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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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1.The competent authorities of the border control post of transhipment shall perform documentary checks on originals or copies of official certificates or documents that are required to accompany transhipped consignments of products of animal origin, germinal products, animal by-products, derived products, hay and straw and composite products in the following cases:
(a)for goods subject to the animal health requirements and the rules for the prevention and minimisation of risks to human and animal health arising from animal by-products and derived products referred to in points (d) and (e) of Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 where the transhipment period:
at the airport exceeds 3 days;
at the port exceeds 30 days;
(b)for goods other than those referred to in point (a), where the transhipment period exceeds 90 days.
2.The competent authorities referred to in paragraph 1 shall return to the operator responsible for the consignment the official certificates or documents on which they performed documentary checks to allow such official certificates or documents to accompany the consignment for onward travel.
3.Where the competent authorities of the border control post of transhipment suspects non-compliance with the rules referred to in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625, they shall perform documentary checks, identity checks and physical checks on the consignment.
Those documentary checks shall be performed on original official certificates or documents where such official certificates or documents are required to accompany the consignment, as provided for by the rules referred to in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625.
4.Where a consignment intended for dispatch to third countries exceeds the time period referred to in paragraph 1 and where it does not comply with the rules referred to in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625, the competent authorities of the border control post shall order the operator either to destroy the consignment or to ensure that it leaves the Union territory without delay.
5.The competent authorities of the border control post of introduction into the Union shall perform the documentary, identity and physical checks provided for in Article 49(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of goods intended to be placed on the Union market, except where documentary checks, identity checks and physical checks have been performed at another border control post in accordance with paragraph 3.
6.The competent authorities of the border control post of introduction into the Union shall perform checks referred in Article 19 of goods intended for transit through the Union territory, except where documentary checks, identity checks and physical checks have been performed at another border control post in accordance with paragraph 3.
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