Regulation 5 Exports

it complies with the relevant provisions of those directives (including any option permitted by those directives which has been exercised by the member State of destination);

when required by a directive, it is accompanied by an export health certificate signed by a veterinary inspector (or, where specified in a directive, signed by a veterinary surgeon nominated by the exporter) or any other document required by a directive;

when required by a directive, any notification of a disease on the holding from which the animal has been consigned has been made within the time and in the manner (if any) specified in the directive;

in the case of cattle or pigs, if the animal is acquired through a collection centre as defined in Article 2 of Council Directive 64/432/EEC (on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine^f1), that collection centre has been approved by the Minister for the purposes of intra-Community trade, and the collection centre complies with the provisions of that directive; and

in the case of species other than cattle or pigs, if the animal is exported directly from a market or assembly centre, such market or assembly centre has been approved by the Minister for the purposes of intra-Community trade, and the market or assembly centre complies with the provisions of the directives listed in Schedule 3 relating to markets or assembly centres; and in this sub-paragraph “market or assembly centre” means any place other than a holding where animals are sold, bought or assembled.