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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/262 of 17 February 2015 laying down rules pursuant to Council Directives 90/427/EEC and 2009/156/EC as regards the methods for the identification of equidae (Equine Passport Regulation) (Text with EEA relevance)

CHAPTER IIIU.K.IDENTIFICATION OF EQUIDAE IMPORTED INTO [F1Great Britain from a third country]

Article 14U.K.Identification of equidae imported into [F2Great Britain from a third country]

Identification documents issued in third countries shall be deemed valid in accordance with this Regulation provided that they comply with the following conditions:

(a)

they were issued:

(i)

[F3in the case of registered equidae, by a body in a third country, included in the list provided for in—

— Article 34 of Regulation 2016/1012 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as it has effect in the EU law, as amended from time to time;

— Annex 1 to Regulation 2018/659 on the conditions for the entry into the Union of live equidae and of semen, ova and embryos of equidae;]

(ii)

in the case of a registered horse, by a national branch of an international organisation or association, which manages horses for competition or racing with its headquarters in the third country of the international organisation or association referred to in Article 5(1)(b); or

(iii)

in all other cases by the competent authority of the third country of origin of the equine animal;

(b)

they comply with all requirements of Article 7(2).

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Article 15U.K.Applications for identification documents for equidae imported into [F4Great Britain from a third country]

1.The keeper of an equine animal shall apply to the issuing body referred to in [F5Article 5(1)(a)(iii) and (iv) and (b)] appropriate for the category of equine animal for the issuing in accordance with Article 9 of an identification document in accordance with Article 7, or for the registration of the existing identification document in the database set up by that issuing body in accordance with Article 38 of this Regulation, within 30 days of the date of completion of the customs procedure, as defined in [F6section 3(3) of the Taxation (Cross-Border Trade) Act 2018], where:

(a)equidae are imported into [F7Great Britain from a third country]; or

(b)the competent authority has converted the temporary admission of a registered horse [F8from a third country] in accordance with [F9the procedure referred to in Article 19 of Regulation 2018/659;].

2.Where the existing identification document referred to in paragraph 1 does not comply with the requirements of Article 7(2), the issuing body shall on request of the keeper:

(a)complete the identification document, so that it complies with the requirements of Article 7(2);

(b)record the identification details of the equine animal and the complementary information in the database established in accordance with Article 38.

3.Where the existing identification document as referred to in paragraph 1 cannot be amended to comply with the requirements of Article 7(2) of this Regulation, it shall not be considered valid for identification purposes in accordance with this Regulation, and the equine animal shall be identified by issuing in accordance with Article 9 a new identification document which complies with the requirements of Article 7(1), (2) and (3), based on the submitted identification document which must at least provide the information set out in the Annex to [F10this Regulation].

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[F11Article 15AU.K. Identification of equidae for purposes of travel to the European Union or Northern Ireland

1.On an application made in accordance with paragraph 3, the competent authority may issue an EU travel identification document for the purposes of exporting an equine animal from Great Britain to the Union, or for the purposes of moving an equine animal from Great Britain to Northern Ireland, whether or not for a temporary period.

2.An EU travel identification document may be issued where—

(a)the equine animal does not fall within the categories referred to in Article 14(a)(i) or (ii);

(b)at the date of the application, the equine animal is identified by a valid single identification document in accordance with Article 9, 14, 29, 30 or 32, and

(c)that identification document was issued by an issuing body referred to in Article 5(1)(c)(ii).

3.An application to the competent authority for an EU travel identification document must be—

(a)made by the owner or keeper of the equine animal, and

(b)accompanied by the identification document referred to in paragraph 2(b).]

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