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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-688/article-67",
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  "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/67",
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  "number": "67",
  "heading": "Requirements for movements of captive birds intended for exhibitions",
  "text": "1. Operators shall only move captive birds to an exhibition in another Member State when those animals fulfil the conditions set out in Article 59.\n2. The operator of the exhibition, excluding flight hunting exhibitions for birds of prey, shall ensure that:\n(a) the entry into the exhibition of animals is limited to captive birds registered in advance for the participation in the exhibition;\n(b) the entry into the exhibition of birds originating from establishments situated in the Member State where the exhibition takes place does not jeopardise the health status of birds participating in the exhibition by\neither\n(i) requiring the same health status for all captive birds participating in the exhibition;\nor\n(ii) keep the captive birds originating from the Member State where the exhibition takes place on separate premises or enclosures apart from captive birds originating from other Member States;\n(c) a veterinarian\n(i) carries out identity checks on captive birds participating in the exhibition prior to their entry in the exhibition;\n(ii) monitors the clinical conditions of the birds upon entry into and during the exhibition.\n3. Operators shall ensure that captive birds moved to an exhibition in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2 are only moved from such exhibitions to another Member State when they fulfil one of the following requirements:\n(a) the animals are accompanied by an animal health certificate in accordance with Article 81;\nor\n(b) in the case of captive birds others than birds of prey which have taken part in a flight hunting exhibition, the animals are accompanied by a declaration issued by the veterinarian referred to in paragraph 2(c) stating that the health status of the birds as attested in the original animal health certificate in accordance with Article 81 has not been compromised during the exhibition, as well as by the valid original animal health certificate in accordance with Article 81 issued by the competent authority of the Member State of origin for the movement of the captive birds to the exhibition annexed to that declaration;\nor\n(c) in the case of birds of prey which have taken part in a flight hunting exhibition, the animals are accompanied by the valid original animal health certificate in accordance with Article 81 issued by the competent authority of the Member State of origin for the movement of the birds of prey to the flight hunting exhibition, provided they are moved back to the Member State of origin.\n4. The veterinarian referred to in paragraph 2(c) shall only issue the declaration referred to in paragraph 3(b) provided:\n(a) the animals are moved back to the Member State of origin;\n(b) arrangements have been made that the intended movement of the captive birds to the Member State of origin will be completed within the period of validity of the original animal health certificate in accordance with Article 81 issued by the competent authority of the Member State of origin for the movement of the captive birds to the exhibition;\n(c) the conditions in paragraph 2(b) have been fulfilled.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/688/article/67",
    "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."
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