Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1345 of 1 August 2022 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to registration and approval of establishments keeping terrestrial animals and collecting, producing, processing or storing germinal products (Text with EEA relevance)

• CELEX: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1345
• Articles: 5

Article 1 Subject matter and scope

This Regulation lays down rules concerning:

(a)

the information to be provided by operators of establishments of kept terrestrial animals and of hatcheries for the purpose of the registration of their establishments, as provided for in Article 84(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429;

(b)

the types of establishments keeping terrestrial animals posing an insignificant risk that may be exempted by the Member States from the registration requirement in accordance with Article 85 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429;

(c)

the information to be provided by operators of establishments of kept terrestrial animals and of hatcheries in their application for approval of their establishment in accordance with Article 96(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429.

Article 2 Information to be provided by operators for the purpose of the registration of their establishment

1.   Operators of establishments of kept terrestrial animals and of hatcheries referred to in Article 84(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 shall, in addition to the information referred to in Article 84(1), point (b), of that Regulation, before they commence such activities, provide the competent authority with the following information:

(a)

the address and geographical coordinates (latitude and longitude) of the location of the establishment to be registered;

(b)

the period during which the kept terrestrial animals or hatching eggs are kept on the registered establishment if it is not continuously occupied, including seasonal occupation or occupation during particular events.

2.   Operators of establishments of kept terrestrial animals referred to in Article 84(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 shall not be obliged to provide the competent authority with the information referred to in Article 84(1), point (b)(iii), of that Regulation, regarding kept terrestrial animals falling within the derogation used by the Member State in accordance with Article 3 of this Regulation.

Article 3 Types of establishments keeping terrestrial animals that may be exempted by the Member States from the registration requirement

1.   Member States may exempt from the registration requirement establishments keeping terrestrial animals posing an insignificant risk, as provided for in Article 85 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429, if the following criteria are fulfilled:

(a)

no ungulates are kept on the establishment;

(b)

no dogs, cats or ferrets are kept for breeding on the establishment;

(c)

the establishment is not involved in any movement of kept terrestrial animals, germinal products or products of animal origin to or from another Member State or third country;

(d)

the kept terrestrial animals, germinal products or products of animal origin on the establishment are not intended to be moved out of the establishment.

2.   Member States that exempt establishments in accordance with paragraph 1 may lay down additional criteria regarding limitations on the number of kept terrestrial animals that may be kept on such establishments and restrict the geographical location of those establishments, in particular in relation to their proximity to establishments registered or approved by the competent authority.

Article 4 Information to be provided by operators in their application for approval of their establishment

Operators of establishments of kept terrestrial animals and of hatcheries shall, for the purposes of their application for approval of their establishment as provided for in Article 94(1) and Article 95, point (a), of Regulation (EU) 2016/429, in addition to the information referred to in Article 96(1) of that Regulation, provide the competent authority with the following information:

(a)

the address and geographical coordinates (latitude and longitude) of the location of the establishment to be approved;

(b)

the period during which animals or hatching eggs are kept on the approved establishment if it is not continuously occupied, including seasonal occupation or occupation during particular events.

Article 5 Entry into force

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