Laws and documents provided

Invoice and transfer certificate

When a customer purchases an animal from Hobbyreptiles.com, an invoice is automatically generated as soon as the animal is delivered. It is therefore necessary to wait for the actual delivery of the order to be able to download the invoice from the customer account.

The invoice is an important official document that serves as proof of legal purchase between a professional trader and his customer. The invoice indicates both the contact details of the seller, those of the buyer as well as information on the animals sold (depending on legal obligations, this differs from one species to another): origin, CITES number, micro-chip, sex,….

A transfer certificate is a document that only exists during sales between amateurs, non-professionals. This document is sometimes requested by the administration of certain countries. It mentions the name of the seller, the buyer, their contact details and the animal species sold (+ possibly the CITES number, etc.)

An invoice, an official document, is the document that serves as a certificate of transfer when buying from a professional. On an invoice it is indicated the same thing as on a certificate of transfer: name of the seller, the buyer, their contact details and the animal species sold. Therefore, Hobbyreptiles does not provide a "transfer certificate", the sales invoice serves as a transfer certificate.



CITES

In order to protect and regulate the trade of certain animals and plants, the United Nations established the CITES convention in 1975. Thus, the most protected but authorized species of possession (Appendix I) must imperatively be sold with an official CITES document and individual.

All animals listed in Appendix I of CITES that are sold on Hobbyreptiles.com are accompanied by the individual CITES document of the animal. On this type of document there is a unique number, information on the origin of the animal and sometimes a micro-chip number (identification chip) when required by law. The CITES number is then also indicated on the sales invoice generated by our system.

Other protected species for which the breeding, possession, import is authorized but regulated trade (Appendix II), must simply have a CITES NUMBER and not an individual CITES document. This CITES number appears on the sales invoice for the animal in Appendix II. These animals in Appendix II but which were born in captivity do not need a CITES number but the mention NC (born in captivity) is then indicated on the sales invoice.

Then there are the over-the-counter species, not concerned by CITES. These are sold with an invoice as described above on this page.



I-fap

The identification of animals and their follow-up in the I-fap concerns only our French customers.

Hobbyreptiles.com is a Belgian company which therefore does not identify animals shipped to France. This means that the French customer wishing to register his animal in the I-fap will have to do so via his own veterinarian.

Nevertheless, it sometimes happens that animals already identified in the I-fap are delivered to us by our suppliers. In this case, Hobbyreptiles.com will take care of indicating in the I-fap the contact details of the new owner of the animal, ie our delivered customer, whatever his country of residence. This administrative process is a free service offered to our customers. A period of 3 to 15 working days is necessary for the completion of this procedure.


Legislation and authorizations


Hobbyreptiles.com is a Belgian company from Wallonia applying both Walloon laws and European laws regarding the sale of live animals via the Internet. This means that our legal obligations depend on the nationality of the customer placing the order and therefore two scenarios arise:

1) IF THE CUSTOMER IS NOT BELGIAN

We have the possibility to sell in any European country, to any person at least 18 years old, any animal legal in Wallonia WITHOUT ASKING OUR CUSTOMERS FOR SPECIFIC DOCUMENTS OR PROOF OF PARTICULAR AUTHORIZATION .

This therefore includes our French, German customers,... who can place an order with us for any animal authorized in Wallonia, whatever the legislation of their own country! Of course, to be in order with his administration, it is up to the French, Swiss, Luxembourgish client, etc. to carry out any administrative procedures that apply in his country. Hobbyreptiles.com will never ask its "non-Belgian" customers for proof of detention authorization! This is the work of the administration of the country concerned but not of our company.

We master the laws of application in Belgium and governing the trade of animals in Europe but we cannot really provide specific information on applicable laws in other countries.

2) IF THE CUSTOMER IS BELGIAN

We have the possibility to sell to any Belgian aged at least 18, any amphibian and invertebrate WITHOUT ASKING OUR CUSTOMERS FOR SPECIFIC DOCUMENTS OR PROOF OF PARTICULAR AUTHORIZATION.

For reptiles, since February 7, 2021, the Decree of the Walloon Government has come into force governing the marketing and possession of reptiles, file n°2020-12-10/37, published in the Belgian Official Gazette of 28-01-2021 , on page 6161. Thus, pursuant to Article D.20, § 1, of the Walloon Animal Welfare Code, only the species of reptiles listed below may be sold and owned WITHOUT ASKING TO OUR CLIENTS OF SPECIFIC DOCUMENTS OR PROOF OF PARTICULAR AUTHORIZATION (except animals in appendix II)


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Annexe II: Espèces de reptiles qui peuvent être détenus à condition de respecter les normes d'hébergement ci-dessous ET de possèder une attestation vétérinaire complétée conforme

A : possibilité de grimper

B : Possibilité de se cacher en hauteur (par ex : présence de fausses plantes,...)

Cx : Présence d'autant de points chauds que d'animaux à t° minimale de x degrés Celsius en fonctionnement diurne

D : température minimale de l'eau du bassin à 20°C

E : maximum 1 mâle par terrarium

F : Source UVB en fonctionnement diurne

Gx : Température nocturne ne descendant pas sous x degrés Celsius

H : substrat d'une épaisseur tel qu'il permet l'enfouissement de l'animal

I : possibilité de se cacher dans un décor constitué de pierres plates