephalopathies (OJ L 147, 31.5.2001, p. 1). 
(4)Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1396 of 18 Aug ust 2016 amending certain Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the 
European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible 
spongif orm encephalopathies (OJ L 225, 19.8.2016, p. 76). (5)  The health certificates conf orming to Models II and III set out in Annex E to Directive 91/68/EEC should 
theref ore be amended in order to reflect the requirements relating to intra-Un ion trade in ovine and capr ine 
animals of rare breeds or of those moved between appro ved bodies, institute s or centres laid down in Regulation 
(EC) No 999/2001, as amended by Regulation (EU) 2016/1396. 
(6)  In addition, some Member States notified the Commission of problems related to additional administrative work 
caused by the oblig ation to provide in point I.31 of health certificates conf orming to Models I, II and III set out 
in Annex E to Directive 91/68/EEC details such as breed and quantity of animals forming the consignment. To 
reduce administrative burden for the official veteri narians, it is appropr iate to remo ve from point I.31 of those 
model health certificates information on the breed, as such information is not necessar y in relation to the health 
status of the animals in the consignment, and on the quantity of those animals, as such information is already 
stated in point I.20 and an official identif ication number of each individual animal must be provided in 
point I.31. 
(7)  Further more, in order to state more precisely the conditions for individual identif ication of the animals in 
points II.5 and II.6 of the health certificates conf orming to Models II and III in Annex E to Directive 91/68/EEC, 
it is necessar y to introduce in those points a reference to Council Regulation (EC) No 21/2004 (1). 
(8)  Directive 91/68/EEC should theref ore be amended according ly. 
(9)  Directive 92/65/EEC lays down conditions applicable to trade in and imp orts into the Union, inter alia, of semen 
of animals of the ovine and capr ine species. 
(10)  Annex III to Commission Decision 2010/470/EU (2) lays down model health certificates for trade within the 
Union in consignments of semen of animals of the ovine and capr ine species. Part A of that Annex sets out the 
model health certificate for semen collect ed after 31 August 2010 and dispatched from an appro ved semen 
collection centre of origin of the semen. 
(11)  Annex II to Commission Decision 2010/472/EU (3) lays down, inter alia, model health certificates for the imports 
into the Union of consignments of semen of animals of the ovine and capr ine species. Section A of Part 2 of that 
Annex sets out the model health certificate for semen dispatche d from an appro ved semen collection centre of 
origin of the semen. 
(12)  Point 4.2 of Section A of Chapt er A of Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 sets out the scrapie-related 
conditions to be fulfilled for intra-Un ion trade in semen of ovine and capr ine animals. Chapt er H of Annex IX to 
Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 sets out the scrapie-related conditions to be fulfilled for imports of semen of ovine 
and capr ine animals. 
(13)  Regulation (EU) 2016/1396 introduces specifi c conditions for semen collection centres amongst the conditions 
for a holding to be recognised as having a negligible risk or a controlled risk of classical scrapie in points 1.2 
and 1.3 of Section A of Chapt er A of Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001, given that the risk of 
spreading scrapie via male ovine and capr ine animals kept at semen collection centres appro ved and super vised 
in accordance with the conditions set out in Annex D to Directive 92/65/EEC is limited . A reference to those 
specific conditions is also introduced in the conditions for trade in and import of semen of ovine and capr ine 
animals set out in Annex es VIII and IX to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 respectively . 
(14)  The model health certificate for intra-Union trade in consignments of semen of animals of the ovine and capr ine 
species set out in Part A of Annex III to Decision 2010/470/EU and the model health certificate for imports into 
the Union of consignments of semen of animals of the ovine and capr ine species set out in Section A of Part 2 of 
Annex II to Decision 2010/472/EU should theref ore be amended in order to reflect the requirements relating to 
semen collection centres laid down in Regulation (EC) No 999/2001, as amended by Regulation (EU) 2016/1396. 16.11.2016 L 308/30 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     
(1)Council Regulation (EC) No 21/2004 of 17 December 2003 establishing a system for the identification and registration of ovine and 
capr ine animals and amending Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 and Directives 92/102/EEC and 64/432/EEC (OJ L 5, 9.1.2004, p. 8). 
