3.—(1) No person may place on the market any relevant product that has been imported into the [F1United Kingdom] other than in compliance with the requirements of Article 3(1), (2) and (3) (import conditions).
(2) No person may place on the market any relevant product until—
(a)the checks specified in paragraph 1(a) and, as the case may be, paragraph 1(b) of Article 6 (controls at the first point of introduction) have been completed; and
(b)the food authority has issued a declaration in accordance with Article 3(4) indicating that the relevant product conforms and is thus acceptable for release into free circulation.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 3(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Food and Feed Safety and Hygiene (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/52), regs. 1(1), 9(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)