http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2006/146/article/2Commission Decision of 21 February 2006 on certain protection measures with regard to certain fruit bats, dogs and cats coming from Malaysia (Peninsula) and Australia (notified under document number C(2006) 417) (Text with EEA relevance) (2006/146/EC)Commission Decision of 21 February 2006 on certain protection measures with regard to certain fruit bats, dogs and cats coming from Malaysia (Peninsula) and Australia (notified under document number C(2006) 417) (Text with EEA relevance) (2006/146/EC)King's Printer of Acts of Parliamenthttps://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/eu-exit/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32006D0146texttext/xmlen2025-01-24Expert Participation2020-12-31 Article 2 1 Imports of dogs and cats from Malaysia (Peninsula) are prohibited. 2 By way of derogation from paragraph 1 dogs and cats may be imported under the following conditions: a the animals have had no contact with pigs during at least the past 60 days prior to export, b the animals have not been resident on holdings where during the past 60 days cases of Nipah disease have been confirmed, c the animals have been subjected with negative result to an IgG capture ELISA test carried out in a laboratory approved for testing for antibody against the Nipah disease viruses by the competent veterinary authorities on a sample of blood taken within 10 days of export. 3 The prohibition referred to in paragraph 1 shall not apply to dogs and cats in transit, provided they remain within the perimeter of an international airport.