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The Trade in Animals and Related Products (Amendment and Legislative Functions) Regulations 2022

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Publication 2022-12-12

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(e) ‘pet animal’ has the meaning given in Article 3 of Regulation (EU) No 576/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013 on the non-commercial movement of pet animals⁶².

(d) in paragraph 2, for “Article 2 of Directives 64/432/EEC, 91/67/EEC and 90/529/EEC” there were substituted “Article 2 of Directive 64/432, regulation 3 of the Aquatic Animal Health Regulations and Article 2 of Directive 2009/158”.

(4) The title of Chapter 2 is to be read as if for that title there were substituted “General requirements applicable to imports for the purposes of Articles 16, 17 and 18”;

(5) Article 3 is to be read as if—

(a) in the first paragraph—

(i) for “The Member States shall ensure that the trade referred to in Article 1, first paragraph, is not” there were substituted “The importation of animals referred to in Article 16 into Great Britain must not be”;

(ii) for “Community legislation” there were substituted “legislation in force in the relevant constituent territory of Great Britain”;

(b) the second paragraph were omitted.

(6) Article 4 is to be read as if—

(a) for the words from the beginning to “Article 12(1) and (3) of this Directive” there were substituted, “For the purposes of applying Article 9 of the Official Controls Regulation, the animals referred to in Articles 5 to 10 of this Directive may, without prejudice to Article 13 and Article 24, only be imported into Great Britain if they satisfy conditions at least equivalent to those laid down in Articles 5 to 10 and come from holdings or businesses subject to the Official Controls Regulation”;

(b) in the first indent, for “Article 3(3) of Directive 90/425/EEC” there were substituted “Articles 9 and 10 of the Official Controls Regulation”;

(i) for “competent authority” there were substituted “appropriate authority”;

(ii) for “Member State” there were substituted “third country”;

(d) in the third indent—

(i) after “national measures” there were inserted “in Great Britain”;

(ii) for “a given Member State” there were substituted “Great Britain”;

(iii) for “a decision under Articles 15(2)” there were substituted “a guarantee under Article 15(1)”.

(e) in the fourth indent—

(i) for “trade” there were substituted “importation into Great Britain”;

(ii) “or a commercial document provided for in Articles 5 to 11” were omitted.

(7) Article 5 is to be read as if—

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) for “Member States shall ensure that trade in” there were substituted “The importation into Great Britain of”;

(ii) for “competent authorities of the Member States” there were substituted “relevant competent authorities”;

(iii) for “veterinary certificate corresponding to the specimen in Annex E,” there were substituted “health certificate, as provided for in Article 18,”;

(b) for paragraph 2 there were substituted—

(2) An approved body, institute or centre may acquire, by way of derogation from paragraph 1, apes belonging to an individual if the acquisition is authorised by the appropriate authority.

(8) Article 6 is to be read as if—

(a) in paragraph A—

(i) in the first paragraph—

(aa) “Member States shall ensure that” were omitted;

(bb) for “Directives 64/432/EEC, 90/426/EEC and 91/68/EEC” there were substituted “Directives 64/432, 91/68 and 2009/156”;

(cc) for “be the subject of trade only” there were substituted “only be imported into Great Britain”;

(ii) in point (1)(a), for “in accordance with Article 3(1)(c) of Directive 90/425/EEC” there were substituted “appropriately for the species concerned in such a way that the original or transit holding can be traced”;

(iii) after point (1)(a), there were inserted—

(aa) must be subject to— (i) an identity check; and (ii) a clinical inspection before departure, within the period of time specified in the health certificate, by an official veterinarian and show no clinical signs of disease;

(iv) in point (1)(c), for “Directive 85/511/EEC and Article 4a of Directive 64/432/EEC” there were substituted “the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Orders and the Diseases of Swine Regulations 2014”;

(v) for point (1)(d) there were substituted—

(d) must not come from a holding, or have been in contact with animals from a holding, which is for animal health reasons subject to a prohibition or other animal health measures affecting the species involved, or is situated in an area subject to such measures or prohibitions, and the holding must be free of any such measures or prohibitions for the period of time before dispatch that is specified in the health certificate;

(vi) after point (1)(d), there were inserted—

(da) must have been kept at that holding permanently since birth or have remained on the holding for the period of time before dispatch that is specified in the health certificate; (db) must not, at any time between leaving the holding of origin and arriving at destination, have come into contact with cloven-hoofed animals other than animals that have the same health status;

(vii) for point (1)(e) there were substituted—

(e) must be accompanied by a health certificate as provided for in Article 18, certifying that the following requirements are met— (i) that at the time of examination, the animals do not show any clinical sign of any disease to which they are susceptible, and (ii) the animals come from an officially tuberculosis-free, officially brucellosis-free or brucellosis-free herd or holding not subject to swine fever restrictions or from a holding where the animals were subjected with negative results to one or more of the tests laid down in Article 6(2)(b) of Directive 92/65.

(b) in paragraph A, in point (2)—

(i) in point (a)—

(aa) for “Directive 64/432/EEC or Directive 91/68/EEC” there were substituted “Directive 64/432 or Directive 91/68”;

(bb) for “Article 3(2)(c), (d), (f), (g) and (h) of Directive 64/432/EEC or Article 3 of Directive 91/68/EEC” there were substituted “Annex A to Directive 64/432 and Annex A to Directive 91/68”;

(ii) in point (c)—

(aa) “in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 26,” were omitted;

(bb) after “may be adopted” there were inserted “by the appropriate authority by regulations”;

(iii) after point (c), there were inserted—

(d) animals must— (i) be continuously resident on the holding of origin for at least 30 days, or since birth if the animals are younger than 30 days of age; (ii) not come from a holding into which ungulates have been introduced during at least 21 days prior to dispatch; (iii) not come from a holding into which ungulates imported from a third country have been introduced during at least 30 days prior to dispatch; (iv) not be animals that cannot be marketed in the third country of export for public and animal health reasons; (v) after leaving the holding of origin, be consigned directly to the destination in Great Britain; (e) by way of derogation from points (d)(ii) and (iii), the animals referred to in those points may be authorised by the appropriate authority for importation into Great Britain, if they have been completely isolated from all other animals on the holding; (f) by way of derogation from point (d)(v), animals may, after leaving the holding of origin and before arrival at destination in Great Britain, transit through only one approved assembly centre situated in the third country of origin; (g) without prejudice to any additional guarantees that may be required in accordance with Articles 7 and 8 of Directive 91/68, animals must meet the requirements in— (i) Article 6 of Directive 91/68, and either (ii) Chapter 1.D of Annex A to Directive 91/68, in order to be introduced on to an officially brucellosis-free holding; or (iii) Chapter 2.D of Annex A to Directive 91/68, in order to be introduced on to a brucellosis-free holding.

