11.—(1) No person shall dispatch hides and skins of animals of the bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine species and other biungulates.
(2) The prohibition in paragraph (1) does not apply to hides and skins which–
(a)were produced before 15th July 2007; or
(b)conform to the requirements of point (c) or (d) of paragraph 2 of Part A of Chapter VI of Annex VIII to Regulation 1774/2002; or
(c)were produced outside the restricted area in accordance with the conditions laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002, and since introduction into the United Kingdom have been transported separately from hides and skins not eligible for dispatch,
provided that treated hides and skins are separated from untreated hides and skins.
(3) Hides and skins consigned to another member State must be accompanied by an official certificate which bears the following words:–
“Hides and skins conforming to Commission Decision 2007/554/EC of 9 August 2007 concerning certain protection measures against foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom”.
(4) Paragraph (3) does not apply to hides and skins which conform to the requirements of either–
(a)Points (b) to (e) or paragraph 1 of Part A of Chapter VI of Annex VIII to Regulation 1774/2002; or
(b)Points(c) or (d) of paragraph 2 of Part A of Chapter VI of Annex VIII to Regulation 1774/2002,
if compliance with those conditions is stated in the commercial document accompanying the consignment, endorsed in the case of sub-paragraph (b) in accordance with regulation 14.