{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-2122/annex-III",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-2122/annex-III.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2019/2122",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2122 of 10 October 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards certain categories of animals and goods exempted from official controls at border control posts, specific controls on passengers’ personal luggage and on small consignments of goods sent to natural persons which are not intended to be placed on the market and amending Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-2122",
  "path": "annex/III",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "III",
  "heading": "Information referred to in point (a) of Article 8(2)",
  "text": "Keep infectious animal diseases out of Great Britain!\nAnimal products may carry pathogens causing infectious disease\nDue to the risk of introducing diseases into Great Britain, there are strict procedures for the introduction of certain animal products into Great Britain. ...\nAll animal products not conforming to these rules shall be surrendered on arrival in Great Britain for official disposal. Failure to declare such items may result in a fine or criminal prosecution.\nThe following goods shall not be introduced into Great Britain, unless the combined quantity of goods listed in points 2, 3 and 5 does not exceed the weight limit of 2 kg per person.\nIn the case of goods coming from the Faroe Islands or Greenland, the combined quantity of goods listed in points 1, 2, 3 and 5 shall not exceed the weight limit of 10 kg per person.\n1.Small quantities of meat and milk and their products (other than powdered infant milk, infant food, and special foods required for medical reasons or petfood required for health-related reasons)\nYou may only bring in or send to Great Britain personal consignments of meat and milk and their products (other than powdered infant milk, infant food, and special foods required for medical reasons or petfood required for health-related reasons) provided that they come from the Faroe Islands or Greenland, and their weight does not exceed 10 kg per person.\n2.Powdered infant milk, infant food, and special foods required for medical reasons\nYou may only bring in or send to Great Britain personal consignments of powdered infant milk, infant food, and special foods required for medical reasons provided that:\nthey come from the Faroe Islands or Greenland, and their combined quantity does not exceed the weight limit of 10 kg per person, and that:\n(a)the product does not require refrigeration before consumption;\n(b)the product is a packaged proprietary brand product; and\n(c)the packaging is unbroken unless in current use,\nthey come from other countries (other than the Faroe Islands or Greenland), and their combined quantity does not exceed the weight limit of 2 kg per person, and that:\n(a)the product does not require refrigeration before consumption;\n(b)the product is a packaged proprietary brand product; and\n(c)the packaging is unbroken unless in current use.\n3.Petfood required for health-related reasons\nYou may only bring in or send to Great Britain personal consignments of petfood required for health-related reasons provided that:\nthey come from the Faroe Islands or Greenland, and their combined quantity does not exceed the weight limit of 10 kg per person, and that:\n(a)the product does not require refrigeration before consumption;\n(b)the product is a packaged proprietary brand product; and\n(c)the packaging is unbroken unless in current use,\nthey come from other countries (other than the Faroe Islands or Greenland), and their combined quantity does not exceed the weight limit of 2 kg per person, and that:\n(a)the product does not require refrigeration before consumption;\n(b)the product is a packaged proprietary brand product; and\n(c)the packaging is unbroken unless in current use.\n4.Small quantities of fishery products for personal human consumption\nYou may only bring in or send to Great Britain personal consignments of fishery products (including fresh, dried, cooked, cured or smoked fish, and certain shellfish, such as prawns, lobsters, dead mussels and dead oysters) provided that:\nfresh fish are eviscerated,\nthe weight of the fishery products does not exceed, per person, 20 kg or the weight of one fish, whichever weight is the highest.\nThese restrictions do not apply to fishery products coming from the Faroe Islands or Greenland.\n5.Small quantities of other animal products for personal human consumption\nYou may only bring in or send to Great Britain other animal products, such as honey, live oysters, live mussels and snails for example, provided that:\nthey come from the Faroe Islands or Greenland, and their combined weight does not exceed 10 kg per person,\nthey come from other countries (other than the Faroe Islands or Greenland) and their combined weight does not exceed 2 kg per person.\nPlease note that you may bring in or send to Great Britain small quantities of animal products from several of the above five categories (paragraphs 1 to 5) provided that they comply with the rules explained in each of the relevant paragraphs.\n6.Larger quantities of animal products\nYou may only bring in or send to Great Britain larger quantities of animal products if they meet the requirements for commercial consignments, which include:\ncertification requirements, as laid down in the appropriate appropriate official certificate,\nthe presentation of the goods, with the correct documentation, to a border control post, on arrival in Great Britain.\n7.Exempted products\nThe following products are exempted from the rules set out in points 1 to 6:\nbread, cakes, biscuits, waffles and wafers, rusks, toasted bread and similar toasted products containing less than 20 % of processed dairy and egg products and treated as provided for in point (a)(i) of Article 6(1) of Commission Decision 2007/275/EC,\nchocolate and confectionery (including sweets) containing less than 50 % of processed dairy and egg products and treated as provided for in point (a)(i) of Article 6(1) of Decision 2007/275/EC,\nfood supplements packaged for the final consumer containing small amounts (in total less than 20 %) of processed animal products (including glucosamine, chondroitin or chitosan, or both chondroitin and chitosan) other than meat products,\nolives stuffed with fish,\npasta and noodles not mixed or filled with meat product containing less than 50 % of processed dairy and egg products and treated as provided for in point (a)(i) of Article 6(1) of Decision 2007/275/EC,\nsoup stocks and flavourings packaged for the final consumer containing less than 50 % of fish oils, fish powders or fish extracts and treated as provided for in point (a)(i) of Article 6(1) of Decision 2007/275/EC.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Annex 3 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, 35(15)(a) (with reg. 46)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Annex 3 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, 35(15)(b)(i) (with reg. 46)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Annex 3 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1481), regs. 1, 35(15)(b)(ii) (with reg. 46)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in Annex 3 point 6 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, 35(15)(c)(i) (with reg. 46)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Annex 3 point 6 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, 35(15)(c)(ii) (with reg. 46)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Commission Decision 2007/275/EC of 17 April 2007 concerning lists of animals and products to be subject to controls at border inspection posts under Council Directives 91/496/EEC and 97/78/EC (OJ L 116, 4.5.2007, p. 9)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/2122/annex/III",
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  },
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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