(fra kommisjonsforordningen)

(1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/403 (3) establishes model certificates, in the form of animal health certificates, animal health/official certificates and declarations for, among other things, movements between Member States of consignments of certain categories of terrestrial animals. Those consignments include those comprising dogs, cats, ferrets and other carnivores falling within the scope of Commission Delegated Regulations (EU) 2020/688 (4) and (EU) 2020/692 (5) respectively, as regards movements within the Union of consignments of dogs, cats, ferrets and other carnivores and the entry into the Union, and the movement and handling after entry of consignments of dogs, cats and ferrets.

(2) Chapters 61 (model ‘CANIS-FELIS-FERRETS-INTRA’) and 63 (model ‘OTHCARN-INTRA’) of Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/403 set out model animal health certificates for movements between Member States of consignments of dogs, cats and ferrets, and other carnivores. Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/133 (6) amended Articles 53, 55, 58 and 65 of, and Annex VII to, Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/688 as regards rules for movements within the Union of dogs, cats and ferrets, and other carnivores. Those amendments should be reflected in the model animal health certificates set out in Chapters 61 and 63 of Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/403.

(3) Chapter 38 (model ‘CANIS-FELIS-FERRETS’) of Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/403 sets out a model animal health certificate for entry into the Union of consignments of dogs, cats and ferrets. Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/135 (7) amended Articles 74 and 76 of, and Annex XXI to, Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692 as regards rules for entry into the Union, and the movement and handling after entry of consignments of dogs, cats and ferrets. Those amendments should be reflected in the model animal health certificate set out in Chapter 38 of Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/403.

(4) In the interests of clarity and consistency of Union rules, the model certificates set out in Chapters 61 and 63 of Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/403 and the model certificate set out in Chapter 38 of Annex II to that Implementing Regulation should be updated, including updating references, notes and structural elements, and be replaced in their entirety by the model certificates set out in the Annexes to this Regulation.

(5) Annexes I and II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/403 should, therefore, be amended accordingly.

(6) To avoid any disruption to trade as regards the entry into the Union of consignments of dogs, cats and ferrets due to the amendments made to Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/403 by this Regulation, the use of certificates issued in accordance with Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/403, as applicable prior to the amendments made by this Regulation, should continue to be authorised during a transitional period subject to certain conditions.

(7) As Delegated Regulations (EU) 2026/133 and (EU) 2026/135 both apply from 22 April 2026, this Regulation should enter into force as a matter of urgency and also apply from that date.

(8) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,