Information obligations
Article 37
1. Member States shall provide the public with clear and easily accessible information concerning the animal health requirements applicable to the non-commercial movement of pet animals and the rules for compliance checks on such movement laid down in this Regulation. 2. The information referred to in paragraph 1 shall in particular include the following: (a) the qualifications required for the persons carrying out the implantation of the transponder provided for in Article 18; (b) the authorisation to derogate from the anti-rabies vaccination condition for young pet animals of the species listed in Part A of Annex I as provided for in Articles 7 and 11; (c) the conditions applicable to the non-commercial movement into the Member States’ territory of pet animals: (i) which do not comply with Articles 6, 9, 10 or 14; (ii) which come from certain countries and territories under conditions laid down by their national rules as provided for in Article 16; (d) the list of travellers’ points of entry drawn up pursuant to Article 34(3), including the competent authority designated to carry out the checks provided for in Article 34(4); (e) the conditions applicable to the non-commercial movement into the Member States’ territory of pet animals of the species listed in Part B of Annex I, laid down by their national rules as provided for in Article 9(3) and Article 14(3); (f) information on anti-rabies vaccines for which the competent authority of the Member States has granted a marketing authorisation as provided for in point 1(b) of Annex III, and in particular on the corresponding vaccination protocol. 3. Member States shall establish internet-based pages providing the information referred to in paragraph 1 and communicate the internet address of those pages to the Commission. 4. The Commission shall assist the Member States in making that information available to the public by providing on its internet page: a) the links to the internet-based information pages of the Member States; and b) the information referred to in points (b), (d) and (e) of paragraph (2) of this Article, and the information made available to the public as referred to in point (b) of Article 2(2) in additional languages, as appropriate.