{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-576/annex-IV/division-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-576/annex-IV/division-2.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2013/576",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) No 576/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013 on the non-commercial movement of pet animals and repealing Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-576",
  "path": "annex/IV/division/2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "The rabies antibody titration test:",
  "text": "(a)must be carried out on a sample collected at least 30 days after the date of vaccination and:\n(i)not less than three months before the date of:\nthe non-commercial movement from ... a third country other than those listed in Part 1 or 2 of Annex 2 to the Commission Implementing Regulation, or\nthe transit through such a ... third country, where the conditions laid down in point (c) of Article 12 are not fulfilled, or\n(ii)before the pet animal left Great Britain for movement to or transit through ... a third country other than those listed in Part 1 or 2 of Annex 2 to the Commission Implementing Regulation; the identification document in the format provided for in Article 25(1) must confirm that a rabies antibody titration test was carried out with a favourable result before the date of movement;\n(b) must measure a level of neutralising antibody to rabies virus in serum equal to or greater than 0,5 IU/ml and using a method prescribed in the relevant part of the Chapter concerning rabies in the Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals of the World Organisation for Animal Health , except where point 2A applies;\n(c)must be performed in a laboratory approved in accordance with Article 3 of Decision 2000/258/EC or Article 3 of Decision 2000/258/EC as it has effect in European Union law, as amended from time to time;\n(d)does not have to be renewed following a satisfactory result described in point (b), provided that the pet animal is revaccinated within the period of validity referred to in point 2(e) of Annex III of the previous vaccination.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Annex 4 para. 2(a)(i) omitted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(c), 15(29)(a)(i)(aa)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Annex 4 para. 2(a)(i) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(c), 15(29)(a)(i)(bb)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Annex 4 para. 2(a)(i) omitted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(c), 15(29)(a)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Annex 4 para. 2(a)(ii) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(c), 15(29)(a)(iii)(aa)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Annex 4 para. 2(a)(ii) omitted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(c), 15(29)(a)(iii)(bb)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Annex 4 para. 2(a)(ii) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(c), 15(29)(a)(iii)(cc)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in Annex 4 para. 2(a)(ii) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(c), 15(29)(a)(iii)(dd)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in Annex 4 point 2(b) inserted (E.) (temp. until 1.4.2023) (1.10.2022) by The Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals (Amendment) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/924), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(a); and (W.) (temp. until 1.4.2023) (1.10.2022) by The Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals (Amendment) (Wales) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/948), regs. 1(2), 3(2)(a); and corresponding amendment (S.) (9.4.2022) by The Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/131), regs. 1, 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in Annex 4 para. 2(c) inserted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(c), 15(29)(b)"
    }
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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