Derogations from requirements concerning the issuing, content and format of zootechnical certificates for the entry into the Union of breeding animals and their germinal products
Article 33
1. By way of derogation from Article 30(2)(c) and (5), germinal products may be accompanied by a zootechnical certificate issued on behalf of the breeding body on the basis of the information received from that breeding body, by a semen collection or storage centre, or by an embryo collection or production team, approved for the entry into the Union of those germinal products in accordance with Union animal health law. 2. By way of derogation from Article 30(6)(b), the model forms referred to in Article 30(6)(b) do not have to be used if: (a) the information set out in the relevant Parts and Chapters of Annex V is contained in other documents accompanying the breeding animal or their germinal products; (b) the breeding body carrying out the breeding programme, or another operator referred to in paragraph 1, provides an exhaustive list of those documents, declares that the information set out in the relevant Parts and Chapters of Annex V is contained in those documents and certifies the content of those documents. 3. By way of derogation from Article 30(7)(a) and (b) and Article 30(8)(a) and(b), where the results of performance testing or genetic evaluation are publicly available on a website, breeding bodies, or the other operators referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, may, in the zootechnical certificate or the other documents referred to in point (a) of paragraph 2 of this Article, refer to the website where those results can be accessed.