Article 7 Meat imported from third countries

For the purpose of F1paragraph 5 of point VI of Part I of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, the competent authority designated by a third country, or failing that, an independent third-party body referred to in F2point VI of Part I of Annex VII to that Regulation, shall approve and control an identification and registration system of the bovine animals concerned starting from the day of birth of the animals. Such a system shall provide reliable information about the exact age of the animals on slaughter and provide guarantees as to the respect of point VI of Part I of Annex VII to that Regulation.

The independent third-party bodies referred to in F3paragraph 5 of point VI of Part I of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 shall be accredited to comply with the most recent notified version of F4ISO/IEC 17065 (Requirements for bodies certifying products, processes and services).

The name and address, if possible including e-mail and internet address, of the competent authority or independent third-party body referred to in paragraph 1 shall be notified to the F5Secretary of State, indicating each individual operator for whom they are carrying out checks.

The notification referred to in the first subparagraph shall be made before the first consignment of meat of each individual operator is imported into F6Great Britain and thereafter within one month after any changes in the information to be notified.

F7Notifications made before IP completion day to the Commission of the European Union under this paragraph, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day, are deemed to have been made to the Secretary of State.

The Secretary of State shall communicate the notifications referred to in the second subparagraph to the F8relevant authorities for Wales and Scotland.

F9The Secretary of State may at any moment request from the competent authority or independent third-party body referred to in paragraph 1 to supply all information necessary to guarantee the fulfilment of the requirements laid down in F10Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.

The F11Secretary of State may further request the third country to authorise representatives of the Secretary of State to carry out, where required, on-the-spot checks in that third country. These checks shall be performed jointly with the competent authorities concerned in the third country and, where applicable, with the independent third-party body.

Where, as regards meat imported from third countries, specific cases of non-compliance with the provisions of F12Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 or of this Regulation are detected, the F13Secretary of State may fix F14... specific import conditions on a case by case and strictly temporary basis following consultations with the third country concerned. These conditions shall be proportionate to allow verification of compliance with the provisions of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and of this Regulation.