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VETERINARY SERVICES ACT, 2001 (ACT NO. XXIII OF 2001)Veterinary and Zootechnical Checks applicable in Trade with Member States in certain Live Animals and Products Regulations, 2003
IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 15(1)(3), (4) and (5) of the Veterinary Services Act, 2001, the Minister for Rural Affairs and the Environment has made the following regulations:-
Title, scope and commencement1. (1) The title of these regulations is the Veterinary and Zootechnical Checks applicable in Trade with Member States in certain Live Animals and Products Regulations, 2003.(2) The scope of these regulations is to implement the provisions of European Union Council Directive 90/425/EEC concerning veterinary
and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of
the internal market.
(3) Veterinary checks to be carried out on live animals and products which are covered by the European Community legislation listed
in Schedule A, or on those referred to in the first paragraph of regulation 16 and which are intended for trade with Member States
are no longer carried out, without prejudice to regulation 7, at frontiers but are carried out in accordance with these regulations.
Furthermore checks on zootechnical documents are subject to the control rules laid down by these regulations.
These regulations shall not affect checks carried out as part of tasks conducted in a non-discriminatory manner by authorities responsible
for the general application of laws in the territory of Malta.
These regulations shall not apply to veterinary checks on movements between Member States of pets accompanied by and under
the responsibility of a natural person, where such movements are not the subject of a commercial transaction.
(1) “Centre or organisation” shall mean any undertaking which produces, stores, processes or handles the products referred to
in regulation 1;
(2) “Competent authority” shall mean the central authority of a Member State competent to carry out veterinary or zootechnical
checks or any authority to which it has delegated that competence; for the territory of Malta, the competent authority is represented
by the Veterinary Services;
(3) “Holding” shall mean an agricultural establishment or premises of a dealer, as defined by the national rules in force, situated
in the territory of Malta and in which the animals referred to in Schedules A and B, with the exception of equidae, are held or regularly
kept and the holding as defined in article 2 (a) of European Union Council Directive 90/426/EEC on animal health conditions governing
the movement and import from third countries of live equidae;
(4) “Official veterinarian” shall mean the veterinarian appointed by the competent authority;
(5) “Trade” shall mean exchanges between the territory of Malta and a
Member State;
(6) “Veterinary check” shall mean any physical check and, or administrative formality which applies to the animals or products
referred to in regulation 1 and which is intended for the protection, direct or otherwise, of public or animal health;
(7) “Zootechnical check” shall mean any physical and, or administrative formality which applies to the animals covered
by the regulations mentioned in section II of Schedule A and which is intended for the direct or indirect improvement of the
breeds;
Furthermore, for the purposes of these regulations “trading partner” as referred in article 2 of the Veterinary Services Act shall
mean -
(a) Member States of the European Community; (b) Third countries to the European Community;
where relevant.
(a) the animals and products referred to in Schedule A must satisfy the requirements of the relevant Community legislation listed
in the said Schedule and the animals and products referred to in Schedule B must fulfil the animal health requirements of the Member
State of destination;
(b) they must come from holdings, centres or organisations which are subject to regular official veterinary checks in accordance with
sub-regulation (3);
(c) they must, on the one hand, be identified in accordance with the requirements of European Community rules and, be
registered in such a way that the original or transit holding, centre or organisation can be traced. Veterinary Services must
take appropriate measures to guarantee that the identification and registration systems applicable to intra-Community trade
are extended to the movement of animals within the territory of Malta;
(d) they must, when transported, be accompanied by health certificates and, or any other documents as provided for in the European
Community legislation referred to in Schedule A and, for the other animals and products, by the rules of the Member State of destination;
Those certificates or documents, issued by the official veterinarian responsible for the holding, centre or organisation of origin
and, in the case of documents required by the zootechnical legislation referred to in section II of Schedule A, by the competent
authority, must accompany the animal, animals and products to its or their destinations;
(e) susceptible animals, or products of susceptible animals, must not originate
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(i) from holdings, centres or organisations, areas or regions which are subject to restrictions determined in accordance with European
Community rules, where applicable, for the animals concerned or products from the animals concerned because of the suspicion,
outbreak or existence of a disease referred to in Schedule C or because of the application of safeguard measures;
(ii) from a holding, centre, organisation, area or region which is the subject of official restrictions because of the suspicion,
outbreak or existence of a disease other than those referred to in Schedule C or of the application of safeguard measures;
(iii) in cases where they are intended for holdings, centres or organisations situated in the Member States which have obtained the
guarantees pursuant to article 9 of European Union Council Directive
64/432/EEC or other equivalent European Community rules which have been or will be adopted or in a State recognised, by Community
legislation as free, in all or part of its territory, of a disease, from a holding which does not provide the guarantees which may
be required by that Member State with respect to diseases other than those listed in Schedule C;
(iv) when they are intended for a Member State or part of the territory of a Member State which has benefited from the guarantees
pursuant to article 9 of European Union Council Directive 64/432/EEC or other equivalent European Community rules which have been
or will be adopted, from a holding, centre or organisation and, should the case
arise, from a part of the territory which does not offer the additional guarantees provided for.
