CHAPTER IIGENERAL CONDITIONS FOR IMPORTS AND TRANSIT
Article 3F1... Third countries, territories, zones or compartments of origin from which commodities may be imported into and transit through F2Great Britain
The commodities shall only be imported into and transit through F3Great Britain from F4such of the third countries listed in F5column 1 of the table in Part 1 of Annex I F6or a territory, zone or compartment of those third countries as the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), may specify in a document published for the purposes of this Article.
Article 4Veterinary certification
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Commodities imported into Great Britain shall be accompanied by a veterinary certificate, in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time, for the commodity concerned, completed in accordance with any notes in relation to that certificate.
2.
A declaration by the master of the ship, F8in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time, shall be attached to veterinary certificates for imports of poultry and day-old chicks, where the transport of those commodities includes transport by ship, even for part of the journey.
3.
Poultry, hatching eggs and day-old chicks transiting through F9Great Britain shall be accompanied by:
(a)
a veterinary certificate as referred to in paragraph 1 which shall bear the words ‘for transit through F10Great Britain’, and
(b)
a certificate required by the third country of destination.
4.
Specified pathogen-free eggs, meat, minced meat and mechanically separated meat of poultry, ratites and wild game-birds, eggs and egg products transiting through F11Great Britain shall be accompanied by a certificate drawn up in accordance with the model certificate F12, in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time, and complying with the conditions set out therein.
5.
For the purposes of this Regulation, transit may include storage during transit in accordance with F13Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2124.
6.
Electronic certification and other agreed systems F14... may be used.
F15Article 4aPublication of closing dates and opening dates
1.
The Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), may specify in a document published for the purposes of this Article a closing date or an opening date in relation to a third country listed in Annex 1 or a territory, zone or compartment of any such third country.
2.
Commodities produced on or before a closing date, including those transported on the high seas, may not be imported into Great Britain from the third country, territory, zone or compartment to which the closing date relates after 90 days from that date.
3.
Where an opening date has been specified in relation to a third country, territory zone or compartment under paragraph 1, only commodities produced after that opening date may be imported into Great Britain from that country, territory, zone or compartment.
F16 Article 5 Conditions for imports and transit
1.
Commodities imported into and transiting through F17Great Britain shall comply with the following:
(a)
the conditions laid down in Articles 6 and 7 and in Chapter III;
(b)
F18any additional guarantees that the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), may require from time to time;
(c)
F19such of the conditions F20... as the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), may specify in a document published for the purposes of this Article, and where appropriate, F21such closing dates as the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), may specify under Article 4a and F22such opening dates as the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), may specify under Article 4aF23...;
(d)
F24F25...such conditions in relation to the approval of a salmonella control programme and related restrictions F26such as the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), may specify in a document published for the purposes of this Article;
(e)
the animal health additional guarantees, where required by the F27appropriate authority and referred to in the certificate.
F281A.
Where the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), requires an additional guarantee under paragraph 1(b), the Secretary of State must specify the additional guarantee in a document published for the purposes of this Article.
2.
The following conditions set out in paragraph 1 shall not apply to single consignments of less than 20 units of poultry other than ratites, hatching eggs and day-old chicks thereof:
(a)
point (b);
(b)
point (d) when destined for primary production of poultry for private domestic use or leading to the direct supply, by the producer, of small quantities of primary products as referred to in Article 1(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 F29to the final consumer or to local retail establishments directly supplying the primary products to the final consumer, and which are certified in accordance with model veterinary certificate LT20.
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F31Article 6Examination, sampling and testing procedures
1.
Paragraph 2 applies where examination, sampling and testing for avian influenza, Mycoplasma, Newcastle disease, Salmonella, and other pathogens of animal or public health significance is required for imports of commodities into Great Britain in accordance with the relevant certificate, in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time.
2.
The commodities shall only be imported into Great Britain where standards and procedures that are at least equivalent to those described in Annex III have been carried out by the competent authority of the third country concerned or, where appropriate, by the relevant competent authority of Great Britain.
Article 7Disease reporting requirements
Commodities shall only be imported into F32Great Britain from third countries, territories, zones or compartments, where the third country concerned:
- (a)
F33informs the F34appropriate authority of the disease situation within 24 hours of confirmation of any initial outbreaks of LPAI, HPAI or Newcastle disease;
- (b)submits virus isolates from initial outbreaks of HPAI and Newcastle disease, without undue delay to F35a laboratory which has been approved by the appropriate authority as a national reference laboratory, for avian influenza and Newcastle disease 18; such virus isolates shall not be required for imports of eggs, egg products and specified pathogen-free eggs from third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which the import of such commodities into F36Great Britain is authorised;
- (c)
submits to the F37appropriate authority regular updates on the disease situation.