{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-2124/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-2124/article-6.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/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Conditions for transportation and storage of consignments subject to onward transportation",
  "text": "1. The operator responsible for the consignments authorised for onward transportation in accordance with Article 4 shall ensure that:\n(a) during transport to, and storage at, the onward transportation facility, the consignment is not tampered with in any manner;\n(b) the consignment is not subject to any alteration, processing, substitution or change of packaging;\n(c) the consignment does not leave the onward transportation facility pending the decision on the consignment being taken by the competent authorities of the border control post in accordance with Article 55 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625.\n2. The operator responsible for the consignment shall transport the consignment under customs supervision directly from the border control post of introduction into Great Britain to the onward transportation facility, without the goods being unloaded during transport, and shall store it in the onward transportation facility.\n3. The operator responsible for the consignment shall ensure that the packaging or the means of transport of the consignment of plants, plant products and other objects referred to in point (a)(i) and (ii) of Article 1(1) has been closed or sealed in such a way that, during their transport to and storage at the onward transportation facility:\n(a) they do not cause an infestation of or an infection to other plants, plant products or other objects with pests listed as GB quarantine pests or as GB regulated non-quarantine pests;\n(b) they do not become infested or infected by non-quarantine pests.\n4. The operator responsible for the consignment shall ensure that a copy, on paper or in electronic form, of the CHED referred to in Article 3 accompanies the consignment from the border control post of introduction into Great Britain to the onward transportation facility.\n5. The operator responsible for the consignment shall notify the competent authorities at the place of final destination of the arrival of consignment at the onward transportation facility.\n6. After the competent authorities of the border control post of introduction into Great Britain have authorised the onward transportation of the consignment to the onward transportation facility, the operator responsible for the consignment shall not transport the consignment to a onward transportation facility that is different from the one indicated in the CHED, unless the competent authorities of the border control post of introduction into Great Britain authorise the change in accordance with Article 4 and provided that the conditions laid down in paragraphs 1 to 5 of this Article are complied with.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 6(2) 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(7)(a) (with regs. 33-36)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Art. 6(3)(a) 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(7)(b) (with regs. 33-36)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 6(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(7)(a) (with regs. 33-36)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Art. 6(6) 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(7)(a) (with regs. 33-36)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/2124/article/6",
    "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."
}