{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-142/article-31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-142/article-31.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2011/142",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 of 25 February 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down health rules as regards animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption and implementing Council Directive 97/78/EC as regards certain samples and items exempt from veterinary checks at the border under that Directive (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-142",
  "path": "article/31",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Models of health certificates and declarations for importation from a third country and transit",
  "text": "Consignments of animal by-products and derived products for importation from a third country into or transit through Great Britain shall be accompanied by health certificates and declarations, in accordance with the models made available or published for the time being by the appropriate authority, at the point of entry into Great Britain where the veterinary checks take place, as provided for in the Official Controls Regulation.\nBy way of derogation from the first paragraph, animal by-products and derived products originating from, and returning to, Great Britain following a refusal of entry by a third country, must comply with the specific requirements set out in Chapter VI of Annex XIV.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 31 inserted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(c), 13(30)(b)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 31 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(c), 13(30)(b)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 31 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animals (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/588), regs. 1, 10(3) (with reg. 12); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Art. 31 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(c), 13(30)(b)(iii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Inserted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2020/797 of 17 June 2020 amending Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 as regards requirements for animal by-products and derived products originating from, and returning to, the Union following refusal of entry by a third country (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Art. 31 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(c), 13(30)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in Art. 31 heading inserted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(c), 13(30)(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/142/article/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:50:18.901897+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."
}