2005/932/EC: Commission Decision of  21 December 2005  amending Annex E to Council Directive 91/68/EEC as regards the updating of the model health certificates relating to ovine and caprine animals  (notified under document number C(2005) 5506)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-12-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: goat, health certificate, health control, sheep

L 340/68

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.12.2005

COMMISSION DECISION

of 21 December 2005

amending Annex E to Council Directive 91/68/EEC as regards the updating of the model health
certificates relating to ovine and caprine animals

(notified under document number C(2005) 5506)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2005/932/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Directive 91/68/EEC of 28 January
1991 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community
trade in ovine and caprine animals (1), and in particular Article
14(2) thereof,

(4)

(5)

1782/2003
64/432/EEC (2).

and

Directives

92/102/EEC

and

Directive 91/68/EEC should therefore be
accordingly.

amended

The measures provided for
accordance with
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

The model health certificates for intra-Community trade
in ovine and caprine animals for slaughter, fattening and
breeding are set out in Annex E to Directive 91/68/EEC
as models I, II and III respectively.

Certification problems have been encountered by
Member States where the official veterinarian has not
been able
and standstill
the
requirements, which information is known only by the
farmer.

to certify

residence

that

stress

should

certificates

and standstill

certification
Health
concerning residence
is
based on a declaration by the farmer or an examination
of records kept in accordance with Council Regulation
(EC) No 21/2004 of 17 December 2003 establishing a
system for the identification and registration of ovine and
caprine animals and amending Regulation (EC) No

requirements

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex E to Directive 91/68/EEC is amended in accordance with
the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from 15 February 2006.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 21 December 2005.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 46, 19.2.1991, p. 19. Directive as

last amended by
Commission Decision 2004/554/EC (OJ L 248, 22.7.2004, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 5, 9.1.2004, p. 8.

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 340/69

ANNEX

Annex E to Directive 91/68/EEC is amended as follows:

1. In Model I, the following point is inserted before point 12.4.1:

‘12.4. Based on the written declaration made by the keeper or an examination of the holding register and movement
documents kept in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 21/2004, in particular in Sections B and C of
the Annex of that Regulation,’

2. In Models II and III, point 12.4 is replaced by the following:

‘12.4. Based on the written declaration made by the keeper or an examination of the holding register and movement
documents kept in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 21/2004, in particular in Sections B and C of
the Annex of that Regulation, they have remained on a single holding of origin for a period of at least 30 days
prior to loading, or on the holding of origin since birth where the animals are less than 30 days old, and no
animal of the ovine and caprine species has been introduced into the holding of origin during the last 21 days
prior to loading and no biungulate animal imported from a third country has been introduced into the holding
of origin during the 30 days prior to dispatch from the holding of origin, unless those animals were introduced
in accordance with Article 4a(2) of Directive 91/68/EEC;’.