The Trade in Animals and Related Products (Scotland) Regulations 2012

Regulations 2, 5, 13,18 and 21

SCHEDULE 1 S European Union legislation

EU legislation	Subject
Council Directive 64/432/EEC	Bovine animals and swine
Council Directive 88/407/EEC laying down the animal health requirements applicable to intra-Community trade in and imports of semen of domestic animals of the bovine species M1	Bovine semen
Council Directive 89/556/EEC on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in and importation from third countries of embryos of domestic animals of the bovine species M2	Fresh bovine embryos
Council Directive 90/429/EEC laying down the animal health requirements applicable to intra-Community trade in and imports of semen of domestic animals of the porcine species M3	Porcine semen
Council Directive 91/68/EEC	Sheep and goats
Council Directive 92/65/EEC	Other animals and products specified in the Directive
Council Directive 92/118/EEC laying down animal health and public health requirements governing trade in and imports into the Community of products not subject to the said requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A (I) to Directive 89/662/EEC and, as regards pathogens, to Directive 90/425/EEC M4	Miscellaneous products
Council Directive 96/23/EC on measures to monitor certain substances and residues thereof in live animals and animal products and repealing Directives 85/358/EEC and 86/469/EEC and Decisions 89/187/EEC and 91/664/EEC M5	Residues
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety M6	Animal products for human consumption
Council Directive 2002/99/EC laying down the animal health rules governing the production, processing, distribution and introduction of products of animal origin for human consumption M7	Animal products for human consumption
Council Directive 2004/68/EC laying down animal health rules for the importation into and transit through the Community of certain live ungulate animals, amending Directives 90/426/EEC and 92/65/EEC and repealing Directive 72/462/EEC M8	Certain live ungulate animals including bovine, ovine, caprine, porcine
Commission Regulation (EC) No 136/2004 laying down procedures for veterinary checks at Community border inspection posts on products imported from third countries M9	Hay and straw
Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the hygiene of foodstuffs M10	Animal products for human consumption
Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin M11	Animal products for human consumption
Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific rules for the organisation of official controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumption M12	Animal products for human consumption
Regulation (EC) No 882/2004	Official controls on feed, food, animal health and animal welfare
Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down requirements for feed hygiene M13	Animal feed
Commission Decision 2007/275/EC	Composite products
Council Directive 2006/88/EC on animal health requirements for aquaculture animals and products thereof, and on the prevention and control of certain diseases in aquatic animals M14	Aquatic animals
Council Directive 2009/156/EC on animal health conditions governing the movement and importation from third countries of equidae M15	Equidae
Council Directive 2009/158/EC on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in, and imports from third countries of, poultry and hatching eggs M16	Poultry and hatching eggs
Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the placing on the market and use of feed, amending European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 and repealing Council Directive 79/373/EEC, Commission Directive 80/511/EEC, Council Directives 82/471/EEC, 83/228/EEC, 93/74/EEC, 93/113/EC and 96/25/EC and Commission Decision 2004/217/EC M17 .	Animal feed
Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009	Animal by-products
[F1 Regulation (EU) No 2016/1012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on zootechnical and genealogical conditions for the breeding, trade in and entry into the Union of purebred breeding animals, hybrid breeding pigs and the germinal products thereof.	Purebred breeding animals, hybrid breeding pigs and the germinal products thereof.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in sch. 1 Table inserted (7.3.2019) by The Zootechnical Standards (Scotland) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/5), regs. 1(1), 8(4) (with reg. 1(2))

Marginal Citations

M1 OJ L 194, 22.7.1988, p.10, as last amended by Commission Implementing Decision 2011/629/EU (OJ L 247, 24.9.2011, p.22).

M2 OJ L 302, 19.10.1989, p.1, as last amended by Council Directive 2008/73/EC (OJ L 219, 14.8.2008, p.40).

M3 OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p.62, as last amended by Council Directive 2008/73/EC.

M4 OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p.49, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 445/2004 (OJ L 72, 11.3.2004, p.60).

M5 OJ L 125, 23.5.1996, p.10, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 596/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ 188, 18.7.2009, p.14).

M6 OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p.1, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 596/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

M7 OJ L 18, 23.1.2003, p.11.

M8 OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p.321.

M9 OJ L 21, 28.1.2004, p.11, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 206/2009 (OJ L 77, 24.3.2009, p.1).

M10 OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p.1, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 219/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p.109).

M11 OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p.55, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1276/2011 (OJ L 327, 9.12.2011, p.39).

M12 OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p.206, as last amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 739/2011 (OJ L 196, 28.7.2011, p.3).

M13 OJ L 35, 8.2.2005, p.1, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 219/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

M14 OJ L 328, 24.11.2006, p.14, as last amended by Commission Directive 2008/53/EC (OJ L 117, 1.5.2008, p.27).

