
Article 1 

1. Consignments of dogs, cats or ferrets which are subject to the provisions of Directive 92/65/EEC shall only be imported into the Union provided that the territories or third countries they come from and any territories or third countries they transit are included in one of the lists set out in:
(a) Part 1 of Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010;
(b) Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013;
(c) Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/659, except those third countries for which a time limit is indicated in column 16 of the table in that Annex.
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, consignments of dogs, cats or ferrets destined for bodies, institutes and centres approved in accordance with Directive 92/65/EEC shall only be imported into the Union provided that the territories or third countries they come from and any territories or third countries they transit are included in the list referred to in paragraph 1(b).
Article 2 
Member States shall only authorise imports of dogs, cats or ferrets, which comply with the following conditions:

((a)) they are accompanied by an animal health certificate drawn up in accordance with the model set out in Part 1 of the Annex and completed and signed by an official veterinarian in accordance with the explanatory notes set out in Part 2 of the Annex;
((b)) they comply with the requirements of the animal health certificate referred to in point (a) in respect of the territories or third countries that they come from and any territories or third countries they transit, as referred to in paragraphs 1(a), (b) and (c) of Article 1.
Article 3 
Implementing Decision 2013/519/EU is repealed.
References to Implementing Decision 2013/519/EU shall be construed as references to this Decision.
Article 4 
For a transitional period until 31 December 2019, Member States shall authorise imports into the Union of dogs, cats and ferrets which are accompanied by a health certificate issued not later than 30 November 2019 in accordance with the model set out in Part 1 of the Annex to Implementing Decision 2013/519/EU.
Article 5 
This Decision shall apply from 1 July 2019.
Article 6 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 18 February 2019.
For the Commission
Vytenis ANDRIUKAITIS
Member of the Commission
ANNEX
PART 1










PART 2

((a)) Where the certificate states that certain statements shall be kept as appropriate, statements which are not relevant may be crossed out and initialled and stamped by the official veterinarian, or completely deleted from the certificate.
((b)) The original of each certificate shall consist of a single sheet of paper, or, where more text is required it must be in such a form that all sheets of paper required are part of an integrated whole and indivisible.
((c)) The certificate shall be drawn up in at least one of the official languages of the Member State of the border inspection post of introduction of the consignment into the Union and of the Member State of destination. However, those Member States may authorise the certificate to be drawn up in the official language(s) of another Member State, and accompanied, if necessary, by an official translation.
((d)) If for reasons of identification of the items of the consignment (schedule in point I.28 of the model animal health certificate), additional sheets of paper or supporting documents are attached to the certificate, those sheets of paper or documents shall also be considered as forming part of the original of the certificate by the application of the signature and stamp of the official veterinarian, on each of the pages.
((e)) When the certificate, including additional sheets or documents referred to in point (d), comprises more than one page, each page shall be numbered (page number of total number of pages) at the end of the page and shall bear the certificate reference number that has been designated by the competent authority at the top of the pages.
((f)) The original of the certificate shall be completed and signed by an official veterinarian of the exporting territory or third country. The competent authority of the exporting territory or third country shall ensure that rules and principles of certification equivalent to those laid down in Directive 96/93/EC are followed.
((g)) The colour of the signature shall be different from that of the printing. This requirement also applies to stamps other than those embossed or watermarked.
((h)) The certificate reference number referred to in Boxes I.2 and II.a shall be issued by the competent authority of the exporting territory or third country.
