Importation of live animals and animal products
Article 2
1. The Member States shall authorise the importation into the Union of consignments of live animals and of animal products from New Zealand provided they are accompanied by a health certificate, issued before departure of the consignment from New Zealand and drawn up in accordance with the following models: (a) where equivalence has been established for animal or public health measures and has been recorded in Annex V to the Agreement as ‘Yes (1)’, the model health certificate as set out in Annex I to this Decision, and, when required, supplemented by the relevant additional attestations in accordance with: (i) the special conditions referred to in Chapter 28 of Section 5 of Annex V to the Agreement; (ii) the special conditions referred to in Annex II to this Decision; (iii) the special conditions referred in Subchapter 29.B. of Section 5 of Annex V to the Agreement; (iv) the guarantees of humane treatment at the time of killing at least equivalent to those provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009; (b) where equivalence has not been established and certification requirements have been laid down in Union legislation, the model health certificate set out in relevant Union legislation on veterinary import certification. 2. Pending the adoption by the Union of harmonised importation requirements for certain live animals and certain animal products, national health requirements of the Member States shall continue to apply to the importation of those live animals and animal products. 3. The health certificates issued in accordance with the model referred to in paragraph (1)(a) may be issued after departure of the consignment from New Zealand of live animals and animal products with certification systems equivalence recorded in Chapter 27 of Annex V to the Agreement, provided that they include a reference to the appropriate Eligibility Document (‘ED’) and its date of issuance and that they are provided to the border inspection post on arrival of the consignment.