CHAPTER VIIIU.K.Entry into the [F1United Kingdom] of breeding animals and their germinal products

Article 37U.K.Checks for entitlement to the conventional rate of duty for purebred breeding animals entering [F2Great Britain from a third country]

1.Where the operator responsible for a consignment of purebred breeding animals requests the application of [F3a lower or zero rate of duty for purebred breeding animals, provided for under the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018,] on the animals of that consignment:

(a)those animals shall be accompanied by:

(i)

the zootechnical certificate referred to in Article 30(5) or Article 32;

(ii)

a document indicating that they are to be entered in a breeding book maintained by a breed society or registered in a breeding register maintained by a breeding operation;

(b)checks shall be carried out on that consignment at the border inspection post in which the documentary, identity [F4, veterinary and physical checks required under United Kingdom animal health law on entry of the consignment into Great Britain] are carried out.

2.The purpose of the checks provided for in point (b) of paragraph 1 shall be to verify that:

(a)the consignment is accompanied by the documents referred to in point (a) of paragraph 1;

(b)the content and the labelling of the consignment correspond to the information provided in the documents referred to in point (a) of paragraph 1.