The new health certificates for fish, crustaceans and molluscs as introduced into the European Union per 1st of January 2009. These are harmonized within the European Union and published in the Commission Regulation 1251/2008/EC. The EU Members States, however, may demand that the certificates are presented in the national language but often also allow other languages.

Please keep in mind, that the language of the certificate should be selected on basis of the country of first entry into the European Union, which is often not the country of final destination.

The Regulation defines certificates for closed ornamental facilities and for open ornamental facilities this difference is explained in the Regulation. For this reason we provide the following documents in all available languages: The Regulation itself, including all certificates, Annex IV-A for open ornamental fish facilities and Annex IV-B for closed ornamental facilities.

Please find the new certificates in the following languages: