Regulation 2 Exception

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2), these Regulations do not apply to veterinary checks on movements of pets (other than equidae) accompanied by and under the responsibility of a natural person, where such movements are not the subject of a commercial transaction.

(2)

Where any person is accompanying and has under his or her responsibility more than five pets travelling together which —

(a)

are each of a species listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No. 998/2003^f1; and

(b)

come from a third country other than one listed in section 2 of part B of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No. 998/2003,

these Regulations apply to the veterinary checks on the movements of those animals, notwithstanding that their movement is not the subject of a commercial transaction.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 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).