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Intra-Community trade of bovine animals and swine

Outline of the Community (European Union) legislation about Intra-Community trade of bovine animals and swine

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Food safety > Veterinary checks animal health rules food hygiene

Intra-Community trade of bovine animals and swine

Document or Iniciative

Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June 1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine [See amending act(s)].

Summary

The Directives apply to intra-Community trade in bovine animals or swine for breeding, production or slaughter.

The transport of bovine animals and swine to another Member State is only authorised if the animals:

do not display any clinical sign of disease;
have not been obtained from a holding subject to prohibition for animal health reasons;
are identified in accordance with the provisions of Directive 2008/71/EC for swine and in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 for bovine animals;
are accompanied by a health certificate (see Annex F) during transport to the country of destination;
come from a bovine herd officially free of tuberculosis, brucellosis or enzootic bovine leukosis (this condition only affects bovine animals).

During transport the animals must not come into contact with other animals which do not conform to the same health conditions.

Furthermore, the vehicles used to transport animals must guarantee their well-being and meet the following additional conditions. They must:

be designed in such a way as to prevent the dispersal of droppings, litter or fodder;
be cleaned and disinfected after each transportation of animals, in line with the methods and procedures approved by the competent authority;
hold a register including information on the location, date and time of the loading and delivery of animals, the type and quantity of animals transported, the length of the journey, the date and location of when the vehicle was disinfected, etc. This information must be kept for at least three years.

In accordance with animal health requirements, animals for slaughter, which have been transported directly to an abattoir on their arrival in the destination country, must be slaughtered within the 72 hours following their arrival. If the animals are transported directly to an approved assembly centre on their arrival in the destination country before being transported to the abattoir, their slaughter must take place within the three working days following their arrival in the assembly centre.

A Member State which has a national control programme for one of the contagious diseases not referred to in Annex E for the whole or part of its territory may submit the said programme to the Commission.

REFERENCES

Act	Entry into force	Deadline for transposition into the Member States	Official Journal
Directive 64/432/EEC	30.06.1964	30.06.1965	L 121 of 29.07.1964

Amending act(s)	Entry into force	Deadline for transposition into the Member States	Official Journal
Directive 80/1098/EEC	20.11.1980	1.7.1981	OJ L 325 of 1.12.1980
Directive 80/1274/EEC	31.12.1980	1.1.1981	OJ L 375 of 31.12.1980
Directive 81/476/EEC	–	1.7.1981	OJ L 186 of 8.07.1981
Directive 82/61/EEC	10.2.1982	1.1.1982	OJ L 29 of 6.02.1982
Directive 82/893/EEC	29.12.1982	1.1.1983	OJ L 378 of 31.12.1982
Directive 83/336/EEC	–	30.6.1984	OJ L 177 of 4.7.1984
Directive 84/643/EEC	–	30.06.1984 30.09.1985 (Ireland – United Kingdom)	OJ L 339 of 27.12.1984
Directive 84/644/EEC	–	30.09.1985	OJ L 339 of 27.12.1984
Directive 85/586/EEC	24.12.1985	01.01.1986	OJ L 372 of 31.12.1985
Directive 87/231/EEC	–	10.04.1987	OJ L 99 of 11.04.1987
Directive 87/489/EEC	30.10.1987	31.12.1988	OJ L 280 of 03.10.1987
Directive 89/662/EEC	22.12.1989	31.12.1991 31.12.1992 (for Greece)	OJ L 395 of 30.12.1989
Directive 90/423/EEC	26.7.1990	1.1.1992	OJ L 224 of 18.08.1990
Directive 90/425/EEC	26.7.1990	1.7.1992	OJ L 224 of 18.08.1990
Directive 91/687/EEC	19.11.1992	1.1.1992 (for Article 1 point 3 and Article 2 point 1) 1.7.1992 (for all other articles)	OJL 377 of 31.12.1991
Directive 92/65/EEC	29.7.1992	1.1.1994	OJ L 268 of 14.9.1992
Directive 92/102/EEC	08.12.1992	1.2.1993 (registration of bovine animals according to national measures) 1.10.1993 (Community system of registering bovine animals) 1.1.1994 (swine) 1.1.1995 (ovine and caprine)	OJ L 355 of 5.12.1992
Directive 97/12/EC	25.4.1997	30.6.1998	OJ L 109 of 25.4.1997
Directive 98/46/EC	15.7.1998	30.6.1999	OJ L 198 of 15.7.1998
Directive 98/99/EC	31.12.1998	1.1.1999 (Article 2) 1.7.1999 (Article 1)	OJ L 358 of 31.12.1998
Directive 2000/15/EC	3.5.2000	–	OJ L 105 of 3.5.2000
Directive 2000/20/EC	4.7.2000	1.12.1999	OJ L 163 of 4.7.2000
Regulation (EC) No 535/2002	13.4.2002	–	OJ L 80 of 23.3.2002
Regulation (EC) No 1226/2002	29.7.2002	–	OJ L 179 of 9.7.2002
Regulation (EC) No 21/2004	29.1.2004	–	OJ L 5 of 9.1.2004
Regulation (EC) No 1/2005	25.1.2005	–	OJ L 3 of 5.1.2005
Decision 2006/911/EC	29.12.2006	–	OJ L 346 of 9.12.2006
Directive 2006/104/EC	1.1.2007	–	OJ L 363 of 20.12.2006
Decision 2007/729/EC	–	–	OJ L 294 of 13.11.2007
Directive 2008/73/EC	3.9.2008	1.10.2010	OJ L 219 of 14.8.2008

Successive amendments and corrections to Directive 64/432/EEC have been incorporated in the basic text. This consolidated version is for reference purpose only.

