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Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/688 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as regards animal health requirements for movements within the Union of terrestrial animals and hatching eggs.

Country/Territory
European Union
Document type
Legislation
Date
2019
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Official Journal of the European Union L 174, 3 June 2020, pp. 140-210.
Subject
Livestock, Food & nutrition, Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Food quality control/food safety Poultry products Transport/storage Business/industry/corporations Animal health Pests/diseases Quarantine Cattle Sheep/goats Swine Equine-animals Apiculture/sericulture Data collection/reporting Animal feed/feedstuffs Biosecurity Vaccination Animal production Keeping of live animals Birds Wild fauna
Geographical area
European Union Countries
Entry into force notes
The Regulation shall apply as of 21 April 2021.
Abstract

This Regulation supplements the rules for the prevention and control of animal diseases transmissible to animals or to humans laid down in article 5(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 as regards movements within the European Union of kept terrestrial animals, wild terrestrial animals and hatching eggs. The scope of this Regulation encompasses: (a) kept and wild terrestrial animals and hatching eggs; (b) establishments where those animals and hatching eggs are kept or undergo assembly operations; (c) operators keeping those animals and hatching eggs; (d) operators transporting terrestrial animals and hatching eggs; (e) competent authorities of Member States.

Full text
English
Website
eur-lex.europa.eu

References - Legislation

Amends

Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council on transmissible animal diseases and amending and repealing certain acts in the area of animal health ("Animal Health Law").

Legislation | European Union | 2016 (2018)

Keyword: Aquaculture, Internal trade, International trade, Fish products, Business/industry/corporations, Fish disease, Traceability/product tracing, Quarantine, Animal health, Food quality control/food safety, Basic legislation, Pests/diseases, Early warning system, Livestock water use, Data collection/reporting, Certification, Animal welfare, Drugs

Source: FAO, FAOLEX