(i) in point (a)—

(aa) for “prohibition measures” there were substituted “animal health prohibition or restriction measures”;

(bb) “in accordance with Article 9a of Directive 64/432/EEC” were omitted;

(ii) in point (b), for “any of the restrictions laid down in Directive 80/217/EEC” there were substituted “animal health prohibition or restriction measures”;

(iii) in point (c)—

(aa) for “Directive 64/432/EEC”, in the first place where it occurs, there were substituted “the Chapter on porcine brucellosis of the WOAH Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the World Organisation, 2021 edition⁶³”;

(bb) for “Directive 64/432/EEC”, in the second place where it occurs, there were substituted “Directive 2004/68”;

(d) in paragraph A, in point (4)—

(i) for “in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 26” there were substituted “by the appropriate authority by regulations”;

(ii) the words from “These decisions” to the end were omitted;

(e) paragraph B were omitted.

(9) Article 7 is to be read as if—

(a) in paragraph A—

(i) for the words before point (1) there were substituted “The appropriate authority must ensure that birds other than those referred to in Directive 2009/158, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 139/2013 laying down animal health conditions for imports of certain birds into the Union and the quarantine conditions thereof⁶⁴ and Commission Decision 2007/25 as regards certain protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza and movements of pet birds accompanying their owners into the Community⁶⁵ may be imported into Great Britain only if they meet the following requirements—”;

(ii) the second paragraph of point (1)(b) were omitted;

(iii) for point (1)(c) there were substituted—

(c) if they have been imported from a third country, have been quarantined or isolated in the holding to which they were taken after they entered the territory of Great Britain if so required in accordance with the relevant legislation in force in the relevant constituent territory of Great Britain;

(b) in paragraph A, in point (2)—

(i) in the second paragraph of point (a), for “recognized under the procedure provided for in Article 26” there were substituted “may be set out by the appropriate authority in accordance with a procedure set out by the appropriate authority by regulations and”;

(ii) in the first paragraph of point (b), for “in accordance with Article 3(1)(c) of Directive 90/425/EEC” there were substituted “appropriately in such a way that the original holding, centre or organisation can be traced”;

(iii) in the second paragraph of point (b), for “under the procedure provided for in Article 26” there were substituted “by the appropriate authority in accordance with a procedure set out by the appropriate authority by regulations”;

(iv) in point (c), for “commercial document” there were substituted “health certificate, as provided for in Article 18,”;

(10) Article 8 is to be read as if—

(a) in the words before point (a)—

(i) “Member States shall ensure that” were omitted;

(ii) for “the subject of trade” there were substituted “imported into Great Britain”;

(b) in point (a), at the beginning, insert “they”;

(d) in point (b), for the words from “corresponding to the specimen in Annex E” to the end there were substituted “, as provided for in Article 18”;

(e) after point (b) there were inserted—

The requirements applied to bees (Apis melifera), or equivalent requirements, may be applied to bumble bees by the appropriate authority by regulations.

(11) Article 9 is to be read as if—

(a) in paragraph 1, in the words before point (a)—

(i) “Member States shall ensure that” were omitted;

(ii) for “the subject of trade” there were substituted “imported into Great Britain”;

(b) in paragraph 2—

(i) for “Member States which require” there were substituted “Where an appropriate authority requires”;

(ii) for “their territory may require animals being sent to them” there were substituted “the territory for which it is responsible, it may require animals sent to that territory”;

(iii) for “corresponding to the specimen in Annex E,” there were substituted “, as provided for in Article 18, that is”;

(iv) the final sentence of the second subparagraph were omitted;

(i) for “Ireland and the United Kingdom may require the submission of a” there were substituted “The relevant”;

(ii) for “guaranteeing” there were substituted “must guarantee”.

(12) Article 10 is to be read as if—

(a) in paragraph 1, for “Member States shall ensure that there is a prohibition on trade in mink and foxes which” there were substituted “The importation into Great Britain of mink and foxes is prohibited where those animals have”;

(b) in paragraph 2—

(i) in the words before point (a), for “the subject of trade” there were substituted “imported into Great Britain”;

(ii) in point (a), for “Article 6 and, where applicable, in Article 7” there were substituted “Article 10(1)(a) to (d) and, where applicable, in Article 12(a)”;

(iii) in point (c)—

(aa) after “heath certificate” there were inserted “, as provided for in Article 18,”;

(bb) point (i) were omitted;

(4) The Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals) Order 1974⁶⁶ applies to all animals covered by this Directive that are susceptible to rabies and cannot be shown to have been born on the holding of origin and kept in captivity since birth, other than dogs, cats and ferrets that comply with paragraph 2.

(d) paragraphs 5, 6 and 7 were omitted.

(13) Article 11 is to be read as if—

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) “The Member States shall ensure that,” were omitted;

(ii) for “are the subject of trade” there were substituted “may be imported into Great Britain”;

(b) in paragraph 2, in the fourth indent, for “another Member State by a health certificate corresponding to a specimen to be determined in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 26” there were substituted “Great Britain by a health certificate, as provided for in Article 18”;

(i) in the first subparagraph, in the first indent, for “competent authority of the Member State and satisfying the conditions to be established in Annex D(I) in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 26” there were substituted “relevant competent authority and satisfying conditions at least equivalent to those established in Annex D(I)”;

(ii) in the first subparagraph, in the third indent, for “another Member State by a health certificate corresponding to a specimen to be determined in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 26” there were substituted “Great Britain by a health certificate, as provided for in Article 18”;

(iii) in the third subparagraph, for “in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 26” there were substituted “by the appropriate authority in accordance with a procedure set out by the appropriate authority by regulations”;

(d) in paragraph 4—

(i) in the first subparagraph, for “competent authority of the Member State concerned” there were substituted “competent authority”;

(ii) in the second subparagraph—

(aa) “Each Member State shall draw up and keep up to date” were omitted;

(bb) for “and shall make it available” there were substituted “must be drawn up, kept up to date, and made available by the appropriate authority”;

(cc) “the other Member States and to” were omitted;

(iii) in the third subparagraph, for “in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 26” there were substituted “by the appropriate authority in accordance with a procedure set out by the appropriate authority by regulations”;

(e) in paragraph 5—

(i) in the first subparagraph—

(aa) “and the specimen health certificates” were omitted;

(bb) for “in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 26” there were substituted “by the appropriate authority by regulations”;

(ii) the last sentence were omitted.

