9.—(1) No person shall export hides and skins of animals of the bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine species and other biungulates.
(2) The prohibition in paragraph (1) shall not apply in relation to hides and skins which were produced before 1st February 2001 or which conform to the requirements of paragraph 1A indents 2 to 5 or paragraph 1B, indents 3 and 4 of Chapter 3 of Annex I to Directive 92/118/EEC if treated hides and skins are separated effectively from untreated hides and skins.
(3) The hides and skins consigned to another member State must be accompanied by an official certificate prepared on behalf of the Scottish Ministers stating–
“Hides and skins conforming to Commission Decision 2001/172/EC of 1st March 2001 concerning certain protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom”.
(4) Paragraph (3) shall not apply to hides and skins which conform to the requirements of either–
(a)paragraph 1A indents 2 to 5 of Chapter 3 of Annex 1 to Council Directive 92/118/EEC; or
(b)paragraph 1B indents 3 and 4 of Chapter 3 to Annex I to Council Directive 92/118/EEC,
if compliance with those conditions is stated in the commercial document accompanying the consignment, endorsed in accordance with regulation 12.