Amendments to Regulation (EU) No 576/20132.

(1)

Regulation (EU) No 576/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the non-commercial movement of pet animals3 is amended as follows.

(2)

In Annex 4—

(a)

in point 2(b), at the end insert “, except where point 2A applies”;

(b)

after point 2, insert—

“2A.

This point applies where the Secretary of State has administered a test which measures a level of antibody to rabies virus in serum of the animal tested equal to or greater than 0.3 EU/ml and using an enzyme linked immunosorbent assay method that meets the validation standards set out in Chapter 1.1.6. of the Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals 20224