PART IVREGISTRATION, APPROVAL, TRACEABILITY AND MOVEMENTS

TITLE ITERRESTRIAL ANIMALS, GERMINAL PRODUCTS AND PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN FROM TERRESTRIAL ANIMALS

CHAPTER 3 Movements within the Union of kept terrestrial animals

Section 6 DErogating from, and supplementing, risk-mitigation measures for movements of kept terrestrial animals

Article 137Kept terrestrial animals intended for confined establishments and delegated acts

1.

Operators shall only move kept terrestrial animals to a confined establishment if the animals in question fulfil the following conditions:

(a)

they originate from another confined establishment;

(b)

they do not pose a significant risk for the spread of listed diseases as referred to in point (d) of Article 9(1) to listed species or to categories of animals at the confined establishment of destination, except where the movement in question is authorised for scientific purposes.

2.

The Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 264 concerning:

(a)

detailed rules for movements of kept terrestrial animals into confined establishments in addition to those provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article;

(b)

specific rules for movements of kept terrestrial animals into confined establishments where the risk-mitigation measures in place guarantee that such movements do not pose a significant risk for the health of kept terrestrial animals within that confined establishment and the surrounding establishments.