# Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/688 of 17 December 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as regards animal health requirements for movements within the Union of terrestrial animals and hatching eggs (Text with EEA relevance), Article 22: Requirements for movements of equine animals to other Member States

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

1. Operators shall only move equine animals to another Member State when the following requirements are fulfilled:
(a) the animals come from an establishment in which surra (Trypanosoma evansi) has not been reported during the last 30 days prior to departure, or in case they come from an establishment in which surra (Trypanosoma evansi) has been reported during the last 2 years prior to departure, following the last outbreak the affected establishment has remained under movement restriction until:
(i) the infected animals have been removed from the establishment,
and
(ii) the remaining animals in the establishment have been subjected to a test for surra (Trypanosoma evansi) with one of the diagnostic methods provided for in Part 3 of Annex I, carried out, with negative results, on samples taken at least 6 months after the last infected animal has been removed from the establishment;
(b) the animals come from an establishment in which dourine has not been reported during the last 6 months prior to departure, or in case they come from an establishment in which dourine has been reported during the last 2 years prior to departure, following the last outbreak the affected establishment has remained under movement restriction until:
(i) the infected animals have been killed and destroyed or slaughtered, or the infected entire male equine animals have been castrated;
and
(ii) the remaining equine animals in the establishment, with the exception of the castrated male equine animals referred to in point (i), have been subjected to a test for dourine with the diagnostic method provided for in Part 8 of Annex I, carried out, with negative results, on samples taken at least 6 months after the measures described in point (i) have been completed;
(c) the animals come from an establishment in which equine infectious anaemia has not been reported during the last 90 days prior to departure, or in case they come from an establishment in which equine infectious anaemia has been reported during the last 12 months prior to departure, following the last outbreak the affected establishment has remained under movement restriction until:
(i) the infected animals have been killed and destroyed or slaughtered and the establishment was cleaned and disinfected;
and
(ii) the remaining animals in the establishment have been subjected to a test for equine infectious anaemia with the diagnostic method provided for in Part 9 of Annex I, carried out, with negative results, on samples taken on two occasions with a minimum interval of 3 months after the measures described in point (i) have been completed;
(d) the animals come from an establishment in which Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis has not been reported during the last 6 months prior to departure, or in case they come from an establishment situated in a Member State or zone thereof in which Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis has been reported during the last 2 years, they comply with the conditions in point (i) and the conditions in either point (ii) or point (iii):
(i) during the period of at least 21 days prior to departure they have remained clinically healthy and any animal referred to in point (ii) or point (iii) which showed a rise in body temperature above physiological range, taken daily, have been subjected to a diagnostic test for Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis with the diagnostic method provided for in point (a) of Part 10(1) of Annex I, with negative results;
and
(ii) the animals were kept in quarantine for a period of at least 21 days protected from attacks by insect vector, and
either
have been vaccinated against Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis with a complete primary course and revaccinated according to manufacturer’s recommendations not less than 60 days and not more than 12 months prior to the date of dispatch;
or
have been subjected to a test for Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis with the diagnostic method provided for in point (b) of Part 10(1) of Annex I, carried out, with negative results, on a sample taken not less than 14 days after the date of entry into quarantine;
(iii) the animals have been subjected to
a test for Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis with the diagnostic method provided for in point (b) of Part 10(1) of Annex I, without an increase in antibody titre, carried out on paired samples taken on two occasions with an interval of 21 days, the second of which was taken during a period of 10 days prior to the date of departure;
and
a test for the detection of Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis virus genome with the diagnostic method provided for in Part 10(2) of Annex I, with negative result, carried out on a sample taken within 48 hours prior to departure, and the animals have been protected from attacks by insect vectors after sampling until departure;
(e) the animals come from an establishment in which infection with rabies virus in kept terrestrial animals has not been reported during the last 30 days prior to departure;
(f) the animals come from an establishment in which anthrax in ungulates has not been reported during the last 15 days prior to departure;
(g) the animals have not been in contact with kept animals of listed species for the diseases referred to in points (a) to (f) which did not comply with the requirements in points (a) to (e) during the last 30 days prior to departure, and with the requirement in point (f) during the last 15 days prior to departure.
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1(a), (b) and (c), the movement restrictions referred to in paragraph 1(a), (b) and (c) shall apply for at least 30 days after the last animal on the establishment of listed species for the respective disease referred to in paragraph 1(a), (b) and (c) was either killed and destroyed or slaughtered, and the premises were cleaned and disinfected.
3. On request by the competent authority, the operator requesting the animal health certificate referred to in Article 76 shall provide the address details of any establishment keeping equine animals on which the equine animals to be moved were kept during the 30 days preceding the intended movement to another Member State.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/688/article/22 (the official version)
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