CELEX: 51989PC0503(01)
Language: en
Date: 1989-10-18
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) ON ANIMAL HEALTH CONDITIONS GOVERNING INTRA-COMMUNITY TRADE IN AND IMPORT FROM THIRD COUNTRIES OF LIVE EQUIDAE

30. 12. 89                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                No C 327/61
              Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) on animal health conditions governing intra-Community
                                      trade in and import from third countries of live equidae
                                                         COM(89) 503 final
                                        (Submitted by the Commission on 30 October 1989)
                                                           (89/C 327/12)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              destination and the safeguard measures to be implemented,
                                                                      reference should be made to the general rules laid down in
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 Council Regulation (EEC) concerning veterinary checks in
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                      intra-Community trade in view of the completion of the
thereof,                                                              internal market;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                      Whereas provision should be made for autonomous checks
                                                                      to be carried out by the Commission;
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social               Whereas defining Community provisions applicable to
Committee,                                                            imports from third countries requires a list to be drawn up of
                                                                      third countries or parts of third countries from which equidae
Whereas equidae, being live animals, are included in the list         may be imported;
of products in Annex II to the Treaty;
                                                                      Whereas the choice of these countries must be based on
Whereas in order to ensure the rational development of                criteria of a general nature such as the state of health of the
equidae production, thereby increasing productivity in that           livestock, the organization and powers of the veterinary
sector, rules governing the marketing of equidae in                   services and the health regulations in force;
intra-Community trade must be laid down at Community
level;
                                                                      Whereas, in addition, importation of equidae should not be
Whereas the breeding and rearing of equidae and in                    authorized from countries infected with contagious or
particular of horses is generally included in the farming             infectious animal diseases which present a risk to
sector; whereas it constitutes a source of income for part of         Community livestock or which have been free from such
the farming population;                                               infection for too short a period; whereas such considerations
                                                                      are also valid for importation from third countries in which
                                                                      vaccination against such diseases is carried out;
Whereas disparities as regards animal health conditions in
the Member States should be eliminated in order to
encourage intra-Community trade in equidae;                           Whereas the general conditions applicable to importation
                                                                      from third countries must be supplemented by special
Whereas, in order to encourage the harmonious development             conditions drawn up on the basis of the health situation in
of intra-Community trade, a Community system should be                each of them; whereas, owing to the technical nature and the
laid down to govern imports from third countries;                     diversity of the criteria on which these special conditions
                                                                      depend, there must, in order to define them, be recourse to a
Whereas the provisions of this Regulation should not, in              flexible and rapid Community procedure in which the
principle, apply to specific trade of a local nature;                 Commission and the Member States cooperate closely;
Whereas, in order to be the subject of intra-Community                Whereas the presentation of a standard form of certificate
trade, equidae must satisfy certain animal health                     upon importation of equidae constitutes an effective means
requirements, so as to avoid the spreading of contagious              of verifying that the Community rules are being applied;
diseases;                                                             whereas such rules may include special provisions which may
                                                                      vary according to the third country concerned, and whereas
Whereas transport conditions should be laid down for the              this must be taken into account in drawing up the standard
same reason;                                                          forms of certificate;
Whereas, to ensure that those requirements are satisfied
                                                                      Whereas official Community veterinarians should be
provision must be made for the issue by an officiel
                                                                      responsible for verifying that the regulations are observed,
veterinarian of a health certificate to accompany the equidae
                                                                      particularly in third countries;
to their place of destination;
Whereas, in respect of the organization of and the follow-up          Whereas inspection carried out upon importation must cover
to the checks to be carried out by the Member State of                the origin and the state of health of the equidae;
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Whereas the Member States must be allowed, on the arrival                                         Article 2
of equidae in the territory of the Community and during
transit to their place of destination, to take all measures,          For the purposes of this Regulation:
including slaughter and disposal, required for the purpose of
                                                                      (a) 'holding' means an agricultural              or   training
safeguarding the health of humans and animals;
                                                                           establishment, a stable or, generally speaking, any
