L 16/2
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
18.1.2023
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In the Union, aerobatic pigeons’ events take place regularly.
They consist in the gathering of pigeons which can come from several Member States and are transported in cages by their keepers from the establishments of origin where they are normally kept to the event location.
The birds are released there for flight demonstrations before returning to their cages in which they are brought back to their establishment of origin.
These events can therefore be considered as exhibitions, equivalent to those organised for birds of prey.
Article 67 should therefore be amended to extend the requirements for flight hunting exhibitions of birds of prey to all equivalent types of exhibition and to specify the conditions relevant for movements to and from such events.
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Moreover, Article 71 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/688 requires that operators only move captive birds to another Member State if they are accompanied by an animal health certificate issued by the competent authority of the Member State of origin.
This Article also provides for certain derogations from such obligation.
In view of the amendments made to Article 67, it is necessary to reflect those changes in the derogations provided for in paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 71.
Therefore, Article 71 should be amended accordingly.
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Article 81(2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/688 lays down the details on the content of the animal health certificate for captive birds.
In view of the possibility introduced in Article 67 by this Regulation of moving captive birds collected in a single registered establishment located in the Member State of origin, it is appropriate to specify the requirements that should be complied with in that specific case.
Therefore, Article 81(2) should be amended accordingly.
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Article 91 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/688 details the responsibility of the competent authority for animal health certification and specific provisions concerning captive birds are set out in paragraph 1, point (e), of that Article.
It is appropriate to complete those provisions in order to provide for the identity and physical checks, and documentary checks to be carried out when captive birds intended for an exhibition in another Member State are temporarily collected and kept in an establishment for certification purposes.
Article 91 should therefore be amended accordingly.
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Regulation (EU) 2020/688 should therefore be amended,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1 Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/688 is amended as follows: (1) Article 67 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 67 Requirements for movements of captive birds intended for exhibitions 1.
Operators shall only move captive birds to an exhibition in another Member State when those animals fulfil the conditions set out in Article 59. 2.
Before the movement to an exhibition in another Member State, the operators in a Member State may collect captive birds in a single registered establishment located in the same Member State under the following conditions: (a) the captive birds stay in that establishment for a maximum period of 12 hours; (b) at the time of collecting, the establishment only keeps captive birds intended to the relevant exhibition; (c) all captive birds collected in the establishment come directly from registered or approved establishments in which they are continuously kept and in which they fulfill the conditions set out in Article 59.