Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1940 of 13 July 2017 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1012 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the content and format of zootechnical certificates issued for purebred breeding animals of the equine species contained in a single lifetime identification document for equidae (Text with EEA relevance. )

The content and format of the zootechnical certificate forming part of the single lifetime identification document for purebred breeding animals of the equine species, provided for in Article 32(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1012 (‘the zootechnical certificate’), shall be presented as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Parts I and II of the zootechnical certificate shall be contained in the single lifetime identification document for purebred breeding animals of the equine species issued in accordance with Article 114(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 and comply with the following: (a) Part I shall be a Section of the single lifetime identification document to be established in accordance with Article 118(2)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429; (b) Part II shall be either: (i) part of the Section referred to in point (a) of this Article, in which case more than one page displaying that Part II are to be provided for updates of the information; or (ii) where authorised by the competent authority in accordance with Article 32(4) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1012, attached to the single lifetime identification document, in which case it shall be linked to Part I referred to in point (a) of this Article by the entry of the individual identification number, referred to as ‘unique code’ in Article 114(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429.

1 As of 1 November 2018, Section V of the identification document issued for a purebred breeding animal of the equine species in accordance with Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/262 shall be completed in accordance with Article 9(2) thereof and, where necessary for the purposes of Article 30(4) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1012, be supplemented with Part II of the zootechnical certificate as described in Article 2(b)(ii) of this Regulation.

2 Part II of the zootechnical certificate shall be attached to the single lifetime identification document issued in accordance with Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/262 and shall be linked to the certificate of origin as set out in Section V of Part 1 of Annex I to that Regulation by entry of the unique life number as defined in Article 2(o) of that Regulation.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 1 November 2018.