{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1602/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1602/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2019/1602",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1602 of 23 April 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Common Health Entry Document accompanying consignments of animals and goods to their destination (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1602",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Conditions for the CHED accompanying consignments which are not split",
  "text": "Where a consignment is not split before being released for free circulation in accordance with Article 57(2)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625, the following requirements shall apply:\n(a)the operator responsible for a consignment shall ensure that a paper, electronic or digital copy of the CHED accompanies the consignment to the place of destination and until it is released for free circulation in accordance with Article 57(2)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625;\n(b)the operator responsible for the consignment shall indicate the reference number of the CHED in the customs declaration lodged with the customs authorities and shall keep a copy of that CHED at the disposal of the customs authorities in accordance with paragraph 7(1)(b) and (2) of Schedule 1 to the TCBTA and public notices given under those provisions, as amended from time to time,\n(c)the customs authorities shall record in the appropriate computerised information management system the information on the quantity of the consignment stated in the customs declaration and shall only allow the placing of the consignment under a customs procedure when the total quantity set out in the CHED is not exceeded. This requirement shall not apply where the consignment is to be placed under the customs procedures referred to in section 3(4)(a) and (b) of, and Parts 2 and 3 of Schedule 2 to, the TCBTA.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 4(a) substituted (10.2.2025) by The Official Controls (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/102), regs. 1(1)(b), 49(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 4(b) substituted (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, 31(3)(a) (with reg. 46)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 4(c) substituted (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, 31(3)(b)(i) (with reg. 46)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Art. 4(c) substituted (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, 31(3)(b)(ii) (with reg. 46)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/1602/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:43:08.895146+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."
}