Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/2154 of 14 October 2020 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards animal health, certification and notification requirements for movements within the Union of products of animal origin from terrestrial animals (Text with EEA relevance)

This Regulation supplements the rules laid down in Regulation (EU) 2016/429 regarding movements within the Union of consignments of products of animal origin from terrestrial animals in relation to: (a) obligations on operators for movements within the Union of consignments of products of animal origin from terrestrial animals produced or processed in establishments, food businesses or zones subject to emergency measures or movement restrictions as referred to in Article 166(2)of Regulation (EU) 2016/429; (b) information requirements for the animal health certificate provided for in Article 167(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 (animal health certification); (c) information requirements for the advance notification of movements of those consignments to other Member States, provided for in Article 169(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 (advance notification); (d) emergency procedures for the advance notification of movements of those consignments, provided for in Article 169(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429, in the event of power cuts and other disturbances of Traces.

Operators shall only move consignments of products of animal origin from terrestrial animals subject to the emergency measures or movement restrictions referred to in Article 166(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 within the Union if: (a) such movements are authorised by the competent authority of the place of origin; and (b) the consignments comply with the conditions for the authorisation required in accordance with point (a).

In addition to the information required in accordance with Article 168(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429, the animal health certificate shall contain the information set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

In the advance notification, operators shall provide the competent authority of the Member State of origin with the information set out in the Annex to this Regulation in addition to information required in accordance with Article 168(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429, and they shall do so for each consignment of products of animal origin referred to in Article 1 of this Regulation.

In the event of power cuts or other disturbances of Traces, the competent authority of the place of origin of consignments of products of animal origin referred to in Article 1 of this Regulation to be moved to another Member State shall comply with the contingency arrangements for Traces and Member States’ national systems in the event of unplanned or planned unavailability established for the Information Management System for Official Controls (IMSOC) in Article 46 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715.

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 21 April 2021.