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Bluetongue: general licences to move animals or germinal product from a restricted zone

Use these licences to move animals or germinal product from a bluetongue restricted zone, either to another bluetongue restricted zone or to outside any bluetongue restricted zone.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
• Published: 7 November 2025

References to ‘animals’ means ruminants (for example, cattle, sheep, goats and deer) and camelids (for example, llamas and alpacas).

If you are planning to move animals or germinal product from England to:

• Scotland, you must follow the guidance on movement licences and pre-movement tests in Scotland
• Wales, you must follow the guidance on movement licences and pre-movement tests in Wales

For any movement out of a bluetongue restricted zone make sure that you: 

• only use a licence if you meet all the conditions
• use the latest version of the licence as they are occasionally updated 
• keep a copy with you when you move animals under the licence
• check your stock for signs of disease before loading

General licences

• General licence to move germinal product from a bluetongue restricted zone to Scotland (EXD656(EW))
  • 7 November 2025
  • Statutory guidance
• General licence to move animals from a sale in the bluetongue restricted zone in England, to Scotland (EXD657(E))
  • 7 November 2025
  • Statutory guidance
• General licence to move germinal product from designated premises within a restricted zone to premises outside a restricted zone (EXD658(EW))
  • 7 November 2025
  • Statutory guidance
• General licence to move animals from a bluetongue restricted zone to Scotland (EXD662(EW))
  • 7 November 2025
  • Statutory guidance
• General licence to move animals out of a bluetongue restricted zone into another bluetongue restricted zone (EXD671(EW))
  • 7 November 2025
  • Statutory guidance

Published 7 November 2025