Equine passport

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Equine passport

The equine passport is the only lifelong identification document for horses kept in the EU, but also for donkeys, zebras and their crossbreeds; it was introduced to implement Regulation (EC) No. 504/2008. At the owner's request, it is issued by the breeding association with which the horse concerned is registered, for non-registered competition horses in Germany by the German Equestrian Association and for other horses by the bodies that have been commissioned by the veterinary administration of the respective federal state. The equine passport is valid for all animals that are identified with the zoological term equidae .

purpose

Background of the identification document was an EU directive, which provided that each equine needs a paper within the EU, with each transport and slaughter provide information about all successful medical treatments must. Since within the EU the horse is primarily seen as an animal for slaughter, this is intended to ensure easier control of animal diseases , but also a minimum of consumer protection. Particular attention was paid to the drug exposure of slaughtered animals. In Germany and Austria, since the introduction of the equine passport, it has been forbidden to slaughter a horse for which no equine passport exists.

Regulation (EC) No. 504/2008 wanted to introduce a uniform system for the identification of all horses in place of the previous different documentation procedures, to which a method to ensure a clear connection between this document and the equine, i.e. also to its identification and the Development of a database was part of his individual identification based on the international UELN system (universal equine life number) should be assigned details of his career and certain people. This identification system is used

  • Identification of a horse and its assignment, especially during or after a change of ownership or to authorities,
  • Use declaration (e.g. "Intended for slaughter") with an impact on the choice and documentation of the veterinary medicinal product , if the animal is intended for slaughter for human consumption, i.e. for food production,
  • Documentation of the state of health with integration of a function as a vaccination certificate.

The equine passport must be returned to the issuing office in the event of death, killing, theft, loss or slaughter of the animal for disease control purposes, unless it is destroyed under official supervision in the slaughterhouse.

content

The equine passport, regulated in the Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/262, is issued in the form of a multi-page bound and perforated document. The equine passport has been divided into 11 sections since 2016 and contains the following information:

  • Section 1: Identification (including a unique life number, identification with transponder number, badge diagram)
  • Section 2: Administration of Veterinary Medicinal Products
  • Section 3: Validity of the document for movements of equidae
  • Section 4: Owners
  • Section 5: Proof of origin
  • Section 6: Registration of Identity Control
  • Section 7: Equine Flu Vaccination Records
  • Section 8: Records of Vaccination Against Other Diseases
  • Section 9: Health controls through laboratory tests
  • Section 10: Basic Health Conditions (mandatory for registered equidae)
  • Section 11: Chestnuts

In section 2 of the equine passport it must be clearly stated whether the animal is “not for slaughter” (Part II) or “for slaughter” (Part III). For the treatment of animals not intended for slaughter, especially sport horses, medicines that are not specifically approved for food-producing animals can also be used (so-called therapy emergency ).

Changes to the content, e.g. B. the owner, can be requested for a fee from the issuing organization.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Art. 3 (1) and ( 3) Regulation (EC) No. 504/2008 of the Commission of June 6, 2008 for the implementation of Council Directives 90/426 / EEC and 90/427 / EEC with regard to methods for identifying teams The term is only mentioned in Annex I to Article 5, while Article 5 itself speaks of an identification document or simply a passport .
  2. ↑ Article 5 (5) of Regulation (EC) No. 504/2008 and Section 44a of the Viehverkehrsverordnung ( Cattle Traffic Ordinance ) expressly name only the keeper who has to name the possibly different owner in his application
  3. ↑ Technical information: Marking and identification of equidae , Bavarian State Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Forests (StMELF)
  4. ↑ Article 3 Paragraphs 1 and 3 of this EU Regulation and in particular Reasons Nos. 3 and 32
  5. ↑ Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/262 of the Commission of February 17, 2015 laying down provisions in accordance with Council Directives 90/427 / EEC and 2009/156 / EC with regard to methods for identifying equidae (Equidae Passport Regulation). Annex I, Part 1 No. IV , accessed on December 1, 2016
  6. ↑ Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/262 of the Commission of February 17, 2015 laying down provisions in accordance with Council Directives 90/427 / EEC and 2009/156 / EC with regard to methods for identifying equidae (Equidae Passport Regulation)