Article 1
1.Member States shall authorise the transit of equidae being transported through the territories listed in Annex I to Directive 97/78/EC from a third country, territory or part thereof to another, or to the same, third country, territory or part thereof provided that the equidae:
(a)come from a third country, territory or part thereof from which the temporary admission or imports of registered horses are authorised as indicated respectively in columns 6 or 8 of Annex I to Decision 2004/211/EC;
(b)are accompanied by an individual certificate entitled ‘Animal health certificate for the transit of equidae’ as provided for in paragraph 2.
2.The animal health certificate for the transit of equidae shall comprise:
(a)Sections I, II and III of the appropriate specimen animal health certificate set out in Annex II to Decision 92/260/EEC, except the requirements for equine viral arteritis in point (e)(v) of Section III, corresponding to the sanitary group to which the third country, territory or part thereof of dispatch is assigned in accordance with the indication in column 5 of Annex I to Decision 2004/211/EC; and
(b)in addition to the requirements of point (a), the following Sections IV and V:
‘IV.Equidae coming from: …
(Insert third country/territory of dispatch)
and proceeding to: …
(Insert third country/territory of destination)
V.Stamp and signature of the official veterinarian: …’
3.In the case of registered horses, by way of derogation from point 2(a), the list of third countries in the third indent of point (d) of Section III of the specimen animal health certificates A to E set out in Annex II to Decision 92/260/EEC shall be replaced by the list of third countries, territories or parts thereof assigned to sanitary groups A to E in column 5 of Annex I to Decision 2004/211/EC.