Council Directive of 26 June 1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine (64/432/EEC)

[F1 Article 5 U.K.

1. Bovine animals and swine covered by this Directive must be accompanied during transportation to destination by a health [F2 certificate conforming to either model 1 or 2 set out in Annex F as appropriate] . The certificate shall consist of a single sheet or, where more than one page is required, shall be in such a form that any two or more pages are part of an integrated whole and indivisible and shall contain a serial number. It shall be drawn up on the day of the health inspection, in one of the official languages of the country of destination at least. The certificate shall be valid for 10 days from the date of the health examination.

2. The health inspection for the issuing of the health certificate (including additional guarantees) for a consignment of animals may be carried out in the holding of origin or of an assembly centre. For this purpose the competent authority shall ensure that any health certificate is drawn up by the official veterinarian after inspections, visits and controls as provided by this Directive.

However as regards:

(a) animals coming from approved assembly centres, such certification shall be:

• (a) on the basis of an official document containing the necessary information completed by the official veterinarian for the holding of origin, or

• in the form of the [F2 certificate according to either model 1 or 2 in Annex F as appropriate with Sections A and B duly completed and certified by the official veterinarian for the holding of origin;

(b) animals coming from an approved holding which is participating in the surveillance network provided for in Article 14, such certification shall be:

• (b) on the basis of an official document containing the necessary information completed by the approved veterinarian for the holding of origin, or

• in the form of the certificate according to either model 1 or 2 in Annex F as appropriate] with Sections A and B duly completed and certified by the approved veterinarian for the holding of origin.

For this purpose, the official veterinarian will ensure where appropriate that the additional guarantees provided for in Community legislation are fulfilled.

3. The official veterinarian for the assembly centre shall carry out all necessary checks on animals arriving there.

4. The official veterinarian completing [F2 Section C of the certificate according to either model 1 or 2 in Annex F as appropriate] , shall ensure that the movement is registered on the Animo system on the day the certificate is issued.

5. The animals covered by this Directive may transit through an assembly centre which is located in one other Member State before being consigned to the Member State of destination. In this case, the [F2 certificate according to either model 1 or 2 in Annex F as appropriate] [F2 (including Section C)] must be completed by the official veterinarian responsible in the Member State where the animals originate. The official veterinarian responsible for the assembly centre of transit shall provide certification to the Member State of destination by completing a second [F2 certificate according to either model 1 or 2 in Annex F as appropriate] , endorsing it with the serial number of the original and attaching it to the original certificate or to an officially endorsed copy thereof. In this case the combined validity of the certificates shall not exceed that provided for in paragraph 1.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Council Directive 97/12/EC of 17 March 1997 amending and updating Directive 64/432/EEC on health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine.

F2 Substituted by Council Directive 98/99/EC of 14 December 1998 amending Directive 97/12/EC amending and updating Directive 64/432/EEC on health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine.