General requirements regarding means of transport of terrestrial animals
Article 17
1. Consignments of kept terrestrial animals shall only be permitted to enter the Union if the means of transport used for their transport are: (a) constructed in such a way that: (i) the animals cannot escape or fall out; (ii) visual inspection of the space where animals are kept is possible; (iii) the escape of animal excrements, litter or feed is prevented or minimised; (iv) in the case of poultry and captive birds, the escape of feathers is prevented or minimised; (b) cleaned and disinfected, with a disinfectant authorised by the competent authority of the third country or territory of dispatch, and dried or allowed to dry immediately before every loading of animals intended for entry into the Union. 2. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to the transport of consignments of honeybees and bumble bees intended for entry into the Union.