# 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), Article 19: Preventive health measures and conditions for their application

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. Where preventive health measures are necessary for the protection of public health or the health of pet animals for controlling diseases or infections other than rabies that are likely to be spread due to the movement of those pet animals, the appropriate authority may make regulations concerning species-specific preventive health measures for such diseases or infections.
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2. The species-specific preventive health measures authorised by regulations made under paragraph 1 shall be based on adequate, reliable and validated scientific information and applied proportionately to the risk to public or animal health associated with the non-commercial movement of pet animals likely to be affected by diseases or infections other than rabies.
3. Regulations made under paragraph 1 may also include:
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(c) the conditions for applying and documenting the preventive health measures referred to in paragraph 2 prior to the non-commercial movement of pet animals;
(d) the conditions for granting derogations in certain specified circumstances from the application of the preventive health measures referred to in paragraph 2.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/576/article/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-576/article-19
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