27. 2. 89 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 48/21 
Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) on animal health conditions governing intra-Community 
trade in ovine and caprine animals 
COM(88) 742 final 
(Submitted by the Commission on 9 January 1989) 
(89/C 48/02) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social 
Committee, 
Whereas the harmonious operation of the common 
organization of the market in ovine and caprine animals 
will not have the results expected of it as long as disparities 
between Member States as regards health conditions act as 
a restraint on intra-Community trade; 
Whereas, in order to encourage trade in ovine and caprine 
animals, it is advisable to remove those disparities and 
introduce Community-wide rules on the marketing of 
ovine and caprine animals between Member States; 
whereas that will also contribute to the completion of the 
single market; 
Whereas it is advisable that certain types of trade of a local 
nature should not be included in the scope of this 
Regulation; 
Whereas, in order to be eligible for trade between Member 
States, ovine and caprine animals should meet certain 
health requirements designed to avoid the spread of 
contagious diseases; 
Whereas the health requirements applicable should vary. 
depending on the purpose for which the animals are 
traded; 
Whereas the health situation for ovine and caprine animals 
is not the same throughout the territory of the Community; 
whereas reference should therefore be made to 'regions', as 
defined in Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June 1964 
on animal health problems affecting intra-Community 
trade in bovine animals and swine (*), as last amended by 
Directive..., when dealing with parts of that territory; 
Whereas there must be no barriers to trade between regions 
of that territory; 
Whereas there must be no barriers to trade between regions 
in which the animal health conditions are equivalent; 
Whereas provision should be made for allowing the 
Commission to approve certain additional requirements in 
the light of the progress made by a Member State in 
(!) OJ No 121, 29. 7. 1964, p. 1977/64. eradicating certain diseases, provided that those require­
ments in no case exceed those applied nationally by the 
Member State concerned; 
Whereas, in order to avoid the spread of contagious 
diseases, conditions should be laid down as regards the 
transportation of the animals to their place of destination; 
Whereas, in order to ensure that the requirements 
applicable are complied with, provision should be made for 
introducing a health certificate which would be issued by 
an official veterinarian and which would accompany ovine 
and caprine animals until they reach their place of 
destination; 
Whereas reference should be made, as regards the 
organization and follow up of the checks to be carried out 
by the Member State of destination and as regards the 
protective measures to be introduced, to the general rules 
laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No ... concerning 
veterinary controls in intra-Community trade with a view 
to the completion of the internal market; 
Whereas provision should be made for allowing the 
Commission to conduct its own independent checks; 
Whereas the provisions of this Regulation will have to be 
reviewed in the context of the completion of the single 
market; 
Whereas a procedure should be introduced which provides 
for close cooperation between the Member States and the 
Commission within the Standing Veterinary Committee, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
1. This Regulation defines the animal health conditions 
governing intra-Community trade in ovine and caprine 
animals. 
2. This Regulation shall not apply to ovine or caprine 
animals intended solely for temporary pasturing in the 
vicinity of the internal frontiers of the Community. 
However, if necessary, the Commission shall adopt, in 
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 18, 
special rules for trade involving this type of farming. 
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Article 2 
For the purposes of this Regulation: 
1. 'ovine or caprine animals for slaughter' means animals 
of the ovine or caprine species taken direct to a 
slaughterhouse in order to be slaughtered there at the 
earliest opportunity, and in no case later than 72 hours 
after arrival; 
2. 'ovine or caprine animals for production' means 
animals of the ovine or caprine species intended for 
production, in particular of meat, wool, hair or skin, 
but not for breeding or milk production; 
3. 'ovine or caprine animals for breeding' means animals 
of the ovine or caprine species which are to be reared 
for breeding or milk production; 
4. 'holding' means an agricultural establishment in which 
ovine or caprine animals for rearing, production or 
slaughter are regularly kept or reared; 
5. 'officially brucellosis (Brucella melitensis)-hee ovine or 
caprine holding' means a holding which satisfies the 
conditions laid down in Chapter I of Annex A; 
6. 'brucellosis (Brucella melitensis )-(ree ovine or caprine 
holding' means a holding which satisfies the conditions 
laid down in Chapter II of Annex A; 
7. 'officially contagious-epidydimitis (Brucella ovis)-(ree 
ovine holding' means a holding which satisfies the 
conditions laid down in Chapter III of Annex A; 
8. 'compulsorily notifiable disease' means a disease as 
listed in Chapter I of Annex B, the suspicion or 
appearance of which must be notified to the competent 
authorities of the Member State; 
9. 'official veterinarian' means a veterinarian designated 
by the competent central authority of the Member 
State; 
10. 'officially approved place of assembly, place of 
loading, dealer's premises or market' means a place 
where ovine or caprine animals are assembled, loaded 
or bought and sold, which must: 
(a) be supervised by an official veterinarian; 
(b) be organized in such a way as to ensure effective 
protection of the health status of ovine or caprine 
animals intended for intra-Community trade, in 
particular by keeping animals which do not have the 
same health status separate; 
11. 'region' means a part of a Member State's territory as 
defined in Article 2 (o) of Directive 64/432/EEC. 
