The Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) (No. 2) Regulations 2004

Made: 3rd November 2004

Laid before Parliament: 5th November 2004

Coming into force: 7th December 2004

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PART 1 — Introduction

Title, application, commencement and interpretation

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Exception

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Enforcement

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PART 2 — Intra-Community Trade

Application of Part 2

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Exports

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Imports

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Transport of animals and animal products

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Dealers

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Approval of centres and teams for the purposes of Directive 92/65/EEC and laboratories for the purposes of Directive 90/539/EEC

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Inspection and checking at destination

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Duties on consignees

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Assembly centres and slaughterhouses

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Illegal consignments

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PART 3 — Third Countries

Application of Part 3

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Official veterinarians

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Importation

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Places of import

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Import procedure

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Payment of fees

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Consignments constituting a danger to health

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Illegal consignments

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Arrival at the place of destination

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Post-import controls

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PART 4 — Imports Where Checks Have Been Carried Out in Another Member State

Application of Part 4

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Imports

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Import procedure

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PART 5 — General

Outbreaks of disease in other states

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Notification of decisions

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Powers of inspectors

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Recovery of expenses

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Obstruction

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Offences by bodies corporate

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Penalties

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Disapplication of provisions

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Revocations

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SCHEDULE 1 — AMENDMENTS TO COUNCIL DIRECTIVES 90/425/EEC AND 91/496/EEC

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SCHEDULE 2 — BORDER INSPECTION POSTS

Border inspection post	Animals which may be imported
Gatwick Airport	All animals other than ungulates (i)
Heathrow Airport	All animals
Luton Airport (ii)	Ungulates (i)
Manchester Airport	Cats, dogs, rodents, lagomorphs, live fish, reptiles, and birds other than ratites
Stansted Airport (ii)	Ungulates (i)

SCHEDULE 3 — INTRA-COMMUNITY TRADE: LEGISLATION AND ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

PART I — LEGISLATION ON INTRA-COMMUNITY TRADE

Bovine animals and swine

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Bovine semen

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Bovine embryos

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Equidae

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Porcine Semen

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Poultry and hatching eggs

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Animal waste

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Fish

Farmed fish

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Fish other than farmed fish

• (2) Council Directive 91/493/EEC laying down the health conditions for the production and placing on the market of fishery products (OJ No. L268, 24.9.91, p. 15), as amended by, and as read with—

• Council Directive 92/48/EEC (OJ No. L187, 7.7.92, p. 41), laying down the minimum hygiene rules applicable to fishery products caught on board certain vessels in accordance with Article 3(1) (a) (I) of Council Directive 91/493/EEC;

• Council Directive 95/71/EC (OJ No. L332, 30.12.95, p. 40);

• Council Directive 97/79/EC (OJ No. L24, 30.1.98, p. 310); and

the European international instruments.

Relevant provisions: Article 4.

Live Bivalve molluscs

• (3) Council Directive 91/492/EEC laying down the health conditions for the production and placing on the market of live shellfish (OJ No. L268, 24.9.91, p. 1), as amended by, and as read with—

• Council Directive 97/61/EC (OJ No. L295, 29.10.97, p. 35); and

the European international instruments.

Ovine and caprine animals

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Other animals, semen, ova and embryos

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Pathogens

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Pure-bred animals of the bovine species

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Breeding animals of the porcine species

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Pure-bred breeding sheep and goats

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Equidae

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PART II — ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE TRANSPORT OF CATTLE, PIGS, SHEEP AND GOATS

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PART III — ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR DEALERS IN CATTLE, PIGS, SHEEP AND GOATS

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SCHEDULE 4 — THE POULTRY HEALTH SCHEME

PART I — MEMBERSHIP

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PART II — REGISTRATION FEE

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PART III — ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP FEE

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SCHEDULE 5 — APPROVAL OF LABORATORIES UNDER THE POULTRY HEALTH SCHEME

PART I — APPROVAL

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PART II — ANNUAL APPROVAL FEE

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SCHEDULE 6 — LIST OF DISEASES

• Foot and mouth disease

• Classical swine fever

• African swine fever

• Swine vesicular disease

• Newcastle disease

• Rinderpest

• Peste des petits ruminants

• Vesicular stomatitis

• Bluetongue

• African horse sickness

• Equine encephalomyelitis (of all types, including Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis)