M15 OJ L 192, 23.7.2010, p.1.

M16 OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p.74, as amended by Commission Implementing Decision 2011/879/EU (OJ L 343, 23.12.2011, p.105).

M17 OJ L 229, 1.9.2009, p.1, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 939/2010 (OJ L 277, 21.10.2010, p.4).

Regulations 5, 13, 18 and 33

SCHEDULE 2 S Additional requirements in specific cases

PART 1 S Additional requirements for trade between member States

Assembly centres and dealers in cattle, pigs, sheep or goats S

1.—(1) The Scottish Ministers may authorise premises to operate as an assembly centre or dealer's premises in accordance with Council Directive 64/432/EEC (in the case of cattle and pigs) or Council Directive 91/68/EEC (in the case of sheep and goats).

(2) The authorisation must specify the dealer or operator authorised to operate the premises.

(3) The Scottish Ministers must be satisfied that the dealer or operator will operate the premises in accordance with Council Directive 64/432/EEC or Council Directive 91/68/EEC.

Transport of cattle, pigs, sheep or goats S

2.—(1) Any person transporting cattle, pigs, sheep or goats to another member State must comply with this paragraph.

(2) The transporter must be approved for the purpose by the Scottish Ministers.

(3) The transporter must, for each vehicle used for the transport of those animals, keep a register containing the following information—

(a) places and dates of pick-up, and the name or business name and address of the holding or assembly centre where the animals are picked up;

(b) places and dates of delivery, and the name or business name and address of the consignee;

(c) species and number of animals carried;

(d) date and place of disinfection; and

(e) the unique identifying number of accompanying health certificates.

(4) The register must be kept for at least three years.

(5) The transporter must ensure that the means of transport is constructed in such a way that animal faeces, litter and feed cannot leak or fall out of the vehicle.

(6) The transporter must give a written undertaking to the Scottish Ministers stating that—

(a) in the case of cattle or pigs, Council Directive 64/432/EEC, and in particular the provisions laid down in Article 12 of that Directive and the provisions of that Directive relating to the appropriate documentation that must accompany the animals, will be complied with;

(b) in the case of sheep or goats, Council Directive 91/68/EEC, and in particular the provisions laid down in Article 8c of that Directive and the provisions of that Directive relating to the appropriate documentation that must accompany the animals, will be complied with; and

(c) the transport of animals will be entrusted to staff who possess the necessary ability, professional competence and knowledge.

Poultry Health Scheme S

3.  For the purposes of Articles 2 and 6 of, and Annex II to, Council Directive 2009/158/EC on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in, and imports from third countries of, poultry and hatching eggs M18 [F2 , as last relevantly amended by Commission Implementing Decision 2011/879/EU] which establishes a poultry health scheme relating to trade between member States—

(a) the approval of establishments and laboratories is granted by the Scottish Ministers; and

(b) an annual inspection of an approved establishment must be carried out by a veterinary surgeon appointed for that purpose by the Scottish Ministers for the establishment to remain on the register.

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in sch. 2 para. 3 inserted (28.2.2019) by The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) (Scotland) Regulations 2018 (S.S.I. 2018/391), regs. 1(1), 35(8)(a)

Marginal Citations

M18 OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p.74, as last amended by Commission Implementing Decision 2011/879/EU (OJ L 343, 23.12.2011, p.105).

Approvals for the Balai Directive S

4.—(1) No person may trade in apes (simiae and prosimiae) other than between a centre approved by the Scottish Ministers and a centre approved by the competent authority for the other member State in accordance with Article 5 of Council Directive 92/65/EEC M19 .

(2) A body seeking approval to use the different health provisions set out in Article 13 of the Council Directive 92/65/EEC must be approved by the Scottish Ministers.

(3) The Scottish Ministers must suspend, withdraw or restore approvals in sub-paragraph (1) or (2) in the circumstances set out in point 6 of Annex C to Council Directive 92/65/EEC.

(4) The Scottish Ministers must approve a body authorised to engage in trade between member States in semen, ova and embryos in accordance with Article 11 of Council Directive 92/65/EEC if the body meets the conditions applicable to it in respect of approval and the performance of its duties as required by Article 11 of and Annex D to that Directive.

(5) By way of derogation from sub-paragraph (1), the Scottish Ministers may authorise in writing a body approved under this paragraph to acquire an ape (simiae and prosimiae) belonging to an individual.

Marginal Citations

M19 OJ L 268, 14.9.1992, p.54, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 176/2010.

Circuses S

5.—(1) The Scottish Ministers are the competent authority for the purposes of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1739/2005 laying down animal health requirements for the movement of circus animals between Member States M20 .

