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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-688/article-54",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-688/article-54.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2020/688",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/688 of 17 December 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as regards animal health requirements for movements within the Union of terrestrial animals and hatching eggs (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-688",
  "path": "article/54",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "54",
  "heading": "Derogation from the requirements regarding anti-rabies vaccination and treatment against infestation with Echinococcus multilocularis",
  "text": "1. By way of derogation from Article 53(b)(i), operators may move dogs, cats and ferrets less than 12 weeks old and which have not received an anti-rabies vaccination, or between 12 and 16 weeks old which have received an anti-rabies vaccination, but do not yet meet the validity requirements set out in Part 1 of Annex VII to another Member State provided that:\n(a) the Member State of destination has authorised such movements in general and has informed the public on a dedicated website that such movements are authorised; and\n(b) one of the following conditons is fulfilled:\n(i) the animal health certificate referred to in Article 86 is complemented by a declaration of the operator which states that from birth until the time of departure the animals have had no contact with kept terrestrial animals under suspicion of infection with rabies virus or wild animals of listed species for infection with rabies virus;\nor\n(ii) it can be established from the identification document of the mother, on whom the animals referred to in this paragraph still depend, that, before their birth, the mother received an anti-rabies vaccination which complied with the validity requirements set out in Part 1 of Annex VII.\n2. By way of derogation from Article 53(b)(i) and (ii), operators may move dogs, cats and ferrets not vaccinated against rabies, and dogs not treated against infestation with Echinococcus multilocularis by direct transport to a confined establishment.",
  "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/2020/688/article/54",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:42:38.340952+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."
}