EU/402
WTO/SPS
CE European Union
  • 65 - Agriculture
  • 67 - Food technology
2020-10-26
2020-07-30

Live animals, and germinal products

Commission Implementing Regulation concerning model official certificates, official attestations and model declarations for certain categories of terrestrial animals and germinal products thereof and repealing Commission Decisions 2010/470/EU and 2019/294/EU. Language(s): English. Number of pages: 901

Regulation (EU) 2017/625 (‘Official Controls Regulation') empowers the Commission to adopt, by way of implementing acts, model official certificates, official attestations and declarations which accompany animals and goods entering the Union, and rules for the issuance of official certificates. Regulation (EU) 2016/429 (‘Animal Health Law') empowers the Commission to lay down, by way of implementing acts, rules concerning animal health and welfare provisions to be contained in those model official certificates, official attestations and declarations.

The purpose of this Regulation is to lay down rules for the issuance of official certificates and to lay down specific models of official certificates, official attestations and declarations with regard to the category of terrestrial animals and germinal products thereof. The Regulation is launched as part of a package together with Implementing Regulation concerning model official certificates for certain aquatic animals and Implementing Regulation concerning model official certificates for certain goods.