(14) Article 13 is to be read as if—

(a) for paragraph 1 there were substituted—

(1) Consignments of the following animals or germinal products that are imported into Great Britain from bodies, institutes or centres referred to in Article 17(2)(b) to bodies, institutes or centres that have been approved in Great Britain in accordance with paragraph 2, must meet the requirement in paragraph 1A— (a) species susceptible to the diseases listed in Annex A; (b) species susceptible to the diseases listed in Annex B, where the appropriate authority applies the guarantee provided for in Articles 14 and 15; (c) semen, ova or embryos of the animals referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b).

(b) after paragraph 1, insert—

(1A) The relevant consignment must be accompanied during transport by a health certificate, as provided for in Article 18, which must be completed by the official veterinarian and must specify that the animals, semen, ova or embryos come from a body, institute or centre approved in accordance with conditions at least equivalent to those set out in Annex C.

(i) in point (a)—

(aa) after “To be approved” there were inserted “in Great Britain”;

(bb) after “institutes or centres shall” there were inserted “comply with the requirements contained in Annex C and”;

(cc) “of the Member State” were omitted;

(ii) in point (c), for “point 3” there were substituted “point 6”;

(iii) in point (d), in the second subparagraph—

(aa) “Each Member State shall draw up and keep up to date” were omitted;

(bb) for “and shall make it available” there were substituted “must be drawn up, kept up to date, and made available by the appropriate authority”;

(cc) “to the other Member States and” were omitted;

(iv) in point (d), in the third subparagraph, for “in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 26” there were substituted “by the appropriate authority in accordance with a procedure set out by the appropriate authority by regulations”;

(v) point (e) were omitted.

(15) Article 14 is to be read as if—

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) in the words before the first indent—

(aa) for “Where a Member State draws up or has drawn up” there were substituted “The appropriate authority may, in accordance with a procedure set out by the appropriate authority by regulations, set out”;

(bb) “it may present the programme to the Commission” were omitted;

(ii) the ninth indent were omitted;

(b) for paragraph 2, there were substituted—

(2) The appropriate authority may, in accordance with a procedure set out by the appropriate authority by regulations, set out the additional guarantees, general or limited, which may be required for imports into Great Britain.

(16) Article 15 is to be read as if—

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) for “Where a Member State considers that its territory or part of its territory” there were substituted “The appropriate authority may by regulations set out additional guarantees, general or limited, that are required where it considers that the territory, or part of the territory, for which it is the appropriate authority”;

(ii) for “it shall present to the Commission appropriate supporting documentation, setting out” there were substituted “taking into account”;

(b) paragraphs 2 and 3 were omitted.

(17) The title of Chapter 3 is to be read as if for “the Community” there were substituted “Great Britain”.

(18) Article 16 is to be read as if the second and third paragraphs were omitted.

(19) Article 17 is to be read as if—

(a) in paragraph 2—

(i) in the words before point (a)—

(aa) for “animals and semen” there were substituted “animals, and the semen”;

(bb) for “the Community” there were substituted “Great Britain”;

(ii) in point (b), in the words before point (i), for “the health certificate corresponding to a specimen to be drawn up in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 26” there were substituted “a health certificate, as provided for in Article 18”;

(iii) in point (b)(i)—

(aa) in the first indent, at the beginning there were inserted “come from countries that”;

(bb) in the second indent, after “Annex C” there were inserted “or from registered premises as appropriate”;

(iv) in point (b)(ii), in the first paragraph—

(aa) “to be” were omitted;

(bb) for “in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 26” there were substituted “established by the appropriate authority by regulations”;

(v) in point (b)(ii), the second paragraph, “specimen” were omitted;

(b) for paragraph 3, there were substituted—

(3) The appropriate authority may by regulations— (a) establish the list of third countries or parts of third countries able to provide the appropriate authority with guarantees equivalent to those provided for in Chapter 2 in relation to animals, semen, ova and embryos; (b) adopt specific animal health requirements, in particular for the protection of Great Britain from certain exotic diseases, or guarantees equivalent to those provided for in this Directive. The specific requirements and equivalent guarantees established for third countries in accordance with this paragraph may not be more favourable than those provided for in Chapter 2. The appropriate authority may also establish a list of approved centres or teams, as referred to in the first indent of paragraph 2 of Article 11 and the first indent of paragraph 3 of that Article, situated in one of the third countries appearing on the list referred to in point (a) of this paragraph and for which the competent authority is able to give the guarantees provided for in Article 11(2) and (3). The approval of centres or teams must be immediately suspended or withdrawn by the competent authority of the third country where it no longer complies with the conditions referred to in Article 11(2) and (3) and the appropriate authority must be immediately informed. The appropriate authority must publish any new and updated lists that it receives from the competent authority of the third country, in accordance with the third and fourth subparagraphs, to make them available to the public for information purposes. The appropriate authority may by regulations adopt detailed rules for the application of the third to fifth subparagraphs.

(i) in point (a)—

(aa) in the first indent, for “the Community” there were substituted “Great Britain”;

(bb) for the second indent there were substituted—

— pursuant to— (i) Article 7 of Directive 2002/99, in relation to meat from ungulates, rabbit meat, farmed game meat and poultry meat; (ii) Article 7 of Directive 2004/68; or (iii) in the case of other animals covered by this Directive, any decision set out in assimilated direct legislation made under Article 26 of Directive 92/65/EEC⁶⁷ for this purpose, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day and without modification by Part 5 of the TARP (ALF) Regulations 2022, or any other decision which may be taken by the appropriate authority in accordance with a procedure set out by the appropriate authority by regulations for this purpose that takes account of their state of health;

(ii) in point (b), “in accordance with Article 3(2) of Directive 72/462/EEC” were omitted;

(d) paragraphs 5 and 6 were omitted.

(20) Article 18 is to be read as if—

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) in the words before the first indent—

(aa) “Member States shall ensure that the” were omitted;

(bb) for “are imported into the Community” there were substituted “may be imported into Great Britain”;

(ii) in the first indent, for “certificate” there were substituted “relevant health certificate, in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time,”;

(iii) the second paragraph of the first indent were omitted;

(iv) in the second indent, for “Directives 90/675/EEC and 91/496/EEC” there were substituted “the Official Controls Regulation”;

(v) in the third indent—

(aa) for “Community territory” there were substituted “Great Britain”;

(bb) for “Directive 91/628/EEC” there were substituted “Council Regulation (EC) 1/2005 on the protection of animals during transport and related operations⁶⁸”;

(vi) in the fourth indent, for “under the procedure laid down in Article 26” there were substituted “by the appropriate authority in accordance with a procedure set out by the appropriate authority by regulations”;

(b) in paragraph 2, “for which such requirements have not been adopted at Community level” were omitted.

(21) Article 19 is to be read as if—

(a) in the words before point (a), for “under the procedure laid down in Article 26” there were substituted “by the appropriate authority by regulations”;

(b) in point (a), for “the Community” there were substituted “Great Britain”;

(22) Article 21 is to be read as if—

(a) “Any specimens of certificates applicable to trade and” were omitted;

(b) for “trade in” there were substituted “import into Great Britain”;

(c) for “under the procedure laid down in Article 26” there were substituted “by the appropriate authority by regulations”.

(23) Article 22 is to be read as if for that Article there were substituted—

(22) The appropriate authority may by regulations modify the Annexes to this Directive or amend the modifications made to any Annex to this Directive by Part 5 of the TARP (ALF) Regulations 2022.

(24) Article 23 is to be read as if for that Article there were substituted—

(23) The appropriate authority may, in accordance with a procedure set out by the appropriate authority by regulations, set out special requirements if appropriate, by way of derogation from Chapter 2, for the movement of circus and fairground animals, and for the importation into Great Britain of animals, semen, ova and embryos intended for zoos.

(25) Article 24 is to be read as if—

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) the words from “The Member States shall be” to “territory of the” were omitted;

(ii) after “territory of a third country” there were inserted “may enter the relevant constituent territory of Great Britain subject”;

(b) paragraph 2 is omitted.

(26) Annex C is to be read as if—

(a) in point 1—

(i) in point (c), after “country” there were inserted “or territory”;

(ii) in point (g)—

(aa) in point (i), for “Article 14(3)(B) of Directive 64/432/EEC” there were substituted “Article 14 of Directive 64/432”;

(bb) in point (ii), in the third indent, for “Community legislation” there were substituted “the relevant legislation in force in the relevant constituent territory of Great Britain”;

(cc) in point (iii), for “the Member State concerned” there were substituted “Great Britain”;

(dd) in point (v), for “Community legislation” there were substituted “legislation in force in the relevant constituent territory of Great Britain”;

(iii) in point (h), for “Article 5 of Directive 86/609/EEC” there were substituted “the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986⁶⁹”;

(b) in point 4, “, in that Member State or another Member State” were omitted;

(i) for “a Member State” there were substituted “the appropriate authority”;

(ii) for “Community legislation” there were substituted “animal health legislation in force in the relevant constituent territory of Great Britain”;

(d) in point 6—

(i) in point (b)—

(aa) for “Community legislation” there were substituted “legislation in force in the relevant constituent territory of Great Britain”;

(bb) for “trade in” there were substituted “the importation of”;

(ii) in point (d), for “Commission” there were substituted “appropriate authority”.

(27) Annex D is to be read as if—

(a) in Chapter 1, in section 2, in point 2.2(f), the words from “each Member State” to the end were omitted;

(b) in Chapter 2, in section 1—

(i) in point 1.2—

(aa) “a Member State or” were omitted;

(bb) for “Directive 90/426/EEC” there were substituted “Directive 2009/156”;

(ii) in point 1.5, for “Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council” there were substituted “Article 37 of the Official Controls Regulation”;

(iii) in point 1.8—

(aa) for “Article 4 or 5 of Directive 90/426/EEC” there were substituted “Article 4 or 5 of Directive 2009/156”;

(bb) for “Annex A to Directive 90/426/EEC” there were substituted “Annex 1 to Directive 2009/156”;

(i) in point 4, for “Member State” there were substituted “country”;

(ii) in point 6, after “approved” there were inserted “official”;

(iii) in point 8(d), for “Articles 4, 5 and 6 of Directive 91/68/EEC” there were substituted “Article 7 of Directive 2004/68, and Article 6 of and Annex A to, Directive 91/68”;

(iv) in point 9—

(aa) for “subject to a prohibition on animal health grounds in accordance with Article 4 of Directive 91/68/EEC” there were substituted “, situated in an area which for health reasons is subject to a prohibition or restriction affecting the species involved in accordance with legislation of the relevant third country that is at least equivalent to animal and public health legislation in force in the relevant constituent territory of Great Britain,”;

(bb) for “subject for trade” there were substituted “imported”;

(cc) for “official veterinarian in accordance with Directive 91/68/EEC” there were substituted “competent authority”;

(d) in Chapter 3, in section 1—

(i) in point 1.1, for “Directive 2001/82/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council” there were substituted “the Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013”;

(ii) in point 1.4, in the words before point (a), “to be subject for trade” were omitted;

(iii) in point 1.4(a), for “the Member State of destination” there were substituted “Great Britain”;

(e) in Chapter 3, in section 2—

(i) in point 2.2, for the words from “Regulation (EC) No 854/2004” to “human consumption” there were substituted “the Official Controls Regulation”;

(ii) in point 6.1—

(aa) “to be subject for trade” were omitted;

(bb) for “the Member State of destination” there were substituted “Great Britain”;

(f) in Chapter 4—

(i) in point 1, for “the relevant Directives on intra-Union trade in” there were substituted “legislation in force in the relevant constituent territory of Great Britain concerning”;

(ii) in point 2—

(aa) for “Directive 64/432/EEC” there were substituted “Directive 2004/68”;

(bb) for “that Directive” there were substituted “Directive 64/432”;

(iii) in point 4, in the words before point 4.1, for “Directive 90/426/EEC” there were substituted “Directive 2009/156”.

(28) Annex F is to be read as if for that Annex there were substituted—

ANNEX F Directive 64/432 (concerning the import into Great Britain of bovine animals and swine). Directive 88/407 (concerning the import into Great Britain of deep-frozen semen of domestic animals of the bovine species). Directive 89/556 (concerning the import into Great Britain of embryos of domestic animals of the bovine species). Directive 90/429 (concerning the import into Great Britain of semen of domestic animals of the porcine species). Directive 91/68 (concerning the import into Great Britain of ovine and caprine animals). Directive 2004/68 (concerning the import into Great Britain of certain live ungulate animals). The Aquatic Animal Health Regulations (concerning the import into Great Britain of aquaculture animals and products). Directive 2009/156 (concerning the import into Great Britain of equidae). Directive 2009/158 (concerning the import into Great Britain of poultry and hatching eggs).

Modifications to Directive 92/118

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(1) Directive 92/118 is modified as follows.

(2) Article 1 is to be read as if—

(a) in the first paragraph, for “trade in and imports into the Community of” to the end there were substituted—

the importation into Great Britain of— (a) products of animal origin (including trade samples taken from such products) not subject to— (i) in respect of animal health, requirements laid down in Directive 2002/99, (ii) in respect of public health, requirements laid down in Regulation (EC) No 853/2004, and (b) pathogenic agents.

