{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-659/article-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-659/article-20.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2018/659",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/659 of 12 April 2018 on the conditions for the entry into the Union of live equidae and of semen, ova and embryos of equidae (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-659",
  "path": "article/20",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Specific animal health conditions regarding the re-entry of registered horses after temporary export for races, competition and cultural events",
  "text": "1. The appropriate authority shall authorise the re-entry of registered horses subject to compliance with the following conditions:\n(a) the registered horse has remained outside Great Britain for not more than 30 days, unless specifically provided for in paragraph 3;\n(b) the registered horse has neither been resident in nor transited on land through any third country or part of the territory of a third country that is not assigned to the same sanitary group as the third country or part of the territory of a third country in which the health certificate , in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time, has been signed by the official veterinarian;\n(c) the health certificate for temporary export signed by the official veterinarian in Great Britain, or an authorised copy thereof, is presented on request of the border inspection post of re-entry into Great Britain.\n2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n3. The re-entry after temporary export for a period of more than 30 days of registered horses taking part in specific races, competitions or cultural events is subject to specific animal health requirements as contained in the health certificate, in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time, in respect of the relevant event.\n4. The operator, as identified in the relevant part of the CHED, responsible for the consignment shall ensure that during the temporary export the registered horse neither has been resident in nor has transited on land through any third country or part of the territory of a third country that is not assigned to the same sanitary group as the third country or part of the territory of a third country in which the health certificate , in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time, has been signed by the official veterinarian.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 20(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 68(27)(a)(i) (with regs. 69-71)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 20(1)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 68(27)(a)(ii) (with regs. 69-71)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 20(1)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 68(27)(a)(iii) (with regs. 69-71)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Art. 20(1)(c) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 68(27)(a)(iv)(aa) (with regs. 69-71)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Art. 20(1)(c) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 68(27)(a)(iv)(bb) (with regs. 69-71)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Art. 20(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 68(27)(b) (with regs. 69-71)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in Art. 20(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 68(27)(c) (with regs. 69-71)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in Art. 20(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 68(27)(d)(i) (with regs. 69-71)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Word in Art. 20(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 68(27)(d)(ii) (with regs. 69-71)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in Art. 20(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 68(27)(d)(iii) (with regs. 69-71)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2018/659/article/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:44:10.598038+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."
}