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 12Derogation from the antibody titration test condition for pet animals of the species listed in Part A of Annex I

1.

By way of derogation from point (c) of Article 10(1), the antibody titration test shall not be required for pet animals of the species listed in Part A of Annex I that are being moved into F1Great Britain from a third country listed in Part 1 or 2 of Annex 2 to the Commission Implementing Regulation:

(a)

either directly;

(b)

following residency exclusively in one or more of those F2... third countries; or

(c)

after transit through F3... a third country other than those listed F4in Part 1 or 2 of Annex 2 to the Commission Implementing Regulation, provided that the owner or authorised person provides a signed declaration that during such transit the pet animals have had no contact with animals of species susceptible to rabies and remain secured within a means of transport or within the perimeter of an international airport.

2.

F5The appropriate authority may, by regulations, adopt rules on the format, layout and languages of the declarations referred to in point (c) of paragraph 1 of this Article. F6...