PART 3 Importation from a third country

Serious or repeated infringements and breach of maximum residue limits22.

(1)

If veterinary checks in any member State reveal that products entering the European Union from a particular third country, part of a third country or establishment in a third country are implicated in serious or repeated infringements of any import requirement, or where those checks reveal that maximum residue levels have been exceeded, this regulation applies to the next ten consignments brought into Wales from that third country, part of a third country or establishment.

(2)

The official veterinary surgeon must carry out a physical check on the product, and take samples and have them analysed.

(3)

The person responsible for the consignment must lodge with the official veterinary surgeon a deposit or guarantee sufficient to assure payment of all charges, including the taking of samples, and tests or analysis.