ANNEX I Detailed rules on the operations to be carried out during physical checks on animals referred to in Article 4(3)

III. Sampling procedure of ungulates

1. Concerning consignments of ungulates, sampling with a view to checking compliance with the health requirements laid down in the accompanying official certificates or documents, or electronic equivalents, shall be undertaken as follows:
(a) At least 3 % of the consignments that have arrived each month at the border control post shall be subject to serological sampling, with the exception of registered horses as defined in Article 2(c) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/659, and shall be accompanied by an individual health certificate attesting compliance with the animal health requirements set out in that Implementing Regulation. At least 10 % of the animals in each consignment shall be sampled, with a minimum of four animals. Should the competent authority have reasons to suspect that this sampling is not conclusive, that percentage shall be increased and may reach the total number of animals in the consignment concerned.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/659 of 12 April 2018 on the conditions for the entry into the Union of live equidae and of semen, ova and embryos of equidae (OJ L 110, 30.4.2018, p. 1).
(b) Following a risk assessment by the official veterinarian or where provided for in ... legislation, the necessary samples may be taken from any animal in a consignment presented for official controls.
Word in Annex 1 s. 3(1)(b) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1481), regs. 1, 37(8) (with reg. 46)
(c) The necessary laboratory tests, performed with a view to verifying compliance with animal health requirements or, where appropriate, the existence of residues and contaminants, shall be carried out without delay.