Article 3 
1. Ovine or caprine animals for slaughter may be sent to 
another Member State only if they fulfil the conditions laid 
down in Articles 4 and 5. laid down in Articles 4 and 6, without prejudice to any 
derogations which may be applicable pursuant to the 
provisions of Article 8. 
3. Ovine or caprine animals for breeding may be sent to 
another Member State only if they fulfil the conditions laid 
down in Articles 4 and 6, without prejudice to any 
derogations which may be applicable under the provisions 
of Article 7, and to any additional guarantees which may be 
required pursuant to Articles 9 and 10. 
Article 4 
Ovine or caprine animals: 
(a) must show no clinical sign of disease on the day of 
loading; 
(b) must not be intended for slaughter under a national 
scheme for the eradication of a contagious or infectious 
disease; 
(c) must not come from a holding which is the subject of a 
prohibition on health grounds and must not have been 
in contact with animals from such a holding; 
(i) such prohibitions shall be applied following an 
outbreak of one of the following diseases to which the 
animals are susceptible: 
— brucellosis (B. melitensis), 
— rabies, 
— anthrax; 
(ii) The period of prohibition after the last recorded case 
must be at least: 
— 42 days in the case of brucellosis (B. melitensis), 
— 30 days in the case of rabies, 
— 15 days in the case of anthrax; 
(d) must not be the subject of animal health restrictions 
applied pursuant to Council Directive 85/511/EEC (1). 
(e) must not have been vaccinated against foot-and-mouth 
disease. 
Moreover, as regards foot-and-mouth disease: 
(i) additional guarantees, which may vary according to the 
purpose for which the ovine or caprine animals are 
intended, may be required in accordance with the 
procedure provided for in Article 18 in the case of 
consignments to Member States which do not vaccinate 
against foot-and-mouth disease and which do not allow 
animals vaccinated against that disease to enter their 
territory; 
2. Ovine or caprine animals for production may be sent 
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(ii) derogations from the non-vaccination rule may be 
allowed in accordance with the procedure provided for 
in Article 18 in specific cases of trade between certain 
parts of the Community territory. 
Article 5 
Ovine or caprine animals for slaughter: 
(a) must be identified by an officially approved mark. The 
method of identification shall, where required, be laid 
down in accordance with the procedure provided for in 
Article 18; 
(b) must have remained in the territory of the Community 
for at least three months (or since birth in the case of 
animals aged less than three months) prior to loading. 
Article 6 
1. Ovine or caprine animals for production or breeding: 
(a) must be identifed individually by an officially approved 
method. The methods of identification shall, where 
required, be laid down in accordance with the 
procedure provided for in Article 18; 
(b) must have remained on the same holding during the 30 
days preceding loading (or since birth in the case of 
animals aged less than 30 days); 
(c) must have remained in the territory of the Community 
for at least six months (or since birth in the case of 
animals aged less than six months) prior to loading; 
(d) must be eligible for entry into an officially brucellosis 
(B. melitensis)-iree ovine or caprine holding in accord­
ance with the provisions of Chapter 1(D) of Annex A; 
(e) must not come from a holding in which: 
— in the previous six months contagious agalactia of 
sheep (Mycoplasma agalactiae) or contagious agal­
actia of goats (Mycoplasma agalactiae, M. capri-
colum, M. mycoides var. mycoides 'large colony'), 
Maedi Visna or caprine viral arthritis/encephalitis 
has been clinically diagnosed, 
— in the previous 12 months paratuberculosis or 
caseous lymphadenitis has been clinically diagnosed, 
— in the previous three years pulmonary adenomatosis 
or scrapie has been clinically diagnosed, 
and must not not have been in contact with animals 
from such a holding; 
(f) must come from a holding whose owner states in 
writing that the ovine or caprine animals intended for intra-Community trade comply with the criteria laid 
down in points (b), (c) and (e) above. 
2. Ovine animals for production or breeding must be 
eligible for entry into an ovine holding which is officially 
free from contagious epidydimitis (B. ovis) in accordance 
with the provisions of Chapter III(D) of Annex A. 
Article 7 
1. By way of derogation from Article 6 (l)(d), ovine or 
caprine animals for breeding which meet the requirements 
laid down for entry into a brucellosis (B. melitensis)-(ree 
ovine or caprine holding in accordance with Chapter 11(D) 
of Annex A may be traded between regions in which all the 
ovine or caprine holdings are not regarded as officially free 
from brucellosis (B. melitensis) in accordance with 
Chapter 1(A)(1) of Annex A. 
2. By way of derogation from Article 6 (2), ovine animals 
for breeding, other than those which meet the requirements 
for entry into an officially contagious-epidydimitis (B. 
ovis)-£ree ovine holding, may be traded between regions in 
which all the ovine holdings are not regarded as officially 
free from contagious epidydimitis in accordance with 
Chapter 111(A)(1) of Annex A. 
3. Member States shall notify the Commission and the 
other Member States of the demarcation of the regions 
referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2. 
Article 8 
In the case of ovine and caprine animals for production: 
1. the provisions of Article 7 (1) and (2) shall apply; 
2. at the request of a Member State, derogations from the 
guarantees specified in Article 6 (l)(c) and (e) may be 
allowed, in accordance with the procedure laid down 
in Article 18, for consignments to or from certain 
regions. 
Article 9 
1. Where a Member State draws up or has drawn up a 
voluntary or compulsory control programme for one of the 
diseases listed in Chapter II of Annex B, it shall present the 
programme to the Commission, outlining in particular: 
— the distribution of the disease in the Member State, 
— the reasons for which the programme should be 
implemented, including the importance of the disease 
and the programme's likely benefit in relation to its cost, 
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— the geographical areas in which the programme will be 
implemented, 
— the categories of holding to be established, and the 
standards which must be achieved by the holdings in 
each category, including test procedures, 
— the rules applicable for entry of animals of a lower 
health status into the holding, 
— the action to be taken if, for any reason, a holding loses 
its status, 
— the programme's control procedures. 
2. The Commission shall scrutinize the programmes 
presented by the Member States. Programmes as referred to 
in paragraph 1 may be approved in accordance with the 
procedure laid down in Article 18. The additional 
guarantees, general or specific, which may be required in 
intra-Community trade in ovine and caprine animals for 
breeding may be defined in accordance with the same 
procedure. Such guarantees must not exceed those applied 
by the Member State in the national context. 
3. Programmes submitted by Member States may be 
amended or supplemented in accordance with the pro­
cedure laid down in Article 18. Under the same procedure, 
the Commission may approve an amendment or addition 
to a programme which has been approved or to guarantees 
which have been defined in accordance with paragraph 2. 
Article 10 
1. Where a Member State considers that its territory or 
part of its territory is free from one of the diseases listed in 
Chapter II of Annex B, it shall present to the Commission 
appropriate justification, setting out in particular: 
— the name of the disease and the previous history of its 
occurrence in that Member State, 
— the results of surveillance testing based on serological, 
microbiological or pathological findings, and on the 
fact that the disease must by law be notified to the 
competent authorities, 
— the period over which the surveillance was carried out, 
— the control arrangements for verifying that the area 
concerned remains free from the disease. 
2. The Commission shall examine particulars presented 
by Member States by way of justification. The additional 
guarantees, general or specific, which may be required in 
intra-Community trade in ovine and caprine animals for 
rearing may be defined in accordance with the procedure 
provided for in Article 18. Such guarantees must not exceed 
those applied by the Member State in the national context. 
3. The Member State concerned shall notify the Commis­
sion of any change in the particulars specified in paragraph 
1 which relate to the disease. The guarantees defined as laid 
down in paragraph 2 may, in the light of such notification, be amended or withdrawn in accordance with the 
procedure provided for in Article 18. 
Article 11 
1. Ovine and caprine animals must be transported as 
soon as possible from the holding of origin to the place of 
destination. 
During the journey they may go through an officially 
approved place of assembly or loading, dealer's premises or 
market. The journey must take place in vehicles or 
containers which have first been cleansed and disinfected 
with a disinfectant officially authorized in the consignor 
Member State. The vehicles must be designed in such a way 
that animals' excreta, litter or fodder cannot escape from 
the vehicle during transportation. 
Ovine or caprine animals of differing health status must not 
be transported in the same vehicle. 
2. Where ovine or caprine animals for production or 
rearing are concerned, the duration of assembly of the said 
animals outside the holding of origin, in particular at the 
officially-approved place of assembly or loading, dealer's 
premises or market, must be deducted from the period of 30 
days provided for in Article 6 (l)(b), but may not exceed six 
days. In such cases corresponding forms of wording must 
be entered in the certificates specified in Model I in 
Annex E. 
3. Each Member State shall designate its officially-
approved markets. It shall inform the Commission and the 
other Member States of the markets that have been 
approved. 
4. Detailed rules for carrying out official controls at 
officially-approved dealers' premises, places of assembly or 
loading and markets shall, where required, be laid down in 
accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 18. 
Article 12 
In trade between Member States, ovine and caprine animals 
must, during transportation to the place of destination, be 
accompanied by a health certificate, signed by an official 
veterinarian, which conforms to Annex E (models I and II), 
which must be drawn up, on the day of loading, in the 
official language or in one of the official languages of the 
Member State of destination at least, and which shall be 
valid for 10 days. The certificate shall consist of a single 
sheet. 
