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Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 of 22 December 2004 on the protection of animals during transport and related operations and amending Directives 64/432/EEC and 93/119/EC and Regulation (EC) No 1255/97
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Articles 5(4) and 8(2)
Textual Amendments
F1Annex 2 substituted (E.S.) (6.4.2023) by The Welfare of Animals (Transport) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England and Scotland) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/287), regs. 1(2), 2; and substituted (W.) (6.4.2023) by The Welfare of Animals (Transport) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/261), reg. 1(2)(c), Sch.
In this Annex—
(a)“journey” means a journey of the kind described in Article 5(4);
(b)“organiser” means the person who has overall responsibility for planning a journey and preparing the journey log in respect of the journey;
(c)references in paragraphs 7, 8, 10, 11, 13 and 14 to the journey log in relation to a journey are to the journey log which is or was required to accompany the animals during the journey (as the case may be).
A journey log must comprise the following sections—
Section 1 – Planning |
Section 2 – Place of departure |
Section 3 – Place of destination or place of transit |
Section 4 – Declaration by transporter |
Section 5 – Specimen anomaly report |
The organiser of a journey must—
(a)compile a journey log for the journey in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 3;
(b)complete and sign Section 1 of the journey log;
(c)submit the completed and signed copy of Section 1 of the journey log to the competent authority for its written approval, in the manner required by the competent authority, at least two working days before the proposed departure date;
(d)comply with any written instructions from the competent authority for the purpose of enabling the competent authority to verify whether the details of the proposed journey in Section 1 of the journey log are realistic and indicate compliance with this Regulation; and
(e)ensure that the proposed journey does not commence before the competent authority has confirmed in writing that—
(i)it is satisfied that the details of the proposed journey in Section 1 of the journey log are realistic and indicate compliance with this Regulation; and
(ii)the GB transporters named in the journey log have valid transporter authorisations, valid certificates of approval for their means of transport and valid certificates of competence for any drivers and attendants.
In paragraph 4—
(a)“proposed departure date” means the day on which the proposed journey set out in Section 1 of the journey log is to commence;
(b)“GB transporter” means a transporter who is authorised to carry out journeys in accordance with Article 11;
(c)in point (e), the reference to the details of the proposed journey in Section 1 of the journey log includes any details which have been amended following the submission of that Section to the competent authority pursuant to point (c) of paragraph 4.
Where the place of departure, the place of transit (if any) or the place of destination in respect of a journey is in Great Britain, the keeper of the animals at any such place must—
(a)complete and sign Section 2 or 3 of the journey log (as the case may be) at the relevant time; and
(b)inform the competent authority as soon as possible of any reservations the keeper may have regarding compliance with this Regulation by—
(i)completing a copy of Section 5 of the journey log; and
(ii)transmitting the completed copy of that Section, together with a copy of Section 1 of the journey log, to the competent authority.
Where the place of departure, the place of transit (if any) or the place of destination in respect of a journey is outside Great Britain, the organiser must ensure that the keeper of the animals at any such place—
(a)completes and signs Section 2 or 3 of the journey log (as the case may be) at the relevant time; and
(b)informs the competent authority as soon as possible of any reservations the keeper may have regarding compliance with this Regulation by—
(i)completing a copy of Section 5 of the journey log; and
(ii)transmitting the completed copy of that Section, together with a copy of Section 1 of the journey log, to the competent authority.
In paragraphs 7(a) and 8(a), “relevant time”, in relation to a journey, means—
(a)in the case of the keeper of the animals at the place of departure, immediately prior to the loading of the animals at the place of departure;
(b)in the case of the keeper of the animals at a place of transit or at the place of destination, immediately after the animals have been unloaded at the place of transit or the place of destination (as the case may be).
Where the animals being transported on a journey are transported from their place of departure to their place of destination by a single transporter, the transporter must complete and sign Section 4 of the journey log on completion of the journey.
Where the animals being transported on a journey are transported from their place of departure to their place of destination by more than one transporter—
(a)any transporter who is responsible for transporting the animals in Great Britain must complete and sign Section 4 of the journey log at the relevant time; and
(b)the organiser of the journey must ensure that any transporter who is only responsible for transporting the animals for a stage of the journey which takes place entirely outside Great Britain completes and signs Section 4 of the journey log for the journey at the relevant time.
The organiser of a journey must ensure that—
(a)the journey log has been properly completed and signed before the journey log is submitted to the competent authority pursuant to point (b); and
(b)the completed and signed journey log, or where the journey log is in paper form, a copy of the completed and signed journey log, is submitted to the competent authority no later than one month after the day on which the animals were unloaded at their place of destination.
Textual Amendments
F2Annex 2 Appendix omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Animal Welfare (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/802), regs. 1, 3(41)(h); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
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