Article 12

The United Kingdom shall ensure that equidae dispatched from those parts of its territory listed in Annex I and Annex II to other parts of its territory or to another Member State are accompanied by a health certificate in accordance with the Model in Annex C of Council Directive 90/426/EEC. This certificate shall only be issued for equidae coming from a holding that is not subject to official prohibition in accordance with Article 4 or Article 10 of Council Directive 2003/85/EEC.

The animal health certificate accompanying equidae dispatched from the United Kingdom to another Member State in accordance with the provisions in the first subparagraph shall bear the following words:

‘Equidae conforming to Commission Decision 2007/552/EC of 6 August 2007, concerning interim protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom.’