2.—(1) Regulation (EU) No 576/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the non-commercial movement of pet animals(1) 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 2022(2)”.
EUR 2013/576, amended by S.I. 2022/420; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.
Chapter 1.1.6, Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals, World Organisation for Animal Health, 2021 (updated 28.06.22): https://www.oie.int/fileadmin/Home/eng/Health_standards/tahm/1.01.06_VALIDATION.pdf. Note that the pages at this link make reference to the OIE terrestrial manual 2018.