(2) No person may contravene Article 8 of that Commission Regulation ([F3 obligations on circus operators]).

(3) Notwithstanding regulation 5(1)(a) of these Regulations, no person may contravene Article 10(1) of that Commission Regulation (notification of movement).

Textual Amendments

F3 Words in sch. 2 para. 5(2) substituted (1.7.2012) by The Trade in Animals and Related Products (Scotland) Amendment Order 2012 (S.S.I. 2012/198), arts. 1(b), 2(4)

Marginal Citations

M20 OJ L 279, 22.10.2005, p.47.

Animal by-products S

6.  Animal by-products to which Article 48 of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 applies may only be consigned to another member State, or brought into Scotland from another member State, in accordance with that Article.

PART 2 S Additional provisions relating to imports from third countries

Arrival at premises of destination S

7.—(1) This paragraph applies to elephants and to cattle, pigs, sheep, goats and all other animals of the taxa Artiodactyla, and their crossbreeds.

(2) Animals intended for immediate slaughter must be conveyed without delay from the border inspection post to the slaughterhouse of destination and slaughtered within five working days.

(3) In any other case the animals must be taken without delay from the border inspection post to the holding of destination and kept there for at least 30 days (unless consigned from the holding direct to a slaughterhouse).

Imported birds S

8.—(1) The Scottish Ministers are the competent authority for [F4 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 139/2013 laying down animal health conditions for imports of certain birds into the Union and the quarantine conditions thereof.]

(2) An importer must comply with Article 7 (transport of birds) of that Regulation.

(3) No person may release a bird from quarantine except in accordance with Article 16 (release of birds) of that Regulation.

Textual Amendments

F4 Words in sch. 2 para. 8(1) substituted (28.2.2019) by The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) (Scotland) Regulations 2018 (S.S.I. 2018/391), regs. 1(1), 35(8)(b)

Horses S

9.  When a horse is imported from a third country under [F5 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/659], the official veterinarian must return the health certificate to the person accompanying the horse, and make a record of the certificate.

Textual Amendments

F5 Words in sch. 2 para. 9 substituted (28.2.2019) by The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) (Scotland) Regulations 2018 (S.S.I. 2018/391), regs. 1(1), 35(8)(c)

Ships stores S

10.  A product that does not comply with the requirements relating to it in the relevant instrument in Schedule 1 and any additional requirements relating to it in this Part and which is sent from a border inspection post to a ship, must be accompanied by the certificate specified in the relevant instrument in Schedule 1, and the master of the vessel must confirm delivery of the product by signing the certificate specified in Commission Decision 2000/571/EC laying down the methods of veterinary checks for products from third countries destined for introduction into free zones, free warehouses, customs warehouses or operators supplying cross border means of sea transport M21 and returning it as soon as is reasonably practicable to the official veterinarian at the border inspection post.

Marginal Citations

M21 OJ L 240, 23.9.2000, p.14.

Charges for veterinary checks from New Zealand S

11.  The charge for veterinary checks carried out on a consignment from New Zealand is [euro]1.50 for each tonne of the consignment, subject to a minimum of [euro]30 and a maximum of [euro]350, save that where the actual cost of the veterinary checks carried out on a consignment exceeds [euro]350, the amount of the charge is the actual cost.

Regulations 7 and 33

SCHEDULE 3 S Cases to which Part 3 does not apply

Case 1: Personal imports and small consignments S

1.  The products of animal origin specified in Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 206/2009 on the introduction into the Community of personal consignments of products of animal origin and amending Regulation (EC) No 136/2004 M22 [F6 , as last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 519/2013].

Textual Amendments

F6 Words in sch. 3 para. 1 inserted (28.2.2019) by The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) (Scotland) Regulations 2018 (S.S.I. 2018/391), regs. 1(1), 35(9)

Marginal Citations

M22 OJ L 77, 24.3.2009, p.1.

Case 2: International means of transport S

2.  Any product that is on board a means of transport operating internationally that is intended for consumption by the crew and passengers and that is—

(a) not unloaded;

(b) transferred directly from one means of transport operating internationally to another at the same port and under customs supervision; or

(c) destroyed as soon as it is unloaded.

Case 3: Trade samples and samples for particular study or analysis S

3.—(1) Products sent as trade samples or intended for exhibitions provided that they are not intended to be marketed and have been authorised in advance for that purpose by the Scottish Ministers.

(2) Products intended for particular studies or analyses provided that such products are not intended for human consumption and have been authorised in advance for that purpose by the Scottish Ministers.

(3) When the exhibition is finished or when the particular studies or analyses have been carried out, the person in charge of the products must destroy or redispatch them, in the manner specified in the import authorisation.

