Council Directive 90/426/EEC of 26 June 1990 on animal health conditions governing the movement and import from third countries of equidae
Modified by
- Council Directiveof 26 June 1990concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market(90/425/EEC), 390L0425, August 18, 1990
- Council Directiveof 15 July 1991laying down the principles governing the organization of veterinary checks on animals entering the Community from third countries and amending Directives 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC and 90/675/EEC(91/496/EEC), 391L0496, September 24, 1991
- Commission Decisionof 13 February 1992amending Annexes B and C to Council Directive 90/426/EEC(92/130/EEC), 392D0130, February 22, 1992
- Council Directive 92/36/EECof 29 April 1992amending, with regard to African horse sickness, Directive 90/426/EEC on animal health conditions governing the movement and import from third countries of equidae, 392L0036, June 10, 1992
- Actconcerning the conditions of accession of the Kingdom of Norway, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded (94/C 241/08)Decision of the Council of the European Unionof 1 January 1995adjusting the instruments concerning the accession of new Member States to the European Union(95/1/EC, Euratom, ECSC), 194N395D0001, August 29, 1994
- Decision of the Council of the European Unionof 1 January 1995adjusting the instruments concerning the accession of new Member States to the European Union(95/1/EC, Euratom, ECSC), 395D0001, January 1, 1995
- Commission Decisionof 30 March 2001amending the Annexes to Council Directives 64/432/EEC, 90/426/EEC, 91/68/EEC and 92/65/EEC and to Commission Decision 94/273/EC as regards the protection of animals during transport(notified under document number C(2001) 965)(Text with EEA relevance)(2001/298/EC), 301D0298, April 12, 2001
- Commission Decisionof 21 February 2002amending Annex D to Council Directive 90/426/EEC with regard to diagnostic tests for African horse sickness(notified under document number C(2002) 556)(Text with EEA relevance)(2002/160/EC), 302D0160, February 23, 2002
- Council Regulation (EC) No 806/2003of 14 April 2003adapting to Decision 1999/468/EC the provisions relating to committees which assist the Commission in the exercise of its implementing powers laid down in Council instruments adopted in accordance with the consultation procedure (qualified majority), 303R0806, May 16, 2003
- Actconcerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded, 103T, September 23, 2003
- Council Directive 2004/68/ECof 26 April 2004laying down animal health rules for the importation into and transit through the Community of certain live ungulate animals, amending Directives 90/426/EEC and 92/65/EEC and repealing Directive 72/462/EEC(Text with EEA relevance), 304L0068, June 25, 2004
Corrected by
- Corrigendum to Council Directive 90/426/EEC of 26 June 1990 on animal health conditions governing the movement and import from third countries of equidae, 390L0426R(01), October 27, 1990
(a) "holding" means an agricultural or training establishment, a stable or, generally speaking, any premises or facilities in which equidae are habitually kept or bred, for whatever use; (b) "equidae" means wild or domesticated animals of the equine (including zebras) or asinine species or the offspring of crossings of those species; (c) "registered equidae" means any equidae registered as defined in Directive 90/427/EEC , identified by means of an identification document issued by the breeding authority or any other competent authority of the country where the animal originated which manages the studbook or register for that breed of animal or any international association or organization which manages horses for competition or racing;OJ No L 224, 18. 8. 1990, p. 55 .(d) "equidae for slaughter" means equidae intended to be transported either directly or after transit through a market or an approved marshalling centre to the slaughterhouse for slaughter; (e) "equidae for breeding and production" means equidae other than those mentioned in (c) and (d); (f) "Member State or third country free from African horse sickness" means any Member State or third country in which there has been no clinical, serological (in unvaccinated equidae) or epidemiological evidence of African horse sickness on the territory concerned in the previous two years and in which there have been no vaccinations against the disease during the previous 12 months; (g) "compulsorily notifiable diseases" means the diseases listed in Annex A; (h) "official veterinarian" means the veterinarian designated by the competent central authority of a Member State or of a third country; (i) "temporary admission" means the status of a registered animal originating in a third country and admitted into Community territory for a period of less than 90 days to be fixed by the Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 24, depending on the health situation in the country of origin.
are being ridden or taken, for sporting or recreational purposes, along roads situated near internal borders of the Community, are taking part in cultural or similar events or in activities organized by authorized local bodies situated near internal borders of the Community, are intended solely for temporary pasturing or work near internal borders of the Community.
(i) in the case of registered horses, by means of an identification document, as provided for in Directive 90/427/EEC , which must certify in particular that Article 5 (5) and (6) have been complied with. The offical veterinarian will have to suspend the validity of this document for the period of the prohibitions provided for in paragraph 5 or in Article 5. The document should, following the slaughter of the registered horse, be returned to the authority which issued it. The procedure for the implementation of this point shall be adopted by the Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 24;OJ No L 224, 18. 8. 1990, p. 55 .(ii) for equidae for breeding and production, identification by a method to be established by the Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 24. Until such time as this method is in use, the officially approved national identification methods shall remain applicable, provided that they are notified to the Commission and the other Member States within three months of the date on which this Directive is adopted.