The Veterinary Services shall ensure, before issuing the certificate or accompanying document, that the holdings, centres or organisations
comply with the requirements provided for in this point;
(f) where the transport operation involves several places of destination, animals and products must be grouped together in
as many consignments as there are places of destination. Each consignment must be accompanied by the certificates and/or documents
referred to in sub-paragraph (d);
(g) where animals and products covered by the European Community legislation referred to in Schedule A which comply with
European Community rules are intended for export to a third country through the territory of a Member State, the transport operation
must except in cases of urgent need duly authorised by the Veterinary Services in order to ensure the welfare of the animals remain
under customs supervision up to the point of exit from European Community territory, in accordance with detailed arrangements to
be drawn up in accordance with requirements of European Community and under the procedure laid down in the Veterinary Services Act,
article 15. Moreover, in the cases of animals and products not complying with European Community rules or animals and products referred
to in Schedule B, transit may take place only if it has been expressly authorised by the competent authority of the Member State
of transit.
(2) In the territory of Malta, the competent authority shall ensure that –
(a) the animals and products referred to in regulation 1 which might have to be slaughtered under a national program for the eradication
of diseases not referred to in Schedule C are not dispatched to the territory of a Member State;
(b) the animals and products referred to in Schedule A or the animals and products referred to in Schedule B are not dispatched to
the territory of a Member State if they cannot be marketed on their own territory for health or animal health reasons justified by
the Treaty.
(3) Without prejudice to the monitoring duties assigned to the official veterinarian under European Community legislation, the competent
authority shall carry out checks on holdings, approved markets and assembly centres, centres or organisations in order to satisfy
itself that animals and products intended for trade comply with European Community requirements for trade and in particular fulfil
the conditions laid down in sub-regulation (1) (c) and (d) with regard to identification.
Where there are grounds for suspecting that these requirements are not being met, the competent authority shall carry out the necessary
checks and, if the suspicion is confirmed, take the appropriate measures, which may include isolation of the holding, centre or organisation
concerned.
(4) Detailed rules for the application of this regulation, in particular to take account of the species concerned, may be adopted
in accordance with requirements of
the European Community and under the procedure laid down in the Veterinary
Services Act, article 15.
Services shall take the necessary measures to ensure that -
(a) the holders of livestock and products referred to in regulation 1 comply with the national or European Community health or zootechnical
requirements referred to in these regulations at all stages of production and marketing;
(b) the animals and products referred to in Schedule A are checked at least as carefully, from a veterinary viewpoint, as if
they were intended for the national market, unless specifically provided otherwise by European Community rules;
(c) animals are transported in suitable means of transport which satisfy hygiene rules.
(2) The Veterinary Services which issued the certificate or document accompanying the animals and products shall communicate, on the
day on which they were issued and by means of the computerised system ANIMO, to the central competent authority of the Member
State of destination and to the competent authority of the place of destination, the necessary data which are requested by
this European Community information system.
(3) Appropriate measures to penalise any infringement of veterinary or zootechnical legislation by natural or legal persons where
it is found that European Community 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, according to the procedures laid down in accordance with the procedure laid down in Part IX of the Veterinary Services
Act.
(a) the Veterinary Services may, at the places of destination of animals and products, establish by means of non-discriminatory veterinary
spot checks that the requirements of animal health and public health Member States’ legislation corresponding to article 3 of European
Union Council Directive 90/425/EEC have been complied with; it may take samples at the same time.
