{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-627/article-68",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-627/article-68.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2019/627",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/627 of 15 March 2019 laying down uniform practical arrangements for the performance of official controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumption in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 as regards official controls (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-627",
  "path": "article/68",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "68",
  "heading": "Site of official controls",
  "text": "1. The competent authorities shall carry out official controls on vessels when these call at a port in Great Britain. These controls shall concern all vessels landing fishery products at ports in Great Britain.\n2. Competent authorities in Great Britain may carry out official controls on British fishing vessels while the vessel is at sea or in a port in another constituent territory of the British Islands or a third country",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 68(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), 16(22)(a)(i) (with regs. 33-36)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 68(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), 16(22)(a)(ii) (with regs. 33-36)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Art. 68(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), 16(22)(b) (with regs. 33-36)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/627/article/68",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:43:28.098617+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."
}