(b) in the second paragraph—

(i) for “nor” there were substituted “and”;

(ii) “trade or” were omitted.

(3) Article 2 is to be read as if—

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) point (a) were omitted;

(ii) in point (c), in the definition of “serious transmissible disease”, for “all diseases covered by Directive 82/894/EEC” there were substituted “the diseases listed in Annex 1A”;

(iii) in point (d), in the definition of “pathogenic agents”, for “Directive 90/677/EEC” there were substituted “the Veterinary Medicines Regulation 2013”;

(iv) in point (f), in the definition of “processed animal protein intended for human consumption”—

(aa) after “means greaves,” there were inserted “as defined in point 7.6 of Annex 1 to Regulation (EC) 853/2004, and”;

(bb) for “referred to in Article 2(b) of Directive 77/99/EEC” there were substituted “which are treated as “meat products” for the purposes of that Regulation”;

(v) after point (f) there were inserted—

(g) establishment has the meaning given in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 852/2004; (h) holding means an agricultural establishment or premises of a dealer in which the animals referred to in points 1.2 to 1.8 of Annex 1 to the Official Controls Regulation are held or regularly kept or, in relation to equidae, a holding as defined in Article 2(a) of Directive 2009/156; (i) placing on the market has the meaning given in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002.

(b) in paragraph 2, for “Article 2 of Directives 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC and 90/675/EEC” there were substituted “Article 3 of the Official Controls Regulation”.

(4) Article 3 is to be read as if—

(a) the words before the first indent were omitted;

(b) in the first indent—

(i) “trade in and” were omitted;

(ii) for “are not” there were substituted “must not be”;

(iii) for “Community legislation” there were substituted “legislation in force in the relevant constituent territory of Great Britain”;

(i) for the words from “whose placing on the market” to “Decision 81/651/EEC, of” there were substituted “that is authorised in Great Britain to be placed on the market may not be imported into Great Britain, until a decision has been taken on”;

(ii) after “focus of disease or” there were inserted “become”;

(iii) after “a risk to human health” there were inserted “, including whether any special requirements should be imposed prior to import, in accordance with the first paragraph of Article 15.”;

(d) for the third indent there were substituted—

— the following products of animal origin may not be imported from third countries unless they meet the relevant animal health requirements in this Directive— (i) meat extracts, meat powder and powered rind, treated as “meat products” for the purposes of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004; (ii) rendered animal fat as defined in point 7.5 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004; (iii) greaves as defined in point 7.6 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004; (iv) salted or dried blood, salted or dried blood plasma, treated as “meat products” for the purposes of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004; (v) treated stomachs, bladders and intestines as defined in point 7.9 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004.

(5) The title of Chapter 2 is to be read as if for that title there were substituted “Guarantees applicable to imports for the purposes of Article 9”.

(6) Article 4 is to be read as if—

(a) in the words before point (1)—

(i) omit “Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that, for the purposes of applying Article 4(1) of Directive 89/662/EEC and Article 4(1)(a) of Directive 90/425/EEC,”;

(ii) for “the particular provisions to be adopted” there were substituted “any provisions adopted”;

(iii) for “the subject of trade” there were substituted “imported into Great Britain”;

(b) in point (2)(a), in the seventh indent—

(i) for “trade” there were substituted “importation into Great Britain”;

(ii) for “commercial document” there were substituted “health certificate, as provided for in Article 10(2)(c),”.

(7) Article 5 is to be read as if—

(a) in the first paragraph—

(i) “Member States shall ensure that every necessary measure is taken to guarantee that” were omitted;

(ii) for “are not dispatched for the purposes of trade” there were substituted “must not be imported into Great Britain”;

(iii) for “movements or trade” there were substituted “imports”;

(iv) for “the Member States” there were substituted “Great Britain”;

(v) for “Community legislation” there were substituted “legislation in force in the relevant constituent territory of Great Britain”;

(b) in the second paragraph—

(i) for “movement” there were substituted “import”;

(ii) for “under the procedure laid down in Article 18” there were substituted “by the appropriate authority by regulations”.

(8) Article 6 is to be read as if for that Article there were substituted—

(6) Importation of pathogenic agents may be subject to rules set out by the appropriate authority by regulations.

(9) The title of Chapter 3 is to be read as if for “the Community” there were substituted “Great Britain”.

(10) Article 10 is to be read as if—

(a) in paragraph 2—

(i) in the words before point (a), for “the Community” there were substituted “Great Britain”;

(ii) in point (a), for “to be drawn up and updated in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 18” there were substituted “authorised by legislation in force in the relevant constituent territory of Great Britain. The appropriate authority may by regulations draw up lists of third countries from which the products covered by this Directive may be imported”;

(iii) in point (b)—

(aa) “Community” were omitted;

(bb) for “the procedure laid down in Article 18” there were substituted “Article 127(3)(e) of the Official Controls Regulation”;

(iv) in point (c)—

(aa) for “an animal health or public health certificate corresponding to a specimen to be drawn up under the procedure provided for in Article 18” there were substituted “the relevant health certificate, in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time”;

(bb) for “any other” there were substituted “the”;

(cc) “recognized under the same procedure” were omitted;

(b) in paragraph 3—

(i) in the words before point (a), for “Under the procedure provided for in Article 18” there were substituted “The appropriate authority may by regulations set out”;

(ii) in point (a)—

(aa) “shall be established” were omitted;

(bb) for “the Community” there were substituted “Great Britain”;

(cc) the final subparagraph were omitted;

(iii) in point (c), “shall be established” were omitted;

(c) in paragraph 4, for “The decisions provided for in paragraphs 2 and 3 must be taken on the basis of evaluation and, if appropriate, the opinion of the Scientific Veterinary Committee,” there were substituted “Any decisions or regulations made under paragraphs 2 and 3 must be made on the basis of an evaluation”;

(d) paragraphs 5 and 6 were omitted.

(11) Article 11 is to be read as if for that Article there were substituted—

(11) The appropriate authority may by regulations stipulate specific animal health requirements for imports into Great Britain of, and the nature and content of accompanying documents for, products referred to in Annex 1 intended for experimental laboratories.