Related Acts

Commission Decision 2008/185/EC of 21 February 2008 on additional guarantees in intra-Community trade of pigs relating to Aujeszky’s disease and criteria to provide information on this disease [Official Journal L 59 of 4.3.2008].
See consolidated version

Commission Decision 2004/558/EC–Official Journal L 249 of 23.07.2004 of 15 July 2004 implementing Council Directive 64/432/EEC as regards additional guarantees for intra-Community trade in bovine animals relating to infectious bovine rhinotracheitis and the approval of the eradication programmes presented by certain Member States.
See consolidated version

Commission Decision 2003/467/EC of 23 June 2003 establishing the official tuberculosis, brucellosis, and enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free status of certain Member States and regions of Member States as regards bovine herds [Official Journal L 156 of 25.6.2003].
See consolidated version

Intra-Community trade in and imports of bovine embryos

Outline of the Community (European Union) legislation about Intra-Community trade in and imports of bovine embryos

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Intra-Community trade in and imports of bovine embryos

Document or Iniciative

Council Directive 89/556/EEC of 25 September 1989 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in and importation from third countries of embryos of domestic animals of the bovine species [See amending act(s)].

Summary

The Directive lays down animal health conditions for trade between Member States in embryos of domestic cattle and imports from third countries.

Intra-Community trade in embryos is limited to those complying with conditions concerning conception, collection, processing, storage and certification. The embryos must be accompanied during transport by a health certificate certifying that they conform to this Directive.

The Directive envisages a system for approving the embryo collection and production teams in the Member States and in third countries. Each team is registered by the competent authority of the country concerned and receives a veterinary registration number.

The list of embryo collection and production teams and their veterinary registration number is regularly updated by the Member States. The latter then communicate the list to the other Member States and the public.

Imports of embryos from third countries are restricted to a list of authorised countries to be drawn up by a procedure provided for by Article 18 with regard to certain criteria (the health of the livestock, information on contagious diseases, prevention and combating animal diseases, the structure of veterinary services, the guarantees provided, etc.).

The Directive provides for safeguard and control measures in the country of collection and the country of destination.

REFERENCES

Act	Entry into force	Deadline for transposition in the Member States	Official Journal
Directive 89/556/EEC	29.9.1989	1.1.1991	OJ L 302, 19.10.1989

Amending act(s)	Entry into force	Deadline for transposition in the Member States	Official Journal
Directive 90/425/EEC	26.7.1990	26.9.1990	OJ L 224, 18.8.1990
Directive 93/52/EEC	19.7.1993	31.12.1993	OJ L 175, 19.7.1993
Regulation (EC) No 806/2003	5.6.2003	–	OJ L 122, 16.5.2003
Directive 2008/73/EC	3.9.2008	1.1.2010	OJ L 219, 14.8.2008

The successive amendments and corrections to Directive 89/556/EEC have incorporated into the original text. This consolidated versionis for reference only.

RELATED ACTS

Commission Decision 2006/168/EC of 4 January 2006 establishing the animal health conditions and the veterinary certification requirements for imports into the Community of bovine embryos and repealing Decision 2005/217/EC [Official Journal L 57 of 28.2.2006].

Placing on the market and administration of bovine somatotrophin

Outline of the Community (European Union) legislation about Placing on the market and administration of bovine somatotrophin

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Placing on the market and administration of bovine somatotrophin

Document or Iniciative

Council Decision 1999/879/EC of 17 December 1999 concerning the placing on the market and administration of bovine somatotrophin (BST) and repealing Decision 90/218/EEC.

Summary

This Decision is intended to regulate the marketing and use of bovine somatotrophin, or bovine growth hormone, within the European Union (EU).

The Decision thus prohibits the placing on the market of bovine somatotrophin on EU territory for the purpose of its marketing and the administration thereof to dairy cows by any means whatsoever.

The production or importation of bovine somatotrophin in the Member States for the purposes of exporting it to third countries continues to be authorised.

In addition, undertakings which produce or are authorised to market somatotrophin are required to keep registers detailing, in chronological order, the quantities produced or acquired and the quantities sold or used for purposes other than placing on the market, as well as the names of the persons to whom such quantities were sold or from whom they were purchased.

Background

In accordance with Directive 2001/82/EC, no substance, with the exception of those given for therapeutic or prophylactic purposes, is to be administered to an animal unless it has been demonstrated by scientific studies of animal welfare or established experience that the effect of that substance is not detrimental to the health or welfare of the animal.

Somatotrophin is produced only to enhance milk production, and the Scientific Committee on Animal Health and Animal Welfare (which has been replaced by the European Food Safety Authority) stated in March 1999 that somatotrophin increased the risk of infections in cattle and that it could adversely affect reproduction and induce severe reactions in cattle to which it was administered.

References

Act	Entry into force	Deadline for transposition in the Member States	Official Journal
Decision 1999/879/EC	01.01.2000	–	OJ L 331 of 23.12.1999