Furthermore, checks may also be carried out during the transport of animals and products in the territory of Malta where in transit
or at destination, the Veterinary Services have information leading it to suspect an infringement;
(b) furthermore, where the animals referred to in regulation 1 and originating in a Member State are intended -
(i) for an approved market or assembly centre as defined by European Community rules, the operator thereof shall be responsible for
the admission of animals not meeting the requirements of animal health and public health Member States legislation corresponding
to regulation 3(1) concerning conditions to be followed by animals and products to be the subject of trade. The Veterinary
Services must check, by means of non-discriminatory inspections of the certificates or documents accompanying the animals, that
the animals meet the said requirements;
(ii) for a slaughterhouse placed under the supervision of an official veterinarian, the latter must ensure, in particular on the basis
of the certificate or accompanying document, that only animals that meet the requirements of animal health and public health Member
States’ legislation corresponding to regulation 3(1) are slaughtered.
The operator of the slaughterhouse shall be responsible for slaughtering animals which do not meet the requirements
of animal health and public health Member States legislation corresponding to regulation 3(1)(c) and (d) concerning the identification
and registration of animals and products and the accompanying certificates or documents;
(iii) for a registered dealer who divides up the consignments or for any establishment not subject to permanent supervision, such
dealer or establishment shall be regarded by the Veterinary Services as the consignee of the animals and the conditions laid down
in the second subparagraph shall apply;
(iv) for holdings, centres or organisations including, where the consignment is partly unloaded during transport, each animal or group
of animals must be accompanied, in accordance with regulation 3, by the original of the health certificate or accompanying document
until it reaches the consignee mentioned therein.
The consignees referred to in points (iii) and (iv) above must, before the consignment is divided up or subsequently marketed,
check that the identification marks, certificates or documents referred to in article 3(1)(c) and (d) of European Union Council
Directive 90/425/EEC, notify the Veterinary Services of any irregularity or anomaly and, in the latter case, isolate the animals
in question until the competent authority has taken a decision regarding them.
The guarantees which must be furnished by the consignees referred to in points (iii)
and (iv) above shall be specified in an agreement with the Veterinary Services to be
signed at the time of the prior registration provided for in regulation 13. The Veterinary Services shall carry out random
checks to verify compliance with those guarantees.
This point shall apply mutatis mutandis to consignees of the products referred to in regulation 1.
(2) All the consignees appearing on the certificate or document provided for in regulation 3(1)(d):
(a) must, at the request of the Veterinary Services and to the extent necessary to carry out the checks referred to in sub-regulation
(1), report in advance the arrival of animals and products from Member States and, in particular, the nature of the consignment and
the anticipated arrival date.
However, the time limit for notification shall as a general rule not be more than one day; nevertheless, in exceptional circumstances,
Veterinary Services may require two days' advance notification.
This notification is not required for registered horses bearing an identification document provided for by European Union Council
Directive 90/427/EEC;
(b) shall keep for a period of not less than six months, to be specified by the Veterinary Services, the health certificates or documents
referred to in regulation 3, for presentation to the competent authority should the latter so request.
(3) The detailed rules for implementing this regulation shall be adopted in accordance with requirements of the European Community
and according to the procedure laid down in the Veterinary Services Act, article 15.
(2) A quarantine station may be used if this is justified from a veterinary viewpoint. Such station shall be regarded as the place
of destination of the consignment. The Veterinary Services shall notify the European Commission of the grounds on which such action
is being taken.
(3) Obligations relating to quarantine and the location of the latter shall be specified in the veterinary requirements referred to
in the second subparagraph of regulation 16.
(a) certificates or documents accompanying the animals and products are checked;
(b) European Community animals and products shall be subject to the control rules laid down in regulation 5;
(c) products from third countries shall be subject to the rules laid down in
European Union Council Directive 97/78/EC;
(d) animals from third countries shall be subject to the rules laid down in
European Union Council Directive 91/496/EEC.
(2) However, by way of derogation from sub-regulation (1), all animals or products transported by means of transport providing
a regular and direct link between the territory of Malta and geographical points of the European Community shall be subject
to the rules for control provided for in regulation 5.
(a) the presence of agents responsible for a disease referred to in European Union Council Directive 82/894/EEC, as last amended by
European Union Commission Decision 90/134/EEC and in the Second Schedule to the Veterinary Services Act, a zoonosis or disease,
or any cause likely to constitute a serious hazard to animals or humans, or that the products come from a region contaminated
by an epizootic disease, they shall order that the animal or consignment of animals be put in quarantine at the nearest
quarantine station or slaughtered and, or destroyed.
