Part II, Chapter 2, Section 2, Article 15 · Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/688

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Article 15Requirements for movements of kept ovine and caprine animals to other Member States#

2.Operators shall only move kept ovine animals to another Member State when in compliance with the requirements set out in paragraph 1 and they come from an establishment in which infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (M. bovis, M. caprae and M. tuberculosis) has not been reported during the last 42 days prior to departure.

3.Operators shall only move kept caprine animals to another Member State when in compliance with the requirements set out in paragraph 1 and they come from an establishment in which surveillance for infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (M. bovis, M. caprae and M. tuberculosis) has been carried out on the caprine animals kept on the establishment in accordance with point 1 and point 2 of Part 1 of Annex II during at least the last 12 months prior to departure, and during this period

(i)only caprine animals from establishments applying the measures provided for in this paragraph have been introduced in the establishment referred to in paragraph 1(a);

(ii)in case infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (M. bovis, M. caprae and M. tuberculosis) has been reported in caprine animals kept on the establishment, measures were taken in accordance with Part 1(3) of Annex II.

4.Operators shall only move kept uncastrated male ovine animals to another Member State when in compliance with the requirements set out in paragraph 1 and 2 and provided that the following requirements are fulfilled:

(a)the animals come from an establishment in which ovine epididymitis (Brucella ovis) has not been reported during the last 12 months prior to departure;

(b)the animals have been subjected to a serological test for ovine epididymitis (Brucella ovis), carried out, with negative results, on a sample taken during the last 30 days prior to departure.

5.The provisions of paragraph 1 to 4 shall not apply to kept ovine and caprine animals intended for slaughter as referred to in Article 18.

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animal act
means any act featuring animals kept for the purpose of an exhibition or fair, and which may form part of a circus;
approved eradication programme
means a disease eradication programme implemented in a Member State or zone thereof as approved by the Commission in accordance with Article 31(3) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429;
approved quarantine establishment
means an establishment granted the approval in accordance with Article 14 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2035;
bovine animal
means an animal of the species of ungulates belonging to the genera Bison, Bos (including the subgenera Bos, Bibos, Novibos, Poephagus) and Bubalus (including the subgenus Anoa) and the offspring of crossings of those species;
breeding poultry
means poultry 72 hours old or more, intended for the production of hatching eggs;
bumble bee
means an animal of the species belonging to the genus Bombus;
camelid animal
means an animal of the species of ungulates belonging to the family Camelidae listed in Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2016/429;
caprine animal
means an animal of the species of ungulates belonging to the genus Capra and the offspring of crossings of those species;
cat
means a kept animal of the Felis silvestris species;
cervid animal
means an animal of the species of ungulates belonging to the family Cervidae listed in Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2016/429;
container
means any crate, box, receptacle or other rigid structure used for the transport of animals or eggs which is not the means of transport;
day-old chicks
means all poultry less than 72 hours old;
dog
means a kept animal of the Canis lupus species;
environmentally isolated production establishment
means an establishment where its structures together with its strict biosecurity measures, ensure an effective isolation of the production of animals from the associated facilities and from the environment;
equine animal
means an animal of species of solipeds belonging to the genus Equus (including horses, asses, and zebras) and the offspring of crossings of those species;
ferret
means a kept animal of the Mustela putorius furo species;
flock
means all poultry or captive birds of the same health status kept on the same premises or in the same enclosure and constituting a single epidemiological unit;
honeybee
means an animal of the Apis mellifera species;
means of transport
means road or rail vehicle, vessels and aircrafts;
other carnivores
means animals of the species belonging to the order Carnivora other than dogs, cats and ferrets;
other kept ungulates
means kept ungulates other than bovine, ovine, caprine, porcine, equine, camelid and cervid animals;
ovine animal
means an animal of the species of ungulates belonging to the genus Ovis and the offspring of crossings of those species;
porcine animal
means an animal of the species of ungulates belonging to the family Suidae listed in Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2016/429;
primates
means animals of the species belonging to the order Primates excluding humans;
productive poultry
means poultry 72 hours old or more, reared for the production of meat, eggs for consumption or other products or for restocking supplies of game birds;
racing pigeon
means any pigeon transported or intended for transport from its pigeon house to another Member State in order to be released to fly back to the Member State of origin;
registered equine animal
means:
specified pathogen-free eggs
means hatching eggs derived from ‘chicken flocks free from specified pathogens’, as described in the European Pharmacopoeia and which are intended solely for diagnostic, research or pharmaceutical use;
travelling circus
means an exhibition or fair that includes animals or animal acts which is intended to move between Member States;
vector protected establishment
means part or all facilities of an establishment that are protected against attacks from Culicoides by appropriate physical and management means, with a status of vector protected establishment granted by the competent authority in accordance with Article 44 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/689.
vector-free period
means in a defined area the period of inactivity of Culicoides determined in accordance with Section 5 of Chapter 1 of Part II of Annex V to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/689.