SGP/70
WTO/SPS
SG Singapur
  • 01 - Lebende Tiere
2021-07-27
2021-05-31

Non-human primates (for exhibition in zoos); HS Code: 01061100

Veterinary Conditions for the Importation of Zoological Animals and Birds in the Order Primates. Language(s): English. Number of pages: 4

The Veterinary Conditions for the Importation of Zoological Animals and Birds in the Order Primates has been reviewed and amended as follows:

Under Part IV: VETERINARY CERTIFICATION

1.    Included text "Prior approval from NParks/AVS must be obtained if the consignment of animals is stopping over at an airport in a country not free from yellow fever, and the animals must be transported in mosquito-proof crates;"

2.    Included text "The animals would be transported in containers that comply with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Live Animals Regulations."

[The following amendments in the section below are trade facilitative, not subject to a comment period and will enter into force on 1 July 2021.]

Under Part IV: VETERINARY CERTIFICATION

3.    Amended text on the requirements for residency and pre-export quarantine from:

o    "(a) In the case of animals that do not satisfy the 2-year residency requirement in the zoo, the animals have been kept under quarantine in captivity in mosquito-proof enclosures for at least three (3) months prior to export;

(b) In the case of animals that satisfy the 2-year residency requirement in the zoo, the animals have been kept in captivity in the zoo for at least one (1) month prior to export."

to

o    "(a) For animals that have been continuously resident in the premises of origin since birth or for the two years prior to export, the animals have been kept under quarantine for at least thirty (30) days immediately prior export; or

(b) For animals that do not satisfy the 2-year residency requirement in the zoo, the animals have been kept under quarantine in mosquito-proof enclosures for at least ninety (90) days prior to export."

4.    Amended text on vaccination from:

o    "The animals have never been vaccinated against yellow fever and have not been vaccinated with any vaccine within thirty (30) days of export, unless approved by the NParks/AVS;"

to

o    "The animals have not been vaccinated with any vaccine within thirty (30) days of export, unless approved by the NParks/AVS;"

5.    Amended text on requirements for mosquito-proof enclosures from:

o    "In the case of animals that do not satisfy the 2-year residency requirement in the zoo, the requirement for mosquito-proof enclosures and transport crates would remain;"

to

o    "For animals that do not satisfy the 2-year residency requirement in the zoo, the animals will be transported in mosquito-proof crates."

Under Part VI: QUARANTINE

1.    Amended text on quarantine requirements from:

o    "Upon arrival, the animals that do not satisfy the 2-year residency requirement in the zoo shall be quarantined for a period of at least three (3) months in mosquito-proof enclosures at an approved area at the Zoo."

to

o    "Upon arrival, (a) for animals that do not satisfy the 2-year residency requirement in the zoo of export, the animals shall be quarantined for a period of at least ninety (90) days in mosquito-proof enclosures at an approved area at the importer's premises; or

(b) for animals that have been continuously resident in the premises of origin since birth or for the two years prior to export, the animals shall be quarantined for a period of at least thirty (30) days at an approved area at the importer's premises."

2.    Amended text on post-arrival tuberculosis (TB) testing and removed yellow fever testing from:

o    "The animals shall be subject to the following tests with negative results during quarantine within two weeks of arrival:

(i)    serology for yellow fever. Animals with borderline or positive titres shall be destroyed at the discretion of Director-General, Animal Health and Welfare; and

(ii)   comparative skin test with mammalian and avian tuberculin, and other relevant confirmatory tests if required. Animals with positive results shall be destroyed at the discretion of Director-General, Animal Health and Welfare."

to "The animals shall be subject to the following tests with negative results during quarantine within two weeks of arrival: tuberculin skin test performed using mammalian old tuberculin (MOT) OR comparative skin test with mammalian and avian tuberculin, and other relevant confirmatory tests if required. Animals with positive results will be investigated and appropriate disease control measures imposed, which may include destruction of the animals."