(4) This case does not apply in relation to any product controlled under Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 (the rules for those products are laid down in that Regulation).

Case 4: Consignments cleared in another member State S

4.  Consignments of animals and products that have been presented to a border inspection post in another member State or another part of the United Kingdom and have been cleared for free circulation.

Case 5: Composite products S

5.—(1) Composite products and foodstuffs listed in Annex II to Commission Decision 2007/275/EC.

(2) Composite products not containing meat or meat products, where less than half of the product is processed product of animal origin, provided that such products are—

(a) shelf-stable at ambient temperature or have clearly undergone, in their manufacture, a complete cooking or heat treatment process throughout their substance, so that any raw product is denatured;

(b) clearly identified as intended for human consumption;

(c) securely packaged or sealed in clean containers; and

(d) accompanied by a commercial document and labelled in an official language of a member State, so that that document and labelling together give information on the nature, quality and number of packages of the composite products, the country of origin, the manufacturer and the ingredient.

Case 6: Animals subject to rabies control S

6.  Animals specified in Schedule 1 to the Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals) Order 1974 M23 and imported in accordance with a licence under that Order.

Marginal Citations

M23 S.I. 1974/2211 to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

Regulation 37

SCHEDULE 4 S Consequential amendments

Bluetongue (Scotland) Order 2008 S

1.  In the Bluetongue (Scotland) Order 2008 M24 —

F7 (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F8 (b) ..............................

Textual Amendments

F7 Sch. 4 para. 1(a) revoked (24.9.2012) by The Bluetongue (Scotland) Order 2012 (S.S.I. 2012/199), arts. 1(b), 34(2) (with art. 8)

F8 Sch. 4 para. 1(b) revoked (1.7.2012) by The Trade in Animals and Related Products (Scotland) Amendment Order 2012 (S.S.I. 2012/198), arts. 1(b), 2(5)

Marginal Citations

M24 S.S.I. 2008/11, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

Importation of Animal Products and Poultry Products Order 1980 S

2.  After article 1 of the Importation of Animal Products and Poultry Products Order 1980 M25 insert—

“Scope

1A.   This Order does not apply in relation to any importation in relation to which the Trade in Animals and Related Products (Scotland) Regulations 2012 M26 apply.”.

Marginal Citations

M25 S.I. 1980/14 to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

M26 S.S.I. 2012/177.

Official Feed and Food Controls (Scotland) Regulations 2009 S

3.  In Schedule 3 (definition of relevant food law) to the Official Feed and Food Controls (Scotland) Regulations 2009 M27 , for sub-head (vii) of paragraph (a) substitute—

“(vii) the regulation of the import of and trade in products of animal origin under the Trade in Animals and Related Products (Scotland) Regulations 2012, with the exception of the execution and enforcement under regulation 27 of those Regulations by the Agency;”.

Marginal Citations

M27 S.S.I. 2009/446 to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

Fishery Products (Official Controls Charges) (Scotland) Regulations 2007 S

4.  In regulation 2 (interpretation) of the Fishery Products (Official Controls Charges) (Scotland) Regulations 2007 M28 , for the definition of “third country import” substitute—

““third country import” means an import in respect of which a charge is payable under Regulation 882/2004.”.

Marginal Citations

M28 S.S.I. 2007/537, as relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2008/98.

The Swine Vesicular Disease (Scotland) Order 2009 S

5.  For article 3(1)(b) (application) of the Swine Vesicular Disease (Scotland) Order 2009 M29 substitute—

“(b) any border inspection post within the meaning of, and for so long as it remains approved for the purposes of, regulation 11 of the Trade in Animals and Related Products (Scotland) Regulations 2012.”.

Marginal Citations

M29 S.S.I. 2009/173.

The Aquatic Animal Health (Scotland) Regulations 2009 S

6.  In regulation 19(5) (disease prevention requirements in respect of transport) of the Aquatic Animal Health (Scotland) Regulations 2009 M30 , for paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a) “border inspection post” means a border inspection post within the meaning of, and for so long as it remains approved for the purposes of, regulation 11 of the Trade in Animals and Related Products (Scotland) Regulations 2012;”.

Marginal Citations

M30 S.S.I. 2009/85, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

The Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals) Order 1974 S

7.  In article 4(11)(a)(ii) (prohibition on landing of animals in Great Britain) of the Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals) Order 1974 M31 for “Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) (Scotland) Regulations 2007” substitute “ Trade in Animals and Related Products (Scotland) Regulations 2012 ”.

Marginal Citations

M31 S.I. 1974/2211, article 4(11) was inserted by paragraph 3(h) of the Schedule 2 to the Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals Order 2011 (S.I 2011/2883).