CHAPTER VIIIPERSONAL OWNERSHIP CERTIFICATE

Article 37Issue

1.

Member States may issue personal ownership certificates to the legal owner of legally acquired live animals, held for personal non-commercial purposes, which meet either of the following criteria:

(a)

they were born and bred in captivity in accordance with Articles 54 and 55;

(b)

they were acquired in, or introduced into, the Community before the provisions relating to species listed in Appendices I, II or III to the Convention, or in Annex C to Regulation (EEC) No 3626/82, or in Annexes A, B and C to Regulation (EC) No 338/97 became applicable to them.

2.

A personal ownership certificate shall cover only one specimen.

3.

A continuation sheet shall be attached to the certificate for use in accordance with Article 42.