Article 6 Exemptions from the requirements regarding means of transport and containers in which kept terrestrial animals and hatching eggs are transported
United Kingdom
The requirements set out in Articles 4 and 5 shall not apply to the transport of:
terrestrial animals kept in travelling circuses and animal acts;
animals of the species listed in Part A of Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2016/429 in numbers exceeding those authorised in accordance with Article 246(1) and (2) of that Regulation, if they are transported for non-commercial purposes;
animals of species listed in Part B of Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2016/429 transported for non-commercial purposes in numbers exceeding those set for those species where rules setting the maximum number of pet animals of the species concerned have been adopted in accordance with Article 246(3).
The requirements set out in Article 4(b) and in Article 5(1)(b) and (c) shall not apply to the transport of equine animals within a Member State, unless those equine animals are intended for slaughter.
The competent authority may decide that the requirements set out in Article 4(b) shall not apply to the transport:
within an establishment when
- (i)
the transported animals are kept on the establishment and the transport is carried out by the operator of that establishment;
and
- (ii)
the means of transport used for transporting kept terrestrial animals are cleaned and disinfected before leaving the establishment;
or
between establishments within the Member State when
- (i)
the establishments belong to the same supply chain;
and
- (ii)
the means of transport used for transporting kept terrestrial animals are cleaned and disinfected by the end of each day if animals have been transported in these means of transport.
The requirements set out in Articles 4 and 5(1) and (2) shall not apply to the transport of honeybees and bumble bees.