Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilDangos y teitl llawn

Section 8 U.K. Notification of movements of kept terrestrial animals to other Member States

Article 152 U.K. Obligation of operators concerning the notification of movements of kept terrestrial animals to other Member States

Operators other than transporters shall notify the competent authority in their Member State of origin in advance of intended movements of kept terrestrial animals from that Member State to another Member State where:

(a)

the animals must be accompanied by an animal health certificate issued by the competent authority of the Member State of origin in accordance with Articles 149 and 150 and any rules adopted pursuant to Article 149(4);

(b)

the animals must be accompanied by an animal health certificate for kept terrestrial animals where they are being moved from a restricted zone and are subject to disease control measures as referred to in Article 143(2);

(c)

the animals are granted a derogation from the animal health certification requirement provided for in point (a) of Article 144(1) or are subject to special rules as provided for in point (b) of Article 144(1);

(d)

notification is required in accordance with delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 154(1).

For the purposes of the first paragraph of this Article, operators shall provide the competent authority of their Member State of origin with all the necessary information to enable it to notify the movements of the kept terrestrial animals to the competent authority of the Member State of destination in accordance with Article 153(1).

Article 153 U.K. Responsibility of the competent authority to notify movements to other Member States

1. The competent authority of the Member State of origin shall notify the competent authority of the Member State of destination of movements of kept terrestrial animals as referred to in Article 152.

2. The notification referred to in paragraph 1 shall be carried out prior to the movement in question and, whenever possible, through Traces.

3. Member States shall designate regions for the management of notifications of movements as provided for in paragraph 1.

4. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the competent authority of the Member State of origin may authorise the operator concerned to notify, partially or completely, movements of kept terrestrial animals through Traces to the competent authority of the Member State of destination.

Article 154 U.K. Delegation of power and implementing acts for the notification of movements by operators and by the competent authority

1. The Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 264 concerning:

(a) the requirement for advance notification by operators, in accordance with Article 152, of movements between Member States of kept terrestrial animals of species or categories other than those referred to in points (a) and (b) of that Article, where traceability of such movements of those species or categories is necessary in order to ensure compliance with the animal health requirements for movements laid down in Sections 1 to 6 (Articles 124 to 142);

(b) the information needed in order to notify movements of kept terrestrial animals as provided for in Articles 152 and 153;

(c) the emergency procedures for the notification of movements of kept terrestrial animals in the event of power cuts and other disturbances of Traces;

(d) the requirements for the designation of regions by Member States for the management of notifications of movements, as provided for in Article 153(3).

2. The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, lay down rules concerning:

(a) the details concerning notifications of movements of kept terrestrial animals by:

(i)

operators to the competent authority of their Member State of origin in accordance with Article 152;

(ii)

the competent authority of the Member State of origin to the Member State of destination in accordance with Article 153;

(b) the deadlines for:

(i)

the provision by the operator of the necessary information referred to in Article 152 to the competent authority of the Member State of origin;

(ii)

the notification of movements of kept terrestrial animals by the competent authority of the Member State of origin as referred to in Article 153(1).

Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 266(2).