(a) if all the animals of species susceptible to the disease located on the holding have not been slaughtered, the period of prohibition concerning the holding of origin must be at least: six months in the case of equidae suspected of having contracted dourine, beginning on the date of the last actual or possible contact with a sick animal. However, in the case of a stallion, the prohibition shall apply until the animal is castrated, six months in the case of glanders or equine encephalomyelitis, beginning on the day on which the equidae suffering from the disease in question are slaughtered, in the case of infectious anaemia, until the date on which, the infected animals having been slaughtered, the remaining animals have shown a negative reaction to two Coggins tests carried out three months apart, six months in the case of vesicular stomatitis, one month from the last recorded case, in the case of rabies, 15 days from the last recorded case, in the case of anthrax;
(b) if all the animals of species susceptible to the disease located on the holding have been slaughtered and the premises disinfected, the period of prohibition shall be 30 days, beginning on the day on which the animals were destroyed and the premises disinfected, except in the case of anthrax, where the period of prohibition is 15 days.
the distribution of the disease on its territory, the reasons for the programme, taking into consideration the significance of the disease and its cost/benefit advantages, the geographical area in which the programme will be implemented, the status categories to be applied to establishments, the standards which must be attained for each species and the test procedures to be used, the programme monitoring procedures, the action to be taken if, for any reason, a holding loses its status, the measures to be taken if the results of the tests carried out in accordance with the provisions of the programme are positive, the non-discriminatory nature of trade in the territory of the Member State concerned with respect to intra-Community trade.
(a) A part of the territory of a Member State shall be considered to be infected with African horse sickness if: clinical, serological (in unvaccinated animals) and/or epidemiological evidence has revealed the presence of African horse sickness in the past two years, or vaccination against African horse sickness has been carried out in the past 12 months.
(b) The part of the territory considered to be infected with African horse sickness must comprise as a minimum: a protection zone with a radius of at least 100 km around any centre of infection, a surveillance zone at least 50 km extending beyond the protection zone, in which no vaccination has been carried out in the last 12 months.
(c) The rules controlling the combat measures relating to the territories and zones referred to in points (a) and (b) and the relevant derogations are specified in Directive 92/35/EEC .OJ No L 157, 10. 6. 1992, p. 19 .(d) All vaccinated equidae found in the protection zone must be registered and identified in accordance with Article 6 (1) of Directive 92/35/EEC. The identification document and/or health certificate shall carry a clear reference to such vaccination.
(a) they must be dispatched only during certain periods of the year, having regard to the activity of vector insects, to be determined in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 25; (b) they must show no clinical symptom of African horse sickness on the day of the inspection referred to in Article 4 (1); (c) if they have not been vaccinated against African horse sickness, they must have undergone and reacted negatively to a complement fixation test for African horse sickness as described in Annex D, on two occasions, with an interval of between 21 and 30 days between the two tests, the second of which must have been carried out during the 10 days prior to dispatch, if they have been vaccinated, they must not have undergone vaccination during the previous two months and must have undergone the fixation test described in Annex D at the aforementioned intervals without having recorded an increase in the antibody count. Under the procedure laid down in Article 24, the Commission may, following the opinion of the Scientific Veterinary Committee, recognize other monitoring methods;
(d) they must have been kept in a quarantine station for a minimum period of 40 days prior to dispatch; (e) they must have been protected from vector insects during the period of quarantine and during transportation from the quarantine station to the place of dispatch.
registered equidae which leave their holdings are accompanied by the identification document laid down in Article 4 (4) together — if they are intended for intra-Community trade — with the attestation provided for in Annex B, equidae for breeding, production and slaughter are, during their transportion, accompanied by a health certificate complying with Annex C to this Directive.
(a) the health status of the equidae, other domestic animals and wildlife in the third country, with particular regard to exotic animal diseases and any aspects of the general health and the environmental situation in the third country which may pose a risk to the health and environmental status of the Community; (b) the legislation of the third country in relation to animal health and welfare; (c) the organisation of the competent veterinary authority and its inspection services, the powers of those services, the supervision to which they are subject, and the means at their disposal, including staff and laboratory capacity, to apply national legislation effectively; (d) the assurances which the competent veterinary authority of the third country can give regarding compliance or equivalence with the relevant animal health conditions applicable in the Community; (e) whether the third country is a member of the Office International des Epizooties (OIE) and the regularity and rapidity of the information supplied by the third country relating to the existence of infectious or contagious diseases of equidae in its territory, in particular those diseases listed by the OIE and in Annex A to this Directive; (f) the guarantees given by the third country to directly inform the Commission and the Member States: (i) within 24 hours, of the confirmation of the occurrence of infectious diseases of equidae listed in Annex A and of any change in the vaccination policy concerning such diseases; (ii) within an appropriate period, of any proposed changes in the national sanitary rules concerning equidae, in particular regarding the importation of equidae; (iii) at regular intervals, of the animal health status of its territory concerning equidae;
(g) any experience of previous imports of live equidae from the third country and the results of any import controls carried out; (h) the results of Community inspections and/or audits carried out in the third country, in particular the results of the assessment of the competent authorities or, where the Commission so requests, the report submitted by the competent authorities on the inspections which they have carried out; (i) the rules on the prevention and control of infectious or contagious animal diseases in force in the third country and their implementation, including rules on importation of equidae from other third countries.
