The Commission presented a report on the exercise of the delegation conferred on the Commission pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 576/2013 on the non-commercial movement of pet animals.
The report has been drawn up not later than nine months before the end of the five-year period of the delegation, running from 28 June 2013.
The report concluded that the Pet Regulation has applied for a period of just over two and a half years.
So far, the Commission has prepared and launched a public consultation on a draft delegated act on preventive health measures for the control of Echinococcus multilocularis infection in dogs on the basis of the empowerment conferred on it by the first subparagraph of Article 19(1) of that Regulation.
The Commission has currently no plan to proceed with the preparation of a delegated act in relation to any of the delegated powers referred to in Article 5(5), the second subparagraph of Article 17(2) or Article 38 of the Pet Regulation (concerning respectively the maximum number of pet animals of the species listed in Part B of Annex I and amendments to Annexes).
It is of the view that the delegated powers conferred by the Pet Regulation should remain in force due to the need to gather more experience on the practical application of the Regulation, to be able to respond to new or emerging health threats related to the movement of pet animals and to adapt to technical progress and scientific developments.