{"topic_id":"eu_2016_429_pet_definitions","category":"eu-animal-health","context":"---\ntopic_id: eu_2016_429_pet_definitions\ncategory: eu-animal-health\ntitle: \"Reg (EU) 2016/429 (Animal Health Law) — definitions of pet animal, pet keeper, non-commercial movement, authorised person, pet owner\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on transmissible animal diseases ('Animal Health Law') (eur-lex first-hand text, CELEX 32016R0429, pulled 2026-07-24)\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/eu-animal-health/reg_2016_429_animal_health.txt\nsource_type: eu_regulation_text\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-24\ntokens_estimated: 294\nverification: C1_substring_match\nclaims: 5\n---\n\n# Reg (EU) 2016/429 (Animal Health Law) — definitions of pet animal, pet keeper, non-commercial movement, authorised person, pet owner\n\nSource: Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on transmissible animal diseases ('Animal Health Law') (eur-lex first-hand text, CELEX 32016R0429, pulled 2026-07-24).\n\nRegulation (EU) 2016/429 is the EU's 'Animal Health Law', laying down rules for the prevention and control of animal diseases transmissible to animals or to humans. It defines key companion-animal terms used throughout Part VI (non-commercial movements of pet animals).\n\nThe claims below are verbatim definitions from Article 1(1) (subject matter) and Article 2 (definitions) of the regulation as published on eur-lex.\n\n## Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file)\n- `This Regulation lays down rules for the prevention and control of animal diseases which are transmissible to animals or to humans.`\n- `‘pet animal’ means a kept animal of the species listed in Annex I which is kept for private non–commercial purposes;`\n- `‘pet keeper’ means a natural person, and may include a pet owner, keeping a pet animal;`\n- `‘authorised person’ means any natural person who has authorisation in writing from the pet owner to carry out the non–commercial movement of the pet animal on behalf of the pet owner;`\n- `‘pet owner’ means a natural person indicated as the owner in the identification document referred to in point (c) of Article 247, point (c) of Article 248(2), point (c) of Article 249(1) and point (c) of Article 250(2);`\n\nSource: `pdf-raw/eu-animal-health/reg_2016_429_animal_health.txt` — first-hand eur-lex text of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on transmissible animal diseases ('Animal Health Law') (eur-lex first-hand text, CELEX 32016R0429, pulled 2026-07-24).\n","sources":[],"tokens_estimated":294,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}