• Teschen disease

• Avian influenza

• Sheep and goat pox

• Lumpy skin disease

• Rift valley fever

• Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia

• Bovine spongiform encephalopathy

• Infectious haematopoietic necrosis

• Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia

• Dourine

• Equine infectious anaemia

• Glanders

• Infectious Salmon anaemia

• Small hive beetle (Aethina tumida)

• Tropilaelaps mite

SCHEDULE 7 — COMMUNITY LEGISLATION ON THIRD COUNTRIES

PART I — THIRD COUNTRIES FROM WHICH MEMBER STATES MAY AUTHORISE CERTAIN IMPORTS

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PART II — DETAILED PROVISIONS

Bovine, ovine and caprine animals and swine from third countries

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Cloven-hoofed animals and elephants from third countries

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Equidae

General

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Temporary admission of registered horses

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Registered horses for racing, etc.

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Equidae for slaughter

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Equidae for breeding and production

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Poultry

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Other specified animals, semen, ova and embryos

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Live animals from New Zealand

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Zootechnical conditions

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Finfish and Shellfish from third countries

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SCHEDULE 8 — LEGISLATION THAT DOES NOT APPLY

Title	Reference	Extent
The Diseases of Fish Act 1937	1937 c. 33	Section 1
The Hares (Control of Importation) Order 1965	SI 1965/2040	The whole Order
The Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals) Order 1974 as amended	SI 1974/2211 as amended by SI 1977/361, 1984/1182, 1986/2062, 1990/2371, 1993/1813, 1994/1405, 1994/1716, 1999/3443, 2000/1298, 2000/1641, 2001/6, 2002/1011, 2002/2850, and 2004/2364.	The Order shall continue to apply to all carnivores, primates and bats. It shall continue to apply to the importation of all other animals unless such animals are imported by way of trade and can be shown to have been born on the holding of origin and kept in captivity since birth.
The Importation of Animals Order 1977	SI 1977/944	Articles 3, 4(7), 4(8), 5(1) to (3), 7(1), 8 to 14, 16, 17, 18(1)(b), 18(3), 19 to 21, 23, 24 and 25(2) except that article 3 shall continue to apply to ruminating animals and swine other than animals which are the subject of Council Directive 64/432/EEC.
The Importation of Birds, Poultry and Hatching Eggs Order 1979	SI 1979/1702	Articles 4 to 7, 9(3) to (6), 10 to 12 except that article 4 shall continue to apply to all birds (including domestic fowl) and their hatching eggs other than those subject to the provisions of Council Directive 90/539/EEC (excluding domestic fowl).
The Importation of Embryos, Ova and Semen Order 1980 as amended by the Importation of Embryos, Ova and Semen (Amendment) Order 1984	SI 1980/12 as amended by SI 1984/1326	The whole Order except that article 4 shall continue to apply to embryos, ova and semen (as defined in that Order) other than— bovine semen which is the subject of Council Directive 88/407/EEC, bovine embryos which are the subject of Council Directive 89/556/EEC, porcine semen which is the subject of Council Directive 90/429/EEC, equine ova and embryos which are the subject of Commission Decision 95/294/EC, equine semen which is the subject of Commission Decision 95/307/EC, ovine and caprine semen, ova and embryos which are the subject of Commission Decision 95/388/EC, and porcine ova and embryos which are the subject of Commission Decision 95/483/EC.
The Diseases of Fish Regulations 1984	SI 1984/455	Regulations 2 and 5
The Importation of Bovine Semen Regulations 1984	SI 1984/1325	The whole instrument
The Shellfish and Specified Fish (Third Country Imports) Order 1992	SI 1992/3301	The whole Order

Signed

Whitty — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs — 29th October 2004

We consent to the making of these Regulations.

Nick Ainger — Joan Ryan — Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury — 3rd November 2004

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 1972/1811.

[^f00002]: 1972 c. 68.

[^f00003]: 1973 c. 51.

[^f00004]: OJ No. L224, 18.8.90, p. 29, as amended by and as read with the provisions listed in Schedule 1.

[^f00005]: OJ No. L268, 24.9.91, p. 56, as amended by and as read with the provisions listed in Schedule 1.

[^f00006]: OJ No. L73, Special Edition, 27.3.72.

[^f00007]: OJ No. L1, 3.1.94, p. 1.

[^f00008]: OJ No. C241, 29.8.94, p. 21, as amended by OJ No. L12, 1.1.95, p. 1.

[^f00009]: OJ No. L236, 23.9.03, p. 33.

[^f00010]: OJ No. L146, 13.6.2003, p. 1, as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 592/2004 (OJ No. L94, 31.3.2004, p. 7).

