Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/688 of 17 December 2019 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 (Text with EEA relevance)

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 Union of kept terrestrial animals, wild terrestrial animals and hatching eggs.

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:

1. ‘means of transport’ means road or rail vehicle, vessels and aircrafts;

2. ‘container’ means any crate, box, receptacle or other rigid structure used for the transport of animals or eggs which is not the means of transport;

3. ‘environmentally isolated production establishment’ means an establishment where its structures together with its strict biosecurity measures, ensure an effective isolation of the production of animals from the associated facilities and from the environment;

4. ‘bovine animal’ means an animal of the species of ungulates belonging to the genera Bison, Bos (including the subgenera Bos, Bibos, Novibos, Poephagus) and Bubalus (including the subgenus Anoa) and the offspring of crossings of those species;

5. ‘establishment free from “disease” ’ means an establishment granted the disease-free status in accordance with the requirements set out in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/689;

6. ‘status free from “disease” ’ means a disease-free status of a Member State or a zone thereof as approved by the Commission in accordance with Article 36 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429;

7. ‘ “disease” ’ has not been reported’ means that no animal or group of animals of relevant species kept on the establishment has been classified as a confirmed case of that disease and any suspect case of that disease has been ruled out;

8. ‘ “animals” intended for slaughter’ means kept terrestrial animals to be transported, either directly or after undergoing an assembly operation, to a slaughterhouse;

9. ‘approved quarantine establishment’ means an establishment granted the approval in accordance with Article 14 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2035;

10. ‘approved eradication programme’ means a disease eradication programme implemented in a Member State or zone thereof as approved by the Commission in accordance with Article 31(3) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429;

11. ‘ovine animal’ means an animal of the species of ungulates belonging to the genus Ovis and the offspring of crossings of those species;

12. ‘caprine animal’ means an animal of the species of ungulates belonging to the genus Capra and the offspring of crossings of those species;

13. ‘porcine animal’ means an animal of the species of ungulates belonging to the family Suidae listed in Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2016/429;

14. ‘equine animal’ means an animal of species of solipeds belonging to the genus Equus (including horses, asses, and zebras) and the offspring of crossings of those species;

15. ‘camelid animal’ means an animal of the species of ungulates belonging to the family Camelidae listed in Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2016/429;

16. ‘cervid animal’ means an animal of the species of ungulates belonging to the family Cervidae listed in Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2016/429;

17. ‘other kept ungulates’ means kept ungulates other than bovine, ovine, caprine, porcine, equine, camelid and cervid animals;

18. ‘vector protected establishment’ means part or all facilities of an establishment that are protected against attacks from Culicoides by appropriate physical and management means, with a status of vector protected establishment granted by the competent authority in accordance with Article 44 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/689.

19. ‘vector-free period’ means in a defined area the period of inactivity of Culicoides determined in accordance with Section 5 of Chapter 1 of Part II of Annex V to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/689.

20. ‘breeding poultry’ means poultry 72 hours old or more, intended for the production of hatching eggs;

21. ‘productive poultry’ means poultry 72 hours old or more, reared for the production of meat, eggs for consumption or other products or for restocking supplies of game birds;

22. ‘flock’ means all poultry or captive birds of the same health status kept on the same premises or in the same enclosure and constituting a single epidemiological unit; in housed poultry, this includes all birds sharing the same airspace;

23. ‘day-old chicks’ means all poultry less than 72 hours old;

24. ‘specified pathogen-free eggs’ means hatching eggs derived from ‘chicken flocks free from specified pathogens’, as described in the European Pharmacopoeia⁽¹⁾ and which are intended solely for diagnostic, research or pharmaceutical use;

25. ‘registered equine animal’ means:

    1. a purebred breeding animal of the species Equus caballus and Equus asinus entered or eligible for entry in the main section of a breeding book established by a breed society or breeding body recognised in accordance with Articles 4 or 34 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1012;

    2. a kept animal of the species Equus caballus registered with an international association or organisation, either directly or through its national federation or branches, which manages horses for competition or racing (‘registered horse’);

26. ‘primates’ means animals of the species belonging to the order Primates excluding humans;

27. ‘honeybee’ means an animal of the Apis mellifera species;

28. ‘bumble bee’ means an animal of the species belonging to the genus Bombus;

29. ‘dog’ means a kept animal of the Canis lupus species;

30. ‘cat’ means a kept animal of the Felis silvestris species;

31. ‘ferret’ means a kept animal of the Mustela putorius furo species;

32. ‘other carnivores’ means animals of the species belonging to the order Carnivora other than dogs, cats and ferrets;

33. ‘travelling circus’ means an exhibition or fair that includes animals or animal acts which is intended to move between Member States;

34. ‘animal act’ means any act featuring animals kept for the purpose of an exhibition or fair, and which may form part of a circus;

35. ‘racing pigeon’ means any pigeon transported or intended for transport from its pigeon house to another Member State in order to be released to fly back to the Member State of origin;