{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2002-994/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2002-994/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2002/994",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 20 December 2002 concerning certain protective measures with regard to the products of animal origin imported from China (notified under document number C(2002) 5377) (Text with EEA relevance) (2002/994/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2002-994",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. Competent authorities shall prohibit the imports of products referred to in Article 1.\n2. By derogation from paragraph 1, competent authorities shall authorise the imports of products listed in the Annex to this Decision in accordance with the specific animal and public health conditions applicable to the products concerned, and with Article 3 in the case of products listed in Part II of the Annex.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Decision of 22 July 2005 amending Decision 2002/994/EC concerning certain protective measures with regard to the products of animal origin imported from China (notified under document number C(2005) 2764) (Text with EEA relevance) (2005/573/EC)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 2(1) substituted (E.W.S.) (16.11.2022) by The Animals, Food, Plant Health, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1090), regs. 1(1), 6(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 2(2) substituted (E.W.S.) (16.11.2022) by The Animals, Food, Plant Health, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1090), regs. 1(1), 6(3)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2002/994/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:18:27.420906+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}