Article 13 Conditions to be applied following the introduction into Great Britain of consignments of bees referred to in Article 7X1F2
United Kingdom
Consignments of queen bees referred to in Article 7(3)(a) shall be conveyed without delay to the designated place of final destination where the hives shall be placed under the control of the competent authority and the queen bees transferred to new cages before being introduced to local colonies.
The cages, attendants, and other material that accompanied the queen bees from the third country of origin shall be sent to a laboratory designated by the competent authority for examination for the presence of:
the small hive beetle ( Aethina tumida ), their eggs or larvae;
signs of the Tropilaelaps mite ( Tropilaelaps spp.).
After that laboratory examination, the cages, attendants and the material shall be destroyed.
Consignments of bumble bees (Bombus spp.) referred to in Article 7(3)(b) shall be conveyed without delay to the designated place of destination.
Those bumble bees may stay in the container in which they were introduced into F1Great Britain until the end of the lifespan of the colony.
That container and the material that accompanied the bumble bees from the third country of origin shall be destroyed at the end of the lifespan of the colony at the latest.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Words in Art. 13(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 56(18) (with regs. 69-71)
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Words in Art. 13 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 56(18) (with regs. 69-71)
Editorial notes
Notes on Chapter II
Textual amendments
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Words in Ch. 2 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 56(4) (with regs. 69-71)