Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/175 of 9 February 2022 amending Annex IX to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards import conditions for movements of ovine and caprine animals intended for breeding from Great Britain into Northern Ireland (Text with EEA relevance)

• CELEX: Regulation (EU) 2022/175
• Articles: 3

Article 1

Annex IX to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

In Annex IX to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001, in Chapter E, point (5) is replaced by the following:

‘(5)

For ovine and caprine animals for breeding imported into the Union and intended for Member States other than those with a negligible risk of classical scrapie or those with an approved national scrapie control programme listed in Annex VIII, Chapter A, Section A, point 3.2, the following conditions have been complied with:

(a)

the imported ovine and caprine animals come from a holding or holdings that have complied with the conditions laid down in Annex VIII, Chapter A, Section A, point 1.3; or

(b)

they are ovine animals of the ARR/ARR prion protein genotype, and they come from a holding or holdings where no official movement restriction has been imposed due to BSE or classical scrapie during the last 2 years; or

(c)

for ovine and caprine animals from Great Britain imported into Northern Ireland until 31 December 2024, the imported ovine and caprine animals come from a holding or holdings:

(i)

where no official movement restriction has been imposed due to BSE or classical scrapie during the last 3 years; and

(ii)

which have applied, before 1 January 2022, to the official scheme for the recognition of holdings having a controlled risk of classical scrapie in accordance with the conditions laid down in Annex VIII, Chapter A, Section A, point 1.3, and which comply with the conditions laid down in points (a) to (i) thereof at the time of import into Northern Ireland.’