Article 9 Further conditions for the transit of animalsF1
United Kingdom
The transit of animals shall be allowed by the competent authority provided that:
after adequate cleansing and disinfection at the place of loading, the means in which the animals are transported are treated with authorised insecticides and/or repellents. This treatment must in any case take place prior to leaving or entering the restricted zone;
when a rest period of more than one day is foreseen at a control post during the movement through a restricted zone, the animals are protected against attacks by vectors in a vector protected establishment in accordance with the criteria set out in Annex II.
Paragraph 1 shall not apply if the transit takes place:
exclusively from or through epidemiologically relevant geographical areas of the restricted zone during the bluetongue seasonally vector-free period defined in accordance with Annex V; or
from or through parts of the restricted zone demarcated as a ‘provisionally free area’ in accordance with Article 7(2a).
For the animals referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, the following additional wording shall be added to the corresponding health certificates F2...: ‘Insecticide/repellent treatment with … (insert name of the product) on … (insert date) in conformity with Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007.’
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Textual amendments
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Words in Art. 9(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Exotic Disease (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1410), regs. 1, 14(9); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)