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Equines model health certificates: version history

Updated 31 January 2024

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.

GBHC039X Temporary admission registered horse from non-EU countries 92/260

Version 3.2

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 Annex 1 to Commission Regulation (EU) No 2018/659, in each place they occurred. Replaced with references to a document relating to ‘equidae’ published on GOV.UK in accordance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 2018/659
• added: new footnote (8) with link to document on data.gov.uk
• all references to “OIE” replaced with references to “WOAH (formerly OIE)”

Version 3.1

Published July 2022 – accepted until 1 April 2023:

• II.2.1: removed “and”

Version 3.0

Published May 2022 – accepted until 1 February 2023:

• I.6: removed “Channel Islands and Isle of Man”
• I.27: removed “Channel Islands and Isle of Man”
• II.1.2: “malla” corrected to “mallei” (“Burkholderia mallei”)
• II.1.4.2: “I1.1.4.2” corrected to “II.1.4.2”; square brackets added around clause
• II.2.1: removed “the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man (references to Great Britain in this certificate includes the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man”
• II.2.1: “( at“ deleted (“same Sanitary Group … as the country”)
• II.2.1: “])” corrected to “”]]” (“Sanitary Group A, B or C;]]”)
• II.2.2: “(“ corrected to “[“ at start of statement
• II.3.3: “(“ corrected to “[“ at start of statements; “1” and “2” removed from start of clauses
• II.3.8: “)))” corrected to “]]]”
• II.3.9: “01E” corrected to “OIE”; “side-Jess” corrected to “sickness”
• II.4.1: “(“ corrected to “[“ at start of statements
• Notes: guidance note on retained EU legislation expanded, beginning “References to European Union legislation…”
• Footnote 2: “2)181859” corrected to “2018/859”
• Owner’s declaration: prepopulated “Equus Caballus” removed from table
• Owner’s declaration: space for writing country name added to “or” statement
• footnotes formatted in superscript throughout
• clauses indented throughout for clarity of ‘either’/’or’ statements
• full certificate reformatted into accessible template

Version 1.1

Published August 2021 – accepted until 1 November 2022:

• I.16: removed “in Great Britain, Channel Islands or Isle of Man”
• I.28: table columns headers relating to germinal products replaced with headers relating to live animals
• I.28: removed prepopulated “Equus callabus”
• II.3.3 (3): typographical error corrected, from “1 in 41” to “1 in 4”
• certificate reference number added to each page
• certificate version number added to each page

Version 1.0

• published November 2020 – accepted until 1 May 2022

GBHC650 EQU-TEMP: Temporary admission registered horse from non-EU countries

Version 1.1

Published October 2023

• AH/T515A, EITHER (a) EITHER (i): replaced “40 days” with “30 days and “above” with “below”
• AH/T515A, EITHER (a) OR (ii) : replaced “40 days” with “30 days” and “designated premises under official” with “in establishments under”

Version 1.0

Published August 2023

• replaces GBHC039X.

GBHC040X Equidae transit from non-EU countries 2010/57

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 Annex 1 to Commission Implementing Regulation 2018/659, in each place they occurred. Replaced with references to a document relating to ‘equidae’ published on GOV.UK, in accordance with Commission Implementing Regulation 2018/659
• added: new footnote (6) with link to document on data.gov.uk
• all references to “OIE” replaced with references to “WOAH (formerly OIE)”

Version 3.0

Published May 2022 – accepted until 1 April 2023:

• I.6: removed “Channel Islands and Isle of Man”
• I.26: removed “Channel Islands and Isle of Man”
• II.2.1: removed “, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man (references to Great Britain in this certificate includes import into the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man)”
• II.3.7: “[“ added to start of “either” statement; missing closing bracket added (“(insert date)”); “]]]” removed from end of “either” statement
• Notes: guidance note on retained EU legislation expanded, beginning “References to European Union legislation…”
• Owner’s declaration: space for writing country name added to “or” statement
• clauses indented throughout for clarity of ‘either’/’or’ statements
• full certificate reformatted into accessible template

Version 1.3

Published January 2022 – accepted until 1 November 2022:

• II.3.5: “and with negative results” added to the end of second or statement

Version 1.2

Published December 2021 – accepted until 10 August 2022:

