
Article 1 
Annex IV to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 
For a transitional period until 31 December 2016, Member States may authorise the entry of dogs, cats and ferrets moved into a Member State from a territory or a third country for non-commercial purposes and accompanied by an animal health certificate issued not later than 31 August 2016 in accordance with the model set out in Part 1 of Annex IV to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013 in its version prior to the amendments introduced by this Regulation.
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 September 2016.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 11 April 2016.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
ANNEX

Part 1 of Annex IV to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013 is replaced by the following:
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PART 1 
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