Article 5
The owner or any natural or legal person running a staging point shall be responsible for compliance with the relevant provisions of this Regulation and, to that end, shall be obliged: (a) to admit only those animals which have been certified or identified in accordance with the relevant Community legislation, with particular reference to the provisions referred to in Article 3 (3). For this purpose, he shall check or have others check the health or other accompanying documents belonging to the species or categories concerned and randomly check and identification marks on the animals; (b) to ensure that, without prejudice to the provisions of point B.3 of Annex I, animals at staging points are kept in the same groups in which they were originally dispatched and that each consignment of animals is accommodated in entirely separate facilities, managed in accordance with the official veterinarian's requirements, in order to avoid any contact that might jeopardize the animals' health status; (c) to ensure that the animals staying at staging points are fed and watered at the right time according to the species involved and to provide for this purpose appropriate quantities of feeding stuffs and liquids; (d) to care for the animals staying at staging points and, where required, take all necessary steps to guarantee their welfare and compliance with animal-health requirements; (e) to call a veterinarian should the need arise - to give the appropriate treatment to animals that become sick or injured while under his responsibility and - where necessary, to have such animals slaughtered, killed or put down in accordance with Directive 93/119/EC; (f) to use staff who possess the appropriate ability, knowledge and professional competence and have for that purpose received specific training either within the undertaking or from a training body or have equivalent practical experience qualifying them to handle and, if necessary, administer appropriate care to the animals concerned; (g) to take the necessary steps to ensure that all those handling animals at staging points comply with the relevant animal-welfare provisions; (h) to keep a record or database of the information set out in point C.7 of Annex I, to store it and hold it at the disposal of the competent authority for at least three years; (i) to inform the competent authority at the earliest opportunity of any perceived irregularities.