                                                                           premises or facilities in which equidae are habitually
Whereas inspection of equidae is carried out in the general                kept or bred;
interests of the Community; whereas it should therefore be
stipulated that the inspection be carried out in premises             (b) 'equidae' means animals of the equine or asinine species
approved in accordance with Community criteria and a                       or the offspring of crossings of those species;
Community procedure;                                                  (c) 'equidae for slaughter' means equidae intended to be
                                                                           transported directly to the slaughterhouse for
Whereas every Member State must have the right to place an                 slaughter;
immediate prohibition on imports from a third country when
such imports may be dangerous for animal health; whereas in           (d) 'equidae for breeding or production' means equidae
such a case coordination of the attitudes of the Member                    other than as referred to in (c) and in particular those
States with regard to this third country must be assured                   intended for breeding, meat production, draught
without delay, without prejudice to possible amendments to                 purposes, riding, or exhibition for sales purposes, or
the list of countries authorized to export to the                          belonging to a circus or show;
Community;                                                            (e) 'equidae intended for sporting events' means equidae for
                                                                           breeding or production, registered by an officially
Whereas the provisions of this Regulation should be revised                recognized breeders' organization or association and
in connection with the completion of the internal market;                  intended, in particular, for participation in
                                                                           competitions;
Whereas provision should be made for a procedure                      (f)  'compulsorily notifiable diseases' means the diseases, as
establishing close and effective cooperation between the                   listed in Annex A, whose presence or suspected presence
Commission and the Member State within the Standing                        must be notified to the competent authority of the
Veterinary Committee,                                                      Member State;
                                                                      (g) 'official veterinarian' means the veterinarian designated
                                                                           by the competent central authority of a Member State or
                                                                           a third country;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                                                      (h) 'temporary admission' means that status of an animal
                                                                           intended for sporting events originating in a third
                                                                           country and admitted into Community territory for a
                                                                           period not exceeding 90 days.
                           CHAPTER I
                       General provisions
                                                                                               CHAPTER II
                            Article 1                                                Rules for Intra-community trade
1.     This Regulation lays down animal health conditions                                        Article 3
for intra-Community trade in and import from third
countries of live equidae.                                            Member States shall send to another Member State only
                                                                      equidae which satisfy the conditions laid down in
2. (a) This Regulation shall not apply to trade in equidae            Article 4.
         which:
         — are being ridden or taken, for sporting or                                            Article 4
             recreational purposes, along roads situated near
             internal borders of the Community,                       1.     The equidae must show no clinical sign of disease at
                                                                      inspection. Inspection must take place during a period of 48
         — are taking part in cultural or similar events or in
                                                                      hours preceding their loading.
             activities organized by local riding clubs situated
             near internal borders of the Community,                  2.     The equidae must not have been in contact with
         — are intended solely for temporary pasturing near           equidae suffering from an infectious or contagious disease
             internal borders of the Community;                       during a period of 15 days preceding their loading.
    (b) However, if necessary, the Commission shall adopt,            3.     The equidae must not be intended for slaughter under a
         in accordance with the procedure laid down in                national programme of contagious or infectious disease
         Article 24, special rules for such trade.                    eradication.
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4.     The equidae must be identified by an official approved                                      Article 7
method. The identification methods shall be laid down,
where necessary, in accordance with the procedure laid down             The rules laid down in Regulation (EEC) shall apply, in
in Article 24.                                                          particular with respect to the organization of and the action
                                                                        to be taken following the checks carried out by the country of
5.     The equidae must not have been obtained from a                   destination, and the safeguard measures to be applied.
holding or have been in contact with equidae subject to a
prohibition for health reasons.
(a) The prohibition must be linked to the outbreak of a                                            Article 8
      compulsorily notifiable disease.
(b) If all the animals of species susceptible to the disease            Commission veterinarians may, to the extent necessary to
      have not been slaughtered, the period of prohibition              ensure uniform application of this Regulation, carry out
      concerning the holding must be at least:                          on-the-spot inspections. The Commission shall inform the
                                                                        Member States of the outcome of such inspections.
