Animal health requirements for the ungulates of the consignment as regards listed diseases
Article 34
Consignments of ungulates intended for a confined establishment located in the Union shall only be permitted to enter the Union if the animals of the consignment comply with the following additional animal health requirements: (a) they must comply with a residency period in the confined establishment of origin for a continuous period of 6 months or since birth if they are less than 6 months of age; (b) they must not have been in contact with animals of a lower health status during: (i) the period of 30 days prior to the date of dispatch to the Union, or since birth if the animals are less than 30 days of age; (ii) their transport from the approved confined establishment of origin to the place of dispatch to the Union; (c) as regards the diseases referred to in the table set out in Part C of Annex XII, they must either: (i) originate from a third country or territory or zone thereof which complies with the disease freedom periods for the relevant diseases set out in that table; or (ii) comply with the relevant additional requirements set out in Part D of Annex XII; (d) they must not have been vaccinated as referred to in the table set out in Part E of Annex XII; (e) if they have been vaccinated against anthrax and rabies, information on the date of vaccination, the vaccine used and the possible test performed to show a protective immune response, must have been provided by the competent authority of the third country or territory of origin; (f) they must have been treated against internal and external parasites at least twice during the period of 40 days prior to date of dispatch to the Union. Where the specific guarantees referred to in point (c)(ii) include a quarantine period in a vector-protected facility in the confined establishment, this facility must comply with the requirements set out in Part F of Annex XII.