PART IGENERAL RULES

TITLE 2GENERAL ANIMAL HEALTH REQUIREMENTS FOR ENTRY INTO THE UNION, AND MOVEMENT AND HANDLING AFTER THE ENTRY OF CONSIGNMENTS OF ANIMALS, GERMINAL PRODUCTS AND PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN

Article 6National legislation and animal health systems of the third country or territory of origin

1

Consignments of animals, germinal products and products of animal origin shall only be permitted to enter the Union from a third country or territory where:

a

any suspicion and confirmed case of a listed disease referred to in Annex I, relevant for the listed species of animals in the consignment or for the listed species of animals of origin of the germinal products or products of animal origin in the consignment authorised to enter the Union, are required by law to be notified and reported to the competent authority;

b

there are systems in place to detect emerging diseases;

c

there are systems in place to ensure that swill feeding is not a source of the listed diseases referred to in Annex I for:

  1. (i)

    the animals intended for entry into the Union;

    or

  2. (ii)

    the animals from which the germinal products intended for entry into the Union are obtained;

    or

  3. (iii)

    the animals from which the products of animal origin intended for entry into the Union are obtained.

2

Consignments of animals, germinal products and products of animal origin intended for entry into the Union shall only be permitted to enter the Union from a third country or territory or zone thereof where such consignments may be lawfully placed on the market and traded in that third country or territory of origin or zone thereof.