Article 63 Suspension of the designation of border control posts

F1A competent authority shall suspend the designation of a border control post and order its activities to be stopped, for all or for certain categories of animals and goods for which the designation was made, in cases where such activities may result in a risk to human, animal or plant health, animal welfare or, as regards GMOs and plant protection products, also to the environment. In the case of a serious risk, the suspension shall be with immediate effect.

F2The competent authority must immediately inform the other competent authorities of the constituent territories of the British Islands of any suspension of the designation of a border control post and the reasons for such a suspension.

F3The competent authority shall indicate the suspension of the designation of a border control post in the lists referred to in Article 60(1).

F4Competent authorities shall remove the suspension provided for in paragraph 1 as soon as:

This Article shall be without prejudice to F7competent authorities' competence to decide on the suspension of designation of border control posts for reasons other than those referred to in this Regulation.