{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-692/article-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-692/article-19.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2020/692",
  "legislation_title": "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)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-692",
  "path": "article/19",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Movement and handling after entry of terrestrial animals",
  "text": "1. Following their entry into the Union, consignments of terrestrial animals shall be transported directly without delay to:\n(a) their establishment of destination in the Union, where they shall remain at least for the period of time required in the relevant specific articles in Parts II to V;\n(b) the slaughterhouse of destination in the Union, if they are intended for slaughter, where they must be slaughtered within a period of 5 days from the date of their arrival in the Union.\n2. Where the destination of the consignments of terrestrial animals entered from a third country or territory or zone thereof is a slaughterhouse, an approved quarantine establishment or a confined establishment in the Union, the transport to and arrival at the place of the destination of the consignment shall be monitored in accordance with Article 2 and 3 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1666.\n3. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to the entry into the Union of registered equine animals from third countries and to the re-entry after temporary export of registered horses.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1666 of 24 June 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of European Parliament and the Council as regards conditions for monitoring the transport and arrival of consignments of certain goods from the border control post of arrival to the establishment at the place of destination in the Union (OJ L 255, 4.10.2019, p. 1)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/692/article/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:42:36.901874+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."
}