      — six months in the case of equidae suspected of having
          contracted dourine, beginning on the date of the last         The Member State in whose territory an inspection is carried
          actual or possible contact with a sick animal.                out shall give the veterinarians all the assistance necessary to
          However, in the case of a stallion, the prohibition           carry out their task.
          shall apply until the animal is castrated,
      — six months in the case of glanders or equine                    General rules for the application of this Article shall be
          encephalomyelitis, beginning on the day on which              adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in
          the equidae suffering from the disease in question are        Article 24. A code of rules to be followed during the
          slaughtered,                                                  inspections provided for in this Article shall be adopted in
                                                                        accordance with the same procedure.
      — three months in the case of infectious anaemia,
          beginning on the day on which the equidae suffering
          from the disease are slaughtered,
      — one month from the last recorded case, in the case of
          rabies,
                                                                                                  CHAPf ER HI
      — 15 days from the last recorded case, in the case of
          anthrax.                                                                  Rules for imports from third countries
(c) If all the animals of species susceptible to the disease
      have been slaughtered and the premises disinfected, the
      period of prohibition shall be 30 days, beginning on the                                     Article 9
      day on which the animals were destroyed and the
      premises disinfected, except in the case af anthrax where
                                                                        Equidae imported into the Community must satisfy the
      the period of prohibition shall be 15 days.
                                                                        conditions laid down in Articles 10 to 14.
                              Article 5                                                            Article 10
The equidae must be transported directly, as soon as                     1.    The equidae must have originated in a third country, or
possible, from the holding of origin to the place of                    part of a third country, appearing on a list drawn up by the
destination in vehicles or containers which have first been             Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down in
cleansed and disinfected with a disinfectant officially                 Article 24. This list may be supplemented or amended in
 authorized in the exporting country. The vehicles shall be              accordance with the same procedure.
 designed in such a way that equidae droppings, litter or
 fodder cannot escape from the vehicle during transportation.
                                                                         2.    In deciding whether a third country, or part thereof,
 Transportation must be effected in such a way that the health
                                                                         may appear on the list referred to in paragraph 1, particular
 status of the equidae can be protected effectively.
                                                                         account shall be taken of:
                                                                         (a) the state of health of the livestock, of other domestic
                                                                              animals and of wildlife in the third country, particular
                              Article 6                                       attention being paid to exotic animal diseases which
                                                                              might endanger the health of humans and livestock in
 The equidae must be accompanied during transportation by                     the Member States;
 a health certificate conforming to Annex B. This certificate
                                                                         (b) the environmental       health    situation  of the   third
 shall be drawn up during a period of 48 hours preceding their
                                                                              country;
 loading, in at least one of the official languages of the country
 of destination. The duration of validity of the certificate shall       (c) the regularity and rapidity of the information supplied
 be 10 days. The certificate shall consist of a single sheet.                 by the third country relating to the existence of
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     infectious or contagious animal diseases in its territory,             Member State in which the import inspection provided
     in particular those diseases mentioned in Lists A and B of             for in Article 17 is carried out;
     the International Office of Epizootic Diseases;
                                                                      (c) accompany the animals in the original;
(d) the third country's rules on animal disease prevention
                                                                      (d) attest that the equidae satisfy the requirements of this
     and control;
                                                                            Regulation and those laid down pursuant to this
(e) the structure of the veterinary services in the third                   Regulation with regard to importation from third
     country and their powers;                                              countries;
(f)  the organization and implementation of measures to               (e) consist of a single sheet;
     prevent and control infectious or contagious animal              (f)   be made out for a single consignee.
     diseases;
(g) the guarantees which the third country is able to give            2.     The certificate must comply with a model established
     with regard to compliance with this Regulation.                  in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 24.
                           Article 11                                                            Article IS
1.     The equidae must come from third countries:                    On-the-spot inspections shall be carried out by veterinarians
                                                                      of the Member States and the Commission to ensure that the
(a) which have been free for two years from African horse             provisions of this Regulation, in particular Article 10 (2)
     sickness and equine encephalomyelitis;                           thereof, are actually being applied.
