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Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2122 of 10 October 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards certain categories of animals and goods exempted from official controls at border control posts, specific controls on passengers’ personal luggage and on small consignments of goods sent to natural persons which are not intended to be placed on the market and amending Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 (Text with EEA relevance)
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do not require refrigeration before opening;
are packaged proprietary brand products for direct sale to the final consumer; and
that the packaging is unbroken unless in current use.
are intended for the pet accompanying the passenger;
are shelf-stable;
are packaged proprietary brand products for direct sale to the final consumer; and
that the packaging is unbroken unless in current use.
a Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1). | ||
b Heading 2006 reads: ‘Vegetables, fruit, nuts, fruit-peel and other parts of plants, preserved by sugar (drained, glacé or crystallised)’. | ||
Combined Nomenclature code a | Description | Qualification and explanation |
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ex Chapter 2 (0201-0210) | Meat and edible meat offal | All, excluding frogs’ legs (CN code 0208 90 70) |
0401-0406 | Dairy produce | All |
ex 0504 00 00 | Guts, bladders and stomachs of animals (other than fish), whole and pieces thereof, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked | All, excluding casings |
ex 0511 | Animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead animals of Chapters 1 or 3 of Section 1 of Part 2 of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, unfit for human consumption | Only petfood |
1501 00 | Pig fat (including lard) and poultry fat, other than that of heading 0209 or 1503 | All |
1502 00 | Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats, other than those of heading 1503 | All |
1503 00 | Lard stearin, lard oil, oleostearin, oleo-oil and tallow oil, not emulsified or mixed or otherwise prepared | All |
1506 00 00 | Other animal fats and oils and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | All |
1601 00 | Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood; food preparations based on these products | All |
1602 | Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood | All |
1702 11 00 1702 19 00 | Lactose and lactose syrup | All |
ex 1901 | Malt extract; food preparations of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or containing less than 40 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included; food preparations of goods of headings 0401 to 0404, not containing cocoa or containing less than 5 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included | Only those preparations containing meat or milk, or both |
ex 1902 | Pasta, whether or not cooked or stuffed (with meat or other substances) or otherwise prepared, such as spaghetti, macaroni, noodles, lasagne, gnocchi, ravioli, cannelloni; couscous, whether or not prepared | Only those preparations containing meat or milk, or both |
ex 1905 | Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers’ wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products | Only those preparations containing meat or milk, or both |
ex 2004 | Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen, other than products of heading 2006a | Only those preparations containing meat or milk, or both |
ex 2005 | Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen, other than products of heading 2006 | Only those preparations containing meat or milk, or both |
ex 2103 | Sauces and preparations thereof; mixed condiments and mixed seasonings; mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard | Only those preparations containing meat or milk, or both |
ex 2104 | Soups and broths and preparations therefore; homogenised composite food preparations | Only those preparations containing meat or milk, or both |
ex 2105 00 | Ice cream and other edible ice, whether or not containing cocoa | Only those preparations containing milk |
ex 2106 | Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included | Only those preparations containing meat or milk, or both |
ex 2309 | Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding | Only petfood, dog chews and mixtures of meals containing meat or milk, or both |
Notes:
Column 1: Where only certain products under any code are required to be examined and no specific subdivision under this code exists in the goods nomenclature, the code is marked ‘ex’ (e.g. ex 1901: only those preparations containing meat or milk, or both should be included).
Column 2: The description of the goods is as laid down in the description column of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87.
Column 3: This column gives details of the products covered.
Textual Amendments
F1Annex 2: in each model poster, the words “ Great Britain" are substituted for the words “the European Union”, in each place where it occurs (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, 35(14) (with reg. 46)
The posters can be found at:
https://ec.europa.eu/food/animals/animalproducts/personal_imports_en
Keep infectious animal diseases out of [F2Great Britain]! Animal products may carry pathogens causing infectious disease |
Textual Amendments
F2Words in Annex 3 substituted (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, 35(15)(a) (with reg. 46)
Due to the risk of introducing diseases into [F3Great Britain], there are strict procedures for the introduction of certain animal products into [F2Great Britain]. F4...
Textual Amendments
F3Words in Annex 3 substituted (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, 35(15)(b)(i) (with reg. 46)
F4Words in Annex 3 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1481), regs. 1, 35(15)(b)(ii) (with reg. 46)
All animal products not conforming to these rules shall be surrendered on arrival in [F2Great Britain] for official disposal. Failure to declare such items may result in a fine or criminal prosecution.
The following goods shall not be introduced into [F2Great Britain], unless the combined quantity of goods listed in points 2, 3 and 5 does not exceed the weight limit of 2 kg per person.
In the case of goods coming from the Faroe Islands or Greenland, the combined quantity of goods listed in points 1, 2, 3 and 5 shall not exceed the weight limit of 10 kg per person.
1.Small quantities of meat and milk and their products (other than powdered infant milk, infant food, and special foods required for medical reasons or petfood required for health-related reasons) |
You may only bring in or send to [F2Great Britain] personal consignments of meat and milk and their products (other than powdered infant milk, infant food, and special foods required for medical reasons or petfood required for health-related reasons) provided that they come from the Faroe Islands or Greenland, and their weight does not exceed 10 kg per person.
2.Powdered infant milk, infant food, and special foods required for medical reasons |
You may only bring in or send to [F2Great Britain] personal consignments of powdered infant milk, infant food, and special foods required for medical reasons provided that:
they come from the Faroe Islands or Greenland, and their combined quantity does not exceed the weight limit of 10 kg per person, and that:
the product does not require refrigeration before consumption;
the product is a packaged proprietary brand product; and
the packaging is unbroken unless in current use,
they come from other countries (other than the Faroe Islands or Greenland), and their combined quantity does not exceed the weight limit of 2 kg per person, and that:
the product does not require refrigeration before consumption;
the product is a packaged proprietary brand product; and
the packaging is unbroken unless in current use.
