S.L. 437.98 Art. 9Requirementsin the case of lagomorphssubject to trade. 12 [

(1) The competent authority shall ensure that lagomorphs may be the subject of trade only if they meet the following requirements:

(a) they must not come from or have been in contact with animals from a holding on which rabies is present or is suspected of having been present within the last month;

(b) they must come from a holding in which no animal shows clinical signs of myxomatosis.

(2) Rabbits travelling to Malta shall be accompanied by a health certificate corresponding to the specimen in Schedule E, supplemented by the following declaration:

‘I the undersigned, ................................... certify that the above consignment satisfies the requirements of Article S.L.437.98 LAID DOWN IN SPECIFIC COMMUNITY ACTS 9 of Directive 92/65/EEC and that the animals showed no clinical sign of disease on examination.’. This certificate must be issued by the official veterinarian or by the veterinarian responsible for the holding of origin and empowered for this purpose by the competent authority and for industrial breeding, by the official veterinarian.