CHAPTER IIICONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO THE NON-COMMERCIAL MOVEMENT OF PET ANIMALS INTO GREAT BRITAIN FROM A THIRD COUNTRY

SECTION 1Pet animals of the species listed in Part A of Annex I

Article 10Conditions applicable to the non-commercial movement of pet animals of the species listed in Part A of Annex I

1.

Pet animals of the species listed in Part A of Annex I shall not be moved into F1Great Britain from a third country unless they fulfil the following conditions:

(a)

they are marked in accordance with Article 17(1);

(b)

they have received an anti-rabies vaccination that complies with the validity requirements set out in Annex III;

(c)

they have undergone a rabies antibody titration test that complies with the validity requirements set out in Annex IV;

(d)

they comply with any preventive health measures for diseases or infections other than rabies F2as set out in the Echinococcus multilocularis Regulation or in regulations made under Article 19(1);

(e)

they are accompanied by an identification document duly completed and issued in accordance with Article 26.

2.

Pet animals of the species listed in Part A of Annex I may be moved into F3Great Britain from a third country other than those listed F4in Part 1 of Annex 2 to the Commission Implementing Regulation only through a travellers’ point of entry listed as required pursuant to Article 34(3).

3.

By way of derogation from paragraph 2, F5the appropriate authority may authorise registered military or search-and-rescue dogs to move through a point of entry other than a travellers’ point of entry provided that:

(a)

the owner or the authorised person has applied in advance for a permit and the F6appropriate authority has granted such a permit; and

(b)

the dogs undergo compliance checks in accordance with Article 34(2) at a place designated by the competent authority for that purpose and in accordance with the arrangements set out in the permit referred to in point (a) of this paragraph.