Box reference I.6Indicate the name and address, country and ISO country code, of the natural or legal person in the Member State in charge of the consignment when presented at the Border Control Post (BCP) who makes the necessary declarations to the competent authorities as the importer or on behalf of the importer in case of import, or on behalf of the transporter in case of transit.This operator may be the same as indicated in box I.5.For animal products in transit through the Union to a third country: this box is compulsory.For certain animals: this box is compulsory, if required by the relevant Union legislation.For animals and animal products for the placing on the market: this box is optional.Box reference I.8‘Region of origin’: Enter, if applicable, otherwise cross out. For live animals or animal products affected by the regionalisation measures in accordance with Union legislation: Indicate the code(s) of the approved regions, zones or compartments as published in the Official Journal of the European Union.Box reference I.12In the case of transit, complete only if the goods are being stored: Indicate the name and address and the approval or registration number of the warehouse in a free zone, the customs warehouse or the ship supplier.Box reference I.14For live animals: Indicate the date and the time at which the animals are scheduled to leave in their means of transport (aircraft, vessel, railway or road vehicle).For animal products: Indicate the date of departure of the means of transport (aircraft, vessel, railway or road vehicle).Box reference I.18Complete only in the case of animal products. Indicate the category of required temperature during transport of the animal products (ambient, chilled, frozen).Box reference I.19Where applicable, indicate the container number and seal number (more than one possible).The container number shall be provided if the live animals or animal products are transported in closed containers.Only the official seal number shall be stated. An official seal shall be applied if a seal is affixed to the container, truck or rail wagon under the supervision of the competent authority issuing the health certificate.Box reference I.20Select the purpose of the movement of live animals or intended use of animal products or the category as specified in the relevant Union legislation (the available options will vary in accordance with the specific certificate in the relevant Union legislation).Box reference I.21Tick this box for the transit of live animals or animal products through the Union from one third country to another third country or from one part of a third country to another part of the same third country.Indicate the name and ISO country code of the third country of destination.Box reference I.22Tick this box where consignments are intended to be placed on the Union market.Box reference I.23Tick only in the case of of registered equine animals intended for competition or races, or invited for specific cultural events, and authorised for re-entering the Union after their temporary export.Box reference I.27‘CN code’: Indicate the appropriate Harmonised System (HS) code(s) of the World Customs Organisation as referred to in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87note. This customs description shall be supplemented, if necessary, by an additional information required to classify the animals or the products in veterinary terms. In addition, state any specific requirements relating to the animals or to the nature/processing of the products as laid down in the relevant Union legislation.For live animals: Indicate the species, the category, the identification number, the age, the sex, the quantity or net weight, and the test if required.For semen, oocytes or embryos intended for artificial reproduction: Indicate the type (semen, in vivo derived embryos, in vivo derived oocytes, in vitro produced embryos or micromanipulated embryos), the collection or production date, the approval number of the establishment of collection or production (semen collection centre, embryo collection or production team, germinal product processing establishment, germinal product storage centre or confined establishment), the identification mark on the straw or other packaging, the quantity, the species, the subspecies (for animals from confined establishments, if needed) and identification number of the donor animal(s).For animal products: Indicate the species, the type of treatment, the nature of commodity, the approval number of establishment(s), when applicable, togehther with ISO country code (such as slaughterhouse, manufacturing plant, cold store), the number of packages, the type of packages, the batch number, the net weight (the available options will vary in accordance with the specific model animal health, animal health/offcial or offcial certificate set out in the relevant Union legislation). Tick ‘final consumer’ where products are packaged for final consumers. Those products may, in accordance with the entry ‘Re-exports of imported animal products’ of Chapter 27 of Annex V to Decision 97/132/EC, come from establishments located in third countries other than New Zealand or in European Union Member States.
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