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

[F1 2 Interpretation U.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 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/66 on rules on uniform practical arrangements for the performance of official controls on plants, plant products and other objects in order to verify compliance with Union rules on protective measures against pests of plants applicable to those goods;

• ‘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 Article 47(1)(a) to (c);

• ‘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 Article 47(1)(a) and (b)—

  (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

P1 Annex 6 para. 2: 30.6.2022 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; and (S.) (1.1.2022) by S.S.I. 2021/493, regs. 1, 2(2))

Textual Amendments

F1 Annex 6 inserted (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, 29(4) (with reg. 46)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Annex 6 modified (4.3.2021) by The Official Controls and Phytosanitary Conditions (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/136), regs. 1(1), 2(2)