
Article 1 

1.  Consignments of dogs, cats or ferrets may only be imported into Great Britain if the third countries they come from and any third country they transit are included in one of the lists set out in:
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, consignments of dogs, cats or ferrets destined for an approved body, institute or centre may only be imported into Great Britain if the third countries they come from, and any third countries they transit, are included in the list referred to in paragraph 1(b).
(3.) With respect to dogs, cats and ferrets, import conditions must be at least equivalent to those provided for in points (a) to (d) of Article 10(1), read subject to point (a) of Article 12(1), of Regulation (EU) No 576/2013.
(4.) Dogs, cats and ferrets must, during transport to the place of destination, be accompanied by a health certificate completed and signed by an official veterinarian of the third country of dispatch, who has attested that a clinical examination was carried out no more than 48 hours before the dispatch of the animals by a veterinarian authorised by the competent authority who has verified that, at the time of the clinical examination, the animals were fit to be transported for the intended journey.
Article 1a 
In this Decision:
(a) “the appropriate authority” means the Secretary of State (in relation to England), the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales) and the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland); but the “the appropriate authority” is the Secretary of State if consent is given by:
(i) in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;
(ii) in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;
(b) “approved body, institute or centre” means any permanent, geographically limited establishment, approved by the competent authority, where one or more species of animal are habitually kept or bred (whether or not for commercial ends) exclusively for one or more of the following purposes:
(i) display of the animals and education of the public;
(ii) conservation of the species;
(iii) basic or applied scientific research or breeding of animals for the purposes of such research;
(c) “the competent authority” means the central authority of a constituent territory or a territory or third country, as the case may be, competent to carry out veterinary checks, or any authority to which it has delegated that competence;
(d) “constituent territory” means England, Wales or Scotland;
(e) “official veterinarian” means any veterinarian appointed or approved by the competent authority;
(f) “territory or third country” means a territory or country outside the British Islands.
Article 2 
The appropriate authority  shall only authorise imports of dogs, cats or ferrets, which comply with the following conditions:

((a)) they are accompanied by an animal health certificate  in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time,  and completed and signed by an official veterinarian in accordance with  any explanatory notes to the certificate;
((b)) they comply with the requirements of the animal health certificate referred to in point (a) in respect of the ... third countries that they come from and any ... third countries they transit, as referred to in paragraphs 1(a), (b) and (c) of Article 1.
Article 3 
Implementing Decision 2013/519/EU is repealed.
References to Implementing Decision 2013/519/EU shall be construed as references to this Decision.
Article 4 
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Article 5 
This Decision shall apply from 1 July 2019.
Article 6 
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ANNEX
PART 1
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PART 2
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