S.L. 437.38 Art. 4Measures which must be taken by the Veterinary Services. Cap. 437.

(1) In the territory of Malta as Member State of dispatch, Veterinary Services shall take the necessary measures to ensure that -

(a) the holders of livestock and products referred to in regulation 1 comply with the national or European Community health or zootechnical requirements referred to in these regulations at all stages of production and marketing;

(b) the animals and products referred to in Schedule A are checked at least as carefully, from a veterinary viewpoint, as if they were intended for the national market, unless specifically provided otherwise by European Community rules;

(c) animals are transported in suitable means of transport which satisfy hygiene rules.

(2) The Veterinary Services which issued the certificate or document accompanying the animals and products shall communicate, on the day on which they were issued and by means of the computerised system ANIMO, to the central competent authority of the Member State of destination and to the competent authority of the place of destination, the necessary data which are requested by this European Community information system.

(3) Appropriate measures to penalise any infringement of veterinary or zootechnical legislation by natural or legal persons where it is found that European Community rules have been infringed, and in particular where it is found that certificates, documents or identification marks do not correspond to the status of the animals or to their holdings of origin or to the actual characteristics of the products, according to the procedures laid down in accordance with the procedure laid down in Part IX of the Veterinary Services Act.

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