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ANNEX

PART 1

Model animal health certificate for Imports into the Union of dogs, cats a d ferrets

COUNTRY: Veterinary certificate to EU

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Health Information Certificate reference No

I, the undersigned official veterinarian of.animals described in Box 1.28:

{insert name of third country) certify that the

II.1.

11.2.

(') either [11.3

(1) or [11.3

(1) either

O °r

come from holdings or businesses described in Box 1.11 which are registered by the competentauthority and are not subject to any ban on animal health grounds, where the animals are examinedregularly and which comply with the requirements ensuring the welfare of the animals held;

showed no signs of diseases and were fit to be transported for the intended journey at the time ofexamination by a veterinarian authorised by the competent authority within 48 hours prior to the time ofdispatch;

are destined for a body, institute or centre described in Box 1.12 and approved in accordance withAnnex C to Council Directive 92/65/EEC, and come from a territory or third country listed in Annex II toCommission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013.]

ere at least 12 weeks old at the ti e of vaccination against rabies and at least 21 days have eiapsedsince the completion of the pri ary anti-rabies vaccination (2) carried out in accordance with the validityrequirements set out in Annex III to Regulation (EU) No 576/2013 of the European Parliament and ofthe Council, and any subsequent revaccination was carried out with n the period of vali ity of thepreceding vaccination (3), and

[they co e fro , and in case of transit are scheduled to transit through, a territory or third country listedin Annex II to Commission I plementing Regulation (EU) o 577/2013 and details of the current anti-rabies acc nation are provided in columns 1 to 7 in the table below;]

[they come fro or are scheduled to transit through, a territory or third country listed in Part 1 ofAnnex II to Commission Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 or listed without ti e li it in Annex I toCommission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/659, and

details of the current anti-rabies vaccination are provided in columns 1 to 7 in the table below, and

a rabies antibody titration fest (4), carried out on a blood sample taken by the veterinarianauthorised by the competent authority not less than 30 days after the preceding vaccination and atleast three months prior to the date of issue of this certificate, pro ed an antibody titre equal to orgreater than 0,5 lU/ml (5) and any subsequent revaccination was carried out within the period ofvalidity of the preceding vaccination, and the date of sampling for testing the immune responseare provided in colu n 8 in the table below:]

Transponder ortattoo

Date ofvaccination

[dd/mm/yyyy]

Na e andmanufacturer of

vaccine

Batchnumber

Validity of vaccination

Date of bloodsampling

[dd/mm/yyyy]Alphanumeric

code of the animal

Date ofImplantation

and or reading f)[dd/mm/yyyy]

From

[dd/mm yyyy]

to

[dd mm yyyy]

1 ,2 3 4 5 6 7 8

*

(1) either [II.4. the consignment indudes dogs destined for a Member State listed in the Annex to CommissionImplementing Regulation (EU) 2018/878 and those dogs have been treated against Echinococcusmultilocularis, and the details of the treatment carried out by the administering veterinarian inaccordance with Article 6 of Commission Delegate Regulation (EU) 2018/772 (7) (8) are provided in thetable below:

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Transponder or tattooaiphanumeric code of the dog

Anti-Echinococcus treatment Administering veterinarian

Name and anufacturerof the product

Date [dd/mm/yyyy] andtime of treat ent [00:00] Na e in capitals, sta p and signature

]

(1) or [II.4. the dogs forming pari of the consignment have not been treated against Echinococcus multilocularis.]

Notes

This certificate is valid for 10 days from the date of issue by the official veterinarian. In the case of transport by sea, that periodof 10 days is exten ed by an additional period corresponding to the duration of the journey by sea.

Parti:

Box 1.11: Place of origin: name and address of the dispatch establishment. Indicate approval or registration number.

Box 1.12: Place of destination: mandatory where the animals are destine for a body, institute or centre approved inaccordance with Annex C to Council Directive 92/65/EEC.

Box 1.25: Commodities certified for: indicate

Pets where dogs (Canis lupus familiaris), cats (Felis silvestris catus) or ferrets (Mustela putorius furo) aremo ed in accordance with Article 5(4) of Regulation (EU) No 576/2013 of the European Parliament and of the

¦ Council; ,

Approve bodies where dogs, cats or ferrets are moved in accordance with Article 13 of Council Directive92/65/EEC to an approved body, institute or centre as defined in Article 2(c) ofthat Directive;

others where dogs, cats or ferrets are mo ed in accordance with Article 10 of Council Directive 92/65/EEC.

