Article 11 F1
United Kingdom
Member States shall ensure that, in order to be approved by the competent authority, assembly centres meet the following conditions at least. They must:
be under the control of an official veterinarian who shall ensure that, in particular, the provisions of Article 4 (1) and (2) are complied with;
be located in an area which is not subject to prohibiiton or restrictions in accordance with relevant Community legislation and/or national legislation;
be cleaned and disinfected before use, as required by the official veterinarian;
they must have, taking into account the animal capacity of the assembly centre:
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a facility dedicated exclusively for this purpose when used as an assembly centre,
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appropriate facilities for loading, unloading and adequate housing of a suitable standard for the animals, for watering and feeding them, and for giving them any necessary treatment; these facilities must be easy to clean and disinfect,
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appropriate inspection facilities,
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appropriate isolation facilities,
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appropriate equipment for cleaning and disinfecting rooms and trucks,
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an appropriate storage area for fodder, litter and manure,
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an appropriate system for collecting waste water,
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the use of an office for the official veterinarian;
admit only animals that are identified and come from herds that are officially free of tuberculosis, brucellosis and leukosis or slaughter animals meeting the conditions set out in the present Directive and in particular Article 6 (3). To this end, when animals are admitted the owner or person in charge of the centre shall ensure they are properly identified and accompanied by health documents or appropriate certificates for the species and categories involved;
comply with the provisions of Directive 98/58/EC and Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 f1 applicable to them;
be regularly inspected in order to ascertain that the requirements for approval continue to be fulfilled.
The owner or person in charge of the assembly centre shall be required, on the basis either of the accompanying documents for the animals or of the identification numbers or marks of the animals, to record on a register or a data base and retain for a minimum period of three years the following information:
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the name of the owner, the origin, date of entry and exit, number and identification of the bovine animals or the registration number of the holding of origin or of the herd of origin of the pigs entering the centre and their proposed destination,
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the registration number of the transporter and the licence number of the lorry delivering or collecting animals from the centre.
The competent authority shall issue an approval number to each approved assembly centre. Approvals of assembly centres may be limited to a particular species or to animals for breeding and production or to animals for slaughter.
The competent authority shall draw up and keep up to date a list of approved assembly centres and their approval numbers and make it available to the other Member States and to the public.
The competent authority may suspend or withdraw approval in the event of failure to comply with this Article or other appropriate provisions of this Directive, or of Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 or other Community veterinary legislation listed in Chapter I of Annex A to Directive 90/425/EEC f2 . Approval may be restored when the competent authority is satisfied that the assembly centre is in full compliance with all the appropriate provisions referred to in this paragraph.
The competent authority shall ensure that when operating assembly centres have sufficient approved veterinarians to carry out all duties.
Any detailed rules required for uniform application of this Article shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 17.
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