Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2122Show full title

Article 9 U.K. Specific official controls on goods which form part of passengers’ personal luggage

1. For goods which form part of passengers’ personal luggage, the competent authorities, the customs authorities or other public authorities responsible, in cooperation with port, airport and rail operators and with operators responsible for other points of entry shall organise specific official controls at points of entry into [F1 Great Britain]. These specific official controls shall be risk-based and effective.

2. The controls referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall:

(a) aim in particular at detecting the presence of goods referred to in Article 7;

(b) aim at verifying that the conditions laid down in Article 7 are met; and

(c) be carried out by appropriate means, which may include the use of scanning equipment or specifically trained detector dogs, to screen large volumes of goods.

3. The competent authorities, the customs authorities or other public authorities responsible, which carry out specific official controls shall:

(a) aim at identifying the goods which are non-compliant with the rules laid down in Article 7;

(b) ensure that the non-compliant goods identified are seized and destroyed in accordance with national legislation and, where applicable, in accordance with Articles 197 to 199 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council(1);

(c) review, at least once per year and before 1 October, their applied mechanisms and actions, establish the level of compliance achieved, and, on a risk-basis, adapt those mechanisms and actions if necessary, to achieve the objectives laid down in points (a) and (b) of paragraph 2.

4. The review referred to in point (c) of paragraph 3 shall ensure that risks to public health, animal health and plant health are minimised.

The review shall take into account:

(a) data collected on the approximate number of consignments which are in breach of the rules laid down in Article 7;

(b) the number of specific official controls done;

(c) the total quantified amount of seized and destroyed consignments which were found in passengers’ personal luggage and which were not in compliance with Article 7; and

(d) any other relevant information.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Art. 9(1) 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(8) (with reg. 46)

(1)

Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs Code (OJ L 269, 10.10.2013, p. 1).