{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-627/article-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-627/article-9.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/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Obligations of the competent authorities as regards checks of documents",
  "text": "1. The competent authorities shall inform the food business operator of the holding of provenance of the minimum elements of food chain information to be supplied to the slaughterhouse operator in accordance with Section III of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004.\n2. The competent authorities shall perform the necessary checks of documents to verify that:\n(a) the food chain information is consistently and effectively communicated between the food business operator who raised or kept the animals before dispatch and the slaughterhouse operator;\n(b) the food chain information is valid and reliable;\n(c) feedback of relevant information to the holding of provenance, if applicable, is provided in accordance with Article 39(5).\n3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 9(3) omitted (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), 16(6) (with regs. 33-36)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/627/article/9",
    "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."
}