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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)
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This Annex applies during the transitional staging period to relevant goods which—
originate from a relevant third country; and
have been the subject of any requisite notification prior to their entry into Great Britain from a third country.
For the purposes of this Annex—
‘appropriate frequency rate’ means, in relation to—
animals and goods other than those [F2to which point (b) applies], 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;
plants, plant products and other objects [F3as referred to in the lists established pursuant to Article 72(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 that originate in a relevant third country, except where the goods are excluded goods], the frequencies established under [F4regulations made under Article 54(3)];
[F5“designated border control post”, in relation to any particular category of goods included in a consignment, means a border control post designated in relation to goods of that category;]
[F6“excluded goods” means plants, plant products or other objects that originate in an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland—
as referred to in the lists established pursuant to Article 72(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, which enter Great Britain through a relevant port before 31st October 2024; or
that are listed in the table in Schedule 2A to the Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 that enter Great Britain before 31st October 2024.]
[F7“free circulation under Union customs legislation”, in relation to relevant goods, means that the goods were declared, in accordance with European Union customs legislation, for a procedure corresponding to the free-circulation procedure referred to in section 3(3)(a) of the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018;]
‘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 [F8Article 47(1)(a) to (d)][F9, except for the goods listed in Annex 7 which come from a corresponding country of origin];
[F10“relevant port” means any of the following seaports—
Ayr;
Barrow;
Barry;
Cardiff;
Cairnryan;
Ellesmere Port;
Fishguard;
Garston;
Greenock;
Heysham
Holyhead;
Lancaster;
Liverpool;
Mersey Wharf;
Newport;
Pembroke;
Port Talbot;
Royal Portbury (Bristol);
Seaforth Grain Terminal;
Silloth;
Workington.]
‘relevant third country’ means—
a territory subject to special transitional import arrangements; or
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—
have been presented to a member State border control post recognised by the appropriate authority; and
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—
in relation to relevant goods falling within [F11Article 47(1)(a), (b) or (d)]—
an EEA state;
the Faroe Islands;
Greenland;
Switzerland; or
in relation to relevant goods falling within Article 47(1)(c)—
an EU member State;
Liechtenstein;
Switzerland;
‘the transitional staging period’ means the period beginning on IP completion day and ending on—
31st July 2021; or
such other date as the appropriate authority may by regulations appoint, being a date not earlier than 1st July 2021.
Textual Amendments
F2Words in Annex 6 para. 2 substituted (30.4.2024) by The Plant Health (Fees) (England) and Official Controls (Frequency of Checks) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/557), regs. 1(2), 4(2)(a)
F3Words in Annex 6 para. 2 substituted (30.4.2024) by The Plant Health (Fees) (England) and Official Controls (Frequency of Checks) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/557), regs. 1(2), 4(2)(b)
F4Words in Annex 6 para. 2 substituted (22.7.2022) by The Official Controls (Extension of Transitional Periods) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/621), regs. 1(1)(b), 2(2)(a)
F5Words in Annex 6 para. 2 inserted (30.4.2024) by The Official Controls (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/541), regs. 1, 4(2)(a) (with reg. 5)
F6Words in Annex 6 para. 2 inserted (30.4.2024) by The Plant Health (Fees) (England) and Official Controls (Frequency of Checks) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/557), regs. 1(2), 4(2)(c)
F7Words in Annex 6 para. 2 inserted (30.4.2024) by The Official Controls (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/541), regs. 1, 4(2)(b) (with reg. 5)
F8Words in Annex 6 para. 2 substituted (13.12.2022) by The Animals and Animal Health, Feed and Food, Plants and Plant Health (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1315), regs. 1(1), 11(2)(a)
F9Words in Annex 6 para. 2 inserted (E.W.S.) (1.10.2023) by The Windsor Framework (Retail Movement Scheme: Public Health, Marketing and Organic Product Standards and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/959), regs. 1(2), 10(3)
F10Words in Annex 6 para. 2 inserted (30.4.2024) by The Plant Health (Fees) (England) and Official Controls (Frequency of Checks) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/557), regs. 1(2), 4(2)(d)
F11Words in Annex 6 para. 2 substituted (13.12.2022) by The Animals and Animal Health, Feed and Food, Plants and Plant Health (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1315), regs. 1(1), 11(2)(b)
Subordinate Legislation Made
P1Annex 6 para. 2: 31.1.2025 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); (29.6.2022) by S.I. 2022/621, regs. 1(1)(b), 4(2); (E.) (30.12.2022) by S.I. 2022/1374, regs. 1(b), 3(2); (W.) (30.12.2022) by S.I. 2022/1317, regs. 1(2)(c), 2(2); (S.) (1.1.2023) by S.S.I. 2022/371, regs. 1, 2(2); (E.S.) (31.1.2024) by S.I. 2024/20, regs. 1(1), 2(2)(a); (W.) (31.1.2024) by S.I. 2024/20, regs. 1(1), 2(2)(b); and (28.4.2024) by S.I. 2024/540, regs. 1(2), 4
[F12 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.
[F132The appropriate authority may by regulations amend Part 2 of this Annex.]]
Textual Amendments
F12Annex 6 para. 3 renumbered as Annex 6 para. 3(1) (13.12.2022) by The Animals and Animal Health, Feed and Food, Plants and Plant Health (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1315), regs. 1(1), 11(3)(b)
Textual Amendments
F1Annex 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)
C1Annex 6 modified (4.3.2021) by The Official Controls and Phytosanitary Conditions (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/136), regs. 1(1), 2(2)
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