Box I.28: Identification System: select transponder or tattoo.

Identification number: indicate the transponder or tattoo aiphanumeric code.

Part II:

(1) Keep as appropriate.

(2) Any revaccination must be considered a pr ary vaccination if it was not carried out within the period of validity of aprevious vaccination.

(3) A certifie copy of the identification and vacc nation details of the animals concerned shall be attached to the certificate.

(4) The rabies antibo y titration test referred to in point II.3:

must be carried out on a sample collecte by a veterinarian authorise by the competent authority, at least 30 daysafter the date of vaccination and three months before the ate of i port;

must measure a level of neutralisin antibody to rabies virus in serum equal to or greater than 0,5 iU/ml;

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must be performed by a laboratory approved in accordance with Article 3 of Council Decision 2000/258/EC (list ofapproved laboratories available at http://ec.europa.eu/food/animals/pet-movement/approved-labs_en);

does not have to be renewed on an animal, which foliowing that test with satisfactory results, has been revaccinatedagainst rabies within the period of val dity of a previous vaccination.

A certified copy of the official report from the approved laboratory on the result of the rabies antibody test referred to inpoint 11.3 shali be attached to the certificate.

(s) By certifying this result, the official veterinarian confirms that he has verified, to the best of his ability an where necessarywith contacts with the laboratory indicated in the report, the authenticity of the laboratory report on the results of theantibody titration test referred to in point 11,3.

(s) In conjunction with footnote (3), the marking of the animals concemed by the implantation of a transponder or by a clearlyreadable tattoo applie before 3 July 2011 ust be verified before any entry is made in this certificate and ust alwaysprecede any vaccination, or where applicable, testing carried out on those ani als.

(7) The treatment against Echinococcus multilocularis referred to in point II.4 ust:

be administered by a veterinarian within a period of not ore than 120 hours and not less than 24 hours before theti e of the scheduled entry of the dogs into one of the Member States or parts thereof listed in the Annex toCommission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/878;

consist of an approved medicinal product which contains the appropriate dose of praziquantel or pharmacologicallyactive substances, which alone or in combination, ha e been proven to reduce the bürden of mature and immatureintestinal forms of Echinococcus multilocularis in the host species concemed.

(8) The table referred to in point II.4 must be used to docu ent the details of a further treatment if a ministered after the datethe certificate was signed and prior to the scheduled entry into one of the Member States or parts thereof listed in theAnnex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/878.

Official veterinarian

Name (in Capital letters):

Date:

Stamp:

Qualification and title:

Signature:

PART 2

Explanatory notes for completing the animal health certificate

(a) Where the certificate States that certain Statements shali be kept as appropriate, Statements which are not relevantmay be crossed out and initialled and stamped by the official veterinarian, or completel deleted from thecertificate.

(b) The original of each certificate shali consist of a single sheet of päper, or, here more text is required it must be insuch a form that all sheets of paper required are part of an integrated whole and indivisible.

(c) The certificate shali be drawn up in at least one of the official languages of the Member State of the borderinspection post of introductio of the consignment into the Union and of the Member State of destination.Ho ever, those Member States may authorise the certificate to be drawn up in the official lan ua e(s) of anotherMember State, and accompanied, if necessary, by an official translation.

(d) If for reasons of Identification of the items of the consignment (schedule in point 1.28 of the model animal healthcertificate), additional sheets of paper pr supporting documents are attached to the certificate, those sheets of pa eror documents shali also be considered as forming part of the original of the certificate b the a plication of thesi nature and stamp of the official veterinarian, on each of the pa es.

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(e) When the certificate, including additional sheets or documents referred to in point (d), comprises more than onepage, each age shall be numbered (page number of total number of pa es) at the end of the pa e and shall bearthe certif cate reference number that has been desi nated by the competent authority at the top of the pa es.

(f) The original of the certificate shall be completed and si ned by an official veterinarian of the exportin territory orthird country. The competent authorit of the exporting territor or third country shall ensure that rules andprinciples of certification equivalent to those laid down in Directive 96/93/EC are followed.

(g) The colour of the si nature shall be different from that of the printing. This requirement lso applies to stam sother than those embossed or watermarked.

(h) The certificate reference number referred to in Boxes 1.2 and Il.a shall be issued by the competent authority of theexporting territory or thir country.