{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-2124/article-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-2124/article-15.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/15",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Documentary checks, identity checks and physical checks of transhipped consignments of plants, plant products and other objects",
  "text": "1. The competent authorities of the border control post of transhipment shall perform documentary checks on a risk basis of transhipped consignments of plants, plant products and other objects referred to in point (c)(ii) and (iii) of Article 1(1) where the transhipment period exceeds 3 days at the airport or 30 days at the port.\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 the official certificates or documents to accompany the consignment for onward travel.\n3. Where 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 of transhipment shall perform documentary checks, identity checks and physical checks on the consignment.\n4. The documentary checks, identity checks and physical checks shall be performed at the border control post of introduction into Great Britain, 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. 15(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(14) (with regs. 33-36)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/2124/article/15",
    "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."
}