Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2124 of 10 October 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rules for official controls of consignments of animals and goods in transit, transhipment and onward transportation through the Union, and amending Commission Regulations (EC) No 798/2008, (EC) No 1251/2008, (EC) No 119/2009, (EU) No 206/2010, (EU) No 605/2010, (EU) No 142/2011, (EU) No 28/2012, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/759 and Commission Decision 2007/777/EC (Text with EEA relevance)
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Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/2190of 29 October 2020amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2124 as regards official controls at the border control post where goods leave the Union and certain provisions on transit and transhipment(Text with EEA relevance), 32020R2190, December 23, 2020
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2124of 10 October 2019supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rules for official controls of consignments of animals and goods in transit, transhipment and onward transportation through the Union, and amending Commission Regulations (EC) No 798/2008, (EC) No 1251/2008, (EC) No 119/2009, (EU) No 206/2010, (EU) No 605/2010, (EU) No 142/2011, (EU) No 28/2012, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/759 and Commission Decision 2007/777/EC(Text with EEA relevance)CHAPTER ISubject matter, scope and definitionsArticle 1Subject matter and scope1.This Regulation lays down:(a)rules establishing the cases where and the conditions under which, the competent authorities of a border control post may authorise the onward transportation of consignments of the following categories of goods to the place of final destination in the Union pending the availability of the results of laboratory analyses and tests carried out as part of the physical checks referred to in Article 49(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625:(i)plants, plant products, and other objects referred to in the lists established pursuant to Articles 72(1) and 74(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031;(ii)plants, plant products and other objects subject to an emergency measure referred to in point (e) of Article 47(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625;(iii)food and feed of non-animal origin subject to the measures provided for by the acts referred to in points (d), (e) and (f) of Article 47(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625;(b)rules establishing the cases where and the conditions under which, identity checks and physical checks of animals arriving by air or sea and staying on the same means of transport for onward travel may be performed at a border control post other than the one of first arrival into the Union;(c)specific rules for official controls at border control posts of transhipped consignments of animals and the following categories of goods:(i)products of animal origin, germinal products, animal by-products, derived products, hay and straw and composite products;(ii)plants, plant products, and other objects as referred in the lists established pursuant to Articles 72(1) and 74(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031;(iii)plants, plant products, and other objects subject to an emergency measure provided for by the Articles of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 referred to in point (e) of Article 47(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625;(iv)food and feed of non-animal origin subject to measures or acts referred to in points (d), (e) and (f) of Article 47(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625;(d)specific rules for controls of consignments in transit of animals and of the following categories of goods:(i)products of animal origin, germinal products, animal by-products, derived products, hay and straw and composite products;(ii)plants, plant products, and other objects referred to in the lists established pursuant to Articles 72(1) and 74(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031;(iii)plants, plant products, and other objects subject to an emergency measure provided for by the point (e) of Article 47(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625.2.This Regulation shall apply to vertebrate and invertebrate animals with the exception of:(a)pet animals as defined in Article 4(11) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilRegulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on transmissible animal diseases and amending and repealing certain acts in the area of animal health (OJ L 84, 31.3.2016, p. 1).; and(b)invertebrate animals intended for scientific purposes as referred to in Article 3 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2122Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2122 of 10 October 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards certain categories of animals and goods exempted from official controls at border control posts, specific controls on passengers’ personal luggage and on small consignments of goods sent to natural persons which are not intended to be placed on the market and amending Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 (See page 45 of this Official Journal)..Article 2DefinitionsFor the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply:(1)"common health entry document" or "CHED" means the common health entry document, which is used for the prior notification of the arrival of consignments at the border control post, and which is used to record the outcome of official controls performed and of decisions taken by the competent authorities in relation to the consignment which it accompanies;(2)"transhipped consignments" means consignments of animals or goods entering the Union by sea or by air transport from a third country, when those animals or goods are moved from a vessel or aircraft and are transported under customs supervision to another vessel or aircraft in the same port or airport in preparation for onward travel;(3)"warehouse" means:(a)a customs warehouse, a warehouse in a free zone, a temporary storage facility approved, authorised or designated in accordance with Articles 147(1), 240(1), 243(1) respectively of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013; or(b)a warehouse specialised in supplying goods for NATO or US military bases;(4)"onward transportation" means the movement of consignments of goods from a border control post to their place of final destination in the Union pending the availability of the results of laboratory analyses and tests;(5)"onward transportation facility" means the facility at the place of final destination in the Union or at a place situated under the remit of the same competent authority as the place of final destination, designated by the Member State of destination for the storage of consignments of goods subject to onward transportation prior to the release for free circulation of such consignments;(6)"information management system for official controls" or "IMSOC" means the information management system for official controls referred to in Article 131 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625;(7)"border control post of introduction into the Union" means the border control post where animals and goods are presented for official controls and through which they enter the Union for subsequent placing on the market or for transit through the Union territoryThe notion "Union territory" includes Northern Ireland for the purposes of the application of this Regulation. and which may be the border control post of first arrival into the Union;(8)"Union regulated non-quarantine pest" means a pest that fulfils all the conditions listed in Article 36 of the Regulation (EU) 2016/2031;(9)"approved warehouse" means a warehouse approved by the competent authorities as provided for in Article 23 of this Regulation;(10)"specified pathogen-free eggs" means hatching eggs which are derived from chicken flocks free from specified pathogens, as described in the European Pharmacopoeiahttp://www.edqm.eu (latest edition)., and which are intended solely for diagnostic, research or pharmaceutical use.