CHAPTER IVU.K.Transit of animals and goods from one third country to another third country, passing through the [F1territory of Great Britain]

SECTION 2U.K.Conditions for the storage of consignments in transit in approved warehouses

Article 31U.K.Monitoring of delivery of goods to a vessel leaving the [F2territory of Great Britain to travel to a third country]

1.The competent authorities of the border control post of introduction into [F3Great Britain] or of the warehouse shall notify the dispatch of consignments of goods referred to in Article 19 and Article 23(1) and their place of destination to the competent authority of the port of destination, through the [F4appropriate computerised information management system].

2.The operator may unload consignments of the goods referred to in Article 19 and Article 23(1) at the port of destination before the delivery of the consignments to the vessel leaving the [F2territory of Great Britain to travel to a third country] provided that the operation is authorised and supervised by the customs authority, and the conditions of delivery indicated in the notification referred to in paragraph 1 are met.

3.Upon completion of delivery on board the vessel of the consignments of goods referred to in paragraph 1, the competent authority of the port of destination or the representative of the master of the vessel shall confirm the delivery to the competent authorities of the border control post of introduction into [F5Great Britain] or of the warehouse, either by:

(a)countersigning the official certificate referred to in point (c) of Article 29; or

(b)use of electronic means, including through [F4appropriate computerised information management system] F6....

4.The representative referred to in paragraph 3 or the operator responsible for the delivery of the consignment to the vessel leaving the [F2territory of Great Britain to travel to a third country] shall return, within a period of 15 days from the date of delivery of the consignment, the countersigned official certificate referred to in paragraph 3(a), to the competent authorities of the border control post of introduction into [F7Great Britain] or of the warehouse.

5.The competent authority of the port of destination, the competent authorities of border control post of introduction into [F8Great Britain] or the competent authority of the warehouse shall verify that the confirmation of delivery referred to in paragraph 3 is recorded in the [F4appropriate computerised information management system] or that the countersigned documents referred to in point (a) of paragraph 3 are returned to the competent authorities of the border control post of introduction into [F8Great Britain] or to the competent authority of the warehouse.

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