(fra kommisjonsforordningen)

(1) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/6242 lays down specific rules for the performance of official controls on the production of products of animal origin intended for human consumption in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/625, including for ante-mortem inspections in slaughterhouses ante-mortem inspections at the holding of provenance and post-mortem inspections. 

(2) Article 3(3), points (c) and (d) and Article 8, points (c) and (d), of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/624 refer to tuberculosis and brucellosis. The scientific names of those diseases were respectively changed to infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (M. bovis, M. caprae and M. tuberculosis) and infection with Brucella abortus, B. melitensis and B. suis by Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council. Therefore, it is necessary to change their names in Articles 3 and 8 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/624. 

(3) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/689 sets out the criteria for granting disease-free status as regards infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and infection with Brucella abortus, B. melitensis and B. suis. That status is to be granted at the level of the establishment where the animals are kept rather than at herd level, pursuant to that Delegated Regulation. Articles 3 and 8 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/624 refer to animals that have not been declared officially free of tuberculosis and brucellosis. For reasons of consistency, it is necessary to amend those Articles in order to refer to the specific provisions of Regulation (EU) 2020/689 on the diseasefree status. 

(4) Regulation (EU) 2016/429 defines in Article 4, point (41) a restricted zone /as a zone where restrictions on the movements of certain animals are applied. However, derogations from movement restrictions in restricted zones may apply to kept terrestrial animals pursuant to Article 126(1), point (b)(iii), of Regulation (EU) 2016/429. Therefore, it is necessary to align the references to animal health restrictions in Articles 3 and 8 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/624 with those provisions of Regulation (EU) 2016/429. 

(5) Article 6 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/624 lays down specific criteria and conditions establishing when ante-mortem inspections may be performed at the holding of provenance. Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1141 amended Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council. Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 as amended allows the slaughter of ovine and caprine animals at the holding of provenance under certain conditions. It also allows that farmed game slaughtered at the holding of provenance is transported to a game handling establishment. The specific criteria and conditions establishing when antemortem inspections may be performed at the holding of provenance, laid down in Article 6 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/624, should be aligned with the conditions set out in Regulation (EC) No 853/2004. 

(6) Article 6(2) and Article 6(4), point (a), of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/624 refer to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/628. Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/22358 replaced Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/628. For reasons of consistency and to avoid ambiguity, the references and terminology in Article 6(2) and Article 6(4), point (a), of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/624 should be adapted accordingly. 

(7) Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/624 should therefore be amended accordingly,