Consultation on veterinary checks on rabies-susceptible animals

Imports Team
International Animal Health Core Team
Defra

Our ref: rabiescon
Date: 27 April 2009

Dear Consultee

Consultation on veterinary checks on rabies-susceptible animals

1. I am writing to seek your views on veterinary entry checks on rabies susceptible animals from countries outside the EU (third countries).  In particular we would welcome your views on the impact to your organisation of the possible policy options.

2. The policy options paper has been developed following a recommendation from the European Commission’s Food and Veterinary Office to check all rabies susceptible animals at a border inspection post.  We are seeking your views on the effects of adopting this policy against maintaining the current system.

3. The following documents relating to the consultation may be found on Defra’s website:

www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/rabies/index.htm

  • Consultation letter
  • List of consultees
  • Consultation document
  • Draft Impact Assessment

Responses

4. Please send responses by 20 July 2009 to:

Iah-imports@defra.gsi.gov.uk

Or by post to:
Rabies susceptible animal checks consultation
Area 4B
Global Animal Health Team
Nobel House
17 Smith Square
London
SW1P 3JR

Consultation Criteria

  • This consultation is in line with the Code of practice on Consultations. This can be found at  www.berr.gov.uk/bre/     

6. When this consultation ends, we intend to put a copy of the responses in the Defra library at Ergon House, London. This is so that the public can see them.  Also, members of the public may ask for a copy of responses under freedom of information legislation.

7. If you do not want your response - including your name, contact details and any other personal information – to be publicly available, please say so clearly in writing when you send your response to the consultation.  Please note, if your computer automatically includes a confidentiality disclaimer, that won’t count as a confidentiality request.

8. Please explain why you need to keep details confidential.  We will take your reasons into account if someone asks for this information under freedom of information legislation. But, because of the law, we cannot promise that we will always be able to keep those details confidential. 

We will summarise all responses and place this summary on our website at www.defra.gov.uk/resources/consultation/index.htm .  This summary will include a list of names of organisations that responded but not people’s personal names, addresses or other contact details. 

To see consultation responses and summaries, please contact the library at:
Defra
Information Resource Centre
Lower Ground Floor
Ergon House
17 Smith Square
London
SW1P 3JR

Telephone: 020-7238-6575
Email:  defra.library@defra.gsi.gov.uk

Please give the library 24 hours’ notice.  There is a charge for photocopying and postage.

  • If you have any comments or complaints about the consultation process, please address them to Marjorie Addo, Defra’s Consultation Co-ordinator, Area 7C Nobel House,17 Smith Square, London SW1P 3JR, or email consultation.coordinator@defra.gsi.gov.uk.
  • Thank you for your help in this matter. If you have any queries please contact us as above.

 

Global Animal Health Team
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Page published: 27 April 2009