20.—(1) No person shall export the hide or skin of an animal produced in or coming from the restricted area.
(2) The prohibition in paragraph (1) does not apply to hides and skins which–
(a)were produced before 15th July 2007;
(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;
(c)were produced outside the restricted area in accordance with the conditions laid down in Regulation 1774/2002, and since introduction into the restricted area have been transported and stored separately from hides and skins not eligible for export; or
(d)were produced from an animal slaughtered in a slaughterhouse, or in the case of farmed game slaughtered on premises, or in the case of wild game killed for meat,
provided that treated hides and skins are separated from untreated hides and skins.
(3) Hides and skins exported to another member State must be accompanied by an official certificate which bears the words–
“Hides and skins conforming to Commission Decision 2007/554/EC of 9th 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) of 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 7.