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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 Member States shall ensure that consignments of animals and products of animal origin, germinal products, animal by-products, derived products, hay and straw and composite products, which are moved from one part of the Union territory to another part of the Union territory, passing through the territory of a third country are transported under customs supervision.
2.The operators responsible for consignments referred to in paragraph 1 which have passed through the territory of a third country shall present the consignments when they are re-introduced into the Union territory to:
(a)to the competent authorities of a border control post designated for any category of the animals and the goods referred to in paragraph 1; or
(b)a location, indicated by the competent authorities referred to in point (a), which is in the close vicinity of the border control post.
3.The competent authorities of the border control post of re-introduction into the Union shall:
(a)perform a documentary check to verify the origin of the animals and goods comprising the consignment;
(b)where required by the rules referred to in points (d) and (e) of Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625, verify the animal health status of the third countries through which the consignments have transited and the relevant official certificates and documents accompanying the consignments;
(c)where required by the rules referred to in points (d) and (e) of Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625, perform an identity check to verify that the seals put on the vehicles or transport containers are still intact.
4.When non-compliance with the rules referred to in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 is suspected, the competent authorities of the border control post of re-introduction into the Union shall perform in addition identity checks and physical checks in addition to those provided for in paragraph 3.
5.Operators shall present consignments of animals, moving from one part of the Union territory to another part of the Union territory and passing through the territory of a third country, for official checks at the exit point from the Union territory.
6.The competent authority at the exit point from the Union shall:
(a)perform the checks where required by the rules referred to in points (d) and (e) of Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625;
(b)stamp the official certificate accompanying the consignment with the following wording ‘ONLY FOR TRANSIT BETWEEN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION VIA [third country name]’.
1.When consignments of products of animal origin, germinal products, animal by-products, derived products, hay and straw and composite products come from the territory of Croatia for transit through the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Neum corridor and before those consignments leave the territory of Croatia via the points of entry of Klek or Zaton Doli, the competent authorities of Croatia shall:
(a)seal the vehicles or transport containers before the consignment transits the Neum corridor;
(b)record the date and time of departure of the vehicles transporting the consignments.
2.When the consignments referred to in paragraph 1 re-enter the territory of Croatia at the points of entry of Klek or Zaton Doli, the competent authorities of Croatia shall:
(a)verify that the seals on vehicles or transport containers are still intact;
(b)record the date and time of arrival of the vehicles transporting consignments.
3.The competent authorities of Croatia shall take appropriate measures in accordance with Article 65 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 where:
(a)the seal referred to in paragraph 1 has been broken during the transit through the Neum corridor; or
(b)the time of transit exceeds the time necessary to travel between the points of entry of Klek and Zaton Doli.
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