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Regulation (EU) No 576/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013 on the non-commercial movement of pet animals and repealing Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 (Text with EEA relevance)
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1.Pet animals of the species listed in Part A of Annex I shall not be moved into [F1Great Britain from] a third country unless they fulfil the following conditions:
(a)they are marked in accordance with Article 17(1);
(b)they have received an anti-rabies vaccination that complies with the validity requirements set out in Annex III;
(c)they have undergone a rabies antibody titration test that complies with the validity requirements set out in Annex IV;
(d)they comply with any preventive health measures for diseases or infections other than rabies [F2as set out in the Echinococcus multilocularis Regulation or in regulations made under] Article 19(1);
(e)they are accompanied by an identification document duly completed and issued in accordance with Article 26.
2.Pet animals of the species listed in Part A of Annex I may be moved into [F3Great Britain from] a third country other than those listed [F4in Part 1 of Annex 2 to the Commission Implementing Regulation] only through a travellers’ point of entry listed as required pursuant to Article 34(3).
3.By way of derogation from paragraph 2, [F5the appropriate authority] may authorise registered military or search-and-rescue dogs to move through a point of entry other than a travellers’ point of entry provided that:
(a)the owner or the authorised person has applied in advance for a permit and the [F6appropriate authority] has granted such a permit; and
(b)the dogs undergo compliance checks in accordance with Article 34(2) at a place designated by the competent authority for that purpose and in accordance with the arrangements set out in the permit referred to in point (a) of this paragraph.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Art. 10(1) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(c), 15(7)(a)(i)
F2Words in Art. 10(1)(d) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(c), 15(7)(a)(ii)
F3Words in Art. 10(2) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(c), 15(7)(b)(i)
F4Words in Art. 10(2) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(c), 15(7)(b)(ii)
F5Words in Art. 10(3) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(c), 15(7)(c)(i)
F6Words in Art. 10(3)(a) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(c), 15(7)(c)(ii)
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