Division 3 F1F2

F3The animals have been kept, until dispatch, in a bluetongue seasonally free zone during the seasonally vector-free period, defined in accordance with Annex V, or have been protected against attacks by vectors in a vector protected establishment in accordance with the criteria set out in Annex II for a period of at least 28 days and were subjected during that period to a serological test according to the OIE Terrestrial Manual to detect antibodies to the bluetongue virus group, with negative results, carried out on samples collected from that animal at least 28 days following the date of the commencement of the period of protection against attacks by vectors or the seasonally vector-free period.

Where animals referred to in this point are intended for F4trade, the following additional wording must be added to the relevant corresponding health certificates:

‘Animal(s) in conformity with Annex III.A(3) to Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007.’