CHAPTER XIU.K.Controls by the Commission

Section 1U.K.[F1Cooperation with the Commission and member States]

F3Article 53U.K.[F2Cooperation with the Commission and member States]

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F4Article 54U.K.Reports by the Commission on controls performed by its experts in Member States

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F4Article 55U.K.Obligations of Member States as regards Commission controls

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F4Article 56U.K.Serious disruption in the control system of a Member State

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Section 2U.K.[F5Controls on entry into the United Kingdom of breeding animals and their germinal products]

F4Article 57U.K.Commission controls in third countries

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F4Article 58U.K.Frequency and organisation of Commission controls in third countries

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F4Article 59U.K.Reports by the Commission on controls performed by its experts in third countries

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Article 60U.K.Establishment of special measures regarding the entry into the [F6United Kingdom] of breeding animals and their germinal products

1.Where there is evidence that widespread serious non-compliance with the rules provided for in this Regulation is taking place in a third country, the [F7appropriate authority may make regulations] concerning one or more of the following:

(a)prohibiting the entry into the [F8United Kingdom], as breeding animals, or the germinal products thereof, of animals, or their semen, oocytes or embryos originating from that third country;

(b)prohibiting the entry in breeding books maintained by breed societies or the registration in breeding registers maintained by breeding operations of breeding animals, and the offspring produced from the germinal products thereof, originating from that third country.

[F9In addition to, or instead of making regulations under paragraph 1, the appropriate authority] may do one or more of the following:

(a)delete that third country or the breeding bodies of that third country from the list provided for in Article 34(1);

(b)take any other appropriate measures.

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