1.Feed business operators importing feed into Great Britain from a third country must ensure that importation takes place only in accordance with the following conditions—
(a)the country of dispatch appears on a list of countries from which imports of feed are permitted;
(b)the establishment of dispatch appears on a list of establishments from which imports of feed are permitted;
(c)the feed was produced by the establishment of dispatch or by another establishment appearing on the list referred to in point (b) or in Great Britain; and
(d)the feed satisfies—
(i)the requirements laid down in this Regulation;
(ii)those conditions recognised by the appropriate authority to be at least equivalent to those requirements;
(iii)where a specific agreement between the United Kingdom and the exporting country exists, the requirements contained in that agreement.
2.A model import certificate may be prescribed by the appropriate authority.]
Textual Amendments
F1Art. 23 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Feed (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/654), regs. 1, 50 (as amended by S.I. 2020/1504, regs. 1(2), 12(8)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
By way of derogation from Article 33 and pending the drawing up of the lists provided for in Article 23(1)(a) and (b), imports shall continue to be authorised under the conditions laid down in Article 6 of Directive 98/51/EC [F2(reading Article 6 of Directive 98/51/EC as if the requirement imposed on the Member States were a requirement imposed on the appropriate authority and as if references to the Community were references to Great Britain)].
Textual Amendments
F2Words in Art. 24 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Feed (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/654), regs. 1, 50A (as inserted by S.I. 2020/1504, regs. 1(2), 12(9)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Feed, including feed for animals not kept for food production, which is produced in [F3Great Britain] for placing on the market in third countries, must satisfy the provisions of Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002.
Textual Amendments
F3Words in Art. 25 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Feed (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/654), regs. 1, 51 (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1504, regs. 1(2), 12(10)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)