# Commission Decision of 18 June 2010 on protective measures with regard to equine infectious anaemia in Romania (notified under document C(2010) 3767) (Text with EEA relevance) (2010/346/EU), Article 2: Derogations for movements of equidae from the regions listed in the Annex to other Member States

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. By way of derogation from Article 1(1)(a), Romania may authorise the dispatch of consignments of equidae to other Member States, subject to compliance with the following conditions:
(a) the entire consignment of equidae must have been:
(i) isolated under official supervision on a holding approved by the competent authority as being free of equine infectious anaemia (‘EIA’) (‘approved holding’); and
(ii) kept at a minimum distance to any other equidae of a lesser health status of at least 200 m for a period of at least 90 days prior to the date of dispatch;
(b) all equidae comprising the consignment must have undergone an agar gel immunodiffusion test for EIA (‘the AGID test’) carried out with negative results on blood samples taken on two occasions 90 days apart; the second sample of which must have been collected within 10 days prior to the date of dispatch of the consignment from the approved holding; the AGID test must meet the criteria established by the relevant Chapter of the Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals 2009 of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (‘the Manual’);
(c) the transporter must document the arrangements made to ensure that the equidae comprising the consignment are dispatched from the approved holding directly to the place of destination without passing through a market or marshalling centre;
(d) in the case the consignment includes registered equidae or equidae for breeding and production, all other equidae present on the approved holding during the isolation period referred to in point (a)(i) must have undergone an AGID test carried out with negative result on blood samples taken either before they are removed from the holding during the isolation period or within 10 days prior to the date of dispatch of the consignment from the approved holding;
(e) all equidae comprising the consignment must be marked by implanting an electronic transponder and identified by means of the single identification document for equidae or passport provided for in Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 504/2008 which must state:
(i) the number displayed when reading the implanted electronic transponder in point (5) of Part A of Section I of that document;
(ii) the AGID test provided for in points (b) and (d) of this paragraph and their results in Section VII of that document;
(f) the checks concerning the journey log carried out in accordance with Article 14(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 must be satisfactory and must not require details to be sent to a control post situated in a Member State of transit in accordance with Article 14(1)(d) of that Regulation;
(g) the equidae comprising the consignment must be accompanied by a duly completed animal health certificate in accordance with the model set out in Annex C to Directive 90/426/EEC, which must indicate the place of destination and bear the following additional wording:
‘Equidae dispatched in accordance with Commission Decision 2010/346/EU ’
2. By way of derogation from point 1(b), the first AGID test, to be carried out on samples taken at least 90 days before dispatch, may not be required under the following conditions:
(a) the Member State of destination has granted such derogation in application of the measures provided for in Article 7(2) of Directive 90/426/EEC, or
(b) the equidae are destined for direct transport to the slaughterhouse and have been assembled on the approved holding from holdings certified free of EIA in accordance with the national EIA control programme in force.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2010/346/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2010-346/article-2
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