Article 4a
The appropriate authority must ensure that consignments of meat preparations for human consumption which are introduced onto their territory and are destined for a third country by transit, either immediately or after storage in accordance with Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2124, and which are not intended for importation into the United Kingdom, comply with the following requirements:
1. they come from the territory of a third country, or part of a third country, listed in:
  1. Annex I, Part 1 to Regulation
(EC) No 798/2008
for the import of fresh poultry meat;
  2. Annex I, Part 1 to Regulation
(EC) No 119/2009
for the import of rabbit and game meat; or
  3. Annex II, Part 1 to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 for the import of fresh meat;
2. they meet the specific animal health conditions for the species concerned set out in the animal health certificate for the import of fresh meat of a specified species, poultry meat, or rabbit and game meat, in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time;
3. they are accompanied by an animal health certificate for transit and storage of meat preparations, in the form as published by the appropriate authority from time to time, signed by an official veterinarian of the competent veterinary services of the third country concerned;
4. they are certified as acceptable for transit or storage (as appropriate) on the Common Health Entry Document by the Official Veterinarian of the Border Control Post of introduction.
Art. 4a substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 40(4) (with regs. 69-71)