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)

Article 77U.K.Rules for specific official controls and for measures to be taken following the performance of such controls

1.The [F1appropriate authority may make regulations] to supplement this Regulation concerning rules for the performance of specific official controls and on measures in cases of non-compliance, to account for the specificities of the following categories of animals and goods or the arrangements for, and means of, their transport:

(a)consignments of fresh fishery products directly landed in ports designated by [F2a fisheries administration] in accordance with Article 5(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008(1) from a fishing vessel flying a third country flag;

[F3(aa)fisheries administration” has the meaning given in Article 1(9) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Common Fisheries Policy;]

(b)consignments of unskinned, furred wild game;

(c)consignments of the categories of goods referred to in point (b) of Article 47(1) which are delivered, with or without storage in a specially approved customs warehouses or in free zones, to vessels leaving [F4Great Britain] and intended for ship supply or consumption by the crew and passengers;

(d)wood packaging material;

(e)feed accompanying animals and intended for the feeding of those animals;

(f)animals and goods ordered by sales through distance contracts and delivered from a third country [F5either to an address in Great Britain, or to an address in the Crown Dependencies via an entry point in Great Britain], and the notification requirements necessary to allow the proper performance of official controls;

(g)plant products which, on account of their subsequent destination, may give rise to the risk of spreading infectious or contagious animal diseases;

(h)consignments of the categories of animals and goods referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of Article 47(1) originating from, and returning to, [F6Great Britain] following a refusal of entry by a third country;

[F7(ha)consignments of the categories of animals and goods referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of Article 47(1) originating from, and returning to, the Crown Dependencies via a point of entry in Great Britain, following a refusal of entry by a third country;]

(i)goods entering [F8Great Britain] in bulk from a third country, irrespective of whether they all originate from that third country;

F9(j). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(k)animals and goods exempted from Article 47 in accordance with Article 48.

2.The [F10appropriate authority may make regulations] to supplement this Regulation concerning the conditions for monitoring the transport and arrival of consignments of certain animals and goods, from the border control post of arrival to the establishment at the place of destination in [F11Great Britain], to the border control post at the place of destination or to the border control post of exit.

3.The [F12appropriate authority may make regulations laying] down rules on:

(a)model official certificates and rules for the issuance of such certificates; and

(b)the format of documents that must accompany the categories of animals or goods referred to in paragraph 1.

[F13(ba)These rules may also include rules on the publication online of the certificates or documents referred to in points (a) and (b) (as the case may be) in the form specified from time to time by the appropriate authority;]

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Textual Amendments

(1)

Council Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 of 29 September 2008 establishing a Community system to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, amending Regulations (EEC) 2847/93, (EC) No 1936/2001 and (EC) No 601/2004 and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1093/94 and (EC) No 1447/1999 (OJ L 286, 29.10.2008, p. 1).