Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2124Show full title

Article 23 U.K. Conditions for the approval of warehouses

1. The competent authorities shall approve the warehouses for the storage of consignments of products of animal origin, germinal products, animal by-products, derived products, hay and straw and composite products for which transit has been authorised in accordance with Article 19.

2. The competent authorities shall only approve warehouses referred to in paragraph 1 that comply with the following requirements:

(a) the warehouses storing products of animal origin, composite products, animal by-products and derived products must comply with either:

(i)

the hygiene requirements laid down in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 852/2004; or

(ii)

the requirements laid down in points (b) and (c) of Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 142/2011;

(b) they must have been authorised, approved or designated by the customs authorities in accordance with [F1 section 25 or 100A of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979, Article 51 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92, or paragraphs 2 and 3 of Schedule 2 to the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018;]

(c) the warehouses must consist of a closed space with entrances and exits subject to permanent control by the operators;

(d) the warehouses must possess storage or refrigeration rooms allowing for the separate storage of the goods referred to in paragraph 1;

(e) the warehouses must have arrangements for the daily logging of all consignments entering or leaving the facilities, with details of the nature and quantity of the goods, the name and address of the recipients and copies of the CHED and certificates accompanying the consignments; the warehouses must keep those records for a period at least of three years;

(f) all goods referred to in paragraph 1 must be identified by labelling or by electronic means with the reference number of the CHED accompanying the consignment; those goods must not be subjected to any alteration, processing, substitution or change of packaging;

(g) the warehouses must have the technology and equipment necessary for the efficient operation of the [F2 appropriate computerised information management system];

(h) the operators of the warehouses shall provide premises and the means of communication necessary to enable them to perform official controls and other official activities effectively, upon request by the competent authority.

3. Where warehouses no longer comply with the requirements laid down in paragraph 2, the competent authority shall withdraw or temporary suspend the approval of the warehouse.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Art. 23(2)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 26(23) (with regs. 33-36)

F2 Words in Regulation substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), reg. 26(2) (with regs. 33-36)