Checks for entitlement to the conventional rate of duty for purebred breeding animals entering the Union
Article 37
1. Where the operator responsible for a consignment of purebred breeding animals requests the application of the conventional rate of duty for purebred breeding animals provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the animals of that consignment: (a) those animals shall be accompanied by: (i) the zootechnical certificate referred to in Article 30(5) or Article 32; (ii) a document indicating that they are to be entered in a breeding book maintained by a breed society or registered in a breeding register maintained by a breeding operation; (b) checks shall be carried out on that consignment at the border inspection post in which the documentary, identity and physical checks referred to in Article 4 of Directive 91/496/EEC are carried out. 2. The purpose of the checks provided for in point (b) of paragraph 1 shall be to verify that: (a) the consignment is accompanied by the documents referred to in point (a) of paragraph 1; (b) the content and the labelling of the consignment correspond to the information provided in the documents referred to in point (a) of paragraph 1.