{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1997-1255/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1997-1255/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "eur/1997/1255",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/97 of 25 June 1997 concerning Community criteria for control posts and amending the route plan referred to in the Annex to Directive 91/628/EEC",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1997-1255",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The owner or any natural or legal person running a control post shall be responsible for compliance with the relevant provisions of this Regulation and, to that end, shall be obliged:\n(a)to admit only those animals which have been certified or identified in accordance with the relevant assimilated direct legislation, with particular reference to the provisions referred to in Article 3 (3). For this purpose, he shall check or have others check the health or other accompanying documents belonging to the species or categories concerned and randomly check and identification marks on the animals;\n(b)...\n(c)to ensure that the animals staying at control posts are fed and watered at the right time according to the species involved and to provide for this purpose appropriate quantities of feeding stuffs and liquids;\n(d)to care for the animals staying at control posts and, where required, take all necessary steps to guarantee their welfare and compliance with animal-health requirements;\n(e)to call a veterinarian should the need arise\nto give the appropriate treatment to animals that become sick or injured while under his responsibility and\nwhere necessary, to have such animals slaughtered, killed or put down in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009;\n(f)to use staff who possess the appropriate ability, knowledge and professional competence and have for that purpose received specific training either within the undertaking or from a training body or have equivalent practical experience qualifiying them to handle and, if necessary, administer appropriate care to the animals concerned;\n(g)to take the necessary steps to ensure that all those handling animals at control posts comply with the relevant animal-welfare provisions;\n(h)to notify to the relevant competent authority within one working day after departure of a consignment the information set out in point C.7 of Annex I, to keep a record or database of that information, to store it and to hold it at the disposal of the relevant competent authority for at least three years;\n(i)to inform the relevant competent authority at the earliest opportunity of any perceived irregularities.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 5(a) substituted (27.2.2025) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/82), reg. 1(2), Sch. 15 para. 57(2)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Deleted by Council Regulation (EC) No 1040/2003 of 11 June 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 1255/97 as regards the use of staging points."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 5(e) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Welfare (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/802), regs. 1, 2(11)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Substituted by Council Regulation (EC) No 1040/2003 of 11 June 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 1255/97 as regards the use of staging points."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Word in Art. 5(h)(i) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Welfare (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/802), regs. 1, 2(11)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1997/1255/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:58:43.781902+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."
}