(2)Commission Decision 2010/470/EU of 26 August 2010 laying down model health certificates for trade within the Union in semen, ova 
and embr yos of animals of the equine, ovine and capr ine species and in ova and embr yos of animals of the porcine species (OJ L 228, 
31.8.2010, p. 15). 
(3)Commission Decision 2010/472/EU of 26 Aug ust 2010 on impor ts of semen, ova and embr yos of animals of the ovine and capr ine 
species into the Union (OJ L 228, 31.8.2010, p. 74). (15)  In addition, Chapt er H of Annex IX to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001, as amended by Regulation (EU) 
2016/1396, provides that meat-and-bone meal should be underst ood as defined in the Terrestr ial Animal Health 
Code of the World Org anisation for Animal Health (OIE) (1), rather than in point 27 of Annex I to Commission 
Regulation (EC) No 142/2011 (2). 
(16)  Theref ore, point II.4.10.4 of the model health certificate for imports into the Union of consignments of semen of 
animals of the ovine and capr ine species set out in Section A of Part 2 of Annex II to Decision 2010/472/EU 
should be amended according to the amended provisions of Chapt er H of Annex IX to Regulation (EC) 
No 999/2001. 
(17)  Decisions 2010/470/EU and 2010/472/EU should theref ore be amended according ly. 
(18)  Regulation (EU) 2016/1396 provides that the amendments made to Annex IX to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 
and relat ed to impor ts of certain commodities are to apply from 1 July 2017. In addition, to avoid any 
disrupti on of imp orts into the Union of consignments of semen of ovine and capr ine animals, the use of 
certificates issued in accordance with Decision 2010/472/EU as applicable prior to the amendments being 
introduced by this Decision should be author ised during a transitional period subject to certain conditions. 
(19)  The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committ ee on 
Plants, Animals, Food and Feed, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: 
Article 1 
Annex E to Directive 91/68/EEC is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Decision. 
Article 2 
Annex III to Decision 2010/470/EU is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Decision. 
Article 3 
Annex II to Decision 2010/472/EU is amended in accordance with Annex III to this Decision. 
Article 4 
Article 3 of this Decision shall apply from 1 July 2017. 
For a transitional period until 31 December 2017, consignments of semen of ovine and capr ine animals, accompanied 
by a health certificate issued in accordance with the model set out in Section A of Part 2 of Annex II to Decision 
2010/472/EU, as applicable before the amendments made by this Decision, shall be author ised for importation into the 
Union provided that the certificate was issued no later than 30 November 2017. 16.11.2016 L 308/31 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     
(1)http://www .oie.int/index.php?id=169&L=0&htmfile=glossaire.htm 
(2)Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 of 25 Febr uary 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council laying down health rules as regards animal by-products and derived products not inten ded for human 
consump tion and implem enting Council Directive 97/78/EC as regards certain samples and items exem pt from veterinar y chec ks at the 
border under that Directive (OJ L 54, 26.2.2011, p. 1). Article 5 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. 
Done at Brussels, 8 November 2016. 
For the Commission 
Vytenis ANDRIUKAITIS 
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Annex E to Directive 91/68/EEC is replaced by the following: 
‘ANNEX E 
MODEL I 
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In Annex III to Decision 2010/470/EU, Part A is replaced by the following: 
‘Par t A 
Model health certificate IIIA for trade within the Union in consignments of semen of animals of the ovine and capr ine 
species collect ed in accordance with Council Directive 92/65/EEC after 31 August 2010 and dispatched from an 
appro ved semen collection centre of origin of the semen 
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In Part 2 of Annex II to Decision 2010/472/EU, Section A is replaced by the following: 
‘Section A 
Model 1 — Health certificate for semen dispatched from an appro ved semen collection centre of origin of 
the semen 
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