Article 1Subject matter

This Regulation lays down rules on the certification of consignments of certain composite products introduced into F1Great Britain from third countries.

Article 2Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation, the definitions in Article 2 of Decision 2007/275/EC shall apply.

F2In this Regulation:

— “appropriate authority” means the Secretary of State (in relation to England), the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales) and the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland); but the “appropriate authority” is the Secretary of State if consent is given by:

  1. (a)

    in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;

  2. (b)

    in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;

    — “third country” means any country or territory other than the British Islands.

Article 3Imports of certain composite products

1.

Consignments of the following composite products F3from third countries introduced into F4Great Britain shall come from a third country or part thereof authorised for the introduction into F4Great Britain of consignments of the products of animal origin contained in those composite products and the products of animal origin used for the production of such composite products shall originate from establishments in compliance with Article 6.1(b) of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004:

(a)

composite products containing processed meat products, as referred to in Article 4(a) of Decision 2007/275/EC;

(b)

composite products containing processed milk products and covered by Article 4(b) and (c) of Decision 2007/275/EC;

(c)

composite products containing half or more of their substance of processed fishery or egg products and covered by Article 4(b) of Decision 2007/275/EC.

2.

Consignments of composite products referred to in paragraph 1 shall be accompanied by a health certificate F5, in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time, and comply with the conditions established in such certificates.

3.

Consignments of composite products containing half or more of their substance of products of animal origin other than those referred to in paragraph 1 shall come from a third country or part thereof authorised for the introduction into F6Great Britain of consignments of the products of animal origin contained in those composite products and shall be accompanied F7by the relevant health certificate for those products of animal origin or by a commercial document where there is no certificate so required.

Article 4Transit and storage of certain composite products

The introduction into F8Great Britain of consignments of composite products referred to in Article 3(1)(a) and (b) not intended for importation into the Union but destined for a third country either by immediate transit or after storage in F8Great Britain, in accordance with F9Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2124, shall only be authorised if the consignments comply with the following conditions:

  1. (a)
    they come from a third country or part thereof authorised for the introduction into F10Great Britain of consignments of the products of animal origin contained in those composite products and comply with the appropriate treatment conditions for such products, as provided for in Commission Decision 2007/777/EC9 and Commission Regulation (EU) No 605/201010 for the product of animal origin concerned;
  2. (b)

    they are accompanied by a health certificate F11, in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time;

  3. (c)

    they comply with the specific animal health requirements for the importation into F12Great Britain of the products of animal origin contained in the composite products concerned, as set out in the animal health attestation in the model health certificate referred to in point (b);

  4. (d)

    they are certified as acceptable for transit, including for storage as appropriate, on the F13common health entry document, as referred to in Article 2(3) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2130, signed by the official veterinarian of the border control post.

F14Article 5Derogation for transit of consignments coming from and destined to Russia

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F16F15Article 5aDerogation for transit through Croatia of consignments coming from Bosnia and Herzegovina and destined to third countries

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Article 6Amendment to Decision 2007/275/EC

Article 5 of Decision 2007/275/EC is deleted.

Article 7Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 1162/2009

In Regulation (EC) No 1162/2009, the first subparagraph of Article 3(2) is replaced by the following:

‘2.

By way of derogation from Article 6(4) of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004, food business operators importing food containing both products of plant origin and processed products of animal origin, other than those referred to in Article 3(1) of Regulation (EU) No 28/201213, shall be exempt from the obligation provided for in that Article.’

F17Article 8Transitional provision

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Article 9Entry into force and application

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 March 2012.

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