Amendments to Regulation (EU) No 576/2013

3.—(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 (Validity requirements for the rabies antibody titration test)—

(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 Welsh Ministers have 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).

(1)

EUR 576/2013, amended by S.I. 2022/445 (W. 108); there are other amending instruments but none are relevant

(2)

Chapter 1.1.6, Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals, World Organisation for Animal Health, 2022 (updated 28.06.2022): https://www.woah.org/fileadmin/Home/eng/Health_standards/tahm/1.01.06_VALIDATION.pdf.