Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 (repealed)Show full title

Section 2 Horses for slaughter

Article 305

1. The release for free circulation of horses intended for slaughter falling within CN code 0101 19 10 shall be subject to the following conditions:

(a) provision of a security covering the customs debt liable to be incurred, in accordance with Article 208 of the Code; and

(b) identification of each horse, at the time of release for free circulation to the satisfaction of the customs office, by a clearly legible mark resulting from the removal of hair, by means of scissors or otherwise, from the left shoulder, comprising the mark X to indicate that the horse is intended for slaughter and a number to enable the horse to be identified from the time of release for free circulation to the time of slaughter.

2. The details of the marking shall be shown in the declaration for release of the horses for free circulation. A copy of the declaration shall accompany the horses and shall reach the authority referred to in Article 308 (1).

3. The declarant's obligations are those referred to in Article 293.

Article 306

1. After being released for free circulation, horses shall be taken direct, by means of transport duly sealed by the customs office (without prejudice to any national provisions concerning the breaking and replacement of seals in cases of emergency), to a slaughterhouse recognized by the customs authorities, to be slaughtered.

2. On arrival at the slaughterhouse, the vehicle shall be unsealed and the horses unloaded in the presence of the competent authority.

3. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply when the customs office where release was granted is in the slaughterhouse, if the horses are immediately taken into the charge of the authority referred to in Article 308 (1).

Moreover, when the customs office where release was granted is in the immediate vicinity of the slaughterhouse, the customs authorities, instead of using seals, may take appropriate supervisory measures to ensure that the horses are transferred directly to the slaughterhouse and are taken into the charge of the authority referred to in Article 308 (1).

Article 307

If a horse cannot be identified on arrival at the slaughterhouse, or if Article 306 has not been complied with, the competent authority shall immediately inform the competent customs office, which shall take the necessary measures.

Article 308

1. Proof that the horses have been slaughtered shall be supplied in the form either of a certificate issued by the authority empowered to do so or of an endorsement added by that authority to the copy of the declaration referred to in Article 305 (2), establishing that the slaughtered animals are those referred to in the declaration for free circulation.

2. Within 30 days of the date of acceptance of the declaration for free circulation, proof of slaughter must reach the customs office where the said declaration was presented, either directly from the authority referred to in paragraph 1 or via the declarant, in accordance with the decision of the Member State concerned.