{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-2126/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-2126/article-6.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2019/2126",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2126 of 10 October 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rules for specific official controls for certain categories of animals and goods, measures to be taken following the performance of such controls and certain categories of animals and goods exempted from official controls at border control posts (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-2126",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Fishery products intended for human consumption caught by British fishing vessels, unloaded in third countries",
  "text": "1. Consignments of fishery products intended for human consumption caught by British fishing vessels, unloaded, with or without storage, in third countries before entering Great Britain by a different means of transportation as referred to in Article 72(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/627 shall undergo documentary checks by the competent authority of the border control posts of first arrival into Great Britain.\n2. Consignments referred to in paragraph 1 may be exempted from identity and physical checks at border control posts provided that they comply with the conditions laid down in Article 72 of Regulation (EU) 2019/627.\n3. When non-compliance with the rules referred to in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 is identified or suspected, the competent authority of the border control post of first arrival into Great Britain shall perform, in addition to documentary checks, identity and physical checks on the consignments referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 6(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), 28(6)(b)(i) (with regs. 33-36)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 6(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), 28(6)(b)(ii) (with regs. 33-36)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 6(3) 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), 28(6)(c) (with regs. 33-36)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Art. 6 heading 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), 28(6)(a) (with regs. 33-36)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/2126/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:42:56.094498+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."
}