• II.1.3: “to” deleted from first e) statement (“6 months to prior”)
• II.2.2 (either): “by” added to first or statement (“is recognised by the OIE”)
• II.2.2 (or): “premised” updated to “premises” in either statement
• II.3.1 (either): “county” updated to “country”
• II.3.3: missing word (“on”) added in first or statement (“carried out on a blood”)
• II.3.3: missing word (“90”) added in first either sub-statement (“period of 90 days prior”)
• II.3.5: “of” deleted from either statement (“have not been of officially”)
• Box reference I.15: “Border Inspection Post” updated to “Border Control Post”

Version 1.1

Published October 2021 – accepted until 20 June 2022:

• I.5: “Postcode” removed
• I.21: strikethrough added to unused field
• II.2: corrected to “II.1.2”
• II.1.3: “Animal” corrected to “Animals” in final or statement (“Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals”)
• II.1.4.1: “Of” corrected to “of” in either statement (“suspected of having”)
• II.1.4.2: missing word “glanders” added (“in the case of glanders”)
• II.1.4.3: typographical error corrected from “rncnth5 begging” to “months beginning”
• II.2.1: typographical error corrected from “018/659” to “2018/659”
• II.2.2: missing “or” added before either/or statement
• II.2.2: “imports” corrected to “import” in or statement (“admission or imports into GB”)
• II.3.1: missing “or” added before either/or statement
• II.3.2: missing word “dispatch” added in second either statement (“date of dispatch”)
• II.3.5: missing word “the” added in third or statement (“laboratory on the same day”)
• II.3.7: missing word “in” added in second either statement of or statement (“negative results in each case”)
• II.4.1: typographical error corrected from “heath” to “health”
• II.4.1: missing word “it” added in either statement (“transport it to GB”)
• II.4.1: “the Union” corrected to “Great Britain” (“a port in Great Britain”)
• II.4.4: “the Union” corrected to “Great Britain”
• “either/or” statements formatted in italics throughout
• additional line breaking and spacing added throughout

Version 1.0

• published November 2020 – accepted until 1 May 2022

GBHC651 EQU-T: Equidae transit from non-EU countries

Version 1.0

Published August 2023

• replaces GBHC040X.

GBHC041X Re-entry registered horse from non-EU countries 93/195

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 Annex 1 to Commission Implementing Regulation 2018/659, in each place they occurred. Replaced with references to a document relating to ‘equidae’ published on GOV.UK, in accordance with Commission Implementing Regulation 2018/659
• added: new footnote (5) with link to document on data.gov.uk

Version 3.0

Published May 2022 – accepted until 1 April 2023:

• I.16: removed “in Great Britain, Channel Islands and Isle of Man”
• I.27: removed “Channel Islands and Isle of Man”
• II.1.2: “mailer” corrected to “mallei” (“Burkholderia mallei”)
• II.2.1: removed “, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man (references to Great Britain in this certificate includes import into the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man”
• Notes: guidance note on retained EU legislation expanded, beginning “References to European Union legislation…”
• footnotes formatted in superscript throughout
• line breaks and formatting errors (indents) corrected throughout
• 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

GBHC652 EQU-R-30: Re-entry registered horse from non-EU countries

Version 1.0

Published August 2023

• replaces GBHC041X.

GBHC042X Re-entry registered horse from FEI organised events in non-EU countries 2018/659

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 Annex 1 to Commission Implementing Regulation 2018/659, in each place they occurred. Replaced with references to a document relating to ‘equidae’ published on GOV.UK, in accordance with Commission Implementing Regulation 2018/659
• added: new footnote (5) with link to document on data.gov.uk

Version 3.0

Published May 2022 – accepted until 1 April 2023:

• Title: “the Union” changed to “Great Britain”
• I.22: prepopulated answer of “1” added
• I.27: removed “Channel Islands and Isle of Man”
• II.1: “pan” corrected to “part” (“part of the territory”)
• II.1.2: “mallel” corrected to “mallei” (“Burkholderia mallei”)
• II.2.1: removed “, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man (references to Great Britain in this certificate includes import into the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man)“
• Notes: guidance note on retained EU legislation expanded, beginning “References to European Union legislation…”
• Owner’s declaration: “(2)” added to second footnote
• footnotes formatted in superscript throughout
• full certificate reformatted into accessible template

