
Article 1 
Decision 79/542/EEC is amended as follows:

1.. in Article 6(1), the following second subparagraph is added:
'Where the animals are transported by air, the crate or container in which they are transported and the surrounding area shall be sprayed with an appropriate insecticide immediately before the doors to the aircraft are closed and whenever the doors of the aircraft are opened subsequently before reaching the final destination.';
2.. Annexes I, II and III are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2 
This Decision shall apply from 1 March 2009.
Article 3 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 6 April 2009.
For the Commission
Androulla VASSILIOU
Member of the Commission
ANNEX

Annexes I, II and III to Decision 79/542/EEC are amended as follows:

1.. in Part 1 of Annex I, in the part concerning ‘Specific conditions’, point ‘I’ is replaced by the following:
' “I”for transit through the territory of animals for direct slaughter or bovine animals for fattening which are consigned from a Member State and destined to another Member State in lorries which have been sealed with a serially numbered seal. The seal number must be entered on the health certificate issued in accordance with the model laid down in Annex F to Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June 1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine, for bovine animals and swine, and in accordance with Model I of Annex E to Council Directive 91/68/EEC of 28 January 1991 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in ovine and caprine animals, for ovine and caprine animals. In addition, the seal must be intact on arrival at the designated border inspection post of entry into the Community and the seal number recorded in TRACES. The certificate must be stamped at the exit point of the Community by the competent veterinary authorities prior to transiting one or more third countries with the following appropriate wording “ONLY FOR TRANSIT BETWEEN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION VIA THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA/MONTENEGRO/SERBIA”
Bovine animals for fattening must be transported directly to the farm of destination designated by the competent veterinary authority of destination. Those animals must not be moved from that farm unless for direct slaughter.';
2.. Part 2 of Annex II is amended as follows:

((a)) the ‘Model of veterinary certificate EQU’ is replaced by the following:

((b)) the ‘Model of veterinary certificate EQW’ is replaced by the following:

((c)) the model of animal health certificate ‘TRANSIT/STORAGE’ is deleted;
3.. Annex III is replaced by the following:

‘ANNEX III 