Article 13 
The rules laid down in Regulation (EEC) No... shall apply, 
in particular as regards the organization of and the follow-
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up to the controls carried out by the Member State of 
destination and the protective measures to be applied. 
Article 14 
1. Veterinary experts of the Commission may, where 
required in the interests of the uniform application of this 
Regulation, carry out on-the-spot inspections. The Com­
mission shall inform Member States of the results of the 
inspections carried out. 
The Member States on whose territory the inspections are 
carried out shall provide the experts with all the help 
required to perform their work. 
2. General rules for the application of this Article shall be 
laid down in accordance with the procedure provided for in 
Article 18. 
The rules applicable in respect of the inspections referred to 
in this Article shall be laid down in accordance with the 
same procedure. 
Article 15 
The countries of the Benelux Economic Union shall, for the 
purposes of this Regulation, be regarded as a single 
Member State. 
Article 16 
Amendments to the Annexes to this Regulation shall be 
adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in 
Article 18. 
Article 17 
The provisions of this Regulation shall be reviewed before 
31 March 1992 in the context of the proposals aimed at 
completing the internal market. Article 18 
1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Standing 
Veterinary Committee, hereinafter referred to as 'the 
Committee'. 
2. Where reference is made to the procedure laid down in 
this Article, the following provisions shall apply. 
3. The representative of the Commission shall submit to 
the Committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The 
Committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a 
time limit which the chairman may lay down according to 
the urgency of the matter. The opinion shall be delivered by 
the majority laid down in Article 148 (2) of the Treaty in the 
case of decisions which the Council is required to adopt on 
a proposal from the Commission. The votes of the 
representatives of the Member States within the Committee 
shall be weighted in the manner set out in that Article. The 
chairman shall not vote. 
4. The Commission shall adopt the measures envisaged if 
they are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee. 
5. If the measures envisaged are not in accordance with 
the opinion of the Committee, or if no opinion is delivered, 
the Commission shall, without delay, submit to the Council 
a proposal relating to the measures to be taken. The 
Council shall act by a qualified majority. 
If, on expiry of a period of three months from the date on 
which the matter was referred to it, the Council has not 
acted, the proposed measures shall be adopted by the 
Commission. 
Article 19 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 30th day 
following its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
It shall apply from 1 August 1989. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly 
applicable in all Member States. 
ANNEX A 
CHAPTER I 
OFFICIALLY BRUCELLOSIS (B. MEUTENSIS)-FREE OVINE OR CAPRINE HOLDING 
A. Achievement of status 
1. An ovine or caprine holding is considered to be officially brucellosis (B. melitensis )-iree: 
(a) if all the animals on it which are susceptible to brucellosis (B. melitensis) have been free from clinical or 
any other signs of brucellosis (B. melitensis) for at least 12 months; and 
(b) if it contains no ovine or caprine animals which have been vaccinated against brucellosis, save those 
vaccinated at least three years previously with Rev. 1 vaccine or any other vaccine approved under the 
procedure laid down in Article 18; and 
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(c) if two tests separated by an interval of six months or more have, with negative results, been carried out 
in accordance with Annex C on all ovine and caprine animals on the holding which are over six months 
of age at the time of testing. 
2. A part of the Community comprising one or more contiguous or separate regions where no case of ovine or 
caprine brucellosis has been officially confirmed for at least three years and where vaccination has been 
prohibited for at least three years may be recognized as officially free from brucellosis (B. melitensis) under 
the procedure laid down in Article 18 and all ovine and caprine holdings in that part of the Community may 
also be recognized as officially free from brucellosis (B. melitensis). 
B. Maintenance of status 
In the case of officially brucellosis (B. melitensisJ-free ovine or caprine holdings which are not situated in a 
part of the territory which is recognized as officially brucellosis-free, a representative number of the ovine 
and caprine animals over six months old must be checked annually. The holding may retain its officially 
brucellosis (B. melitensis)-hee status if the results of the tests are negative. 
The representative number of animals to be tested must, for each holding, consist of the following: 
— all non-castrated males over six months old, 
— all animals introduced into the holding since the previous test, 
— 25 % of the females which have reached the age of reproduction (i.e. which are sexually mature) or are in 
milk, with a minimum of 50 animals, except where the holding has fewer than 50 such females, in which 
case all those females must be tested. 
In regions where more than 99 % of ovine or caprine holdings have been declared officially brucellosis (B. 
melitensis)-free, the interval between tests on officially brucellosis-free ovine or caprine holdings may be 
increased to three years, on condition that the holdings which are not officially free from the disease are 
placed under official control and take part in an eradication programme. 
