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Ungulates are all hooved animals except equines, including:

• alpacas
• antelopes
• camels
• cows
• elephants
• giraffes
• goats
• hippos
• llamas
• pigs
• rhinos
• sheep
• tapirs
• wild pigs

Follow different guidance if you鈥檙e exporting or moving:

• other live animals
• cows, sheep, goats, pigs and poultry for other reasons, for example,聽as livestock

If you want to export captive birds with an 鈥�826鈥� transponder, you must also register them with Defra.

Apply for confined establishment approval

Your premises in Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland) must be approved as a 鈥榗onfined establishment鈥� if you鈥檙e exporting or moving ungulates or captive-bred birds to the EU and Northern Ireland for:

• conservation
• display
• education
• research

Confined establishments are permanent premises, such as zoos or laboratories.

The premises you鈥檙e exporting to must be approved as a confined establishment by the relevant competent authority in the EU.

Export from a confined establishment in Great Britain

You must meet the following conditions to be approved as a confined establishment:

• the premises must be separated from the surrounding environment
• a registered vet must monitor the animals for health and welfare
• you must control access to the premises by animals and people
• you must keep records for a minimum of 3 years

You may also need to meet specific conditions for the ungulate or captive-bred bird you鈥檙e exporting.

Contact the exports team at the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) to find out the specific conditions you need to meet to get approved.

Apply for approval

Email the exports team at聽APHA聽to find out how to:

• apply for approval as a confined establishment to export
• move ungulates and captive-bred birds to the EU and Northern Ireland

Lists of approved confined establishments

A vet from聽APHA聽will inspect your premises to check if it meets conditions for approval.

If it鈥檚 approved, you鈥檒l get an approval number and your premises will be added to the list of premises in Great Britain approved to export:

• ungulates
• captive-bred birds

Officials will check if your premises is listed when your consignment arrives at the border control post (BCP) in the EU.

Apply for an export health certificate

You need an export health certificate (EHC) to:

• export ungulates and captive-bred birds from Great Britain to the EU and Northern Ireland
• transit these animals through the EU to all destination countries

Use the聽EHC聽finder tool聽to check if a certificate exists for your ungulate or captive-bred bird.

If you find an聽EHC, follow聽guidance on how to apply.

If you cannot find an聽EHC

You鈥檒l need to contact the competent authority in the country you鈥檙e exporting to beforehand and find out what:

• paperwork you鈥檒l need to fill in
• rules you need to comply with

The competent authority means the equivalent of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) in the EU country you鈥檙e exporting to.

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) is the competent authority in Northern Ireland.

If the competent authority says that you need an聽EHC, you鈥檒l need to get their import conditions.

Checks at EU border control posts or points of entry in Northern Ireland

You must get your consignment of ungulates and captive-bred birds checked at an 贰鲍听BCP聽or point of entry in Northern Ireland.

These checks are made to protect:

• animal health and welfare
• public health

You must find an聽聽that accepts your consignment of ungulates or captive-bred birds.

Your animals may be refused entry, seized, destroyed or returned to Great Britain if they arrive at:

• a port in the EU without a聽BCP聽where checks cannot be carried out
• an 贰鲍听BCP聽that cannot check your type of animal
• an 贰鲍听BCP聽without the correct documentation

Giving advance notice to the 贰鲍听BCP聽or point of entry in Northern Ireland

Your EU or Northern Ireland import agent must use the聽聽to notify the 贰鲍听BCP聽or point of entry in Northern Ireland about when the consignment of ungulates or captive-bred birds will arrive.

They must notify the 贰鲍听BCP聽or point of entry in Northern Ireland one working day in advance of your consignment arriving.

In exceptional circumstances this can be reduced to a minimum of 4 hours鈥� notice.

Attach documents to your import notification

You need to attach the following documents to the import notification in聽IPAFFS:

• the original export certificate and related documentation
• a statement from the 贰鲍听BCP聽or point of entry in Northern Ireland of the reasons why the returned animals were refused by the 贰鲍听BCP
• a statement from the 贰鲍听BCP聽or point of entry in Northern Ireland with details of the premises where the animals were kept since leaving Great Britain, for example in quarantine or in isolation
• a declaration by the person responsible for the returned animals that the animals have been transported following import rules, including animal welfare requirements
• a declaration by the person responsible for the animals that the animals have not been in contact with any other animal of a lesser health status (an animal with a potentially lower level of health as a result of specific diseases) since leaving Great Britain

When you complete the import notification, you should state the 鈥榗ountry of origin鈥� as either:

• Northern Ireland
• the country where the rejecting 贰鲍听BCP聽is located

Returning non-cattle consignments from Northern Ireland

You must email the APHA imports team and state in the title of your email that you want to return your consignment to Great Britain.

You do not need to submit an import notification on聽IPAFFS.

Attach to your email:

• the original export certificate and related documentation
• a statement from the control post of the reasons why the returned animals were refused entry
• a statement from the control post with details of the premises in which the animals were kept since leaving Great Britain, for example in quarantine or in isolation
• a declaration by the person responsible for the returned animals that the animals have been transported following import rules, including animal welfare requirements
• a declaration by the person responsible for the animals that the animals have not been in contact with any other animal of a lesser health status (an animal with a potentially lower level of health as a result of specific diseases) since leaving Great Britain

APHA聽will assess this information to decide the conditions of import and if the consignment will have to be returned through any point of entry or a聽BCP.

APHA聽will issue you with a written authorisation. The consignment cannot be returned until you have received this authorisation. You must comply with the conditions of the authorisation.

Returning all other rejected consignments

To return consignments of ungulates or captive bred birds from an EU BCP, or cattle from a point of entry in Northern Ireland, you must:

• submit an import notification on the import of products, animals, food and feed system (IPAFFS)
• email the APHA imports team to tell them you鈥檝e submitted an聽IPAFFS听苍辞迟颈蹿颈肠补迟颈辞苍

In the title of the email:

• state that the message is about an聽IPAFFS听苍辞迟颈蹿颈肠补迟颈辞苍 for the return of a consignment
• include the unique notification number that聽IPAFFS聽generates when you submit a notification

APHA聽will assess this information to decide:

• what you鈥檒l need to do to return your consignment
• if the consignment will need to return through any point of entry or a聽BCP聽- you must update your import notification on IPAFFS聽if your return route changes

APHA聽will give you a written authorisation. The consignment cannot be returned until you have this authorisation. You must comply with the conditions of the authorisation.