Version 1.2

Published February 2022 – accepted until 1 November 2022:

• I.21: strikethrough added
• II.2.2: “Word Championships” added to final or statement of final paragraph (“[the Word Equestrian Games/World Championships..”)
• II.2.2: new or statement added to final paragraph, beginning “[the United Arab Emirates..”
• Declaration: “Word Championships” added to penultimate or statement of second paragraph (“[the Word Equestrian Games / World Championships..”)
• Declaration: new or statement added to second paragraph, beginning “[the United Arab Emirates..”

Version 1.1

Published June 2021 – accepted until 1 September 2022:

• I.16: removed “in Great Britain, Channel Islands or Isle of Man”
• II.2.2: third bullet point updated
• footnotes formatted in superscript throughout
• additional line breaks and indents inserted throughout
• certificate reference number added to each page
• certificate version number added to each page
• page numbering corrected

Version 1.0

• published November 2020 – accepted until 1 May 2022

GBHC653 EQU-R-FEI: Re-entry registered horse from FEI organised events in non-EU countries

Version 1.1

Published 31 January 2024

• Attestation AH/E020B has been added.

Version 1.0

Published August 2023 – accepted until 31 July 2024.

• replaces GBHC042X.

GBHC043X Re-entry registered horse from specified events in non-EU countries 2018/659

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.
• Title of certificate: removed “specific race events”, added “International Group/Grade meetings”, added “Saudi Arabia”, removed the list of specific race events
• II.1.1: removed “has the” added “is authorised for the re-entry of registered horses with” added footnote (5) after “Code” and “Sanitary Group”
• II.2.1: removed the list of 5 specific race meets
• II.2.1: amended the text to:
  
  “⁽⁴⁾ either [The animal was imported into the country or part of the territory of the country of dispatch on ……………………… (insert date) directly from Great Britain (GB) for participation in an International Group/Grade meeting in Australia ⁽⁴⁾, Canada⁽⁴⁾, the United States of America⁽⁴⁾, Hong Kong⁽⁴⁾, Japan⁽⁴⁾, Singapore⁽⁴⁾, United Arab Emirates⁽⁴⁾, Bahrain⁽⁴⁾, Saudi Arabia⁽⁴⁾ or Qatar⁽⁴⁾ which on the date of issuing this certificate was authorised for the re-entry of horses in GB.]
  
  ⁽⁴⁾ or [The animal was imported into the country or part of the territory of the country of dispatch on ………………………………..(insert date) after participation in International Group/Grade meetings in Australia⁽⁴⁾, Canada⁽⁴⁾, the United States of America⁽⁴⁾, Hong Kong⁽⁴⁾, Japan⁽⁴⁾, Singapore⁽⁴⁾, United Arab Emirates⁽⁴⁾, Bahrain⁽⁴⁾, Saudi Arabia⁽⁴⁾, or Qatar⁽⁴⁾ which on the date of issuing this certificate were authorised for the re-entry in GB of registered horses with Codes …………………………………………………and assigned to Sanitary Groups⁽²⁾⁽⁵⁾ …………………………………………………]”
• II.2.2: amended the second indent to “continually staying in holdings in the country of dispatch and/or in case of International Group/Grade meetings in Australia, Canada, the United States of America, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia or Qatar; which at the time of dispatch were authorised for the re-entry in GB of registered horses ⁽⁶⁾”
• II.2.2: new footnote (6) added to second indent
• II.2.2: new footnote (7) added to third indent
• Notes Part II: new footnote (6) added: “If the horse has been in any other of the authorised countries in this certificate, apart from the country of despatch, the declaration must include a list of those countries and the dates when the horse was resident in these countries.”
• Notes Part II: new footnote (7) added: “Please include the name and address of the holding and the dates when the animal was resident in these premises.”
• Owners’ declaration: removed “competition and cultural events” from title
• Owners’ declaration: amended text to: “the horse has been temporarily exported from GB to take part in International Group/Grade meetings in Australia⁽²⁾, Canada⁽²⁾, the United States of America⁽²⁾, Hong Kong⁽²⁾ , Japan⁽²⁾ , Singapore⁽²⁾ , United Arab Emirates⁽²⁾ , Bahrain⁽²⁾ , Qatar⁽²⁾, or Saudi Arabia⁽²⁾ ;”
• Owners’ declaration: removed list of 5 specific race meets and list of countries in square brackets

