PART VENTRY INTO THE UNION AND EXPORT
CHAPTER 2 Entry into the Union of certain goods other than animals, germinal products and products of animal origin from third countries and territories
Article 242Means of transport, equipment, packaging materials, transport water and feed and fodder and delegated and implementing acts
1.
Operators bringing animals and products into the Union shall take the appropriate and necessary disease prevention measures during transport, as provided for in Articles 125(1) and 192(1).
2.
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 264 concerning:
(a)
specific animal health requirements for the entry into the Union of:
- (i)
means of transport for animals and products;
- (ii)
equipment, packaging material or transport water for animals and products, or feed and fodder which may transmit animal diseases;
(b)
requirements in relation to:
- (i)
animal health certification, taking into account the rules provided for in point (a) of Article 237(1) and Article 237(2) and (3); or
- (ii)
declarations or other documents, taking into account the rules provided for in point (b) of Article 237(1).
3.
The Commission shall lay down the animal health requirements provided for in paragraph 2 of this Article in the event of a unfavourable disease situation concerning one or more listed diseases as referred to in point (d) of Article 9(1), or emerging diseases, which present a serious risk to animal and human health in the Union, in:
(a)
a neighbouring third country or territory;
(b)
the third country or territory of origin;
(c)
a third country or territory of transit.
4.
The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, lay down rules indicating, for the goods referred to in point (a) of paragraph 2 of this Article, the codes from the Combined Nomenclature, where such indication is not provided for by other relevant Union rules.
Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 266(2).