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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-625/annex-6/part-2/division-13B",
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  "legislation": "eur/2017/625",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products, amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) No 1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and Council Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC and 2008/120/EC, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC, 96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council Decision 92/438/EEC (Official Controls Regulation) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-625",
  "path": "annex/6/part/2/division/13B",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "13B",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In Article 66, after paragraph 6, insert—\n“6A. This paragraph applies where—\n(a) there is non-compliance with the rules referred to in Article 1(2) in relation to relevant goods, other than live animals, entering Great Britain from a relevant third country on or after 30th April 2024; and\n(b) the competent authority considers that the non-compliance is minor and technical and does not pose a risk to human, animal or plant health or to the environment.\n6B. Where paragraph 6A applies—\n(a) paragraph 1 applies as if—\n(i) for “shall”, in the first three places where it occurs, there were substituted “may”; and\n(ii) after “consignment and” insert “, where it does so,”;\n(b) in paragraph 3, in the first place where it occurs, for “shall” there were substituted “may”; and\n(c) in paragraph 6, for “shall” there were substituted “may”.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Annex 6 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1481), regs. 1, 29(4) (with reg. 46)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Annex 6 para. 13B inserted (30.4.2024) by The Official Controls (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/541), regs. 1, 4(3)(e) (with reg. 5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  "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."
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