Dispatch of the dogs, cats and ferrets to the Union
Article 73
1. Consignments of dogs, cats and ferrets shall only be permitted to enter the Union if such consignments have been dispatched from their establishment of origin to the Union, without passing through any other establishment. 2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, consignments of dogs, cats and ferrets coming from more than one establishment of origin may be permitted to enter the Union if the animals of the consignment have undergone a single assembly operation in the third country or territory of origin or zone thereof subject to compliance with the following conditions: (a) the assembly operation took place in an establishment: (i) approved for conducting assembly operations of dogs, cats and ferrets by the competent authority in the third country or territory in accordance with requirements at least as stringent as those laid down in Article 10 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2035; (ii) which has a unique approval number assigned by the competent authority of the third country or territory; (iii) listed for that purpose by the competent authority of the third country or territory of dispatch, including the information provided for in Article 21 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2035; (iv) where the following records are kept up-to-date for a period of at least 3 years: — the origin of the animals, — the dates of arrival and dispatch to and from the assembly centre, — the identification code of the animals, — the registration number of the establishment of origin of the animals, — the registration number of the transporters and the means of transport delivering or collecting the consignment of dogs, cats and ferrets to and from that centre; (b) the assembly operation in the assembly centre took no longer than 6 days; this period shall be considered as part of the timeframe for sampling for testing prior to dispatch to the Union, where such sampling is required by this Regulation; (c) the animals must have arrived in the Union within a period of 10 days from the date of dispatch from the establishment of origin.