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Traceability for Companion Animals - Ensuring Identification and Origin Certification

This workshop focuses on the importance of traceability for companion animals, including dogs and cats, in order to prevent illegal trade, mistreatment, disease spread, and the proliferation of dangerous dogs. It emphasizes the need for mandatory identification and registration, as well as reliable information and certification. The workshop also discusses the implementation process, costs, and the realistic nature of this regulation.

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Traceability for Companion Animals - Ensuring Identification and Origin Certification

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  1. FROM IDENTIFICATIONTO TRACEABILITY FOR COMPANION ANIMALS Realistic Subsidiary Proportional 3rd Workshop on EU Canine Traceability – July 10th

  2. TRACEABILITY Definition Possibility to retrieve origin, movements, consecutive keepers identification, vaccination, passport All along its life Puppy Trade in Europe – A lack of traceability - Nov 26th. 2013

  3. PROBLEM SOLUTIONS NEED TRACEABILITY FOR ALL COMPANION ANIMALS Illegal trade and associated mistreatments Abandonned or stray dogs Origin certification Disease spread Dangerous dogs Puppy Trade in Europe – A lack of traceability - Nov 26th. 2013

  4. CONDITIONS FORTRACEABILITY Identification + Registration Reliability of informations and certification Wide coverage: all countries, all species, including wildlife Puppy Trade in Europe – A lack of traceability - Nov 26th. 2013

  5. Identification mandatory for all dogs and cats - National laws on conditions for breeding kennels and puppy trade under public authority supervision, including identification and registation of all dogs and cats before leaving their birth kennel or before 3 months of age at the latest. Identification should be made only with microchips compliant to ISO 11784 and ICAR rules Id numbers should include country code Puppy Trade in Europe – A lack of traceability - Nov 26th. 2013

  6. Identification + registration - Registration mandatory to a local database linked to a european central point of traceability information Penalties should apply to non compliant breeders and traders. Specific controls should be made on puppy trade and transportation. Puppy Trade in Europe – A lack of traceability - Nov 26th. 2013

  7. Protection against fraudsProper microchip – Country of origin animals should be identified in their country of birth and registered in a database established in that country Id numbers should include country code selling or implanting non ISO/ICAR compliant microchips for pet identification should be prohibited and prosecuted Puppy Trade in Europe – A lack of traceability - Nov 26th. 2013

  8. Protection against frauds:Veterinary certification Identification considered as a veterinary act. If non veterinary implanters are allowed, they should demonstrate specific qualification criteria and be registered to the public authority. When establishing a passport, veterinarians should check that identification data have been acurately registered in a local database. Passport should be unique, registered, traceable Puppy Trade in Europe – A lack of traceability - Nov 26th. 2013

  9. MINIMUM ADMIN BURDEN Administration and procedures already exist in most countries: Where identification and registration is mandatory or common, in all EU countries for animals to be exported. Only mandatory registration is missing Puppy Trade in Europe – A lack of traceability - Nov 26th. 2013

  10. COSTIn a low cost country - Microchip + seringue: 3 to 6 Euros Implementationfees: 10 to 30 Euros or less if made togetherwith vaccination or passport Registration in a local database: about 5 Euros (The Only new cost for exporting breeders) Puppy Trade in Europe – A lack of traceability - Nov 26th. 2013

  11. REALISTIC Regulation 92/65 CEE (TRACES) is not applied for most commercial movements: admin and costburden Identification procedures are alreadyknown and accepted registration wouldbe the onlyadditionnal obligation: simple and cheap Puppy Trade in Europe – A lack of traceability - Nov 26th. 2013

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