C. Suspected or actual cases of brucellosis 
1. (a) If one or more ovine or caprine animals on an officially brucellosis (B. melitensis J-free ovine or caprine 
holding are suspected of having brucellosis, the holding's officially brucellosis-free status must be 
withdrawn. However, that status may be provisionally suspended, rather than withdrawn, if the 
animal or animals are immediately destroyed or isolated, pending official confirmation of the disease. 
(b) If brucellosis (B. melitensis) is confirmed, the provisional suspension may be lifted if all affected animals 
are slaughtered and two tests, separated by an interval of three months or more, and carried out in 
accordance with Annex C on all the animals of the holding over six months old, give negative results. 
2. If the holding referred to in paragraph 1 is in a region which is recognized as officially free from brucellosis 
(B. melitensis), the Member State concerned must immediately inform the Commission and the other 
Member States. The Member State concerned must slaughter all animals infected or susceptible to 
infection. The Member State must keep the Commission and the other Member States informed of the 
situation. 
After assessing the circumstances of the outbreak or renewed outbreak of brucellosis (B. melitensis) the 
Commission may, if the situation justifies it, take a decision to withdraw or temporarily suspend the status 
of the region under the procedure laid down in Article 18. If the said status is withdrawn it can be regained 
only in accordance with the provisions laid down in A(2) above. 
D. Introduction of animals into an officially brucellosis (B. melitensis)-free ovine or caprine holding 
Ovine or caprine animals may not be introduced into an ovine or caprine holding which is officially free from 
brucellosis unless they either: 
1. — come from an officially brucellosis-free ovine or caprine holding and 
— are accompanied by a certificate as set out in Annex E or by a written statement to that effect. No 
certificate is required for movements within or between regions in a Member State which are 
recognized as officially brucellosis (B. melitensis)-(ree under the conditions laid down in paragraph 
A(2); 
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2. — come from a brucellosis-free holding, 
— are identified individually in accordance with Article 6.1 (a), 
— have never been vaccinated. However, females over three years old which were vaccinated before the 
age of seven months may be brought into the holding, 
— are not pregnant, 
— were isolated under veterinary supervision on the holding of origin and, during such isolation 
underwent, with negative results, two tests separated by an interval of at least six weeks in accordance 
with Annex C, 
— are accompanied by a certificate as set out in Annex E or by a written statement to the effect that the 
above conditions have been fulfilled. 
CHAPTER II 
BRUCELLOSIS (B. MELITENSIS)-FREE OVINE OR CAPRINE HOLDING 
A. Achievement of status 
An ovine or caprine holding is considered to be brucellosis (B. melitensis)-(ree if: 
1. all the animals receptive to brucellosis (B. melitensis) have been free from clinical or other signs of 
brucellosis for at least 12 months; and 
2. all or some of the ovine or caprine animals have been vaccinated with Rev. 1 vaccine or any other vaccine 
approved under the procedure laid down in Article 18. They must have been vaccinated before the age of 
seven months; and 
3. two tests separated by an interval of six months or more have, with negative results, been carried out in 
accordance with Annex C, on all vaccinated ovine and caprine animals on the holding which are over 18 
months old at the time of testing; and 
4. two tests separated by an interval of six months or more, have with negative results, been carried out in 
accordance with Annex C, on all non-vaccinated ovine and caprine animals on the holding which are over 
six months old at the time of testing. 
B. Maintenance of status 
An annual test must be carried out on a representative number of the ovine and caprine animals on each holding. 
The holding may retain its status only if the tests are negative. 
The representative number of animals to be tested must, for each holding, consist of: 
— all non-castrated males over six months old which have not been vaccinated, 
— all non-castrated males over 18 months old which have been vaccinated, 
— all animals brought into the holding since the previous test, 
— 25 % of females which are sexually mature or in milk, subject to a minimum of 50 per holding, except in 
holdings where there are fewer than 50 such females, in which case all females must be tested. 
C. Suspected or actual cases of brucellosis 
1. The brucellosis-free status of an ovine or caprine holding must be withdrawn if the holding contains one or 
more ovine or caprine animals which are suspected of having brucellosis (B. melitensis). However, the said 
status may be provisionally suspended, rather than withdrawn, if the animal or animals are immediately 
destroyed or isolated pending official confirmation of the disease. 
2. If brucellosis (B. melitensis) is confirmed the provisional suspension may be lifted if all the animals which 
have been infected are slaughtered and two tests separated by an interval of three months or more and carried 
out in accordance with Annex C on 
— all vaccinated animals over 18 months old, and on 
— all non-vaccinated animals over six months old, 
both give negative results. 
