Article 1Subject matter and scope
1.
This Regulation lays down rules establishing specific training requirements for the following staff as referred to in Article 49(2)(a) and (b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625, performing physical checks at border control posts:
(a)
staff assisting an official veterinarian in performing physical checks on animals, except aquatic animals, or on meat and edible meat offal;
(b)
staff performing physical checks on aquatic animals, on products of animal origin other than the ones referred to in point (a), on germinal products or on animal by-products.
2.
This Regulation shall not apply to official veterinarians and to official plant health officers.