{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-156/article-13",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2009/156",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive 2009/156/EC of 30 November 2009 on animal health conditions governing the movement and importation from third countries of equidae (codified version) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-156",
  "path": "article/13",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. The equidae must come from third countries which:\n(a) are free from African horse sickness;\n(b) have been free for two years from Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis (VEE);\n(c) have been free for six months from dourine and glanders.\n2. In accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 21(2) it may be decided:\n(a) that the provisions of paragraph 1 of this Article shall apply to only part of the territory of a third country.\nIn the event that the African horse sickness requirements apply on a regional basis, at the very least the measures laid down in Article 5(2) and (5) must be complied with;\n(b) to require additional guarantees for diseases alien to the Community.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/156/article/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:04.142412+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}