Translation of "Garanties sanitaires supplémentaires ou alternatives " (French → English) :

For the purpose of point 6 and in case of trade between Member States, animals must be accompanied by an animal health certificate for animals of the porcine species for breeding in conformity with the Model 2 in Annex F to Directive 64/432/EEC, with one of the following additional guarantees, corresponding to their status, being certified by adding the following to Section C of that certificate:

This additive can only be used if it has been demonstrated to the satisfaction of the competent authority that no technological alternative giving the same sanitary guarantees and/or allowing to maintain the specific features of the product, is available’.

In addition to a minimum period spent on the territory, or part of the territory, of an authorised third country (Article 10), the importation of animals requires additional guarantees whose scope varies according to the health situation in the country of provenance as regards FMD (FMD-free or not) and that country's policy for controlling and preventing FMD (vaccination or no vaccination), in accordance with the provisions of Article 6(2), as amended by Article 3 of Directive 90/423.

(c) in the cases specifically provided for in Annexes I and II and in the second and third indents of Article 3, they must be accompanied by an animal health or public health certificate corresponding to a specimen to be drawn up under the procedure provided for in Article 18, certifying that the products meet the additional conditions or offer the equivalent guarantees referred to in paragraph 3 (a) and come from establishments offering such guarantees, and signed by an official veterinarian or, as appropriate, by any other competent authority recognized under the same procedure.

(b) they must be accompanied by a health certificate corresponding to a specimen to be drawn up under the procedure laid down in Article 26, signed by the competent authority of the exporting country and certifying that the animals, semen, ova and embryos meet the additional conditions or offer the equivalent guarantees referred to in paragraph 4 and come from approved centres, bodies, institutes or collection centres offering such guarantees.

(c) be accompanied by a health certificate corresponding to a specimen to be drawn up in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 22, signed by the competent authority and certifying that the products meet the requirements of Chapter II or any additional conditions or offer the equivalent guarantees referred to in paragraph 3 (c) and come from establishments offering the guarantees provided for in Annex I.