Article 67Measures to be taken on animals or goods entering the Union from third countries presenting a risk
Where official controls indicate that a consignment of animals or goods presents a risk to human, animal or plant health, animal welfare or, as regards GMOs and plant protection products, also to the environment, such consignment shall be isolated or quarantined and the animals belonging to it shall be kept, cared for or treated under appropriate conditions pending any further decision.
The competent authorities shall retain the consignment concerned under official detention and shall, without delay, order the operator responsible for that consignment to:
destroy the consignment in compliance with the rules referred to in Article 1(2), taking all the measures necessary to protect human, animal or plant health, animal welfare or the environment, and as regards live animals including in particular the rules on the sparing of any avoidable pain, distress or suffering; or
subject the consignment to special treatment in accordance with Article 71(1) and (2).
The measures referred to in this Article shall be applied at the expense of the operator responsible for the consignment.