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Caprine and ovine (live) model health certificates: version history

Updated 2 November 2023

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

Competent authorities in EU and non-EU countries 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.

GBHC015X OVI-X (domestic sheep or goats for breeding or production) from non-EU countries 206/2010

Version 3.1 

Published September 2022:

• 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.
• Notes: removed references to Part 1 of Annex 1 to Commission Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 in each place they occurred. Replaced with references to a document relating to ‘live ungulates’ published on GOV.UK, in accordance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 206/2010
• added a new footnote (11) with a link to a document on data.gov.uk

Version 3.0

Published May 2022 – accepted until 1 April 2023:

• I.27: removed “Channel Islands and Isle of Man”
• II.2.1(d): missing parenthesis added to second or statement (“(insert serotype/s)”)
• Notes: removed the list of countries subject to transitional import arrangements
• Notes: guidance note on retained EU legislation expanded, beginning “References to European Union legislation…”
• Footnote (7): hyphens removed from “Epizootic haemorrhagic disease”
• full certificate reformatted into accessible template

Version 1.3

Published December 2021 – accepted until 1 November 2022:

• II.2.6: typographical error corrected from “b0x” to “box” in first or statement

Version 1.2

Published July 2021 – accepted until 20 June 2022:

• I.16: removed “in Great Britain, Channel Islands or Isle of Man”
• II.2.1(d): typographical error (“*****”) removed
• II.2.6(c): footnote amended from (3) to (5)
• Footnote (5): inserted “Britain” (“Great Britain”)
• footnotes formatted in superscript throughout
• certificate reference number added to each page
• certificate version number added to each page

Version 1.1

Published November 2020 – accepted until 1 May 2022.

Version 1.0

Published November 2020 – accepted until 1 May 2022.

GBHC015E OVI-X (domestic sheep or goats for breeding or production) from EU countries 206/2010

Version 4.1

Published November 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.2.1(d):- third option “BTV” renamed “bluetongue”
• II.2.1(d):- third option added “than 24 months” (“or obtained official bluetongue free status if longer than 24 months”)
• II.2.1(d):- third option replaced “those officially reported or suspected to be present anywhere” with “those officially reported anywhere”
• Notes:- footnote (11) all instances of “BTV” renamed to “bluetongue” and added “particular” (“or a particular strain”)

Version 4.0

Published October 2023:

• II.2.1 (d):- added footnote (11) to third option to clarify animals cannot be exported without vaccination.
• II.2.1(d):- third option replaced “and has not been free for 24 months from bluetongue” with “and has not been free for at least 24 months from bluetongue or obtained official BTV free status if longer;” .
• II.2.1(d):- third option replaced “ which are those present in the source population as demonstrated through a surveillance programme (12) in an area with a 150km radius around the holding(s) of origin described under box reference I.11.,” with “which are those officially reported or suspected to be present anywhere in the whole territory during at least the preceding 24 months”.
• II.2.3(a):- replaced “ 60 days” with “90 days”
• II.2.3(b):- “in and around which, in an area with a 10km radius, there has been no case/outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, rinderpest, Rift Valley fever, bluetongue, contagious bovine pleuropneumonia, lumpy skin disease and, vesicular stomatitis during the previous 40 days;” has been replaced with “in and around which, in an area with a 10km radius, there has been no case/outbreak of Foot-and-Mouth Disease, Rinderpest, Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia and Vesicular Stomatitis, and in the case of: Bluetongue in an area with a 150 Km radius, Rift Valley Fever in an area with a 100 Km radius, Lumpy Skin Disease in an area with a 50 Km radius, during the previous 40 days;”
• II.2.3(a) and (b):- added footnote (12) “Irrespective of national or territorial boundaries”
• Notes:- footnote (11) renumbered to (13)

Version 3.1

Published January 2023 - accepted until 31 October 2023:

• II.2.1(d): - Added footnote (7) to the 3rd option to clarify that this paragraph applies to countries that require supplementary guarantees

Version 3.0

Published September 2022 - accepted until 1 August 2023:

• I.27: removed “Channel Islands and Isle of Man”
• II.2.1(d): missing parenthesis added to second or statement (“(insert serotype/s)”)
• II.2.2: “has” updated to “have” in “or” statement (“the animals have not”)
• Notes: removed the list of countries subject to transitional import arrangements
• Notes: guidance note on retained EU legislation expanded, beginning “References to European Union legislation…”
• Notes: removed references to Part 1 of Annex 1 to Commission Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 in each place they occurred. Replaced with references to a document relating to ‘live ungulates’ published on GOV.UK, in accordance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 206/2010
• Box reference I.16 removed
• Footnote (7): hyphens removed from “Epizootic haemorrhagic disease”
• added a new footnote (11) with a link to a document on data.gov.uk
• full certificate reformatted into accessible template

Version 1.5

Published December 2021 – accepted until 1 April 2023:

• II.2.6: typographical error corrected from “b0x” to “box” in first or statement

Version 1.4

Published July 2021 – accepted until 20 June 2022:

• I.16: removed “in Great Britain, Channel Islands or Isle of Man”
• II.2.1(d): typographical error (“*****”) removed
• II.2.6(c): footnote amended from (3) to (5)
• Footnote (5): inserted “Britain” (“Great Britain”)
• footnotes formatted in superscript throughout
• certificate reference number added to each page
• certificate version number added to each page

Version 1.3

Published December 2020 – accepted until 1 May 2022.

Version 1.2

Published December 2020 – accepted until 1 May 2022.

Version 1.1

Published November 2020 – accepted until 1 May 2022.

Version 1.0

Published November 2020 – accepted until 1 May 2022.

GBHC630 OVI-X: Domestic sheep or goats for breeding or production

Version 1.0

Published August 2023

• replaces GBHC015E and GBHC015X.

GBHC016X OVI-Y (domestic sheep or goats for slaughter) from non-EU countries 206/2010

Version 3.1 

Published September 2022:

• 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.
• Notes: removed references to Part 1 of Annex 1 to Commission Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 in each place they occurred. Replaced with references to a document relating to ‘live ungulates’ published on GOV.UK, in accordance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 206/2010
• added a new footnote (6) with a link to a document on data.gov.uk

Version 3.0

Published May 2022 – accepted until 1 April 2023:

• I.16: removed “in Great Britain, Channel Islands or Isle of Man”
• I.27: removed “Channel Islands and Isle of Man”
• Notes: removed list of countries subject to transitional import arrangements
• Notes: guidance note on retained EU legislation expanded, beginning “References to European Union legislation…”
• certificate reference number added to all pages
• certificate version number added to all pages
• full certificate reformatted into accessible template

Version 1.0

Published November 2020 – accepted until 1 November 2022.

GBHC016E OVI-Y (domestic sheep or goats for slaughter) from EU countries 206/2010

Version 3.0

Published September 2022:

• 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.
• I.16: removed “in Great Britain, Channel Islands or Isle of Man”
• I.27: removed “Channel Islands and Isle of Man”
• II.2.2: “has” updated to “have” in “or” statement (“the animals have not”)
• Notes: removed the list of countries subject to transitional import arrangements
• Notes: guidance note on retained EU legislation expanded, beginning “References to European Union legislation…”
• Notes: removed references to Part 1 of Annex 1 to Commission Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 in each place they occurred. Replaced with references to a document relating to ‘live ungulates’ published on GOV.UK, in accordance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 206/2010
• Box reference I.16 removed
• certificate reference number added to all pages
• certificate version number added to all pages
• full certificate reformatted into accessible template
• added a new footnote (6) with a link to a document on data.gov.uk

Version 1.2

Published December 2020 – accepted until 1 April 2023.

Version 1.1

Published December 2020 – accepted until 1 May 2022.

Version 1.0

Published November 2020 – accepted until 1 May 2022.

GBHC631 OVI-Y: Domestic sheep or goats for slaughter

Version 1.0

Published August 2023

• replaces GBHC016E and GBHC016X.