1. to make the movement of animals or products of animal origin from a non-EEC state onto the national territory (importation) subject to the compliance with minimum requirements regarding animal keeping or the killing of animals and to relevant certification as well as to regulate its contents, form, issuance and filing;
2. to make the importation of specific animals subject to an authorization;
3. to prohibit the movement of specific animals from the national territory to another state;
4. to prohibit the movement of vertebrates onto the national territory or their keeping, in particular the display of vertebrates on the national territory, if procedures violating animal welfare were performed on the animals to achieve specific breed characteristics;
5. to prohibit the keeping of vertebrates showing signs of harm which have presumably been inflicted on the animals by procedures violating animal welfare if the animals will suffer when surviving;
6. to prescribe that animals or products of animal origin shall only be imported or exported via specific customs posts with supervisory agencies assigned to them which the Federal Ministry in agreement with the Federal Ministry of Finance has published in the Federal Gazette.