Version 3.1

Published September 2022 – accepted until 1 August 2023:

• notes: Removed references to Annex 1 to Commission Implementing Regulation 2018/659, in each place they occurred. Replaced with references to a document relating to ‘equidae’ published on GOV.UK, in accordance with Commission Implementing Regulation 2018/659
• added: new footnote (5) with link to document on data.gov.uk

Version 3.0

Published May 2022 – accepted until 1 April 2023:

• I.16: removed “in Great Britain, Channel Islands and Isle of Man”
• I.28: “commodities” updated to “animal”
• II.1.2: “mallel” corrected to “mallei” (“Burkholderia mallei”)
• II.2.1: removed “, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man (references to Great Britain in this certificate includes import into the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man)”
• Notes: guidance note on retained EU legislation expanded, beginning “References to European Union legislation…”
• full certificate reformatted into accessible template

Version 1.2

Published February 2022 – accepted until 1 November 2022:

• II.2.1: first either statement (beginning “[directly from Great Britain…”) merged into preceding text
• II.2.1: fifth or statement moved in line with preceding statements; “from” replaced with “International Group/Grade meetings in”; removed “for the participation in International Group/Grade meetings in the country of dispatch”

Version 1.1

Published December 2021 – accepted until 1 September 2022:

• Title: “Bahrain” added to list of countries
• I.2.a: strikethrough removed
• I.9: prepopulated text added (“United Kingdom” and ISO code “GB”)
• I.11: “Postcode” added
• I.13: “Postcode” added
• I.17: strikethrough added and field removed from use
• I.21: strikethrough added as field not in use
• I.22: field title removed as field not in use
• I.24: strikethrough added as field not in use
• I.27: strikethrough added and field removed from use
• I.28: prepopulated “Equus caballus” formatted in italics
• Introductory paragraph to Part 2: typographical error removed from fifth bullet point (“-“)
• II.2.1: “the Bahrain Turf Series” added to the either statement
• II.2.1: “Bahrain” added to the or statement
• II.2.2: “Bahrain” added to the second bullet point
• Notes to box reference I.15: missing parathesis added (“aircraft”)
• Notes to box reference I.15: “Border Inspection Post” updated to “Border Control Post”
• Notes to box reference I.28: line break that broke up word “linking” removed
• Declaration: “60 days (2) or” removed from either statement in first bullet point
• Declaration: “The Bahrain Turf Series” added to or statements under the second bullet point
• Declaration: “Bahrain” added to the list of countries in the final or statement of the second bullet point
• Declaration footnote 1: added missing equals sign (“M = male”)
• requirement to staple pages removed from point (d) of notes
• certificate reference number added to each page
• certificate version number added to each page

Version 1.0

• published November 2020 – accepted until 20 June 2022

GBHC654 EQU-R-COMP: Re-entry registered horse from specified events in non-EU countries

Version 1.0

Published August 2023

• replaces GBHC043X.

GBHC044X Permanent import equidae from non-EU countries 93–197

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.3.6: end of sentence amended to read: …within a period of 30 days prior to the date of dispatch, and the equine animal described in Part I has not been used for breeding during the 30 days prior to and after the date the sample was taken

Version 3.1

Published September 2022 - accepted until 9 July 2023:

• notes: removed references to Annex 1 to Commission Implementing Regulation 2018/659, in each place they occurred. Replaced with references to a document relating to ‘equidae’ published on GOV.UK, in accordance with Commission Implementing Regulation 2018/659
• added: new footnote (6) with link to document on data.gov.uk
• all references to “OIE” replaced with references to “WOAH (formerly OIE)”

Version 3.0

Published May 2022 – accepted until 1 April 2023:

• I.22: prepopulated answer of “1” added
• I.27: removed “Channel Islands and Isle of Man”
• I.28: “animals” updated to “animal”
• Part II: removed “, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man (references to Great Britain in this certificate includes import into the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man)” from first bullet point in opening paragraph; “€” corrected to “(c)” (“Article 2(c)”)
• II.1: “of” corrected to “or” (“third country or part of the territory”)
• II.1.4.5: “pf” corrected to “of” (“completion of the cleansing”); “disinfect5ion” corrected to “disinfection” (“disinfection of the premises”)
• II.1.2: “equipped” corrected to “equiperdum” (“Trypanosoma equiperdum”)
• II.2.1: “or” added to start of statement beginning “The animal is dispatched…”; “or” and footnote (1) marker added to final statement
• II.3.2: footnote (1) added to start of statement; “mot” corrected to “not” (“the animal was not vaccinated”)
• II.3.2: “be” corrected to “at” in final statement (“carried out at the same laboratory”)
• II.3.9: “inset” corrected to “insert” (“(insert date)”)
• II.4: clause numbering corrected from “II.1.4” to “II.4”
• II.4.1: “schedules” corrected to “scheduled” in “or” statement (“scheduled directly to a port”); “the Union” corrected to “Great Britain” (“a port in Great Britain”)
• Notes: guidance note on retained EU legislation expanded, beginning “References to European Union legislation…”
• Footnote 2: “the Union” corrected to “Great Britain” (“adopted by Great Britain”)
• Owner’s declaration: prepopulated “Equus Caballus” removed from table
• footnotes formatted in superscript throughout
• line breaks and formatting errors (indents) corrected throughout
• full certificate reformatted into accessible template

Version 1.2

Published January 2022 – accepted until 1 November 2022:

• II.3.7: Added second or statement, beginning “[the animal was kept for…]”

Version 1.1

Published August 2021 – accepted until 10 August 2022:

• I.16: removed “in Great Britain, Channel Islands or Isle of Man”
• II.1.4.4: “4 months apart” changed to “3 months apart”
• certificate reference number added to each page
• certificate version number added to each page

Version 1.0

• published November 2020 – accepted until 1 May 2022

GBHC655 EQU-X: Permanent import equidae from non-EU countries

Version 1.0

Published August 2023

• replaces GBHC044X.

GBHC045X Equidae for slaughter from non-EU countries

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 Annex 1 to Commission Implementing Regulation 2018/659, in each place they occurred. Replaced with references to a document relating to ‘equidae’ published on GOV.UK, in accordance with Commission Implementing Regulation 2018/659
• added: new footnote (6) with link to document on data.gov.uk
• all references to “OIE” replaced with references to “WOAH (formerly OIE)”

Version 3.0

Published May 2022 – accepted until 1 April 2023:

• I.16: removed “in Great Britain, Channel Islands and Isle of Man”
• I.22: prepopulated “1” removed
• I.27: removed “Channel Islands and Isle of Man”
• I.28: “commodities” changed to “animals”; prepopulated “Equus caballus” removed from table
• II.1: “of” corrected to “or” (“third country or part of the territory”)
• II.1.1: “if” corrected to “of” (“territory of a country”)
• II.1.2: “equipped” corrected to “equiperdum” (“Trypanosoma equiperdum”)
• II.1.4.5: “disinfect5ion” corrected to “disinfection” (“disinfection of the premises”)
• II.2: clause numbering corrected from “II.1.5” to “II.2”
• II.4.1: removed “, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man (references to Great Britain in this certificate includes import into the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man)”
• Notes: guidance note on retained EU legislation expanded, beginning “References to European Union legislation…”
• footnotes formatted in superscript throughout
• line breaks and formatting errors (indents) corrected throughout
• 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

GBHC656 EQU-Y: Equidae for slaughter from non-EU countries

Version 1.0

Published August 2023

• replaces GBHC045X.

