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Article 13Requirements for the individual identification of pet dogs, pet cats or pet ferrets moving into a Member State from a third country or territory#
1.For the purposes of non-commercial movements into the Union, pet dogs, pet cats or pet ferrets shall be individually identified, as required by Article 249(1), point (a), of Regulation (EU) 2016/429, as follows:
(a)by an injectable transponder implanted by a veterinarian as referred to in Article 70, point (b)(i), of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2035, and complying with Article 70, point (a) and Article 70a, point (a) and point (b)(i), of that Regulation; or
(b)where an injectable transponder does not comply with the technical requirements referred to in Article 70a, point (a), of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2035, the pet owner or the authorised person shall provide the reading device which enables the verification of the individual identification of the animal upon request.
2.Where a pet dog, a pet cat or a pet ferret has been individually identified with a clearly readable tattoo applied before 3 July 2011, it shall be deemed to comply with the requirements for individual identification referred to in paragraph 1.
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