PART IV U.K. REGISTRATION, APPROVAL, TRACEABILITY AND MOVEMENTS

TITLE I U.K. TERRESTRIAL ANIMALS, GERMINAL PRODUCTS AND PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN FROM TERRESTRIAL ANIMALS

CHAPTER 1 U.K. Registration, approval, record-keeping and registers

Section 1 U.K. Registration of establishments and certain types of operators

Article 84 U.K. Obligation of operators to register establishments

1. Operators of establishments keeping terrestrial animals or collecting, producing, processing or storing germinal products shall, in order for their establishments to be registered in accordance with Article 93, before they commence such activities:

(a) inform the competent authority of any such establishment under their responsibility;

(b) provide the competent authority with the following information:

(i)

the name and address of the operator concerned;

(ii)

the location of the establishment and a description of its facilities;

(iii)

the categories, species and numbers or quantities of kept terrestrial animals or germinal products which they intend to keep on the establishment, and the capacity of the establishment;

(iv)

the type of establishment; and

(v)

any other aspects of the establishment which are relevant for the purpose of determining the risk posed by it.

2. Operators of establishments referred to in paragraph 1 shall inform the competent authority of:

(a) any changes in the establishment in question concerning the matters referred to in point (b) of paragraph 1;

(b) any cessation of activity by the operator or establishment concerned.

3. Establishments which are subject to approval in accordance with Article 94(1) shall not be required to provide the information referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article.