{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1602/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1602/article-5.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/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Conditions for the CHED accompanying consignments split at the border control post",
  "text": "1. Where a consignment is to be split at the border control post, the following requirements shall apply:\n(a) when giving prior notification in accordance with Article 56(3) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625, the operator responsible for the consignment shall declare the border control post as the place of destination in the CHED for the entire consignment;\n(b) upon finalisation of the CHED for the entire consignment by the competent authority at the border control post in accordance with Article 56(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625, the operator responsible for the consignment shall request that the consignment be split and shall submit, through the appropriate computerised information management system, a CHED for each part of the split consignment, and declare therein the quantity, the means of transport and the place of destination for the relevant part of the split consignment;\n(c) the competent authority at the border control post shall finalise the CHEDs for the individual parts of the split consignment in accordance with Article 56(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625, provided that the sum of the quantities declared in those CHEDs does not exceed the total quantity set out in the CHED for the entire consignment.\n(d) the operator responsible for the consignment shall ensure that a paper, electronic or digital copy of the CHED for each part of the split consignment accompanies the relevant part of the split consignment to the place of destination stated therein and until it is released for free circulation in accordance with Article 57(2)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625.\n(e) the operator responsible for the consignment shall indicate the reference number of the CHED for each part of the split consignment 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;\n(f) the customs authorities shall communicate to the appropriate computerised information management system the information on the quantity of the relevant part of the split consignment stated in the customs declaration and shall only allow the placing of that part under a customs procedure when the total quantity set out in the CHED for the part of the split consignment 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.\n2. In the case of a non-compliant consignment to be split at the border control post, where the competent authority at the border control post orders the operator to take one or more of the actions referred to in Article 66(4) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 in respect of a part of the consignment only, the following requirements shall apply:\n(a) upon finalisation of the CHED for the entire consignment, the operator responsible for the consignment shall submit a CHED for each part of the split consignment and declare therein the quantity, the means of transport and the place of destination for that part;\n(b) the competent authority at the border control post shall finalise the CHEDs for the individual parts of the split consignment in accordance with Article 56(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625, taking into account the decision taken for each part of the split consignment;\n(c) paragraph 1 (d), (e) and (f) shall apply to each part of the split consignment.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 5(1)(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(4)(a) (with reg. 46)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 5(1)(d) substituted (10.2.2025) by The Official Controls (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/102), regs. 1(1)(b), 49(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 5(1)(e) 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(4)(b) (with reg. 46)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Art. 5(1)(f) 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(4)(a) (with reg. 46)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Art. 5(1)(f) 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(4)(c) (with reg. 46)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/1602/article/5",
    "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."
}