{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-2124/article-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-2124/article-27.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/27",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Operators’ obligations at warehouses",
  "text": "1. The operator responsible for the consignment shall inform the competent authorities of the arrival of the consignment at the approved warehouse.\n2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the competent authority may exempt the operator responsible for the approved warehouse from the obligation to inform competent authorities of the arrival of the consignment at the warehouse provided that the operator is approved by the customs authorities as an authorised economic operator referred to in Article 38 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 or Part 9 of the Customs (Import Duty) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018.\n3. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the competent authority may exempt consignments from identity checks provided that the operator responsible for the consignment is approved by the customs authorities as an authorised economic operator referred to in Article 38 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 or Part 9 of the Customs (Import Duty) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018.\n4. The operator responsible for the consignment shall ensure that goods referred in paragraph 1 moved to or stored in the warehouses are accompanied by the relevant CHED and authenticated paper or electronic copy of the official certificate as referred to in Article 50(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 27(2) 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(26) (with regs. 33-36)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 27(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(26) (with regs. 33-36)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/2124/article/27",
    "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."
}