[^f00011]: OJ No. L46, 19.2.91, p. 1, as amended by and as read with the provisions listed in paragraph 8(1) of Part I of Schedule 3.

[^f00012]: OJ No. L109, 25.4.97, p. 1, as amended by and as read with the provisions listed in paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 3.

[^f00013]: OJ No. L268, 14.9.92, p.54, as amended by and as read with the provisions listed in paragraph 10 of Part I of Schedule 3.

[^f00014]: OJ No. L303, 30.10.90, p. 6, as amended by and as read with the provisions listed in paragraph 6 of Part I of Schedule 3.

[^f00015]: S.I. 1997/1480, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00016]: S.I. 1993/1898.

[^f00017]: OJ No. L224, 1.8.90, p. 55, as amended by and as read with the provisions listed in paragraph 15 of Part I of Schedule 3.

[^f00018]: S.I. 1995/539, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00019]: S.I. 1995/540, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00020]: OJ No. L224, 18.8.90, p. 29, as amended by and as read with the provisions listed in Schedule 1.

[^f00021]: S.I. 1997/1729, as amended by S.I. 2001/3590.

[^f00022]: OJ L49, 19.2.2004, p. 11.

[^f00023]: S.I. 1974/2211; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1977/361, 1984/1182, 1986/2062, 1999/3443 and 2004/2364.

[^f00024]: OJ No. L340, 11.2.91, p.17, as amended by Council Directive 95/29/EC (OJ L148, 30.6.95, p. 52).

[^f00025]: OJ No. L224, 18.8.90, p. 29 as amended by and as read with the provisions listed in Schedule 1.

[^f00026]: S.I. 2004/853, as amended by S.I. 2004/2364.

[^f00027]: OJ No. L16, 25.1.93, p. 18).

[^f00028]: OJ No. L109, 25.4.97, p. 1, as amended by and as read with the provisions listed in paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 3.

[^f00029]: OJ No. L46, 19.2.91, p. 19, as amended by and as read with the provisions listed in paragraph 9 of Part I of Schedule 3.

[^f00030]: OJ No. L303, 30.10.90, p. 6), as amended by and as read with the provisions listed in paragraph 6 of Part I of Schedule 3.

• (i) Ungulates include registered equidae as defined in Council Directive 90/426/EEC (OJ No. L224, 18.8.90, p. 42), as amended.

• (ii) Luton Airport and Stansted Airport are not border inspection posts for any species of animal specified in the Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals) Order 1974 (S.I. 1974/2211).

Fish other than farmed fish

• (2) Council Directive 91/493/EEC laying down the health conditions for the production and placing on the market of fishery products (OJ No. L268, 24.9.91, p. 15), as amended by, and as read with—

• Council Directive 92/48/EEC (OJ No. L187, 7.7.92, p. 41), laying down the minimum hygiene rules applicable to fishery products caught on board certain vessels in accordance with Article 3(1) (a) (I) of Council Directive 91/493/EEC;

• Council Directive 95/71/EC (OJ No. L332, 30.12.95, p. 40);

• Council Directive 97/79/EC (OJ No. L24, 30.1.98, p. 310); and

• the European international instruments.

Relevant provisions: Article 4.

Live Bivalve molluscs

• (3) Council Directive 91/492/EEC laying down the health conditions for the production and placing on the market of live shellfish (OJ No. L268, 24.9.91, p. 1), as amended by, and as read with—

• Council Directive 97/61/EC (OJ No. L295, 29.10.97, p. 35); and

• the European international instruments.

Relevant provisions: Articles 3(1)a-i, 3(2), 4, 7, 8, and 9.

• Foot and mouth disease

• Classical swine fever

• African swine fever

• Swine vesicular disease

• Newcastle disease

• Rinderpest

• Peste des petits ruminants

• Vesicular stomatitis

• Bluetongue

• African horse sickness

• Equine encephalomyelitis (of all types, including Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis)

• Teschen disease

• Avian influenza

• Sheep and goat pox

• Lumpy skin disease

• Rift valley fever

• Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia

• Bovine spongiform encephalopathy

• Infectious haematopoietic necrosis

• Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia

• Dourine

• Equine infectious anaemia

• Glanders

• Infectious Salmon anaemia

• Small hive beetle (Aethina tumida)

• Tropilaelaps mite

Editorial notes

[^key-1b1ebc82e455454b9fe7890cf9e39e0e]: Regulations revoked (15.8.2005) by The Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) (England) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2002), regs. 1(1), 35 (with reg. 2)

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