(b) which have been free for six months from dourine and
     glanders;                                                        The Member States' veterinarians responsible for these
                                                                      inspections shall be appointed by the Commission on
(c) in which animals have not been vaccinated during the              proposals from the Member States.
     preceding two years against the diseases referred to
     under (a).                                                       The inspections shall be carried out on behalf of the
                                                                      Community, and the latter shall bear the costs.
2.     The Commission may, in accordance with the
procedure laid down in Article 24, decide that the provisions         The frequency of the inspections and the inspection
of paragraph 1 shall apply only to a part of the territory of a       procedure shall be fixed in accordance with the procedure
third country.                                                        laid down in Article 24.
                           Article 12                                                            Article 16
Before the day of loading for transportation to the Member            1.     The Commission may, in accordance with the
State of destination, the equidae must have remained without          procedure laid down in Article 24, decide that imports from
interruption in the territory or part of the territory of a third     a third country or part of a third country are to be confined to
country for a period to be determined in the decision to be           particular species, to equidae for slaughter, to equidae for
adopted pursuant to Article 13.                                       breeding or production, to equidae for sporting events, to
                                                                      equidae admitted temporarily into Community territory, or
                                                                      to equidae intended for special purposes.
                           Article 13                                 2.     The Commission may decide, in accordance with the
                                                                      procedure laid down in Article 24, to apply, after
The equidae must meet the animal health conditions laid               importation, all necessary animal health measures.
down in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 24. These conditions may vary according to the
species and the destination of the equidae.
                                                                                                 Article 17
                                                                      1.     Equidae arriving in the customs territory of the
                           Article 14                                 Community shall be subjected to an animal health inspection
                                                                      carried out by an official veterinarian before being released
1.     The equidae must be accompanied by a certificate               for free circulation or placed under customs control.
drawn up by an official veterinarian of the exporting third
country. This certificate must:                                       2.     Equidae may not be imported if, during the inspection
                                                                      prescribed in paragraph 1, it is found that:
(a) be issued on the day of loading of the animals for
     dispatch to the country of destination;                          — the equidae do not come from the territory of a third
(b) be drawn up in at least one of the official languages of              country, or part thereof, included in the list drawn up in
     the Member State of destination and one of those of the              accordance with Article 10 (1),
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— the equidae are, or are suspected of being, infected with          shall be chargeable to the consignor, the consignee or their
    or contaminated by an infectious or contagious                   representative without compensation by the Member State
    disease,                                                         concerned.
— the conditions laid down in this Regulation have not been
    complied with by the exporting third country,
— the certificate accompanying the animals does not                                             Article 18
    comply with the conditions set out in Article 14.
                                                                     Immediately upon arrival in the country of destination,
                                                                     equidae for slaughter shall be taken directly to a
3.     During the inspection referred to in paragraph 1, all         slaughterhouse and, in accordance with animal health
the necessary measures shall be taken, including:                    requirements, be slaughtered within a period of time
                                                                     specified in the decision to be adopted pursuant to
(a) — the placing in quarantine of equidae which are                 Article 13.
         suspected of being infected with or contaminated by
         an infectious or contagious disease,                        Without prejudice to any special conditions which may be
     — in the case referred to in the fourth indent of               adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in
         paragraph 2, at the request of the consignor, the           Article 24, the competent authority of the Member State of
         consignees or their representative, the keeping of the      destination may, on animal health grounds, designate the
         equidae under supervision pending clearance of the          slaughterhouse to which equidae must be taken.
         certificate;
(b) the return of equidae which cannot be admitted
                                                                                                Article 19
      provided that this is not contrary to considerations of
      animal health.
                                                                     1.     The Commission, in accordance with the procedure
      Where it is not possible to return the equidae, the            laid down in Article 24, shall fix the general conditions to
      competent authority shall order their slaughter and            which frontier inspection posts for the importation of
      designate the place of slaughter;                              equidae must conform.
(c) slaughter and destruction of all equidae in the                  2.     The Member States shall draw up and communicate to
     consignment in question if the above-mentioned                  the Commission the lists of frontier inspection posts for the
     inspection shows evidence or suspicion of one of the            importation of equidae which conform to the conditions laid
     epizootic diseases on the list established in accordance        down under paragraph 1.
     with the procedure laid down in Article 24.
