There are two major changes that have had a drastic effect
on both improrting or exportings birds to and from European
Countries, this not only includes purchase or selling but also the
showing of birds in events such as the World Show or the Gouden
Ring
BREXIT
This is of course the first major change; we are no longer
in the European Union and thus the laws that apply for the movement
of birds across our border are now covered by "retained EU law",
which means Europe is a Third Country and there is a lengthy
process to follow when improrting or even exporting. This includes
health certification, pre-notification to APHA, entering UK via
designated border control points, quarantine at an authorised
facility and further vet inspection. This includes birds from
Northern Ireland.
More details are below.
CITIES Schedule III
This is another complication, a long list of European birds
has been added to Cities by Ukraine in a bid to stop bird
trafficking. It is something the UK has to abide by and thus you
need to prenotify APHA and have a permit to bring any of the listed
species into or out of the the UK, or in fact across any country
border!
We enclose some "advice" or a process that has been provided by
APHA, this is constantly under review and we attend meetings with
DEFRA to attempt to improve and simplify the process.
How you can import all captive bred birds form the EU into
GB.
Please note that is information is for non CITES birds if you wish
to import CITES birds then there are further requirements which you
should follow. (see seperate information on this
website)
“Captive birds” are considered to be the types of birds usually
kept as a hobby, for pleasure, scientific interest or sport
including racing pigeons, birds of prey & zoo
birds.
The movement conditions for ‘captive birds’ from EU are set out in
Import Information Note (IIN) CBTC-2, which can be found at the
link below.
* pre-notified by the importer using IPAFFS at least one working
day before the expected time of arrival at the point of
entry
You’ll need to give the exporter or OV the unique notification
number (UNN) automatically produced by IPAFFS when you submit your
import notification. The format of this number will be
IMP.GB.2021.1XXXXXX.
The OV must add the UNN to the health certificate. A copy of the
health certificate must be attached to the import
notification.
APHA will carry out identity and physical checks on imports of live
animals from the EU at their destination, based on a risk
assessment until March 2022.
You must comply with the statement in the appropriate health
certificate.
We advise that you contact your vet in the country of origin
regarding complying with the health certificate requirements and
the issuing of the health certificate.
The new process for imports will mean that you will need use IPAFFS
to submit your import notification to APHA,
Please see the following link regarding IPAFFS:
IPAFFS
Importers must notify APHA at least 24 hours before the arrival of
the consignment into GB.