The Plant Health (Official Controls and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019

Notification requirements in relation to citrus fruits

24.—(1) A professional operator who is introducing notifiable citrus fruits into the Union territory through a border control post in another part of the Union territory must, before their arrival at that border control post, provide written notification to the Department at the specified address of the matters referred to in paragraph (2).

(2) The matters are—

(a) the expected date of their introduction into the European Union;

(b) the name of the border control post;

(c) their volume;

(d) the identification numbers of their containers;

(e) the names, addresses and the locations of the premises in Northern Ireland at which they are to be processed.

(3) In paragraph (1)—

“notifiable citrus fruits” means fruits of Citrus L., Fortunella Swingle, Poncirus Raf., Microcitrus Swingle, Naringi Adans. or Swinglea Merr., originating in a third country, which are to be industrially processed into juice in Northern Ireland;

“specified address” means the address given by the Department from time to time for the purposes of this regulation.