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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-429/article-244",
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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/244",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "244",
  "heading": "Scope of Part VI",
  "text": "1. This Part shall apply to the non–commercial movement of pet animals into a Member State from another Member State or from a third country or territory.\n2. It shall apply without prejudice to:\n(a) Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97;\n(b) any national measures adopted, published and made available to the public by Member States to restrict the movement of certain species or breeds of pet animals on the basis of considerations other than those relating to animal health.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 of 9 December 1996 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein (OJ L 61, 3.3.1997, p. 1)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/429/article/244",
    "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."
}