{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-2123/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-2123/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2019/2123",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2123 of 10 October 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rules for the cases where and the conditions under which identity checks and physical checks on certain goods may be performed at control points and documentary checks may be performed at distance from border control posts (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-2123",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Identity and physical checks on consignments of plants, plant products and other objects performed at a control point other than the border control post",
  "text": "1. Identity checks and physical checks may be performed by the competent authorities at a control point other than the border control post on consignments of:\n(a) plants, plant products, and other objects referred to in Articles 72(1) and 74(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031,\n(b) plants, plant products, and other objects subject to an emergency measure provided for in acts adopted in accordance with , or regulations made under, Articles 28(1), 30(1), 40(3), 41(3), 49(1), 53(2) and 54(3) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031.\n2. The identity checks and physical checks referred to in paragraph 1 may be performed by the competent authorities at a control point other than a border control post where either of the following applies:\n(a) the operator responsible for the consignment has requested the competent authorities of the border control post that identity checks and physical checks be carried out at a control point, which has been designated for the category of goods of such consignment, and the competent authorities of the border control post authorise the transfer of the consignment to the control point;\n(b) the competent authorities of the border control post have decided that identity checks and physical checks be performed at a control point, which has been designated for the category of goods of such consignment and the operator does not object to this decision.\n3. The identity checks and physical checks referred to in paragraph 1 shall be performed by the competent authorities of the border control post if either of the following applies:\n(a) there is no authorisation by the competent authority of the border control post as referred in paragraph 2(a),\n(b) the operator objects to the decision to transfer consignment to the control point as referred in paragraph 2(b).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 4(1)(b) inserted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 25(6)(a) (with regs. 33-36)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Art. 4(1)(b) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 25(6)(b) (with regs. 33-36)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/2123/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:42:56.288493+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."
}