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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-2125/article-4",
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  "legislation": "eur/2019/2125",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2125 of 10 October 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rules concerning the performance of specific official controls of wood packaging material, notification of certain consignments and measures to be taken in cases of non-compliance",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-2125",
  "path": "article/4",
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  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Specific official controls on wood packaging material",
  "text": "1. The competent authorities shall select for physical checks consignments in which wood packaging material is present, on the basis of:\n(a) the monitoring plan referred to in Article 2;\n(b) where applicable, information provided in the notifications referred to in Article 3; and\n(c) any other relevant information at their disposal.\n2. The competent authorities shall carry out physical checks of the consignments that have been selected in accordance with paragraph 1, to verify their compliance with the import requirements laid down in Article 43(1) and point (a) of the first subparagraph of Article 96(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031.\n3. The competent authorities may require the customs authorities, if deemed necessary for the purpose of physical checks in accordance with paragraph 2 and for the duration of those checks, to detain selected consignments in which wood packaging material is present.\n4. While performing specific official controls, the competent authorities shall have access to the entire consignment, in a way that the physical checks referred to in paragraph 2 may be carried out on the entirety of the wood packaging material present in the consignment.\n5. Within three working days from the beginning of the detention of the consignment in which wood packaging material is present, the competent authority shall submit to the customs authorities the results of the checks of the detained consignment.\n6. Where physical checks cannot be completed within three working days from the beginning of the detention of the consignment in which wood packaging material is present, the competent authorities may request the customs authorities to continue the detention of the consignment for additional three working days in order to complete the checks.\nIn this case, if technically possible, the customs authority may release the consignment if the operator responsible for the consignment separates the wood packaging material from the consignment.\n7. A consignment that has been detained by the customs authorities pursuant to paragraph 3 shall be released if, within three working days from the beginning of the detention, the competent authorities have not submitted the results of the checks in accordance with paragraph 5 or have not requested the customs authorities to continue the detention for additional three working days in accordance with paragraph 6.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/2125/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:42:56.126354+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."
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