Article 7 General conditions for the introduction into Great Britain of certain species of beesX1F12

F3such third countries listed in Part 1 of Annex II F4, or territories or parts thereof, as the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), may specify in a document published for the purposes of this paragraph;

F5third countries or territories where the presence of the American foulbrood, the small hive beetle ( Aethina tumida ) and the Tropilaelaps mite ( Tropilaelaps spp.) is subject to compulsory notification throughout the whole territory of the third country or territory concerned.

a geographically and epidemiologically isolated part of the third country or territory

listed in the third column of the table in Section 1 of Part 1 of Annex IV.

cages of queen bees ( Apis mellifera and Bombus spp.), each containing one single queen bee with a maximum of 20 accompanying attendants; or

containers of bumble bees ( Bombus spp.), each containing a colony of a maximum of 200 adult bumble bees.

be accompanied by the appropriate veterinary certificate, F11in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time, and completed and signed by an official inspector of the exporting third country;

comply with the veterinary requirements set out in the veterinary certificate referred to in point (a).