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Bovine meat model health certificates: version history

Updated 31 October 2023

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

Competent authorities must provide a health certificate to exporters of animals and animal products to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.

Competent authorities should use the updates below to make changes to health certificates for exporters to ensure they are in line with the current version of the model health certificates.

GBHC070X BOV Bovine fresh meat or minced meat from non-EU countries

Version 3.2

Published January 2023:

• This certificate will be accepted until 29 April 2024. This is the last date (inclusive) that this certificate will be accepted, based on the date it was signed, not the date the consignment arrives in Great Britain.

• II.2.2: added wording to the end of second bullet ‘and have been resident in the territory from which they were moved since birth, or for at least 3 months before slaughter’

Version 3.1

Published August 2022 - accepted until 1 August 2023:

• II.1.9: replaced references to Decision 2007/453 in each place it occurs with references to Regulation 999/2001 and indicated that the BSE risk status information is now set out in a document published on gov.uk.
• Notes: replaced references to Annex 2 of 206/2010 in each place it occurs with references to documents published on gov.uk in accordance with 206/2010
• Notes: replaced references to Decision 2007/453 with references to Regulation 999/2001
• Added: footnote (15) indicated BSE risk status information published on gov.uk
• Added: new footnote (16) with links to data.gov

Version 3.0

Published May 2022 - accepted until 1 April 2023:

• I.27: removed “Channel Islands and Isle of Man”
• II.1.1: clause number corrected from “II.1” to “II.1.1”
• Notes: removed list of countries subject to transitional import arrangements
• Notes: guidance note on retained EU legislation expanded, beginning “References to European Union legislation…”
• full certificate reformatted into accessible template

Version 2.2

Published September 2021 - accepted until 1 November 2022:

• Part II: Regulations (EU) 2017/625, (EU) No 2019/624 and (EU) 2019/627 added to opening paragraph; Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 removed

• “No.” removed from Regulation (EU) 2019/627 throughout

• certificate reference number added to each page.

• certificate version number added to each page.

Version 2.1

Published August 2021 - accepted until 1 May 2022:

• I.16: removed “in Great Britain, Channel Islands or Isle of Man”

• II.1.4: “Chapter II of Section I and Chapters I and IX of Section IV of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004” changed to “Section 2 and Section 3 of Regulation (EU) No 2019/627”

• II.1.5: “Chapter III of Section I of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004” changed to “Article 48 and Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 2019/627.”

• II.1.9: deleted typographical error (“►”)

• II.1.9(c)(i): “county” changed to “country”

• II.1.9(e)(ii): “denied” changed to “derived”

• Notes for box reference I.28: added second half of missing sentence

• Notes: footnote (12) removed as not in use; footnotes renumbered accordingly

• footnotes formatted in superscript throughout

• certificate reference number added to each page

• certificate version number added to each page

Version 2.0

• published March 2021 - accepted until 1 May 2022

Version 1.0

Published November 2020 - accepted until 1 May 2022:

• certificate published

GBHC300 BOV Bovine fresh meat or minced meat

Version 1.2

Published October 2023:

• AH/E016C, AH/E370 and AH/A723B have been removed.

Version 1.1

Published August 2023: 

• Boxes II.a and II.b deleted from Notes for Completion header

Version 1.0

Published April 2023: accepted until 29 April 2024

• replaces GBHC070E