                                                                     3.     Veterinary experts shall verify that the facilities at the
4.     The certificate accompanying equidae on importation           inspection posts comply with the conditions laid down
must, following the animal health inspection, include a              pursuant to paragraph 1 and that inspections are carried out
statement clearly indicating whether the animals have been           in accordance with this Regulation.
admitted or refused entry.
                                                                     Detailed rules for the application of this paragraph shall be
                                                                     adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in
5.     While the equidae are being taken across Community            Article 24.
territory to the Member State of destination, the Member
States may implement the measures referred to in the first
                                                                     4.     All the expenditure incurred in connection with the
indent of paragraph 3 (a) and in paragraph 3 (c) if the
                                                                     application of paragraph 3 shall be borne by the
equidae are, or are suspected of being, infected with or
contaminated by an infectious or contagious disease.                 Community.
6.     Equidae which have obtained an import authorization
and the destination of which is not the Member State which                                      Article 20
carried out the inspection laid down in paragraph 1 must be
forwarded to the country of destination under customs                 1.    If an infectious or contagious animal disease likely to
supervision without being unloaded.                                  endanger the health of livestock in one of the Member States
                                                                     breaks out or spreads in a third country or if any other reason
                                                                     connected with animal health justifies it, the Member State
7.     Equidae which have satisfied the inspection prescribed        concerned or the Commission shall prohibit the importation
in paragraph 1 shall undergo any further inspections                 of equidae, whether imported directly or indirectly through
necessary in the Member State of destination in order to              another Member State, from either the whole of the third
verify whether the requirements of this Regulation, including        country or part of its territory.
the special conditions defined pursuant to Articles 13 and 16
have been complied with.                                              2.    Measures taken by the Member States under
                                                                     paragraph 1, and notice of the repeal of such measures, must
 8.    All expenditure incurred pursuant to this Article,             be communicated immediately to the other Member States
including the cost of the slaughter or destruction of animals,        and the Commission, together with the reasons therefor.
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3.     In accordance with the procedure laid down in                 representatives of the Member States within the Committee
Article 25, the measures referred to in paragraph 1 may be           shall be weighted in the manner set out in that Article. The
amended, in particular in order to ensure their coordination         chairman shall not vote.
with measures adopted by the other Member States, or may
be withdrawn.                                                        4.     The Commission shall adopt the measures envisaged if
                                                                     they are in accordance with the opinion of the
4.     If the situation envisaged in paragraph 1 arises and if it    Committee.
appears necessary that other Member States should also
apply the measures taken pursuant to that paragraph,                 5.     If the measures envisaged are not in accordance with
amended where necessary in accordance with paragraph 3,              the opinion of the Committee, or if no opinion is delivered,
appropriate provisions shall be adopted in accordance with           the Commission shall, without delay, submit to the Council a
the procedure laid down in Article 25.                               proposal relating to the measures to be taken. The Council
                                                                     shall act by a qualified majority.
5.     Resumption of importation from the third country
concerned shall be authorized in accordance with the                 If, on the expiry of a period of three months after the matter
procedure laid down in Article 25.                                   was referred to it, the Council has not acted, the proposed
                                                                     measures shall be adopted by the Commission.
                          CHAPTER IV                                                            Article 25
                         Final provisions                            1.     Where the procedure laid down in this Article is to be
                                                                     followed the provisions set out below shall apply.
                            Article 21
                                                                     2.     The representative of the Commission shall submit to
For the purposes of the Regulation, the territory of the             the Committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The
Benelux Economic Union shall be considered to be a single            Committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a
Member State.                                                        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
                            Article 22                               case of decisions which the Council is required to adopt on a
                                                                     proposal from the Commission. The votes of the
The provisions of this Regulation shall be reexamined before         representatives of the Member States within the Committee
31 December 1991 in the framework of the proposals                   shall be weighted in the manner set out in that Article. The
relating to the completion of the internal market.                   chairman shall not vote.
