1. proposed import conditions for breeding horses under 2 years of age and geldings from european community member states available in english and french 8 pages 2. proposed import conditions for breeding horses from european community member states mares over 2 years of age available in english and french 10 pages 3. proposed import conditions for breeding horses from european community member states stallions over 2 years of age available in english and french 10 pages trade rules within the european community ec permit the trade of many commodities among member states unless there are imposed restrictions due to disease outbreaks. taking into consideration the terms of the canada ec veterinary agreement and actions taken by other trading partners to address the ec as a grou rather than on a member states basis the canadian food inspection agency cfia has recognized the need to move from the traditional approach of negotiating import conditions on an individual member states basis to one which addresses import conditions on an ec grou basis. the cfia has conducted an extensive assessment of the ecs veterinary infrastructure import and movement controls surveillance procedures control measures laboratories testing methodologies and audit mechanisms. it was determined that the overall risk for horse importation is very low subject to import conditions that address the varying horse disease statuses of the ec member states. for clarity the conditions have been separated into three documents one for stallions one for mares and one for horses under two years of age and geldings. the documents define import conditions including import permits export certificates residency disease status and prevention identification and pre-export isolation. there is also an additional requirement for horses under 2 years of age and geldings to certify that each horse has never been bred or attempted to be bred or been in contact with breeding animals. the conditions for african horse sickness ahs dourine glanders japanese encephalitis venezuelan equine encephalomylitis vee equine piroplasmosis and equine infectious anemia are identical in these three documents. the contagious equine metritis cem section is different for mares and stallions.