# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/659 of 12 April 2018 on the conditions for the entry into the Union of live equidae and of semen, ova and embryos of equidae (Text with EEA relevance), Article 16: Measures to be taken by the competent authorities to ensure traceability of a registered horse admitted temporarily

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. Provided compliance with the entry conditions has been established, the competent authority at the border control post of entry shall:
(a) retain a copy of the health certificate referred to in Article 3(1)(a);
(b) inform, through the appropriate computerised information management system, the relevant competent authority or border control post of exit, as appropriate, of the entry of a temporarily admitted registered horse, as follows:
(i)the competent authority of the place of destination indicated in the relevant part of the common health entry document (‘CHED’) referred to in Article 40 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715;
(ii)the border control post of exit declared in the declaration by the owner or the representative of the owner of the registered horse accompanying the health certificate referred to in Article 3(1)(a) by completing the relevant part of the CHED;
(iii)the competent authorities responsible for the places of temporary residence indicated in the declaration by the owner or the representative of the owner of the registered horse accompanying the health certificate referred to in Article 3(1)(a);
(c) deliver at least one copy of the CHED to the operator identified as ‘operator responsible for the consignment’ in the relevant part of the CHED referred to in paragraph 1(b).
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3. The competent authority of the place of destination referred to in point (i) of paragraph 1(b) ... shall acknowledge through the appropriate computerised information management system the arrival of the registered horse and document the checks carried out by completing Part III of the CHED.
4. At the end of the temporary admission, the competent authority referred to in points (i) or (iii) of paragraph 1(b) which certifies the temporarily admitted registered horse to the third country of origin or to another third country, shall:
(a) inform the border control post of exit, through the appropriate computerised information management system, of the departure from Great Britain of the temporarily admitted registered horse by completing a further Part III of the CHED referred to in point (i) of paragraph 1(b);
(b) deliver to the operator, as identified in the relevant part of the CHED referred to in point (i) of paragraph 1(b), a new print of the CHED displaying the Part III added in accordance with point (a) of this paragraph;
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5. The border control post of exit referred to in point (a) of paragraph 4 shall document the termination of the temporary admission of the registered horse by completing Part III of the CHED accordingly.
6. Where the temporary admission of a registered horse has not been terminated in accordance with paragraph 5 within a period of less than 90 days following the date of issue of the CHED referred to in point (i) of paragraph 1(b), an alert is sent automatically through the appropriate computerised information management system to the border control post of entry and the competent authorities referred to in this Article until those competent authorities have determined the status of the registered horse.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2018/659/article/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-659/article-16
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