{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-1/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-1/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2005/1",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 of 22 December 2004 on the protection of animals during transport and related operations and amending Directives 64/432/EEC and 93/119/EC and Regulation (EC) No 1255/97",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-1",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Transport documentation",
  "text": "1. No person shall transport animals without carrying documentation in the means of transport stating:\n(a) their origin and their ownership;\n(b) their place of departure;\n(c) the date and time of departure;\n(d) their intended place of destination;\n(e) the expected duration of the intended journey.\n2. The transporter shall make the documentation provided for in paragraph 1 available to the ... competent authority upon request.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in Regulation omitted (E.W.S.) (20.7.2022) by virtue of The Animal Welfare (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/846), regs. 1, 4(2)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2005/1/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:54:59.433274+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."
}