# Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1918 of 28 October 2016 concerning certain safeguard measures in relation to chronic wasting disease (notified under document C(2016) 6815) (Text with EEA relevance), Article 2

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

1. The movement of live cervids from Norway into the Union shall be prohibited.
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the following movements of live cervids shall be permitted:
(a) movements of live reindeer for seasonal grazing from Norway to the areas in Sweden listed in the Annex, or back to the areas in Sweden listed in the Annex after seasonal grazing in Norway, provided that the competent authority of Sweden gives its prior written consent to such movement;
(b) movements of live reindeer for seasonal grazing from Norway to the areas in Finland listed in the Annex;
(c) movements of live reindeer from Finland which have grazed in Norway in the area located between the Norwegian-Finnish border and the Norwegian-Finnish Reindeer Fence and return to Finland;
(d) movements of live cervids from Norway to Sweden or Finland for direct slaughter, provided that the competent authority of the Member State of destination gave its prior written consent to such movement;
(e) movements of live reindeer from Norway to the areas in Sweden listed in the Annex for sportive or cultural events, or after having taken part in sportive or cultural events, provided that the competent authority of Sweden gives its prior written consent to the movement of each consignments;
(f) transit of live cervids from Norway through Sweden or Finland and destined to Norway, provided that the competent authority of the Member State of transit gave its prior written consent.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2016/1918/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-1918/article-2
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.