Costs relating to the measures provided for in the first subparagraph shall be borne by the consignor or his representative or the
person responsible for the products or animals.
The Veterinary Services shall immediately notify the competent authorities of the other Member States and the European Commission
in writing, by the most appropriate means, of the findings arrived at, the decisions taken and the
reasons for such decisions. The protective measures provided for in regulation
11 may be applied.
(b) that, without prejudice to point (a), the animals and products which do not meet the conditions laid down by European Community
legislation or, in case of guarantees obtained pursuant to article 9 of European Union Council Directive 64/432/EEC or equivalent
Community rules which have been or will be adopted, by national animal health rules, they may, provided that public or animal health
considerations so permit, give the consignor or his representative the choice of -
- maintenance of the animals and products under supervision until compliance with rules is confirmed where residues are present, and,
in the event of failure to comply with those rules, application of the measures provided for by European Community legislation,
- slaughtering of the animals or the destruction of the products, return of the animal or consignment, with the authorisation of the
competent authority of the Member State of dispatch and prior notification of the Member State(s) of transit.
However, if the certificate or documents are found to contain irregularities, the owner or his representative must be granted a period
of grace before recourse is had to this last possibility.
(2) In accordance with European Community rules and the procedure laid down in the Veterinary Services Act, article 15, the list of
the diseases referred to in sub-regulation (1) drawn up by the European Commission may be published and detailed rules for the application
of this regulation may be adopted in accordance with requirements of the European Community and according to the procedure laid down
in the Veterinary Services Act, article 15.
If the Veterinary Services fears that such measures are inadequate, they shall, with the competent authority of the Member State
of origin seek ways and means of remedying the situation; if appropriate, this may involve an on-the-spot inspection.
Where the checks provided for in regulation 8 show repeated irregularities, the Veterinary Services shall inform the European Commission
and the competent authorities of the other Member States.
The Veterinary Services of the territory of Malta may, for its part, intensify checks on animals coming from the same holding, centre,
organisation, approved market or assembly centre or region. In the context of the first paragraph to this sub-regulation,
and in the case where Malta is the Member State of dispatch the Veterinary Services must apply the measures foreseen for the Member
State of dispatch.
(2) Except in cases provided for in sub-regulation (4) to this regulation, rights of appeal existing under the laws in force in the
territory of Malta against decisions by the Veterinary Services shall not be affected by these regulations.
Decisions taken by the Veterinary Services and the reasons for such decisions shall be notified to the consignor or his representative
and to the competent authority of the Member State of dispatch.
If the consignor or his representative so requests, the said decisions and reasons shall be forwarded to him in writing with details
of the rights of appeal which are available to him under the law in force in the territory of Malta and of the procedure and time
limits applicable.
However, in the event of a dispute, the Veterinary Services may, if the competent authority of the Member State of origin so agrees,
within a maximum period of one month, submit the dispute for the assessment of an expert whose name appears on a list of European
Community experts;
Such experts shall issue their opinions within not more than 72 hours or after receiving the results of any analysis.
The Veterinary Services shall abide by the expert's opinion, with due regard for European Community veterinary legislation.
(3) The costs of returning the consignment, holding or isolating the animals or, if appropriate, slaughtering or destroying them shall
be borne by the consignor, his representative or the person responsible for the animals or products.
(4) The detailed rules for the application of this regulation shall be adopted in accordance with requirements of European Community
and in accordance with the procedure laid down in the Veterinary Services Act, article 15.
(a) The presence of agents responsible for a disease referred to in the Second Schedule to the Veterinary Services Act, a zoonosis
or disease, or any cause likely to constitute a serious hazard to animals or humans, or that the products coming from the territory
of Malta are contaminated by an epizootic disease;
(b) That, without prejudice to sub-regulation (1)(a), the animals and products do not meet the conditions laid down by Community Directives
or, where the Member State obtains additional guarantees which have been or will be adopted, by national animal health rules, the
Veterinary Services shall take all necessary measures and notify the competent authority of the Member State of the nature of the
checks carried out, the decisions taken and the reasons for such decisions.
If the competent authority of the Member State of destination fears that such measures are inadequate, the Veterinary Services and
the competent authority of the Member State shall together seek ways and means of remedying the situation; if appropriate, this may
involve an on-the-spot inspection.
