Article 17 Training courses and certificate of competence

Training courses shall be available for personnel of transporters and assembly centres for the purposes of Article 6(4) F1(a) and Article 9(2)(a).

The certificate of competence for drivers and attendants of road vehicles transporting domestic Equidae or domestic animals of bovine, ovine, caprine or porcine species or poultry as referred to in Article 6(5)(a) shall be granted in accordance with Annex IV. The certificate of competence shall be drawn up in English and other languages may also appear. The certificate of competence shall be issued by F3the competent authority and in accordance with the form published by an Appropriate Minister from time to time. The scope of the said certificate of competence may be limited to a specific species or group of species.