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D. Introduction of animals into a brucellosis (B. melitensis)-free ovine or caprine holding 
The following animals only may be introduced into an ovine or caprine holding which is free from brucellosis: 
1. ovine or caprine animals which come from an ovine or caprine holding which is free from or officially free 
from brucellosis (B. melitensis) and are accompanied by a certificate as set out in Annex E or by a statement 
to that effect; 
2. ovine or caprine animals from holdings other than those referred to in (1) above, provided that they meet 
the following conditions: 
(a) they must be individually identified in accordance with Article 6 (l)(a); 
(b) they must originate in a holding on which all animals belonging to species which are receptive to 
brucellosis (B. melitensis) have shown no clinical or other signs of brucellosis (B. melitensis) for at least 
12 months; 
(c) (i) — they must not have been vaccinated during the previous two years, 
— they must have been kept under isolation under veterinary supervision on the holding of origin 
and, during that period, must have undergone, with negative results, two tests separated by an 
interval of at least six weeks in accordance with Annex C; 
or 
(ii) they must have been vaccinated with Rev. 1 vaccine or any other vaccine approved in accordance 
with the procedure laid down in Article 18 before the age of seven months and not less than 15 days 
before entering the holding of destination. 
(d) they must be accompanied by a certificate as set out in Annex E or by a written statement to the effect 
that the above conditions have been fulfilled. 
E. Change of status 
A brucellosis (B. melitensisJ-free ovine or caprine holding may qualify as an officially brucellosis (B. melitensis)-
free herd after a minimum period of three years if: 
(a) it contains no animal which has been vaccinated against brucellosis (B. melitensis) during the preceding 
three years at least; 
(b) at the end of the third year, a test carried out, in accordance with Annex C, on all animals aged over six 
months has in each case given a negative result. 
CHAPTER III 
OFFICIALLY CONTAGIOUS-EPIDYDIMITIS (B. OVIS) FREE OVINE HOLDING 
A. Achievement of status 
1. An ovine holding is considered to be officially contagious-epidydimitis (B. ovis)-hee if: 
(a) all the ovine animals on that holding have shown no clinical or other signs of contagious epidydimitis 
for at least 12 months; and 
(b) it contains no uncastrated male ovine animals which have been vaccinated against contagious 
epidydimitis, other than those vaccinated with Rev. 1 vaccine; and 
(c) two tests separated by an interval of six months or more have, with negative results, been carried out in 
accordance with Annex D, on all entire male ovine animals on the holding which are aged over six 
months at the time of testing. 
2. A part of the Community comprising one or several contiguous or separate regions where no case of 
contagious epidydimitis has been confirmed for at least three years and where vaccination against 
contagious epidydimitis with a vaccine other than Rev. 1 has been prohibited for at least three years, may be 
recognized as officially free from contagious epidydimitis under the procedure laid down in Article 18, in 
which case all ovine holdings in that part of the Community may also be recognized as officially free from 
contagious epidydimitis. 
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B. Maintenance of status 
In the case of officially contagious-epidydimitis (B. ovis)-free ovine holdings not situated in a part of territory 
which is officially recognized as free from the disease, all entire ovine male animals aged over six months must 
be tested annually. The holding may retain its status only if the results of the tests are negative. 
C. Suspected or actual cases of contagious epidydimitis 
1. (a) If one or more ovine animals on an officially contagious-epidydimitis-free ovine holding are suspected 
of having contagious epidydimitis the status of the holding must be withdrawn. However, it may be 
provisionally suspended if the animal or animals are immediately destroyed or isolated pending official 
confirmation of the disease. 
(b) If contagious epidydimitis is confirmed the provisional suspension may be lifted if all the affected 
animals are slaughtered and two tests, separated by an interval of six weeks or more and carried out in 
accordance with Annex D on all the animals on the holding which are more than six months old give 
negative results. 
2. Where the holding as referred to in paragraph 1 is situated in a region which is officially free from 
contagious epidydimitis, the Member State concerned must immediately inform the Commission and the 
other Member States. The Member State concerned must have all infected or susceptible animals 
slaughtered. The Member State must keep the Commission and the other Member States informed of the 
situation. After assessing the circumstances of the outbreak or renewed outbreak of contagious 
epidydimitis, the Commission may, if the situation justifies it, take a decision to withdraw or temporarily 
suspend the status of the region under the procedure laid down in Article 18. If the said status is withdrawn 
it can be regained only in accordance with the provisions laid down in A(2) above. 
