# Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/1901 of 20 October 2015 laying down certification rules and a model health certificate for importation into the Union of consignments of live animals and of animal products from New Zealand and repealing Decision 2003/56/EC (notified under document C(2015) 7013) (Text with EEA relevance), Article 1: Subject matter

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1.) This Decision lays down certification requirements concerning importation into Great Britain of consignments of live animals and of animal products from New Zealand.
It provides for a model health certificate to be published by the appropriate authority from time to time that can be used for the importation of live animals and of animal products into Great Britain, for which equivalence has been determined under the Agreement.
(2.) In this Decision:
— “the Agreement” means the January 2019 Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of New Zealand on Sanitary Measures Applicable to Trade in Live Animals and Animal Products;
— “the Agreement” means the January 2019 Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of New Zealand on Sanitary Measures Applicable to Trade in Live Animals and Animal Products;
— “appropriate authority” means the Secretary of State (in relation to England), the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales) and the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland); but the “appropriate authority” is the Secretary of State if consent is given by:
(a)in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;
(b)in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2015/1901/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-1901/article-1
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