{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-2124/article-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-2124/article-11.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2019/2124",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2124 of 10 October 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rules for official controls of consignments of animals and goods in transit, transhipment and onward transportation through the Union, and amending Commission Regulations (EC) No 798/2008, (EC) No 1251/2008, (EC) No 119/2009, (EU) No 206/2010, (EU) No 605/2010, (EU) No 142/2011, (EU) No 28/2012, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/759 and Commission Decision 2007/777/EC (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-2124",
  "path": "article/11",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Documentary checks, identity checks and physical checks of consignments of animals staying on the same means of transport",
  "text": "1. The competent authorities of the border control post shall perform documentary checks on originals or copies of official certificates or documents that are required to accompany consignments of animals which arrive by air or sea from a third country and stay on the same means of transport for onward travel, where such animals are intended to be placed on the market in Great Britain or in the Crown Dependencies, or to transit through Great Britain and, where applicable, the Crown Dependencies.\n2. The competent authorities referred to in paragraph 1 shall return to the operator responsible for the consignment the official certificates or documents on which they performed documentary checks to allow such official certificates or documents to accompany the consignment for onward travel.\n3. When non-compliance with the rules referred to in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 is suspected, the competent authorities of the border control post shall perform documentary checks, identity checks and physical checks on the consignments.\nDocumentary checks shall be performed on original official certificates or documents that are required to accompany the consignment of animals as provided for by the rules referred to in point (d) of Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625.\n4. The competent authorities of the border control post of introduction into Great Britain shall perform documentary checks, identity checks and physical checks, except where documentary checks, identity checks and physical checks have been performed at another border control post in accordance with paragraph 3.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 11(1) inserted (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), 26(12)(a)(i) (with regs. 33-36)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 11(1) substituted (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), 26(12)(a)(ii) (with regs. 33-36)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 11(1) substituted (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), 26(12)(a)(iii) (with regs. 33-36)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in Art. 11(3) inserted (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), 26(12)(b) (with regs. 33-36)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Art. 11(4) substituted (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), 26(12)(c) (with regs. 33-36)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/2124/article/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:42:56.209249+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."
}