Regulation 9 Imports from third countries

(1)

Any person who fails to apply eartags to an animal imported from a third country within 20 days of the animal passing the checks specified in Council Directive 91/496/EEC (laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on animals entering the Community^f1), and in any event before leaving the holding of destination, as specified in Article 4.3 of the Council Regulation, shall be guilty of an offence.

(2)

It shall be a defence for any person charged under this regulation to prove that—

(a)

when the animal was imported, the holding of destination was a slaughterhouse, and

(b)

the animal was slaughtered within 20 days of undergoing the checks on importation.

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Footnotes

f1: OJ No. L268, 24.9.1991, p. 56 as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden.