Regulation 4 Amendments to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2122 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/625 as regards certain categories of animals and goods exempted from official controls at border control posts, specific controls on passengers’ personal luggage and on small consignments of goods sent to natural persons which are not intended to be placed on the market

in paragraph 1, in the opening words, for “Invertebrates” substitute “Relevant animals”;

after paragraph 1, insert—

“(1A)

In paragraph 1, “relevant animals” means—

(a)

animals listed in Schedule 2 to the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986; and

(b)

invertebrate animals.”;

for paragraph 2 substitute—

“(2)

Paragraph 1 does not apply to zebra fish, aquatic molluscs belonging to the phylum Mollusca or aquatic crustaceans belonging to the subphylum Crustacea.”; and

after paragraph 2, insert—

“(3)

The reference to educational activities in paragraph 1 does not apply in relation to—

(a)

vertebrate animals; or

(b)

honey bees (Apis mellifera) or bumble bees (Bombus spp.).”.