Regulation (EU) 2016/1012 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

Article 67 Amendments to Directive 90/425/EEC

Directive 90/425/EEC is amended as follows:

(1)

the title is replaced by the following:

‘Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary checks applicable in intra-Union trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market’;

(2)

in Article 1, the second paragraph is deleted;

(3)

Article 2 is amended follows:

(a)

point 2 is deleted;

(b)

point 6 is replaced by the following:

‘6.

“competent authority” shall mean the central authority of a Member State competent to carry out veterinary checks or any authority to which it has delegated that competence;’;

(4)

in Article 3(1), the second subparagraph of point (d) is replaced by the following:

‘Those certificates or documents, issued by the official veterinarian responsible for the holding, centre or organisation of origin must accompany the animals and products to their destination.’;

(5)

Article 4 is amended as follows:

(a)

in paragraph 1, point (a) is replaced by the following:

‘(a) the holders of livestock and products referred to in Article 1 comply with the national or Union health requirements referred to in this Directive at all stages of production and marketing;’;

(b)

paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:

‘3. Member States of dispatch shall take the appropriate measures to penalise any infringement of veterinary legislation by natural or legal persons where it is found that Union rules have been infringed, and in particular where it is found that certificates, documents or identification marks do not correspond to the status of the animals or to their holdings of origin or to the actual characteristics of the products.’;

(6)

Article 19 is deleted;

(7)

in Annex A, Chapter II is deleted.