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Article 1 Subject matter and scope

United Kingdom

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1.

This Regulation supplements Regulation (EU) 2017/625 as regards the requirements for the entry F1into Great Britain of consignments of certain animals and goods intended for human consumption from third countries or regions thereof in order to ensure that they comply with the applicable requirements established by the rules referred to in Article 1(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 or with requirements recognised to be at least equivalent thereto.

2.

The requirements referred to in paragraph 1 cover:

(a)

the identification of animals and goods subject to the following requirements for entry F2into Great Britain:

  1. (i)

    the requirement that those animals and goods shall come from a third country or region thereof listed in accordance with Article 126(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625;

  2. (ii)

    the requirement that those animals and goods be dispatched from, and obtained or prepared in, establishments which comply with applicable requirements referred to in Article 126(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625, or with requirements recognised to be at least equivalent thereto, and which appear on lists drawn-up and updated in accordance with Article 127(3)(e)(ii) F3... of Regulation (EU) 2017/625;

  3. (iii)

    the requirement that each consignment of animals and goods be accompanied by an official certificate, or official attestation or any other evidence of compliance with the rules referred to in Article 1(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625, such a as private attestation, in accordance with Article 126(2)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625;

(b)

requirements for the entry into Great Britain of certain animals and goods from a third country or region thereof, listed in accordance with Article 127(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625;

(c)

requirements that consignments of certain goods from third countries be dispatched from, and obtained or prepared in, establishments which comply with the applicable requirements referred to in Article 126(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625, or with requirements recognised to be at least equivalent thereto, and which appear on lists drawn-up and updated in accordance with Article 127(3)(e)(ii) F4... of Regulation (EU) 2017/625;

(d)

requirements for the entry into Great Britain for placing on the market of the specific following commodities in addition to the requirements laid down in accordance with Article 126 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625:

  1. (i)

    fresh meat, minced meat, meat preparations, meat products, mechanically separated meat and raw materials intended for the production of gelatine and collagen;

  2. (ii)

    live bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods;

  3. (iii)

    fishery products;

  4. (iv)

    composite products;

(e)

additional requirements for the official certificates, official attestations and private attestations that shall accompany certain animals and goods for entry into Great Britain.

3.

This Regulation shall not apply to:

(a)

Animals and goods not intended for human consumption, however when the destination of the animals and goods has not been decided at entry into Great Britain, this Regulation applies;

(b)

Animals and goods intended for human consumption only for transit through F5Great Britain without being placed on the market.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Art. 1(1) substituted (E.W.S.) (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), 14(2)(a) (with regs. 33-36)

F2

Words in Art. 1 substituted (E.W.S.) (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), 14(2)(b) (with regs. 33-36)

F3

Words in Art. 1(2)(a)(ii) omitted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 14(2)(c) (with regs. 33-36)

F4

Words in Art. 1(2)(c) omitted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 14(2)(c) (with regs. 33-36)

F5

Words in Art. 1(3)(b) substituted (E.W.S.) (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), 14(2)(d) (with regs. 33-36)