# 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 9: Specific animal health requirements for transport by air

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

1. The operator responsible for a consignment of equidae intended for entry into Great Britain by air shall ensure compliance with the following:
(a) the crates, containers or jet-stalls and the surrounding airspace in the transport compartment are sprayed with an appropriate insect repellent in combination with an insecticide immediately after the closing of the doors of the aircraft;
(b) the captain of the aircraft completes and signs the declaration , in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time.
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 3 of Article 8, the appropriate authority may, on request of the operator of the consignment, authorise direct transhipment from one aircraft to another aircraft which takes place in a country not listed in Annex I, provided that the following requirements are satisfied:
(a) the transhipment is carried out in the same airport within the area of the same customs office under direct supervision of an official veterinarian or the responsible customs officer;
(b) during the transhipment the equidae are protected from attacks by insect vectors of diseases transmissible to equidae;
(c) the equidae do not come into contact with equidae of a different health status;
(d) the measures provided for in points (a) and (b) of paragraph 1 are applied in relation to the aircraft to be used for onward travel;
(e) compliance with the conditions set out in point (a) of paragraph 1 and in points (a), (b) and (c) of this paragraph is certified by the official veterinarian or the responsible customs officer in the Transhipment Manifest drawn up in accordance with the model in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2018/659/article/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-659/article-9
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