(a) free from African horse sickness; (b) which have been free for two years from Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis (VEE); (c) which have been free for six months from dourine and glanders.
(a) decide that the provisions of paragraph 1 shall apply to only a part of the territory of a third country. In the event that the African horse sickness requirements apply on a regional basis, at the very least the measures laid down in Article 5 (2) and (3) must be complied with; (b) require additional guarantees for diseases alien to the Community.
(a) comply with the animal health requirements adopted, with reference to the species in question and the categories of equidae, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 24 for imports of equidae from that country. The reference basis for fixing animal health conditions in accordance with paragraph 1 shall be the standards laid down in Articles 4 and 5; and (b) in the case of a third country not free of vesicular stomatitis or viral arteritis for at least six months, the equidae must meet the following requirements: (i) they must come from a holding which has been free of vesicular stomatitis for at least six months and they must have reacted negatively to a serological test prior to dispatch; (ii) in the case of viral arteritis, male equidae must — notwithstanding Article 19 (ii) — have reacted negatively to a serological test or to a virus isolation test or to any other test recognized in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 24 which would guarantee freedom from the virus. In accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 24, and following the opinion of the Scientific Veterinary Committee, the Commission may define the categories of male equidae to which this requirement shall apply.
(a) be issued on the day of loading of the animals for dispatch to the Member State of destination or, in the case of registered horses, on the last working day before embarkation; (b) be drawn up in at least one of the official languages of the Member States of destination and one of those of the Member State in which the import inspection is carried out; (c) accompany the animals in the original; (d) attest that the animals satisfy the requirements of this Directive and those laid down pursuant to this Directive with regard to importation from third countries; (e) consist of a single sheet; (f) be made out for a single consignee or, in the case of animals for slaughter, for a consignment, provided the animals are properly marked and identified. Member States shall inform the Commission if they make use of this option.
(i) may decide that imports from a third country or part of a third country are to be confined to particular species or categories; (ii) shall, notwithstanding Article 15, establish the special conditions for the temporary entry into Community territory of registered equidae or equidae intended for special uses or their re-entry into Community territory after being temporarily exported; (iii) shall determine the conditions for converting temporary entry into permanent entry; (iv) may designate a Community reference laboratory for one or more of the diseases of equidae listed in Annex A and shall stipulate the functions, tasks and procedures regarding collaboration with laboratories responsible for diagnosing infectious diseases of equidae in the Member States.
the equidae do not come from the territory of a third country or part thereof as defined pursuant to Article 13 (2) (a) included in the list drawn up in accordance with Article 12 (1), the equidae are, or are suspected of being, infected with or contaminated by an infectious or contagious disease, the conditions laid down in this Directive have not been complied with by the exporting third country, the certificate accompanying the animals does not comply with the conditions set out in Article 17, the equidae have been treated with substances prohibited under Community rules.
Dourine Glanders Equine encephalomyelitis (of all types, including VEE) Infectious anaemia Rabies Anthrax African horse sickness Vesicular stomatitis
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |
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+ve cont. | Test sera | |||||||||||
A | 1:5 | –ve cont. | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 |
B | 1:10 | –ve cont. | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 |
C | 1:20 | Blank | ||||||||||
D | 1:40 | Blank | ||||||||||
E | 1:80 | GP cont. | ||||||||||
F | 1:160 | GP cont. | ||||||||||
G | 1:320 | GP cont. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
H | 1:640 | GP cont. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |
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+ve cont. | Test sera | |||||||||||
A | 1:5 | –ve cont. | 1:5 | 1:5 | ||||||||
B | 1:10 | –ve cont. | 1:10 | 1:10 | ||||||||
C | 1:20 | Blank | 1:20 | 1:20 | ||||||||
D | 1:40 | Blank | 1:40 | 1:40 | ||||||||
E | 1:80 | GP cont. | 1:80 | 1:80 | ||||||||
F | 1:160 | GP cont. | 1:160 | 1:160 | ||||||||
G | 1:320 | GP cont. | 1:320 | 1:320 | ||||||||
H | 1:640 | GP cont. | 1:640 | 1:640 |
For screening: | dilute test sera and controls 1 in 10 directly on the plate in PBST to give a final volume 100 μl/well. Incubate for 1 hour at 37 °C. |
For titration: | prepare a twofold dilution series of test sera and positive controls (100 μl/well) from 1 in 10 to 1 in |