Article 9 Costs of administrative procedures

Romania shall take the necessary measures, including where necessary legal measures, to ensure that the costs of the additional administrative procedures, including any necessary laboratory testing or follow-up investigation, related to the movement of consignments of equidae, semen, ova and embryos and serum derived from equidae from that Member State in accordance with Articles 2, 3 and 5 are fully borne by the consignor of the equidae or their products.

Member States of the place of destination shall take the necessary measures, including where necessary legal measures, to ensure that the costs of the additional administrative procedures, including any necessary laboratory testing or follow-up investigation until the measures provided for in Article 7 are completed, related to the movement of the equidae from Romania in accordance with Articles 2 and 3 are fully borne by the consignee of the equidae.