# 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), Article 125: Information on third countries' control systems

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. The appropriate authority shall request third countries which intend to export animals and goods to Great Britain to provide the following accurate and up-to-date information on the general organisation and management of sanitary and phytosanitary control systems in their territory:
(a) any sanitary or phytosanitary rules adopted or proposed within their territory;
(b) risk-assessment procedures and factors taken into consideration for the assessment of risks and for the determination of the appropriate level of sanitary or phytosanitary protection;
(c) any control and inspection procedures and mechanisms, including, where relevant, on animals or goods arriving from other third countries;
(d) official certification mechanisms;
(e) where appropriate, any measures taken following recommendations provided for in the first paragraph of Article 122;
(f) where relevant, results of controls performed on animals and goods intended to be exported to Great Britain; and
(g) where relevant, information on changes made to the structure and functioning of control systems adopted to meet the sanitary or phytosanitary requirements of the constituent territories of Great Britain, or recommendations provided for in the first paragraph of Article 122.
2. The request for information referred to in paragraph 1 shall be proportionate, taking account of the nature of the animals and goods to be exported to Great Britain and of the specific situation in, and structure of, the third country.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/625/article/125 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-625/article-125
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