Part III, Article 22 · Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/131

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Article 22Requirements for the identification of pet birds for non-commercial movements into a Member State from a third country or territory#

1.For the purposes of non-commercial movements into the Union, pet birds shall be identified, as required by Article 250(2), point (a), of Regulation (EU) 2016/429, by an individual, permanent, non-removable and legible identification means displaying a unique alphanumeric code.

2.The individual identification of pet birds moved into the Union as referred to in paragraph 1 shall have been applied to the animals prior to their entry or, where applicable, prior to their isolation, testing or vaccination against avian influenza of the H5 and H7 subtypes as provided for in Article 23.

3.By way of derogation from paragraph 1, pet birds may be moved into the Union with a written description of either an individual pet bird or of a group of pet birds provided by the pet owner, where:

(a)the pet birds are moved in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 25; and

(b)the pet birds were placed in a container enabling the visual inspection of space where the animals are kept and sealed by the competent authority of the third country or territory of dispatch prior to the non-commercial movement from that third country or territory.