# 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 54: Specific preventive measures for the containers in which captive birds are transported

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

Consignments of captive birds shall only be permitted to enter the Union if such consignments have been transported in containers which, in addition to the requirements regarding containers laid down in Article 18, comply with the following requirements:
(a) they are closed in accordance with the instructions of the competent authority of the third country or territory of origin in order to avoid the possibility of any substitution of the contents;
(b) they bear the information for the particular species and category of birds set out in Annex XVI;
(c) they are used for the first time.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/692/article/54 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-692/article-54
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