                                                                     3.     The Commission shall adopt the measures envisaged if
                            Article 23                               they are in accordance with the opinion of the
                                                                     Committee.
The Annexes to this Regulation shall be amended in
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 24.               4.     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
                            Article 24                               proposal relating to the measures to be taken. The Council
                                                                     shall act by a qualified majority.
1.     The Commission shall be assisted by the. Standing
Veterinary Committee (hereinafter 'the Committee') set up            5.     If, on the expiry of a period of 15 day after the matter
by Council Decision 68/361/EEC (*).                                  was referred to it, the Council has not acted, the proposed
                                                                     measures shall be adopted by the Commission.
2.     Where the procedure laid down in this Article is to be
followed the provisions set out below shall apply.
3.     The representative of the Commission shall submit to                                     Article 26
the Committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The
Committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a            This Regulation shall enter into force on the 30th day
time-limit which the chairman may lay down according to              following its publication in the Official Journal of the
the urgency of the matter. The opinion shall be delivered by         European Communities.
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        This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
proposal from the Commission. The votes of the                        applicable in all Member States.
(0 OJ No L 255, 18. 10. 1968, p. 23.
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                                                                    ANNEX        A
           The following diseases are compulsorily               notifiable:
           — dourine
           — glanders
           — equine encephalomyelitis (of all types)
           — infectious anaemia
           — rabies
           —    anthrax
                                                                     ANNEX B
                                                                      MODEL
                                                           HEALTH CERTIFICATE
                                         for trade in equidae between Member States of the EEC
                                                                     EQUIDAE
                                                                                                 No:
           Exporting country:
           Responsible Ministry:
           Responsible department:
             I. Number of equidae:
            II. Identification of equidae
                          Number of equidae                  Mare, stallion gelding, foal       Official marks, other marks or brands (')
                                                                                                No of identity pass(es)               (J)
           III. Origin and destination of animals
                The animals will be sent:
                from
                                                                       (Place of loading)
                to
                                                          (Member State and place of destination)
           (') An identity pass may be attached to this certificate providing its number is stated.
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                  Name and address of consignor:
                  Name and address of consignee:
            IV. Health information
                  I, the undersigned, certify that the equidae described above meet the following requirements:
                  a) they have today been examined, and show no clinical sign of disease;
                  b) they are not intended for slaughter under a national programme of contagious or infectious disease
                      eradication;
                  c) they have not been obtained from a holding which was subject to prohibition for animal health reasons nor
                      had contact with equidae from a holding which was subject to prohibition for animal health reasons for the
                      periods of time set out in Article 4 (5) (b) of Regulation (EEC);
                  d) to the best of my knowledge, they have not been in contact with equidae suffering from an infectious or
                      contagious disease in the 15 days prior to loading.
             V. This certificate is valid for 10 days.
                  Done at                                   on
                            J      Stamp
                            1                    I
                             \                 i                                                         (Signature)
                               \             /                                   (Name in block letters and title of signing veterinarian) (2)
            (2) 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-Districthoofd'; in Denmark 'Autoriseret Dyrlasge'; in Ireland 'Veterinary Inspector'; in the United Kingdom
                'Veterinary Inspector'; in Greece '              '; in Spain 'Inspector Veterinario' and in Portugal 'Inspector veterinario'.
            Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) on the zootechnical and genealogical conditions
                                                governing intra-Community trade in equidae
                                                                COM(89) 503 final
                                           (Submitted by the Commission on 30 October 1989)
                                                                    (89/C 327/13)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                           Whereas equidae, being live animals, are included in the list
                                                                                   of products in Annex II to the Treaty;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                                   Whereas in order to ensure the rational development of
                                                                                   equidae production, thereby increasing productivity in that
thereof,
                                                                                   sector, rules governing the marketing of equidae in
                                                                                   intra-Community trade must be laid down at Community
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                                 level;
                                                                                   Whereas the breeding and rearing of equidae and in
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,
                                                                                   particular of horses is generally included in the farming
                                                                                   sector; whereas it constitutes a source of income for part of
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social                            the farming population and should therefore be
Committee,                                                                         encouraged;