3.Petfood required for health-related reasons |
You may only bring in or send to [F2Great Britain] personal consignments of petfood required for health-related reasons provided that:
they come from the Faroe Islands or Greenland, and their combined quantity does not exceed the weight limit of 10 kg per person, and that:
the product does not require refrigeration before consumption;
the product is a packaged proprietary brand product; and
the packaging is unbroken unless in current use,
they come from other countries (other than the Faroe Islands or Greenland), and their combined quantity does not exceed the weight limit of 2 kg per person, and that:
the product does not require refrigeration before consumption;
the product is a packaged proprietary brand product; and
the packaging is unbroken unless in current use.
4.Small quantities of fishery products for personal human consumption |
You may only bring in or send to [F2Great Britain] personal consignments of fishery products (including fresh, dried, cooked, cured or smoked fish, and certain shellfish, such as prawns, lobsters, dead mussels and dead oysters) provided that:
fresh fish are eviscerated,
the weight of the fishery products does not exceed, per person, 20 kg or the weight of one fish, whichever weight is the highest.
These restrictions do not apply to fishery products coming from the Faroe Islands or Greenland.
5.Small quantities of other animal products for personal human consumption |
You may only bring in or send to [F2Great Britain] other animal products, such as honey, live oysters, live mussels and snails for example, provided that:
they come from the Faroe Islands or Greenland, and their combined weight does not exceed 10 kg per person,
they come from other countries (other than the Faroe Islands or Greenland) and their combined weight does not exceed 2 kg per person.
Please note that you may bring in or send to [F2Great Britain] small quantities of animal products from several of the above five categories (paragraphs 1 to 5) provided that they comply with the rules explained in each of the relevant paragraphs.
6.Larger quantities of animal products |
You may only bring in or send to [F2Great Britain] larger quantities of animal products if they meet the requirements for commercial consignments, which include:
certification requirements, as laid down in the appropriate [F5appropriate] official certificate,
the presentation of the goods, with the correct documentation, to [F6a border] control post, on arrival in [F2Great Britain].
7.Exempted products |
Textual Amendments
F5Word in Annex 3 point 6 substituted (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, 35(15)(c)(i) (with reg. 46)
F6Words in Annex 3 point 6 substituted (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, 35(15)(c)(ii) (with reg. 46)
The following products are exempted from the rules set out in points 1 to 6:
bread, cakes, biscuits, waffles and wafers, rusks, toasted bread and similar toasted products containing less than 20 % of processed dairy and egg products and treated as provided for in point (a)(i) of Article 6(1) of Commission Decision 2007/275/EC(1),
chocolate and confectionery (including sweets) containing less than 50 % of processed dairy and egg products and treated as provided for in point (a)(i) of Article 6(1) of Decision 2007/275/EC,
food supplements packaged for the final consumer containing small amounts (in total less than 20 %) of processed animal products (including glucosamine, chondroitin or chitosan, or both chondroitin and chitosan) other than meat products,
olives stuffed with fish,
pasta and noodles not mixed or filled with meat product containing less than 50 % of processed dairy and egg products and treated as provided for in point (a)(i) of Article 6(1) of Decision 2007/275/EC,
soup stocks and flavourings packaged for the final consumer containing less than 50 % of fish oils, fish powders or fish extracts and treated as provided for in point (a)(i) of Article 6(1) of Decision 2007/275/EC.
Textual Amendments
F7Annex 4:in the model poster, the words “Great Britain” substituted fot the words “the EU” (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, 35(16) (with reg. 46)
The poster can be found at:
https://ec.europa.eu/food/animals/pet-movement/poster-diseases-dont-respect-borders_en
Regulation (EC) No 206/2009 | This Regulation |
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Article 1(1) Article 1(2) Article 1(3) Article 1(4) Article 2(1)(a) Article 2(1)(b) Article 2(1)(c) Article 2(1)(d) Article 2(2)(a) Article 2(2)(b) Article 2(3) Article 3(1) Article 3(2) Article 3(3) Article 3(4)(a) Article 3(4)(b) Article 4 Article 5(1) Article 5(2) Article 5(3) Article 6(1)(a) Article 6(1)(b) Article 6(2) Article 6(3) Article 7 Article 8 Article 9 Article 10 Article 11 Annex I, Part 1 Annex I, Part 2 Annex II, Part 1 Annex II, Part 2 Annex III Annex IV Annex V Annex VI Annex VII | __ Article 7(e) and (f) and Article 10(1) __ __ __ Article 7(a) and Article 10(1) Article 7(b) and Article 10(1) Article 7(c) and Article 10(1) __ Article 7(a) and Article 10(1) Article 7(g) and Article 10(1) Article 8(1) Article 8(1) Article 8(2) Article 8(1) __ Article 8(3)(a) and Article 10(3) Articles 9(1) and 10(2) Article 9(2)(a) and (b) and Article 10(2) Article 9(2)(c) and Article 10(2) Article 9(3)(a) and Article 10(2) Article 9(3)(b) and Article 10(2) __ __ __ __ __ __ __ Annex I, Part 2 Annex I, Part 2 Annex I, Part 1, point (1) Annex I, Part 1, point (2) Annex II Annex III __ __ __ |
Commission Decision 2007/275/EC of 17 April 2007 concerning lists of animals and products to be subject to controls at border inspection posts under Council Directives 91/496/EEC and 97/78/EC (OJ L 116, 4.5.2007, p. 9).
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