D. Introduction of animals into an officially contagious-epidydimitis (B. ovis)-free ovine holding 
The following animals only may be introduced into an ovine holding which is officially free from contagious 
epidydimitis: 
1. ovine animals which: 
— come from an officially contagious-epidydimitis-free ovine holding, 
— are accompanied by a certificate as set out in Annex E or by a statement to that effect. No certificate is 
required in the case of movements within or between regions recognized as officially free from 
contagious epidydimitis under the conditions laid down in A(2) and situated in the same Member State; 
2. ovine animals which do not come from an ovine holding which is officially free from contagious 
epidydimitis, subject to the following conditions: 
— they must be identified individually as provided for in Article 6 (l)(a), 
— all animals of species which are susceptible to contagious epidydimitis (B. ovis) on the holding of origin 
must have been free from clinical or other signs of the disease for at least 12 months, 
— in the case of males, they must not have been vaccinated against contagious epidydimitis with a vaccine 
other than Rev. 1, 
— all the non-castrated male ovine animals on the holding of origin must have undergone, with negative 
results, a test in accordance with Annex D during the eight weeks prior to dispatch, 
— they must have been isolated under official supervision on the holding of origin for one month prior to 
loading, 
— they must, during the 15 days prior to loading, have undergone a test in accordance with Annex D with 
negative results, 
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— they must be accompanied by a certificate as set out in Annex E or by a statement to the effect that the 
above conditions have been fulfilled, 
3. male ovine animals which do not come from a holding which is officially free from contagious epidydimitis 
but which were castrated at least two months earlier. 
ANNEX B 
CHAPTER I 
Compulsorily notifiable diseases: 
— Foot-and-mouth disease 
— Brucellosis (Brucella melitensis) 
— Contagious epidydimitis (B. ovis) 
— Anthrax 
— Rabies 
CHAPTER II 
— Maedi Visna 
— Caprine viral arthritis/encephalitis. 
ANNEX C 
OFFICIAL BRUCELLOSIS (BRUCELLA MELITENSIS) TEST 
1. Rose Bengal test 
The Rose Bengal test may be used for screening ovine or caprine holdings in order to establish the status of 
holdings as officially brucellosis-free or brucellosis-free. 
2. Complement-fixation test 
(a) The complement-fixation test must be used for all individual animal tests. 
(b) The complement-fixation test may be used for ovine or caprine holdings in order to establish the status 
of holdings as officially brucellosis-free or brucellosis-free. 
(c) Serum containing 20 or more CFT units/ml must be regarded as positive. 
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3. The antigen used must be approved by the national laboratory and must be standardized against the second 
international standard anti-brucella abortus serum. 
4. The working serum must be standardized with standard serum and conform to the second international 
standard anti-brucella abortus serum prepared by the Central Veterinary Laboratory, Weybridge, Surrey, 
United Kingdom. 
ANNEX D 
OFFICIAL CONTAGIOUS EPIDYDIMITIS (BRUCELLA OVIS) TEST 
1. Complement-fixation test 
The complement-fixation test must be used for individual animal testing and the screening of holdings. 
2. The specific antigen used must be approved by the national laboratory and must be standardized against 
the international standard anti-brucella ovis serum. 
3. The working serum must be standardized with the international standard anti-brucella ovis serum 
prepared by the Central Veterinary Laboratory, Weybridge, Surrey, United Kingdom. 
4. A serum containing 50 or more international units/ml must be regarded as positive. 
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ANNEX E 
MODEL I 
HEALTH CERTIFICATE (») 
for trade between Member States 
Ovine or caprine animals for production or rearing 
Consignor Member State 
Ministry 
Department 
I. Number of animals 
II. Identification of animals 
Numbers 
of animals Male/female 
ovine/caprine 
animals Breed Age Official individual 
identification 
(state number and location) 
HI. Origin of the animals 
The animals: 
— spent the last 30 days prior to loading (or had, since birth, been) on the same holding, 
— spent the last six months (or had, since birth, been) on Community territory. 
IV. Destination of the animals 
The animals will be sent: 
from 
(Place of loading) 
to 
(Place of destination) 
by (2): railway wagon, lorry/truck, aircraft, boat/ship: (3) 
Name and address of consignor 
Name and address of consignee 
V. Health information: 
I, the undersigned, certify that the animals described above meet the following requirements: 
(a) they have been examined today and show no clinical sign of disease; 
(b) they are not animals which are to be destroyed under a scheme to eradicate a contagious or infectious 
disease; 
(c) they were neither obtained from a holding which is the subject of a prohibition on health grounds 
pursuant to Article 4 (l)(c) of Regulation (EEC) No..., nor have been in contact with animals from such 
a holding; 
(d) they are not the subject of animal health measures taken pursuant to Directive 85/511/EEC; 
(e) they have not been vaccinated against foot-and-mouth disease; 
(f) they are eligible for entry into (an officially brucellosis-free) (a brucellosis-free) (2) ovine or caprine 
holding in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No...; 
(g) in the case of ovine animals they (are) (are not) (2) eligible for entry into an officially contagious-
epidydimitis-free ovine holding in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No...; 
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(h) to the best of my knowledge and according to a written statement by the owner, they were neither 
obtained from a holding in which clinical signs of the diseases listed in Article 6 (l)(e) of Regulation 
(EEC) No... were found during the periods specified in that Article, nor have been in contact with 
animals from such a holding (2); 
(i) they were obtained from: 
— a holding (2), 
— an officially-approved market (2); 
(Name of market) 
(j) they were transported direct, passing — without passing through a place of assembly (2) — a place of 
loading (2) — dealer's premises (2): 
— from the holding (2), 
— from the holding to market and thence (2), 
to the actual place of loading, using means of transport and containers which had first been cleansed 
and disinfected using an officially-approved disinfectant, and in such a way as to provide effective 
protection of the animals' health status. 
