Dispatch of kept animals of origin of the fresh meat to a slaughterhouse
Article 124
Consignments of fresh meat of kept animals, except those kept as farmed game that have been killed on-the-spot, shall only be permitted to enter the Union if the fresh meat of the consignment has been obtained from kept animals which comply with the following requirements: (a) the establishment of origin of the animals is located, either: (i) in the same third country or territory or zone thereof as the slaughterhouse where the fresh meat was obtained; or (ii) in a third country or territory or zone thereof which at the time of dispatch of the animals to the slaughterhouse was authorised to enter fresh meat of the relevant species of animals to the Union; (b) the kept animals were dispatched directly from their establishment of origin to the slaughterhouse; (c) during the transport to the slaughterhouse referred to in point (a), the kept animals: (i) did not pass through a third country or territory or zone thereof not listed for entry into the Union of the particular species and category of fresh meat; (ii) did not come into contact with animals of a lower health status; (d) the means of transport and containers used to transport the kept animals to the slaughterhouse referred to in point (a) comply with the requirements laid down in Articles 17 and 18.