(17)For the sake of consistency, the model animal health certificates, animal health/official certificates and official certificates for the entry into the Union of consignments of certain live animals and animal products intended for human consumption should be drawn up on the basis of the standard model for the animal health certificates, official certificates and animal health/official certificates for the entry into the Union of live animals, products of animal origin, composite products, germinal products, animal by-products, sprouts for human consumption and seeds intended for the production of sprouts for human consumption set out in Chapter 3 of Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2235, and completed in accordance with the notes for the completion of certificates set out in Chapter 4 of that Annex. Detailed explanatory notes for the entry into the Union of consignments of certain categories of terrestrial animals and germinal products thereof are laid down in the model animal health certificates, animal health/official certificates and official certificates set out in Annex II of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/403note, and for aquatic animals and certain products of animal origin in the Annexes I, II or III to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2236note. Point (e) of Section 2 of Annex VII to the Agreement permits minor modifications to the format of the model certificate, and point (f) thereof provides that official health certificates do not need to include the explanatory notes providing guidance for their completion, nor the attestations that are irrelevant to the consignment.
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