Subject matter
Article 1
This Regulation lays down rules on the certification of consignments of certain composite products introduced into Great Britain from third countries.

Definitions
Article 2
For the purposes of this Regulation, the definitions in Article 2 of Decision 2007/275/EC shall apply.
In this Regulation:
— “
appropriate authority
” means the Secretary of State (in relation to England), the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales) and the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland); but the “appropriate authority” is the Secretary of State if consent is given by:
1. in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;
2. in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;
— “
third country
” means any country or territory other than the British Islands.

Imports of certain composite products
Article 3
1
Consignments of the following composite products from third countries introduced into Great Britain shall come from a third country or part thereof authorised for the introduction into Great Britain of consignments of the products of animal origin contained in those composite products and the products of animal origin used for the production of such composite products shall originate from establishments in compliance with Article 6.1(b) of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004:
a
composite products containing processed meat products, as referred to in Article 4(a) of Decision 2007/275/EC;
b
composite products containing processed milk products and covered by Article 4(b) and (c) of Decision 2007/275/EC;
c
composite products containing half or more of their substance of processed fishery or egg products and covered by Article 4(b) of Decision 2007/275/EC.
2
Consignments of composite products referred to in paragraph 1 shall be accompanied by a health certificate , in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time, and comply with the conditions established in such certificates.
3
Consignments of composite products containing half or more of their substance of products of animal origin other than those referred to in paragraph 1 shall come from a third country or part thereof authorised for the introduction into Great Britain of consignments of the products of animal origin contained in those composite products and shall be accompanied by the relevant health certificate for those products of animal origin or by a commercial document where there is no certificate so required.

Transit and storage of certain composite products
Article 4
The introduction into Great Britain of consignments of composite products referred to in Article 3(1)(a) and (b) not intended for importation into the Union but destined for a third country either by immediate transit or after storage in Great Britain, in accordance with Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2124, shall only be authorised if the consignments comply with the following conditions:
1. they come from a third country or part thereof authorised for the introduction into Great Britain of consignments of the products of animal origin contained in those composite products and comply with the appropriate treatment conditions for such products, as provided for in Commission Decision 2007/777/EC and Commission Regulation (EU) No 605/2010 for the product of animal origin concerned;
2. they are accompanied by a health certificate , in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time;
3. they comply with the specific animal health requirements for the importation into Great Britain of the products of animal origin contained in the composite products concerned, as set out in the animal health attestation in the model health certificate referred to in point (b);
4. they are certified as acceptable for transit, including for storage as appropriate, on the common health entry document, as referred to in Article 2(3) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2130, signed by the official veterinarian of the border control post.

Derogation for transit of consignments coming from and destined to Russia
Article 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Derogation for transit through Croatia of consignments coming from Bosnia and Herzegovina and destined to third countries
Article 5a. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Amendment to Decision 2007/275/EC
Article 6
Article 5 of Decision 2007/275/EC is deleted.

Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 1162/2009
Article 7
In Regulation (EC) No 1162/2009, the first subparagraph of Article 3(2) is replaced by the following:
2.
By way of derogation from Article 6(4) of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004, food business operators importing food containing both products of plant origin and processed products of animal origin, other than those referred to in Article 3(1) of Regulation (EU) No 28/2012 , shall be exempt from the obligation provided for in that Article.

Transitional provision
Article 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Entry into force and application
Article 9
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 March 2012.
...
OJ L 312, 30.11.2007, p. 49.
OJ L 175, 10.7.2010, p. 1.
OJ L 12, 14.1.2012, p. 1.’
Inserted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 556/2013 of 14 June 2013 amending Regulations (EC) No 798/2008, (EU) No 206/2010, (EU) No 605/2010 and (EU) No 28/2012 as regards the transit of certain products of animal origin from Bosnia and Herzegovina (Text with EEA relevance).
Words in Art. 1 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), 61(2) (with regs. 69-71)
Words in Art. 2 inserted (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), 61(3) (with regs. 69-71)
Words in Art. 3(1) inserted (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), 61(4)(a)(i) (with regs. 69-71)
Words in Art. 3(1) 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), 61(4)(a)(ii) (with regs. 69-71)
Words in Art. 3(2) 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), 61(4)(b) (with regs. 69-71)
Words in Art. 3(3) 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), 61(4)(c)(i) (with regs. 69-71)
Words in Art. 3(3) 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), 61(4)(c)(ii) (with regs. 69-71)
Words in Art. 4 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), 61(5)(a)(i) (with regs. 69-71)
Words in Art. 4 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), 61(5)(a)(ii) (with regs. 69-71)
Words in Art. 4(a) 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), 61(5)(b) (with regs. 69-71)
Words in Art. 4(b) 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), 61(5)(c) (with regs. 69-71)
Words in Art. 4(c) 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), 61(5)(d) (with regs. 69-71)
Words in Art. 4(d) 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), 61(5)(e) (with regs. 69-71)
Art. 5 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 61(6) (with regs. 69-71)
Art. 5a omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 61(6) (with regs. 69-71)
Art. 8 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 61(6) (with regs. 69-71)
Words in Signature omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 61(6) (with regs. 69-71)