(12) Article 13 is to be read as if—

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) “Member States may, by issuing an appropriate licence, permit” were omitted;

(ii) after “trade samples” there were inserted “may be permitted provided that they are accompanied by an authorisation issued by the appropriate authority”;

(b) in paragraph 2—

(i) for “licence” there were substituted “authorisation”;

(ii) for “Directive 90/675/EEC” there were substituted “the Official Controls Regulation”;

(13) Article 15 is to be read as if for that Article there were substituted—

(15) The appropriate authority may by regulations adopt any new Annex laying down specific requirements for other products capable of presenting a real risk of spreading serious transmissible diseases or a real risk to human health. The appropriate authority may by regulations modify the Annexes where the need arises in compliance with, where applicable, the general principles set out in the second indent of Article 3, or amend the modifications made to any Annex to this Directive by Part 5 of the TARP (ALF) Regulations 2022.

(14) Annex 1 is to be read as if—

(a) in Chapter 2, point A is omitted;

(b) in Chapter 5—

(i) in the words before point 1, “Trade in and” were omitted;

(ii) points 1 and 2 were omitted;

(iii) in point 3—

(aa) “where imports are concerned,” were omitted;

(bb) for “Directive 72/462/EEC” there were substituted “Directive 2002/99”;

(i) in the words before point A, “trade in and” were omitted;

(ii) point A were omitted;

(iii) in point B—

(aa) the words before point (1) (“as regards imports”) were omitted;

(bb) in point (1)(a), for “Directive 80/215/EEC” there were substituted “Directive 2002/99”;

(cc) in point (2), for “inspection” there were substituted “control”;

(dd) in point (3), for “for release for free circulation in Community territory of consignments of processed animal protein, to prove” there were substituted “as regards imports into Great Britain of consignments of processed animal protein, to proving”;

(iv) point C were omitted.

(d) in Chapter 6, in point 2—

(i) for “Member States may carry out” there were substituted “Where”;

(ii) after “random sampling” there were inserted “has been carried out”;

(iii) for “negative. Where during one of these checks” there were substituted “negative, and”;

(e) in Chapter 6, in point 3—

(i) “Member States must keep” were omitted;

(ii) after “undergone sampling” there were inserted “must be kept by the appropriate authority”;

(f) in Chapter 6, in point 4—

(i) for “Article 3(3) of Directive 89/662/EEC” there were substituted “Article 51(1)(c) of the Official Controls Regulation”;

(ii) for the words from “approved under the procedure” to the end there were substituted “designated as border control posts under Article 59(1) of the Official Controls Regulation”;

(g) in Chapter 6, in point 5, for the words from “it is either:” to the end there were substituted “control measures must be taken in accordance with Article 66 of the Official Controls Regulation”;

(h) in Chapter 7, in Section 1—

(i) point A were omitted;

(ii) in point B(1)—

(aa) in the first sentence, “pursuant to Council Directive 72/462/EEC” were omitted;

(bb) in the second sentence, for “Directive 91/494/EEC” there were substituted “Commission Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 laying down a list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which poultry and poultry products may be imported into and transit through the Community and the veterinary certification requirements⁷⁰”;

(iii) in point B(2)—

(aa) “, including those referred to in Council Directive 77/99/EEC” were omitted;

(bb) for “Directive 72/462/EEC” there were substituted “Directive 2002/99”;

(i) in Chapter 7, in Section 3, for “are to be adopted, where necessary, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 18” there were substituted “may be set out by the appropriate authority by regulations”;

(j) in Chapter 9, in point (1)—

(i) “Member States shall authorize the importation into the Community of” were omitted;

(ii) for “annexed to Decision 79/542/EEC from which the importation of fresh meat of the species concerned is permitted” there were substituted “referred to in Article 10(2)(a) of this Directive may be imported into Great Britain”;

(k) Chapter 11 were omitted;

(l) after Annex 1, there were inserted—

ANNEX 1A (A) List A.1— (1) African horse sickness. (2) African swine fever. (3) Anthrax. (4) Avian influenza (HPAI in poult nd captive birds). (5) Bluetongue. (6) Bovine spongiform encephalopat (7) Classical swine fever. (8) Contagious bovine pleuropneum (9) Dourine. (10) Equine encephalomyelitis of the following types— (a) Eastern equine encephalomyelitis (b) Japanese encephalitis; (c) Venezuelan equine encephalomye (d) West Nile fever; (e) Western equine encephalomyelitis. (11) Equine infectious anaemia. (12) Foot-and-mouth disease. (13) Glanders. (14) Lumpy skin disease. (15) Newcastle disease. (16) Peste des petits ruminants. (17) Infection with rabies virus. (18) Rift Valley fever. (19) Rinderpest. (20) Sheep pox and goat pox. (21) Small hive beetle infestation (Aethina tumida). (22) Swine vesicular disease. (23) Tropilaelaps infestation of honey bees. (24) Vesicular stomatitis. List A.2— (1) Bovine brucellosis. (2) Bovine tuberculosis. (3) Enzootic bovine leucosis. (4) Caprine and ovine brucellosis (excluding Brucella ovis). (B) (1) Epizootic haematopoietic necrosis. (2) Infectious haematopoietic necrosis. (3) Infectious salmon anaemia (ISA); infection with genotype HPR-deleted of the genus Isavirus (ISAV). (4) Infection with Perkinsus marinus. (5) Infection with Mikrocytos mackini. (6) Infection with Marteilia refringens. (7) Infection with Bonamia ostreae. (8) Infection with Bonamia exitiosa. (9) Koi herpes virus disease. (10) Taura syndrome. (11) Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia. (12) White spot disease. (13) Yellowhead disease.

Modifications to Directive 2002/99

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(1) Directive 2002/99 is modified as follows.

(2) Article 1 is to be read as if—

(a) in the first paragraph, for “and distribution within the Community and the introduction from third countries” there were substituted “and introduction from third countries, for importation into Great Britain,”;

(b) in the second paragraph, for “Directives 89/662/EEC and 97/78/EC and the Directives” there were substituted “the Official Controls Regulation and the legislation”.

(3) Article 2 is to be read as if—

(a) in the first paragraph, for “Directive 97/78/EC” there were substituted “the Official Controls Regulation”;

(b) in point 2, in the definition of “introduction”—

(i) for the words from “one of the territories listed in Annex I to Directive 97/78/EC” to the end there were substituted—

Great Britain to present those goods to Customs on import, in accordance with section 34 of the Taxation (Cross-Border Trade) Act 2018⁷¹, and place them under the control of an HMRC officer for the purpose of— (a) the customs procedures referred to in section 3 of that Act; or (b) where a temporary storage declaration has been made in accordance with regulation 8(2) of the Customs (Import Duty) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018⁷²— (i) making a Customs declaration in accordance with paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 1 to the Taxation (Cross-Border Trade) Act 2018; or (ii) deciding whether the goods must be exported or destroyed.

