Types of establishments keeping terrestrial animals that may be exempted by the Member States from the registration requirement
Article 3
1. Member States may exempt from the registration requirement establishments keeping terrestrial animals posing an insignificant risk, as provided for in Article 85 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429, if the following criteria are fulfilled: (a) no ungulates are kept on the establishment; (b) no dogs, cats or ferrets are kept for breeding on the establishment; (c) the establishment is not involved in any movement of kept terrestrial animals, germinal products or products of animal origin to or from another Member State or third country; (d) the kept terrestrial animals, germinal products or products of animal origin on the establishment are not intended to be moved out of the establishment. 2. Member States that exempt establishments in accordance with paragraph 1 may lay down additional criteria regarding limitations on the number of kept terrestrial animals that may be kept on such establishments and restrict the geographical location of those establishments, in particular in relation to their proximity to establishments registered or approved by the competent authority.