At the request of the competent authority of the Member State of destination – (i) inspectors may be sent by the European Commission;
(ii) or an official veterinarian, who is acceptable to the various parties concerned, may be instructed to check the facts on the
spot;
(iii) the Veterinary Services may be requested to intensify checks on the holding, the centre, the organisation, the approved market
or assembly centre on the territory of Malta.
Pending the Member State's findings, the Veterinary Services must intensify checks on animals and products coming from the holding,
centre, organisation, approved market or assembly centre on the territory of Malta, and if there are serious public or animal health
grounds, suspend issue of any certificates or movement
(2) In the event of a dispute, the Veterinary Services concerned may, if the competent authority of the Member State of destination
so agrees, within a maximum period of one month, submit the dispute for the assessment of an expert whose name appears on a list
of European Community experts
Such experts shall issue their opinions within not more than 72 hours or after receiving the results of any analyses.
The Veterinary Services shall abide by the expert's opinion, with due regard for corresponding veterinary legislation.
(3) The costs of returning the consignment, holding or isolating the animals or, if appropriate, slaughtering or destroying them shall
be borne by the consignor, his representative or the person responsible for the animals or products.
(4) The detailed rules for the application of this regulation shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in article
15 (4) of the Veterinary Services Act.
Act, of any zoonoses, diseases or other cause likely to constitute a serious hazard to animals or to human health.
The Veterinary Services shall immediately implement the control or precautionary measures provided for in European Community rules
following the provisions laid down in the Veterinary Services Act, article 5, in particular the determination of the buffer zones
provided for in those rules, or adopt any other measure which it deems appropriate.
When, in the course of a check referred to in regulation 5, the Veterinary Services has established the existence of one of the diseases
or causes referred to in the first subparagraph, they may, if necessary, take the precautionary measures provided for in European
Community rules following the provisions laid down in the Veterinary Services Act, article 15 (5), including the quarantining of
the animals.
Pending the measures to be taken by the European Commission, the Veterinary Services may, on serious public or animal health grounds,
take interim protective measures with regard to the holdings, centres or organisations concerned or, in the case of an epizootic
disease, with regard to the buffer zone provided for in European Community rules, following the provisions laid down in the Veterinary
Services Act, article 5.
The measures taken shall be notified to the European Commission and to the Member
States without delay.
(2) (a) At the request of the Member State referred to in the first sub-paragraph of sub-regulation (1) to this regulation or on the
initiative of the European Commission, one or more Commission representatives may go at once to the place concerned to examine, in
collaboration with the competent authorities, what measures have been taken, and shall issue an opinion on those measures.
(b) Where, following the circumstances detailed in this regulation or in case of an equivalent situation appearing in another
Member State, necessary measures are adopted by the European Commission for the animals and products referred to in regulation
1 and, if the situation so requires, for the products derived from those animals, the requested measures are immediately implemented
by the Veterinary Services of the territory of Malta. If necessary, detailed rules for their application shall be adopted in accordance
with requirements of European Community and in accordance with the procedure laid down in the Veterinary Services Act, article 15.
(3) Detailed rules for the application of this regulation, and in particular the list of zoonoses or causes likely to constitute a
serious hazard to human health, shall be adopted in accordance with requirements of the European Community and in accordance with
the procedure laid down in the Veterinary Services Act, article 15.
(a) are required, at the request of the Veterinary Services, to register beforehand in an official register;
(b) keep a record of deliveries and, for the consignees referred to in regulation
5 (1) (b) (iii), of the subsequent destination of the animals and products. The said record shall be preserved for a period to be
determined by the Director of the Veterinary Services so that it can be presented to the Veterinary Services on request.
(a) carry out inspections of holdings, installations, means of transport and processes used for the marking and identification of
animals;
(b) check, as regards the products listed in Schedule A, that the personnel are complying with the requirements laid down in the texts
referred to in that Schedule;
(c) take samples from –
(i) animals held with a view to being sold, put on the market or transported;
(ii) products held with a view to being stored or sold, put on the market or transported;
(d) examine documentary or data processing material relevant to the checks carried out further to the measures taken under these regulations.
Veterinary Services must require the holdings, centres or organisations being checked to afford the collaboration necessary for the
performance of the aforementioned tasks.
(2) Details concerning the financial contribution, and those necessary for the implementation of this program, shall be adopted in accordance with requirements of European Community and according to the procedure laid down in article 15 of the Veterinary Services Act.
