Article 8 Conditions for exemption from the exit ban provided for in Directive 2000/75/EC
United Kingdom
Movements of animals, their semen, ova and embryos, from a holding or semen collection or storage centre located in a restricted zone to another holding or semen collection or storage centre shall be exempted from the exit ban established pursuant to Article 9(1)(c) and point 1 of Article 10 of Directive 2000/75/EC provided that the animals, their semen, ova and embryos comply with:
the conditions set out in Annex III to this Regulation; or
comply with any other appropriate animal health guarantees based on a positive outcome of a risk assessment of measures against the spread of the bluetongue virus and protection against attacks by vectors, required by the competent authority of the place of origin and approved by the competent authority of the place of destination, prior to the movement of such animals.
F1Each authority who in relation to any constituent part of Great Britain is the appropriate Minister must inform each other such authority of the animal health guarantees referred to in paragraph 1(b).
A channelling procedure shall be set up, under the control of the competent authority of the place of destination, to ensure that the animals, their semen, ova and embryos moved in accordance with the conditions provided for in paragraph 1(b), are not subsequently moved to another F2part of Great Britain mentioned in Article 2(h) unless the animals comply with the conditions provided for in paragraph 1(a).
Movements of animals from a holding located in a restricted zone for immediate slaughter shall be exempted from the exit ban established pursuant to Article 9(1)(c) and point 1 of Article 10 of Directive 2000/75/EC provided that:
no case of bluetongue has been recorded in the holding of origin for a period of at least 30 days prior to the date of dispatch;
the animals are transported
under veterinary supervision to the slaughterhouse of destination, where they are to be slaughtered within 24 hours of arrival, and
directly, unless a rest period foreseen by Regulation (EC) No 1/2005f1 takes place in a control post situated in the same restricted zone;
the competent authority at the place of dispatch notifies the intended movement of the animals to the competent authority of the place of destination at least 48 hours prior to the loading of the animals.
Notwithstanding paragraph 4(b), the competent authority of the place of destination may require, on the basis of a risk assessment, the competent authority of the place of origin to set up a channelling procedure for the transport of the animals referred to therein towards designated slaughterhouses.
Any such designated slaughterhouses shall be identified on the basis of a risk assessment that shall take into account the criteria set out in Annex IV.
F4Information on the designated slaughterhouses shall be made available to the F5... public.
Movements of animals not certified in accordance with paragraph 1 from a holding located in a restricted zone directly, to the exit point F7..., for export F8... shall be exempted from the exit ban established pursuant to Article 9(1)(c) and point 1 of Article 10 of Directive 2000/75/EC provided that:
no case of bluetongue has been recorded in the holding of origin for a period of at least 30 days prior to the date of dispatch;
the animals are transported to the exit point
under official supervision, and
directly, unless a rest period foreseen by Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 takes place in a control post situated in the same restricted zone.
For the animals, their semen, ova and embryos referred to in paragraphs 1, 4 and 5a of this Article, the following additional wording shall be added to the corresponding health certificates F9...:
‘… (Animals semen, ova and embryos indicate as appropriate) in compliance with … (Articles 8(1)(a) or 8(1)(b) or 8(4) or 8(5a), indicate as appropriate) of Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007’.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Words in Art. 8(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Exotic Disease (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1410), regs. 1, 14(8)(a) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 25(11)(e)(i)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
- F2
Words in Art. 8(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Exotic Disease (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1410), regs. 1, 14(8)(b) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 25(11)(e)(i)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
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- F5
Words in Art. 8(5) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Exotic Disease (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1410), regs. 1, 14(8)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
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- F7
Words in Art. 8(5a) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of S.I. 2018/1410, regs. 1, 14(8)(d)(i) (as substituted by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(a), 25(11)(e)(ii)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
- F8
Words in Art. 8(5a) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of S.I. 2018/1410, regs. 1, 14(8)(d)(ii) (as substituted by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(a), 25(11)(e)(ii)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
- F9
Words in Art. 8(6) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Exotic Disease (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1410), regs. 1, 14(8)(e); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)