TITLE VIACTIVITIES IN RELATION TO CONTROLS

CHAPTER IIConditions for the entry into Great Britain of animals and goods

Article 126Establishment of additional conditions for entry into F1Great Britain of animals and goods

1.

The F2appropriate authority may make regulations to supplement this Regulation concerning the conditions to be respected by animals and goods entering F3Great Britain from third countries which are necessary to ensure that the animals and goods comply with the relevant requirements established by the rules referred to in Article 1(2) F4... or with requirements recognised to be at least equivalent thereto.

2.

The conditions laid down in the F5regulations referred to in paragraph 1 shall identify animals and goods by referring to their codes from the F6classification system applicable in the United Kingdom, as amended from time to time, whether established and maintained pursuant to section 8(1) of the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 or under any other enactment and may include:

(a)

the requirement that certain animals and goods shall only enter F7Great Britain from a third country or region of a third country which appears on a list drawn up by the F8appropriate authority for that purpose;

(b)

the requirement that consignments of certain animals and goods from third countries be dispatched from, and obtained or prepared in, establishments which comply with the relevant requirements referred to in paragraph 1 or with requirements recognised to be at least equivalent thereto;

(c)

the requirement that consignments of certain animals and goods be accompanied by an official certificate, an official attestation, or by any other evidence that the consignments comply with the relevant requirements referred to in paragraph 1 or with requirements recognised to be at least equivalent thereto, including the results of the analysis performed by an accredited laboratory;

(d)

the obligation to provide the evidence referred to in point (c) in accordance with a specific format;

(e)

any other requirement necessary to ensure that certain animals and goods offer a level of protection of health and, as regards GMOs, also of the environment, equivalent to that ensured by the requirements referred to in paragraph 1.

3.

The F9appropriate authority may make regulations laying down rules on the F10format, type and content of official certificates and official attestations, including in respect of any conditions which they are to include, as well as on the evidence required in accordance with the rules provided for in point (c) of paragraph 2 of this Article. F11Those regulations may also make provision for the appropriate authority from time to time to specify and publish online F12the content and format of those official certificates, official attestations or evidence, including conditions of entry in the case of certificates.