# 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 3

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

1. The Member States concerned shall prohibit the dispatch of live cervids from the areas listed in the Annex.
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the dispatch of live cervids for direct slaughter from the areas in Sweden listed in the Annex to the rest of Sweden or to Finland shall be permitted, provided that the competent authority of destination gave its prior written consent to such movement.
3. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the dispatch of live cervids for direct slaughter from the areas in Finland listed in the Annex to Sweden shall be permitted. In addition, the dispatch of live cervids for direct slaughter from the areas in Finland listed in the Annex to the rest of Finland shall be permitted provided that the competent authority of Finland gave its prior written consent to such movement.
4. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the dispatch of live cervids from the areas listed in the Annex to Norway shall be permitted provided that the competent authority of Norway gave its prior written consent.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2016/1918/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-1918/article-3
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