GBHC145 Aircraft captain declaration 2018/659

Version 1.0

• published November 2020

GBHC146 Vessel captain declaration 2018/659

Version 3.0

Published May 2022:

• “Captain” changed to “Master” throughout

Version 1.0

• published November 2020 – accepted until 1 November 2022

GBHC147 Transhipment manifest 2018/659

Version 1.0

• published November 2020

GBHC167E Re-entry after temporary export of registered or unregistered equine

Version 3.0

Published May 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.22: “Number of animals” field added, with prepopulated answer of “1”
• I.27: removed “Channel Islands and Isle of Man”
• Part II: “either” added to statement beginning “is a registered equine…”; new “or” statement added after, beginning “an unregistered equine…”
• Part II: “(insert name of quarantine station)” added after writing space in statement beginning “it comes from the territory…”
• Notes: guidance note on retained EU legislation expanded, beginning “References to European Union legislation…”
• full certificate reformatted into accessible template

Version 1.2

Published August 2021 – accepted until 1 November 2022:

• I.16: removed “in Great Britain, Channel Islands or Isle of Man”
• I.28: “equus caballus” removed from table
• formatting, indents and footnotes corrected throughout
• footnote (1) explanation added

Version 1.1

• published December 2020 – accepted until 1 May 2022

Version 1.0

• published November 2020 – accepted until 1 May 2022

GBHC660 EQU-R: Re-entry after temporary export of registered or unregistered equine

Version 1.0

Published August 2023

• replaces GBHC167E.

GBHC168E Temporary or permanent admission of a registered equine from EU countries

Version 3.0

Published May 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.22: “Number of animals” field added, with prepopulated answer of “1”
• I.27: removed “Channel Islands and Isle of Man”
• Part II: “(insert name of quarantine station)” added after writing space in statement beginning “it comes from the territory…”
• Notes: guidance note on retained EU legislation expanded, beginning “References to European Union legislation…”
• full certificate reformatted into accessible template

Version 2.1

Published August 2021 – accepted until 1 November 2022:

• I.16: removed “in Great Britain, Channel Islands or Isle of Man”
• I.25: “horse” changed to “equine”
• I.26: “equus caballus” removed from table
• Part 2: “horse” changed to “equine” in first bullet point
• footnote (2) corrected to footnote (1) throughout
• footnote (1) explanation added
• capitalised “E” removed from “equidae” throughout
• certificate reference number added to each page

Version 2.0

• published February 2021 – accepted until 1 May 2022

Version 1.0

• published November 2020 – accepted until 1 May 2022

GBHC661 EQU-REG: Temporary or permanent admission of a registered equine from the EU

Version 1.1

Published October 2023

• AH/A726F: removed option (d) requiring a written declaration by the owner

Version 1.0

Published August 2023

• replaces GBHC168E.

GBHC169E Temporary or permanent admission of an unregistered equine from EU countries

Version 3.0

Published May 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.22: “Number of animals” field added, with prepopulated answer of “1”
• I.27: removed “Channel Islands and Isle of Man”
• I.28: “animals” updated to “animal”
• Part II: removed “, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man (references to Great Britain in this certificate include import into the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man)” from statement beginning “comes from a country…”
• Part II: “of” corrected to “or” in statement beginning “comes from a country…” (“a country or part of the territory”)
• II.1: “of” corrected to “or” (“third country or part of the territory”)
• II.1.2: “equipped” corrected to “equiperdum” (“Trypanosoma equiperdum”)
• II.2.1: “[“ and “]” removed throughout statement
• II.3.2: footnote (1) marker added to start of clause
• II.4: clause numbering corrected from “II.1.4” to “II.4”
• II.4.1: “[“ and “]” removed from start and end of statement
• Notes: added guidance note on retained EU legislation, beginning “References to European Union legislation…”
• Footnote 5: removed
• footnotes formatted in superscript throughout
• line breaks and formatting errors (indents) corrected throughout
• full certificate reformatted into accessible template

Version 1.1

Published August 2021 – accepted until 1 November 2022:

• I.16: removed “in Great Britain, Channel Islands or Isle of Man”
• I.26: “equus caballus” removed from table
• II.3.4: “is” corrected to “has been” (“where it has been continuously resident”)
• Owner’s declaration: “equus caballus” removed from under “species”
• Owner’s declaration: “horse” changed to “equine” in fifth bullet point
• capitalised “E” removed from “equidae” throughout
• certificate reference number added to each page
• certificate version number added to each page

Version 1.0

• published November 2020 – accepted until 1 May 2022

GBHC662 EQU-UNR: Temporary or permanent admission of an unregistered equine from the EU

Version 1.1

Published October 2023

• AH/A726G: removed option (d) requiring the horse be registered as per GB legislation

Version 1.0

Published August 2023

• replaces GBHC169E.