{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1285/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1285/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2008/1285",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1285/2008 of 15 December 2008 on the introduction into the Community of personal consignments of products of animal origin and amending Regulation (EC) No 136/2004 (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1285",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Information to be provided by Member States to travellers and to the general public",
  "text": "1. Member States shall ensure that at all points of entry into the Community, the veterinary conditions applicable to personal consignments introduced into the Community are brought to the attention of travellers arriving from third countries.\n2. The information provided to travellers pursuant to paragraph 1 shall include at least the information in one of the posters set out in Annex III displayed by prominent notices placed in easily visible locations.\n3. Member States may complement that information with additional information, including:\n(a) the information set out in Annex IV;\n(b) information appropriate to the local conditions, and with their national provisions adopted pursuant to Directive 97/78/EC.\n4. The information provided for in paragraphs 2 and 3 shall be drawn up in:\n(a) at least one of the official languages of the Member State of introduction into the Community;\n(b) a second language considered appropriate by the competent authority; that second language may be the language used in the neighbouring country or, in the case of airports and ports, the language which is the most likely used by passengers arriving thereto.\nMember States shall ensure that the general public is made aware of the requirements concerning the introduction into the Community of products of animal origin which are sent as small consignments to private persons or are ordered remotely by final consumers.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/1285/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:51:46.093682+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."
}