Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1422 of 26 April 2021 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/624 as regards certification in case of slaughter at the holding of provenanceText with EEA relevance.

Article 6 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/624 is amended as follows:

(1) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

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The competent authorities shall apply the specific criteria and conditions laid down in this Article in the relevant cases of poultry, farmed game, domestic bovine and porcine animals and domestic solipeds.;

(2) point 3 is replaced by the following:

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In the case of domestic bovine and porcine animals, domestic solipeds and farmed game, slaughtered at the holding of provenance in accordance with Chapter VIa of section I or point 3 of Section III of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004, the official certificate completed in accordance with the model official certificate set out in Chapter 3 of Annex IV to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2235

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2235 of 16 December 2020 laying down rules for the application of Regulations (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards model animal health certificates, model official certificates and model animal health/official certificates, for the entry into the Union and movements within the Union of consignments of certain categories of animals and goods, official certification regarding such certificates and repealing Regulation (EC) No 599/2004, Implementing Regulations (EU) No 636/2014 and (EU) 2019/628, Directive 98/68/EC and Decisions 2000/572/EC, 2003/779/EC and 2007/240/EC (OJ L 442, 30.12.2020, p. 1).

shall accompany the animals to the slaughterhouse or be sent in advance in any format, instead of the certificate referred to in Article 5(2)(f) to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 26 April 2021.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula von der Leyen