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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-429/article-124",
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  "legislation": "eur/2016/429",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on transmissible animal diseases and amending and repealing certain acts in the area of animal health (‘Animal Health Law’) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-429",
  "path": "article/124",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "124",
  "heading": "General requirements for movements of kept terrestrial animals",
  "text": "1. Operators shall take appropriate preventive measures to ensure that the movement of kept terrestrial animals does not jeopardise the health status at the place of destination with regard to:\n(a) the listed diseases referred to in point (d) of Article 9(1);\n(b) emerging diseases.\n2. Operators shall only move kept terrestrial animals from their establishments and receive such animals if the animals in question fulfil the following conditions:\n(a) they come from establishments that have been:\n(i) registered by the competent authority in accordance with Article 93; or\n(ii) approved by the competent authority in accordance with Articles 97(1) and 98, when required by Article 94(1) or Article 95; or\n(iii) granted a derogation from the registration requirement laid down in Article 84;\n(b) they fulfil the identification and registration requirements laid down in Articles 112, 113, 114, 115 and 117 and the rules adopted pursuant to Articles 118 and 120.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/429/article/124",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:45:57.045484+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}