Article 77 Obligations on competent authority as regards the movement document of kept terrestrial animals in travelling circuses and animal acts
United Kingdom
The competent authority shall issue a movement document as provided for in Article 117(b) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 for all kept terrestrial animals in travelling circuses or animal acts intended to be moved to another Member State, except lagomorphs, rodents, honeybees and bumble bees.
The competent authority shall ensure that the movement document provided for in paragraph 1 contains at least the following information:
the commercial name of the travelling circus or animal act;
the unique registration number of the travelling circus or animal act assigned by the competent authority;
the name and address of the operator of the travelling circus or animal act;
the species and quantity;
for each animal for which the operator of the travelling circus or animal act is not responsible, the name and address of the operator responsible for the animal or pet owner;
the identification code of the animal displayed by the means of identification provided for in Articles 38, 39, 45, 47, 52, 54, 58, 70, 73, 74 and 76;
the type of electronic identifier and its location, if applied to the animal as referred to in point (f);
the identification mark, means of identification and its location if applicable, for animals other than those referred to in point (f) applied by the operator;
the date of movement of each animal into and from the travelling circus or animal act;
the name, address and signature of the official veterinarian issuing the identification document;
the date of issue of the movement document.