The Import of and Trade in Animals and Animal Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013 on the model identification documents for the non-commercial movement of dogs, cats and ferrets, the establishment of lists of territories and third countries and the format, layout and language requirements of the declarations attesting compliance with certain conditions provided for in Regulation (EU) No 576/2013

44.—(1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013 on the model identification documents for the non-commercial movement of dogs, cats and ferrets, the establishment of lists of territories and third countries and the format, layout and language requirements of the declarations attesting compliance with certain conditions provided for in Regulation (EU) No 576/2013 is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 3—

(a) in the heading, for “passports”, substitute “pet travel documents”;

(b) in paragraph 1—

(i) for “passport”, substitute “pet travel document”,

(ii) for the words from “set out in Part 1” to the end, substitute “made available or published by the appropriate authority, in such manner as appears to the appropriate authority to be appropriate from time to time”;

(c) omit paragraph 2.

(3) In Article 4—

(a) in the heading, for “Union”, substitute “United Kingdom”;

(b) for point (a), substitute—

“(a) made available or published by the appropriate authority, in such manner as appears to the appropriate authority to be appropriate from time to time;”;

(c) in point (b), for “that Annex”, substitute “Annex 4 to this Regulation”.

(4) After Article 6, omit the words from “This Regulation” to “Member States.”.

(5) In Annex 1, in Part 3, for the words “at least one of” to the end, substitute “English and may also be drawn up in other languages”.

(6) Omit Annex 3.

(7) In Annex 4—

(a) omit Part 1;

(b) in Part 2—

(i) in point (c)—

(aa) for the words from “at least one of” to “English”, in the first place it occurs, substitute “English and may also be drawn up in other languages”,

(bb) for the words from “at least one of” to “English”, in the second place it occurs, substitute “English and may also be completed in other languages”,

(ii) in point (f)—

(aa) after “laid down in”, insert “Article 3(1) to (4), Article 4(1) and (3) and Article 5(2) of”,

(bb) after “followed”, insert “, reading both the reference to “the veterinary legislation” in Article 3(1) and the reference to “veterinary legislation” in Article 3(4) as references to “Regulation (EU) No 576/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the non-commercial movement of pet animals””;

(c) in Part 3, in Section B, for the words from “at least one of” to “English”, substitute “English and may also be drawn up in other languages”.