Regulation 37 Amendment to Article 34

In Article 34—

(a)

in paragraph 1(c)(i) and (ii), for the words from “or through” to “Article 36(2)” substitute “or, where the issuing body is in a member State, either directly or through the contact point referred to in Article 36(2) of the EU Regulation”;

(b)

in paragraph 2(a)—

(i)

in point (i), for “the second subparagraph of Article 4(4)(a) of Directive 2009/156/EC” substitute “animal health legislation in force in the constituent territory of the United Kingdom”;

(ii)

in point (ii), for “in accordance with Article 7(3) of Directive 2009/156/EC” substitute “must record the identification number or identification document number of the slaughtered animal and, if requested to do so by the competent authority of the constituent territory of the United Kingdom where the animal was slaughtered, must forward to that competent authority an attestation to the effect that the animal has been slaughtered”.