# Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692 of 30 January 2020 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rules for entry into the Union, and the movement and handling after entry of consignments of certain animals, germinal products and products of animal origin (Text with EEA relevance), Article 177: Additional requirements for entry of registered horses originating from, and returning to the Union after temporary export to a third country or territory or zone thereof to participate in competitions, races or equestrian cultural events

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. Consignments of registered horses temporarily exported from a Member State to third countries or territories or zones thereof listed for entry of equine animals into the Union shall be permitted to enter the Union provided they comply with the following additional requirements:
(a) they have been outside the Union for a period specified by the Commission for the different purposes, not exceeding 90 days;
(b) they have been kept in isolation in the third country or territory or zone thereof except during races, competitions or cultural events, and the related activities (including training, warm-up and presentation);
(c) they have been kept only in third countries or territories or zones thereof belonging to the same sanitary group to which the third country or territory of dispatch to the Union is assigned, in accordance with the specific requirements of Part B of Annex XI, and they were moved into the third country or territory or directly into the zone of dispatch under conditions at least as strict as if they were moved directly to the Union.
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1(c), the entry into the Union of registered horses after temporary export to third countries or territories or zones thereof belonging to more than one sanitary group shall be authorised for registered horses which have participated exclusively in specified high level competitions or races.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/692/article/177 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-692/article-177
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