Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (repealed)Show full title

Article 48 U.K. Specific import conditions

1. To the extent that the conditions and detailed procedures to be respected when importing goods from third countries or their regions are not provided for by Community law and in particular by Regulation (EC) No .../2004(1), they shall, if necessary, be laid down in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 62(3).

2. The conditions and detailed procedures referred to in paragraph 1 may include:

(a) the establishment of a list of third countries from which specific products may be imported into one of the territories referred to in Annex I;

(b) the establishment of models of certificates accompanying consignments;

(c) special import conditions, depending on the type of product or animal and the possible risks associated therewith.

3. Third countries shall appear on the lists referred to in paragraph 2(a) only if their competent authorities provide appropriate guarantees as regards compliance or equivalence with Community feed and food law and animal health rules.

4. When drawing up or updating lists, particular account shall be taken of the following criteria:

(a) the third country's legislation in the sector concerned;

(b) the structure and organisation of the competent authority of the third country and its control services, as well as the powers available to it/them and the guarantees that can be provided with regard to the implementation of the legislation concerned;

(c) the existence of adequate official controls;

(d) the regularity and rapidity of information supplied by the third country on the presence of hazards in feed and food, and in live animals;

(e) the guarantees given by a third country that:

(i)

conditions applied to the establishments from which feed and food may be imported in the Community comply with or are equivalent to the requirements in Community feed and food law;

(ii)

a list of such establishments is drawn up and kept up-to-date;

(iii)

the list of establishments and its updated versions are communicated to the Commission without delay;

(iv)

the establishments are the subject of regular and effective controls by the competent authority of the third country.

5. When adopting the special import conditions referred to in paragraph 2(c), account shall be taken of information that the third countries concerned have provided and, where necessary, the results of Community controls carried out in such third countries. Special import conditions may be established for a single product or for a group of products. They may apply to a single third country, to regions of a third country, or to a group of third countries.

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OJ: Please insert reference to Regulation, as in Recital 45 (between footnotes 2 and 3).