(ii) after point (2), there were inserted—

(2A) “HMRC officer” has the meaning given in section 37(1) of the Taxation (Cross-Border Trade) Act 2018.

(iii) points 3 and 4 were omitted.

(4) The title of Chapter 1 is to be read as if for “WITHIN THE COMMUNITY” there were substituted “INTENDED FOR IMPORTATION INTO GREAT BRITAIN”.

(5) Article 3 is to be read as if—

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) for “Member States shall” there were substituted “Food business operators must”;

(ii) for “, processing and distribution of” there were substituted “and processing of”;

(iii) for “within the Community” there were substituted “intended for importation into Great Britain”;

(iv) for “food business operators” there were substituted “they”;

(b) in paragraph 2, for “Community legislation” there were substituted “legislation in force in the relevant constituent territory of Great Britain”;

(i) in point (a), for “the rules” there were substituted “rules equivalent to the legislation”;

(ii) in point (c), for “Directive 91/67/EEC” there were substituted “the Aquatic Animal Health Regulations and Regulation (EC) 1251/2008”.

(6) Article 4 is to be read as if—

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) in the words before point (i)—

(aa) “Member states may authorise” were omitted;

(bb) after “suspected of being infected,” there were inserted “may be authorised”;

(ii) in point (iv)—

(aa) for “Member State” there were substituted “competent authority of the third country”;

(iii) in the second subparagraph, for the words from “in accordance with Annexes II and III(1)” to the end there were substituted—

in accordance with— (a) any detailed rules adopted by the appropriate authority by regulations or (b) where detailed rules are yet to be adopted under point (a), Annex 3 or any relevant detailed rules under any enactment in force in the relevant constituent territory of Great Britain.

(b) in paragraph 2—

(i) for “Directive 91/67/EEC” there were substituted “the Aquatic Animal Health Regulations and Regulation (EC) 1251/2008”;

(ii) for the words from “in accordance with further conditions” to the end there were substituted—

in accordance with— (a) any further conditions adopted by the appropriate authority by regulations or (b) where conditions are yet to be adopted under subparagraph (a), any further conditions set out under any enactment in force in the relevant constituent territory of Great Britain.

(i) in the first subparagraph, for “in certain situations, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 12(2)” there were substituted “by the appropriate authority, in accordance with a procedure set out by the appropriate authority by regulations”;

(ii) in the second subparagraph—

(aa) for “the Community shall” there were substituted “Great Britain may”;

(bb) for “be adopted in accordance with the same procedure” there were substituted “also be adopted by the appropriate authority in accordance with a procedure set out by the appropriate authority by regulations”.

(7) Article 7 is to be read as if—

(a) “Member States shall take measures to ensure that” were omitted;

(b) for “are” there were substituted “may be”;

(d) for “, processing and distribution of” there were substituted “and processing of”;

(e) “in the Community” were omitted.

(8) Article 8 is to be read as if—

(a) in the heading, for “Community rules” there were substituted “national legislation”;

(b) in the words before paragraph 1, for “the following shall be established in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 12(2)” there were substituted “the requirements in paragraphs 1 to 5 may be established by the appropriate authority by regulations”;

(i) in the second sentence—

(aa) for “a Community” there were substituted “an”;

(bb) for “Community legislation” there were substituted “the relevant legislation in force in the relevant constituent territory of Great Britain”;

(ii) in the third sentence, in point (c), for “the Community” there were substituted “Great Britain”;

(iii) in the third sentence, in point (f)—

(aa) “Community” were omitted;

(bb) for “Commission” there were substituted “appropriate authority”;

(iv) in the third sentence, in point (g), for “the Community” there were substituted “Great Britain”;

(d) paragraph 2 were omitted;

(e) in paragraph 3, “shall be established in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 12(2)” were omitted;

(f) in paragraph 4, “shall be established in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 12(2)” were omitted;

(g) in paragraph 5, “, may be established in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 12(2)” were omitted.

(9) Article 9 is to be read as if—

(a) for the title there were substituted “Health certificates”;

(b) in paragraph 1—

(i) for the words from “A veterinary certificate” to “Annex IV” there were substituted “A relevant health certificate, in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time, that meets the requirements of Article 3 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/628 concerning model official certificates for certain animals and goods⁷³”;

(ii) for “the Community” there were substituted “Great Britain”;

(i) in the words before point (a), for “veterinary” there were substituted “health”;

(ii) in point (a), for “the Community legislation” there were substituted “legislation in force in the relevant constituent territory of Great Britain”;

(iii) in point (b), for “established in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 12(2)” there were substituted “established or applied under Article 8(4), or applied by other relevant legislation in force in the relevant constituent territory of Great Britain”;

(d) in paragraph 3—

(i) for “Documents” there were substituted “Health certificates”;

(ii) “Community” were omitted;

(iii) after “animal health legislation” there were inserted “in force in the relevant constituent territory of Great Britain”;

(e) in paragraph 4—

(i) for “In accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 12(2)” there were substituted “The appropriate authority may, in accordance with a procedure set out by the appropriate authority by regulations,”;

(ii) in point (a), for “provisions may be made” there were substituted “make provision”;

(iii) point (b) were omitted;

(iv) in point (c)—

(aa) at the beginning of that sentence, there were inserted “establish”;

(bb) “may be established” were omitted.

(10) Article 11 is to be read as if for that Article there were substituted—

(11) The appropriate authority may by regulations modify the Annexes or amend the modifications made to any Annex to this Directive by Part 5 of the TARP (ALF) Regulations 2022 in order to take account in particular of— (i) scientific opinions and scientific knowledge, particularly concerning new risk assessments; (ii) technical developments; and (iii) the setting of safety targets for animal health.

(11) Annex 1 is to be read as if for that Annex there were substituted.