VI. This certificate is valid for 10 days from the date of loading. 
Done at on 
(Date of loading) 
Stamp , 
(Signature) 
(Name and title, in capital letters) (4) 
(*) Health certificates may be drawn up only for animals which are to be transported in the same railway wagon, truck/lorry, 
aircraft or boat/ship, which come from the same holding and which are being sent to the same consignee. 
(2) Delete where not applicable. 
(3) Give the registration number in the case of railway wagons, and lorries/trucks, the flight number in the case of aircraft and 
the name in the case of ships/boats. 
(4) In Germany: 'Beamteter Tierarzt'; in Belgium: 'Inspecteur Veterinaire' or 'Inspecteur Dierenarts'; in France: 'Directeur 
des services veterinaires du departement'; in Italy:'Veterinario Provinciale'; in Luxembourg: 'Inspecteur Veterinaire'; in 
the Netherlands: 'Inspecteur-Districtshoofd'; in Denmark: 'Autorisseret Dyrlaege'; in Ireland: 'Veterinary Inspector'; in 
the United Kingdom: 'Veterinary Inspector'; in Greece: « EniOECopTiTf)^ Kxt)viaxpoc,» ; in Spain: 'Inspector Veterinario'; 
and in Portugal 'Inspector Veterinario'. 
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ANNEX E 
MODEL II 
ANIMAL HEALTH CERTIFICATE (1) 
for trade between Member States 
Ovine or caprine animals for slaughter 
Consignor Member State. 
Ministry 
Department 
I. Number of animals 
II. Identification of animals 
Numbers 
of animals Male/female 
ovine/caprine 
animals Breed Age Official individual 
identification 
(state number and location) 
HI. Origin of the animals 
Prior to loading, the animals spent at least three months (or had, since birth, been) on Community territory. 
IV. Destination of the animals 
The animals will be sent: 
from 
Place of loading) 
to 
(Place of destination) 
by (2): railway wagon, lorry/truck, air, boat/ship: (3) 
Name and address of consignor 
Name and address of consignee 
V. Health information 
I, the undersigned, certify that the animals described above meet the following requirements: 
(a) they have been examined today and show no clinical sign of disease; 
(b) they do not have to be slaughtered under a scheme to eradicate a contagious disease; 
(c) they were neither obtained from a holding which is the subject of a prohibition on health grounds 
pursuant to Article 4 (l)(c) of Regulation (EEC) No. nor have been in contact with animals from such a 
holding; 
(d) they are not the subject of animal health measures taken pursuant to Directive 85/511/EEC; 
(e) they have not been vaccinated against foot-and-mouth; 
(f) they were obtained from: 
— a holding (2), 
— an officially-approved market (2): 
(Name of market) 
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(g) they were transported direct, passing — without passing through (2) — a place of assembly (2) — a 
place of loading (2) — dealer's premises (2): 
— from a holding 
— from the holding to market and thence (2), 
to the actual place of loading, using means of transport and containment which were, beforehand, 
cleaned and disinfected using an officially-approved disinfectant, and in such a way as to provide 
effective protection of the animals' health status. 
VI. This certificate is valid for 10 days from the date of loading. 
Done at on 
(Date of loading) 
Stamp 
(Signature) 
(Name and title, in capital letters) (4) 
0) Health certificates may be drawn up only for animals which are to be transported in the same railway wagon, truck/lorry, 
aircraft or boat/ship, which come from the same holding and which are being sent to the same consignee. 
(2) Delete where not applicable. 
(3) Give the registration number in the case of railway wagons, and lorries/trucks, the flight number in the case of aircraft and 
the name in the case of ships/boats. 
(4) In Germany: 'Beamteter Tierarzt'; in Belgium: 'Inspecteur Veterinaire' or 'Inspecteur Dierenarts'; in France: 'Directeur 
des services veterinaires du departement'; in Italy: 'Veterinario Provinciale'; in Luxembourg: 'Inspecteur Veterinaire'; in 
the Netherlands: 'Inspecteur-Districtshoofd'; in Denmark: 'Autorisaeret Dyrlaege'; in Ireland: 'Veterinary Inspector'; in 
the United Kingdom: 'Veterinary Inspector'; in Greece: « E7u9ecopriTf|C, Ktr|viaxpoc,» ; in Spain: 'Inspector Veterinario'; 
and in Portugal 'Inspector Veterinario'.