Trade in animals and products listed in Schedule B16. Trade in the animals and products listed in Schedule B shall, pending the adoption of European Community rules, and without prejudice to the maintenance of any national rules laid down for the identification of batches, be subject to the control rules laid down by European Community legislation, in particular those mentioned in the second part of the sentence of regulation 3 (1) (a).Veterinary Services shall communicate to the European Commission and the Member States the conditions and procedures applicable to
trade in the animals and products referred to in the first paragraph.
The control rules provided for the animals and products referred to in Schedule A shall be extended to the animals and products of
animal origin not yet covered by this Schedule when rules harmonised governing trade therein, are adopted.
European Union Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June 1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals
and swine (OJ 121
29.07.64 p.1977).
European Union Council Directive 88/407/EEC of 14 June 1988 laying down the animal health requirements applicable to intra-Community
trade in and imports of deep-frozen semen of domestic animals of the bovine species (OJ L 194 22.07.88 p.10).
European Union Council Directive 89/556/EEC of 25 September 1989 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in and
importation from third countries of embryos of domestic animals of the bovine species (OJ L 302 19.10.89 p.1).
European Union Council Directive 90/426/EEC of 26 June 1990 on animal health conditions governing the movement and import from third
countries of equidae (OJ L
224 18.08.90 p.42).
European Union Council Directive 90/429/EEC of 26 June 1990 laying down the animal health requirements applicable to intra-Community
trade in and imports of semen of domestic animals of the porcine species (OJ L 224 18.08.90).
European Union Council Directive 90/539/EEC of 15 October 1990 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in, and
imports from third countries of, poultry and hatching eggs (OJ L 303 31.10.90 p.6).
European Union Council Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 October 2002, laying down the
health rules concerning animals by-products not intended for human consumption (OJ L 273 10.10.2002 p.
1).
European Union Council Directive 91/67/EEC of 28 January 1991 concerning the animal health conditions governing the placing on the
market of aquaculture animals and products (OJ L 046 19.02.91 p.1).
European Union Council Directive 91/68/EEC of 28 January 1991 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in ovine
and caprine animals (OJ L 046
19.02.91 p.19).
European Union Council Directive 91/628/EEC of 19 November 1991 on the protection of animals during transport and amending
Directives 90/425/EEC and
91/496/EEC (OJ No L 340,11.12. 1991, p. 17).
European Union Council Directive 92/65/EEC of 13 July 1992 laying down animal health requirements governing trade in and imports into the Community of animals, semen, ova and embryos not subject to animal health requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A (I) to European Union Council Directive 90/425/EEC (OJ L 268 14.09.92 p.54)
(b) (Corresponding to the Veterinary Services Act, articles 10 and 11)European Union Council Directive 92/118/EEC of 17 December 1992 laying down animal health and public health requirements governing
trade in and imports into the Community of products not subject to the said requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred
to in Annex A (I) to European Union Council Directive
89/662/EEC and, as regards pathogens, to Directive 90/425/EEC (OJ L 062 15.03.93 p.49).
European Union Council Directive 77/504/EEC of 25 July 1977 on pure-bred breeding animals of the bovine species (OJ L 206
12.08.77 p.8).
European Union Council Directive 88/661/EEC of 19 December 1988 on the zootechnical standards applicable to breeding animals of the
porcine species (OJ L
382 31.12.88 p.36).
European Union Council Directive 89/361/EEC of 30 May 1989 concerning pure- bred breeding sheep and goats (OJ L 153 06.06.89 p.30).
European Union Council Directive 90/427/EEC of 26 June 1990 on the zootechnical and genealogical conditions governing intra-Community
trade in equidae (OJ L 224
18.08.90 p.55).
European Union Council Directive 91/174/EEC of 25 March 1991 laying down zootechnical and pedigree requirements for the marketing
of pure-bred animals and amending Directives 77/504/EEC and 90/425/EEC (OJ L 085 05.04.91 p.37).
- Foot and mouth disease (FMD)
- Classical swine fever (CSF)
- African swine fever (ASF)
- Swine vesicular disease (SVD)
- Newcastle disease (ND)
- Rinderpest
- Peste des petits ruminants (PPR)
- Vesicular stomatitis (VS)
- Blue tongue
- African horse sickness (AHS)
- Viral equine encephalomyelitis
- Porcine enterovirus encephalomyelitis (was Teschen disease)
- Avian influenza (was fowl plague)
- Sheep and goat pox
- Lumpy skin disease
- Rift valley fever
- Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia
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