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CHAPTER V - HORSES

Article 136 - Age of Horses

Age restrictions on Horses taking part in FEI competitions shall be specified in the relevant
Sport Rules.

Article 137 - Horse Passports and Microchips

1. Every Horse entered for any Competition at CIMs (see Appendix E) in a country other than
the country of the Horse’s residency, and all Horses entered for other CIs, FEI
Championships, Regional, Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, at all times, must have
an official, valid FEI passport, or a national passport approved by the FEI and inserted inside
an FEI Recognition Card. In the case of Horses permanently resident in a Member State of
the European Union, all Horses must have an acceptable national EU approved passport in
compliance with Commission Regulations, to which an FEI recognition card is applied. The
exception to the latter being the possession of an FEI passport which has been continually
revalidated without any interruption.
2. Notwithstanding the paragraph above, Horses taking part in CIMs (see Appendix E) and in
CSI-P in their country of residence are not required to have a FEI Passport or FEI Recognition
Card as mentioned in paragraph 1. All such Horses must be properly registered with the FEI
and identifiable. All Horses permanently resident within a Member State of the European
Union must have as a minimum a suitable national EU approved passport in
compliance with Commission Regulation.
As of 1 January 2017 the following requirements apply to Horses that are registered with
the FEI for the first time: (i) to be identifiable at least by a National Passport approved by
the FEI or a FEI Passport; and (ii) scans of the required pages of the National Passports
approved by the FEI and/or FEI Documents must be uploaded by the NFs to the FEI Database
prior to the Horse being definitely entered in the Event.
3. All FEI and/or national passports must include the full name, address and signature of the
Owner as registered by the NF. The description of the Horse and the diagram must be
accurately completed in order to be acceptable, and the FEI and/or national passport must
include a record of all vaccinations and medication control tests. Whenever the name of a
Horse with an FEI and/or national passport is changed, or any pertinent changes are made
to an FEI and/or National Passport, the NF must notify the FEI.
4. NFs are responsible for issuing FEI passports and FEI Recognition Cards for all Horses
required to have them and for ensuring that the FEI and/or national passports are correctly
completed, as specified in the VRs, prior to being authenticated by the stamp of the NF and
the signature of an Official of the NF. In all cases NFs must be content that the description
of the Horse must be accurately completed to a suitable standard. NFs must provide the
identification page to the FEI for registration. The Person Responsible for a Horse at an Event
is responsible for the accuracy of the FEI and/or national passport and for presenting it at
the passport control, except for Events with borrowed Horses (Article 111) where it is the
responsibility of the host NF.
4.1 As of 1 January 2010 the FEI does not issue passports for horses which are statutory subject
to the European Union identification requirements laid down in Commission Regulation. Art.
1010 and Annex XVII, VRs apply to EU Horses documentation procedures. The exception
being the revalidation of an FEI passport that has been continuously revalidated without
interruption.
5. A Horse may only have one FEI passport or one national passport with an FEI Recognition
Card as per paragraph 1 of this Article and one permanent FEI number. If an NF is satisfied
that an FEI and/or national passport has been lost or if any section of the FEI and/or national
passport is full, it must issue an FEI and/or national passport clearly marked "duplicate" and
bearing the same number as the original FEI passport. The issue of a duplicate FEI and/or
national passport must be reported to the FEI (see VRs).
6. OCs must arrange for each Horse to be positively identified at the passport control during
the examination on arrival, in accordance with the VRs. Any case of misleading or inaccurate
information in an FEI and/or national passport, or if the Horse cannot be positively identified,
must be reported to the President of the Ground Jury, who must report the case to the FEI,
giving the number of the FEI and/or national passport with the FEI Recognition Card and the
name of the Horse.
7. If any Horse arrives at a CI, FEI Championship, Regional Games or Olympic Games without
an FEI and/or national passport with an FEI Recognition Card, or if its FEI or national
passport is inaccurate, it must not be allowed to compete unless the Ground Jury) gives its

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