ANNEX 1

Disease	Legislation
Classical swine fever	The Diseases of Swine Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1894), implementing Council Directive 2001/89 on Community measures for the control of classical swine fever
African swine fever	The Diseases of Swine Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1894), implementing Council Directive 2002/60/EC laying down specific provisions for the control of African swine fever
Rinderpest (Cattle Plague)	The Cattle Plague Order of 1928 (S.I. 1928/206)
Sheep and goat plague (Peste des Petits ruminants)	The Specified Diseases (Notification and Slaughter) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/3159) and the Specified Diseases (Notification) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/2628)
Swine vesicular disease	The Diseases of Swine Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1894), implementing Council Directive 91/119/EEC introducing general Community measures for the control of certain animal diseases and specific measures relating to swine vesicular disease
Foot-and-mouth disease	The Foot-and-Mouth Disease Orders, implementing Council Directive 2003/85/EC on Community measures for the control of foot-and-mouth disease
Avian influenza	The Avian Influenza and Influenza of Avian Origin in Mammals (England) (No. 2) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2702), the Avian Influenza and Influenza of Avian Origin in Mammals (Wales) (No 2) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2927 (W, 262)) and the Avian Influenza and Influenza of Avian Origin in Mammals (Scotland) Order 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/336), the Avian Influenza (Preventive Measures) (England) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2701), the Avian Influenza (Preventive Measures) (Wales) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2803 (W. 242)) and the Avian Influenza (Preventive Measures) (Scotland) Order 2007 (S.S.I. 2007/69), implementing Council Directive 2005/94/EC on Community measures for the control of avian influenza
Newcastle disease	The Diseases of Poultry Orders, implementing Council Directive 92/66/EEC introducing Community measures for the control of Newcastle disease
Aquaculture diseases	The Aquatic Animal Health Regulations and Regulation (EC) 1251/2008

(12) Annex 3 is to be read as if, in the first table concerning meat, in the column entitled “Meat Treatment”, in the eighth row of that table concerning point “(g)”, for “Article 12(2) procedure following an opinion by the relevant Scientific Committee” there were substituted “appropriate authority, in regulations made under Article 4(1)(iv)(a)”.

Modifications to Directive 2004/68

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(1) Directive 2004/68 is modified as follows.

(2) Article 1 is to be read as if for “the Community” there were substituted “Great Britain”.

(3) Article 2 is to be read as if—

(a) point (a) were omitted;

(b) in point (b), in the definition of “authorised third country”, for “the Community” there were substituted “Great Britain”;

“border control post” has the meaning given in Article 3 of the Official Controls Regulation;

(d) in point (c), in the definition of “official veterinarian”, for the words from “shall mean a” to the end there were substituted “has the meaning given in Article 3 of the Official Controls Regulation”.

(4) The title of Chapter 2 is to be read as if for “the Community” there were substituted “Great Britain”.

(5) Article 3 is to be read as if—

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) in the first subparagraph, for “the Community” there were substituted “Great Britain”;

(ii) in the first subparagraph, for the words from “or lists to be drawn up” to the end of that sentence there were substituted—

authorised by legislation in force in the relevant constituent territory of Great Britain. The appropriate authority may by regulations draw up lists of third countries from which the animals covered by this Directive may be imported into Great Britain.

(iii) in the second subparagraph, for “it may be decided in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 14(2)” there were substituted “the appropriate authority may, in accordance with a procedure set out by the appropriate authority by regulations, provide”;

(iv) in the third subparagraph, for “the Community” there were substituted “Great Britain”;

(b) in paragraph 2—

(i) for “the Community” there were substituted “Great Britain”;

(ii) for “in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 14(2)” there were substituted “by the appropriate authority, in accordance with a procedure set out by the appropriate authority by regulations,”.

(6) Article 4 is to be read as if—

(a) in point (a), for “the Community” there were substituted “Great Britain”;

(b) in point (d), for “the Community” there were substituted “Great Britain”;

(d) in point (h)—

(i) “Community” were omitted;

(ii) for “Commission” there were substituted “appropriate authority”.

(7) Article 6 is to be read as if—

(a) in the title, for “the Community” there were substituted “Great Britain”;

(b) in paragraph 1—

(i) in the first sentence—

(aa) for “the Community” there were substituted “Great Britain”;

(bb) for “laid down in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 14(2)” there were substituted “set out by the appropriate authority by regulations”;

(ii) in point (d), for “the Community” there were substituted “Great Britain”;

(iii) in point (e), for “intra-Community trade” there were substituted “imports into Great Britain”;

(c) in paragraph 2, for “laid down in Community legislation” there were substituted “set out in legislation in force in the relevant constituent territory of Great Britain”;

(d) in paragraph 3, for “Community” there were substituted “appropriate authority”.

(8) Article 7 is to be read as if—

(a) in the title, for “the Community” there were substituted “Great Britain”;

(b) in the words before point (a), for “the Community” there were substituted “Great Britain”;

(d) in point (d)—

(i) for “the Community” there were substituted “Great Britain”;

(ii) for “Directive 91/628/EEC” there were substituted “Regulation (EC) No 1/2005”;

(e) in point (e)—

(i) for “veterinary certificate”, in the first place where it occurs, there were substituted “relevant health certificate, in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time”;

(ii) the words from “and with a specimen” to the end of that sentence were omitted;

(iii) for “under the same procedure” there were substituted “by the appropriate authority in accordance with a procedure set out by the appropriate authority by regulations”;

(f) in point (f)—

(i) for “the Community” there were substituted “Great Britain”;

(ii) for “an agreed border inspection post” there were substituted “a designated border control post”;

(iii) for “Article 4 of Directive 91/496/EEC” there were substituted “Article 47 of the Official Controls Regulation”.

(9) Article 8 is to be read as if—

(a) in the words before point (a)—

(i) “, including model veterinary certificates,” were omitted;

(ii) for “laid down in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 14(2)” there were substituted “set out by the appropriate authority in accordance with a procedure set out by the appropriate authority by regulations”;

(b) point (a) were omitted;

(i) for “the Community”, in both places where it occurs, there were substituted “Great Britain”;

(ii) for “approved Community border inspection posts” there were substituted “designated border control posts”;

(d) in point (f)—

(i) for “an approved Community border inspection post” there were substituted “a designated border control post”;

(ii) for “the Community” there were substituted “Great Britain”.

(10) Article 9 is to be read as if—

(a) “and in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 14(2),” were omitted;

(b) after “conditions may be established” there were inserted “by the appropriate authority in accordance with a procedure set out by the appropriate authority by regulations”;

(11) Article 10 is to be read as if—

(a) “and in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 14(2),” were omitted;

(b) after “a specific period may be determined” there were inserted “by the appropriate authority in accordance with a procedure set out by the appropriate authority by regulations”.

(12) Article 11 is to be read as if—

(a) in the heading, for “Veterinary” there were substituted “Health”;

(b) in paragraph 1—

(i) for “veterinary” there were substituted “health”;

(ii) for “the Community” there were substituted “Great Britain”;

(i) for “veterinary” there were substituted “health”;

(ii) for “Community legislation” there were substituted “legislation in force in the relevant constituent territory of Great Britain”;

(d) in paragraph 3—

(i) for “veterinary” there were substituted “health”;

(ii) for “Community legislation” there were substituted “legislation in force in the relevant constituent territory of Great Britain”;

(e) in paragraph 4—

(i) for “veterinary” there were substituted “health”;

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