Delegated regulation 2020/686 - Supplement to Regulation 2016/429 as regards the approval of germinal product establishments and the traceability and animal health requirements for movements within the Union of germinal products of certain kept terrestrial animals - Main contents
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Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/686 of 17 December 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the approval of germinal product establishments and the traceability and animal health requirements for movements within the Union of germinal products of certain kept terrestrial animals| Legal instrument | delegated regulation |
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| Number legal act | Delegated regulation 2020/686 |
| CELEX number i | 32020R0686 |
| Document | 17-12-2019; Date of adoption |
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| Publication in Official Journal | 03-06-2020; OJ L 174 p. 1-63 |
| Effect | 23-06-2020; Entry into force Date pub. +20 See Art 50 21-04-2021; Application See Art 50 |
| End of validity | 31-12-9999 |
3.6.2020 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
L 174/1 |
COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2020/686
of 17 December 2019
supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the approval of germinal product establishments and the traceability and animal health requirements for movements within the Union of germinal products of certain kept terrestrial animals
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on transmissible animal diseases and amending and repealing certain acts in the area of animal health (‘Animal Health Law’) (1), and in particular Article 94(3), Article 97(2), Article 101(3), Article 106(1), Article 122(1) and (2), Article 131(1), Article 160(1) and (2), Article 161(6), Article 162(3) and (4), Article 163(5), Article 164(2), Article 165(3) and Article 279(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) |
Regulation (EU) 2016/429 lays down rules for the prevention and control of animal diseases which are transmissible to animals or to humans. Those rules provide, inter alia, for the registration and approval of germinal product establishments, and for the traceability and animal health requirements for movements of consignments of germinal products within the Union. Regulation (EU) 2016/429 also empowers the Commission to adopt rules to supplement certain non-essential elements of that Regulation by means of delegated acts. It is therefore appropriate to adopt such rules in order to ensure the smooth functioning of the system in the new legal framework established by Regulation (EU) 2016/429. |
(2) |
The rules laid down in this Regulation are required to supplement those laid down in Chapters 1, 2 and 5 of Title I of Part IV of Regulation (EU) 2016/429, as regards the approval of germinal product establishments, the registers of germinal product establishments to be kept by the competent authorities, the record-keeping obligations of operators, the traceability and animal health requirements, and animal health certification and notification requirements for movements within the Union of consignments of germinal products of certain kept terrestrial animals in order to prevent the spread of transmissible animal diseases within the Union by those products. |
(3) |
These rules are substantively linked and many are intended to be applied in tandem. In the interests of simplicity and transparency, as well as to facilitate their application and to avoid a multiplication of rules, they therefore should be laid down in a single act rather than in a number of separate acts with many cross-references and the risk of duplication. |
(4) |
Indeed, Regulation (EU) 2016/429 aims at providing a simpler and more flexible regulatory framework than previously existed, while at the same time ensuring a more risk-based approach to animal health requirements, enhanced disease preparedness, prevention and control of animal diseases. It was also adopted in order to ensure that the rules concerning animal diseases were laid down mainly in a single act, as opposed to being scattered in a number of different acts. The rules laid down in this Regulation concerning germinal products also follow the same approach. |
(5) |
Prior to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2016/429, Union rules on germinal products were laid down in Council Directives 88/407/EEC (2), 89/556/EEC (3), 90/429/EEC (4) and 92/65/EEC (5). Regulation (EU) 2016/429 repeals and replaces those four Directives with effect from 21 April 2021. Those Directives laid down the animal health conditions for trade within the Union and for the entry into the Union of consignments of semen, ova and embryos of bovine, ovine, caprine, porcine and... |
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