Article 9 Specific animal health requirements for transport by air

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;

the captain of the aircraft completes and signs the declaration F2, in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time.

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;

during the transhipment the equidae are protected from attacks by insect vectors of diseases transmissible to equidae;

the equidae do not come into contact with equidae of a different health status;

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;

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 F4in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time.