
Article 1 

(1.) This Decision lays down certification requirements concerning importation into  Great Britain  of consignments of live animals and of animal products from New Zealand.It provides for a model health certificate to be published by the appropriate authority from time to time that can be used for the importation of live animals and of animal products into Great Britain, for which equivalence has been determined under the Agreement.
(2.) In this Decision:
 —  “the Agreement” means the January 2019 Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of New Zealand on Sanitary Measures Applicable to Trade in Live Animals and Animal Products;
 —  “the Agreement” means the January 2019 Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of New Zealand on Sanitary Measures Applicable to Trade in Live Animals and Animal Products;
 —  “appropriate authority” means the Secretary of State (in relation to England), the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales) and the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland); but the  “appropriate authority” is the Secretary of State if consent is given by:
((a)) in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;
((b)) in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers.
Article 2 

1. The  appropriate authority  shall authorise the importation into  Great Britain
                              of consignments of live animals and of animal products from New Zealand provided they are accompanied by a health certificate, in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time,  issued before departure of the consignment from New Zealand and drawn up in accordance with the following models:
(a) where equivalence has been established for animal or public health measures and has been recorded in Annex V to the Agreement as ‘Yes (1)’, the model health certificate  , in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time, and, when required, supplemented by the relevant additional attestations in accordance with:
((i)) the special conditions referred to in Chapter 28 of Section 5 of Annex V to the Agreement;
((ii)) the special conditions referred to in Annex II to this Decision;
((iii)) the special conditions referred in Subchapter 29.B. of Section 5 of Annex V to the Agreement;
((iv)) the guarantees of humane treatment at the time of killing at least equivalent to those provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009;
(b) where equivalence has not been established and certification requirements have been laid down in   assimilated direct   legislation, the model health certificate  , in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time.
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3. The health certificates issued in accordance with the model referred to in paragraph (1)(a) may be issued after departure of the consignment from New Zealand of live animals and animal products with certification systems equivalence recorded in Chapter 27 of Annex V to the Agreement, provided that they include a reference to the appropriate Eligibility Document (‘ED’) and its date of issuance and that they are provided to the border  control  post on arrival of the consignment.
Article 3 
The animal and public health attestations may be combined in a single health certificate also in cases where equivalence has been determined for only animal or only public health measures.
Article 4 
Decision 2003/56/EC is repealed.
Article 5 
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Article 6 
This Decision shall apply from 1 December 2015.
Article 7 
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Done at Brussels, 20 October 2015.
For the Commission
Vytenis ANDRIUKAITIS
Member of the Commission
ANNEX I

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ANNEX II

Commodity, Species/Form Ch. Certification
Animal Health Public Health Special Certification Conditions
Farmed game meat
— Ratite
Fresh meat 4.C Commission Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 Equivalence model health attestation The non-equivalence attestations to be included in the model health certificate  , in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time
Wild game meat
— Other wild land mammals Fresh meat, excluding offal 4.D Commission Regulation (EC) No 119/2009Commission Regulation (EC) No 206/2010 Equivalence model health attestation The non-equivalence attestations to be included in the model health certificate , in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time
Meat preparations derived from farmed game meat
— Ratites 5.C Commission Decision 2000/572/ECRegulation (EC) No 798/2008 Equivalence model health attestation The non-equivalence attestations to be included in the model health certificate , in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time
Meat products derived from farmed game
— Ratites 6.C Commission Decision 2007/777/ECRegulation (EC) No 798/2008 Equivalence model health attestation The non-equivalence attestations to be included in the model health certificate , in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time









