Article 126U.K.Establishment of additional conditions for entry into [F1Great Britain] of animals and goods
1.The [F2appropriate authority may make regulations] to supplement this Regulation concerning the conditions to be respected by animals and goods entering [F3Great Britain] from third countries which are necessary to ensure that the animals and goods comply with the relevant requirements established by the rules referred to in Article 1(2), with the exception of points (d), (e), (g) and (h) of Article 1(2), or with requirements recognised to be at least equivalent thereto.
2.The conditions laid down in the [F4regulations] referred to in paragraph 1 shall identify animals and goods by referring to their codes from the [F5classification system applicable in the United Kingdom, as amended from time to time, whether established and maintained pursuant to section 8(1) of the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 or under any other enactment] and may include:
(a)the requirement that certain animals and goods shall only enter [F6Great Britain] from a third country or region of a third country which appears on a list drawn up by the [F7appropriate authority] for that purpose;
(b)the requirement that consignments of certain animals and goods from third countries be dispatched from, and obtained or prepared in, establishments which comply with the relevant requirements referred to in paragraph 1 or with requirements recognised to be at least equivalent thereto;
(c)the requirement that consignments of certain animals and goods be accompanied by an official certificate, an official attestation, or by any other evidence that the consignments comply with the relevant requirements referred to in paragraph 1 or with requirements recognised to be at least equivalent thereto, including the results of the analysis performed by an accredited laboratory;
(d)the obligation to provide the evidence referred to in point (c) in accordance with a specific format;
(e)any other requirement necessary to ensure that certain animals and goods offer a level of protection of health and, as regards GMOs, also of the environment, equivalent to that ensured by the requirements referred to in paragraph 1.
3.The [F8appropriate authority may make regulations laying] down rules on the format and type of official certificates, official attestations, or evidence required in accordance with the rules provided for in point (c) of paragraph 2 of this Article. [F9Those regulations may also make provision for the appropriate authority from time to time to specify and publish online the form in which those certificates, official attestations or evidence must be presented.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Art. 126 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1481), regs. 1, 22(3) (with reg. 46)
F2Words in Art. 126(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1481), regs. 1, 22(4)(a)(i) (with reg. 46)
F3Words in Art. 126(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1481), regs. 1, 22(4)(a)(ii) (with reg. 46)
F4Word in Art. 126(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1481), regs. 1, 22(4)(b)(i)(aa) (with reg. 46)
F5Words in Art. 126(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1481), regs. 1, 22(4)(b)(i)(bb) (with reg. 46)
F6Words in Art. 126(2)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1481), regs. 1, 22(4)(b)(ii)(aa) (with reg. 46)
F7Words in Art. 126(2)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1481), regs. 1, 22(4)(b)(ii)(bb) (with reg. 46)
F8Words in Art. 126(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1481), regs. 1, 22(4)(c)(i) (with reg. 46)
F9Words in Art. 126(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1481), regs. 1, 22(4)(c)(ii) (with reg. 46)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)