Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products, amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) No 1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and Council Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC and 2008/120/EC, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC, 96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council Decision 92/438/EEC (Official Controls Regulation) (Text with EEA relevance)

[F1PART 1U.K.Introductory

1ApplicationU.K.

This Annex applies during the transitional staging period to relevant goods which—

  • (a)

    originate from a relevant third country; and

    (b)

    have been the subject of any requisite notification prior to their entry into Great Britain from a third country.

2InterpretationU.K.

For the purposes of this Annex—

  • ‘appropriate frequency rate’ means, in relation to—

    (a)

    animals and goods other than those specified in point (b), the frequency of performance of official controls, determined by the competent authority in accordance with the factors specified in Article 44(2) and published online;

    (b)

    plants, plant products and other objects specified in Schedule 2 to the Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020, the frequencies established under [F2regulations made under Article 54(3)];

  • ‘prior notification’ means notification that has been given through the appropriate computerised information management system to the relevant competent authority in accordance with Article 56A;

  • ‘the relevant competent authority’ means the authority responsible, in accordance with legislation in force in the relevant constituent territory of Great Britain, for performing official controls on the particular category of relevant goods and at the particular place where the controls are to be carried out;

  • ‘relevant goods’ means animals and goods in the categories specified in [F3Article 47(1)(a) to (d)];

  • ‘relevant third country’ means—

    (a)

    a territory subject to special transitional import arrangements; or

    (b)

    a third country other than a territory subject to special transitional import arrangements where, before importation into Great Britain, the animals and relevant goods concerned—

    (i)

    have been presented to a member State border control post recognised by the appropriate authority; and

    (ii)

    are accompanied by a CHED which has been completed to the satisfaction of the relevant competent authority;

  • ‘territory subject to special transitional import arrangements’ means—

    (a)

    in relation to relevant goods falling within [F4Article 47(1)(a), (b) or (d)]

    (i)

    an EEA state;

    (ii)

    the Faroe Islands;

    (iii)

    Greenland;

    (iv)

    Switzerland; or

    (b)

    in relation to relevant goods falling within Article 47(1)(c)—

    (i)

    an EU member State;

    (ii)

    Liechtenstein;

    (iii)

    Switzerland;

  • ‘the transitional staging period’ means the period beginning on IP completion day and ending on—

    (a)

    31st July 2021; or

    (b)

    such other date as the appropriate authority may by regulations appoint, being a date not earlier than 1st July 2021.

Subordinate Legislation Made

P1Annex 6 para. 2: 31.12.2022 appointed for the purposes of sub-paragraph (b) of the definition of “transitional staging period” by The Official Controls (Extension of Transitional Periods) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/809), regs. 1(1)(b), 2 (as amended: (E.W.) (29.9.2021) by S.I. 2021/1096, regs. 1(1)(b), 4; (S.) (1.10.2021) by S.S.I. 2021/297, regs. 1, 2(2); (S.) (1.10.2021) by S.S.I. 2021/297, regs. 1, 2(2); (E.W.) (30.12.2021) by S.I. 2021/1443, regs. 1(1)(b), 7; (S.) (1.1.2022) by S.S.I. 2021/493, regs. 1, 2(2); and (29.6.2022) by S.I. 2022/621, regs. 1(1)(b), 4(2))

3Application and derogations from, and modifications to, these RegulationsU.K.

[F5 1]The provisions of this Regulation apply to relevant goods entering Great Britain from a relevant third country with the derogations and modifications specified in Part 2 of this Annex.

[F62The appropriate authority may by regulations amend Part 2 of this Annex.]]