# Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/624 of 8 February 2019 concerning specific rules for the performance of official controls on the production of meat and for production and relaying areas of live bivalve molluscs in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance), Article 6: Species specific criteria and conditions laying down when ante-mortem inspections may be performed at the holding of provenance

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

1. The competent authorities shall apply the specific criteria and conditions laid down in this Article in the relevant cases of poultry and farmed game.
2. In the case of poultry reared for the production of ‘foie gras’ and of delayed eviscerated poultry slaughtered at the holding of provenance, the certificate completed in accordance with the model health certificate set out in Part II of Annex IV of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/628, shall accompany the uneviscerated carcasses to the slaughterhouse or cutting plant or be sent in advance in any format, instead of the certificate referred to in point 2(f) of Article 5.
3. In the case of farmed game slaughtered at the holding of provenance in accordance with point 3 of Section III of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004, the certificate completed in accordance with the model health certificate set out in Part III of Annex IV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/628 shall accompany the animals to the slaughterhouse or be sent in advance in any format, instead of the certificate referred to in point 2(f) of Article 5.
4. In the case of farmed game slaughtered at the holding of provenance in accordance with point 3(a) of Section III of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004:
(a) a certificate completed in accordance with the model health certificate set out in Part IV of Annex IV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/628 shall accompany the animals to the slaughterhouse or be sent in advance in any format, instead of the certificate referred to in point 2(f) of Article 5;
(b) the official veterinarian shall regularly verify that those carrying out the slaughter and bleeding properly perform their tasks.
5. By way of derogation from Article 5(4), competent authorities may allow slaughter of farmed game until 28 days from the date of issue of the health certificate referred to in Article 5(2)(f) if:
(a) only small quantities of the farmed game meat are directly supplied by the producer to the final consumer or to local retail establishments directly supplying to the final consumer; and
(b) not more than 50 animals are slaughtered per year and per holding of provenance.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/624/article/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-624/article-6
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