CHAPTER II Documentary checks performed at a distance from a border control post

Article 7 Documentary checks on consignments of plants, plant products and other objects performed at a distance from a border control post
Documentary checks on consignments of plants, plant products and other objects as referred to in point (c) of Article 47(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 entering Great Britain from a third country may be performed by either of the following:
(a) where consignments arrive at a border control post, competent authorities situated at a distance from the border control post or at a control point other than a border control post ...;
Words in Art. 7(a) omitted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 25(9)(b) (with regs. 33-36)
(b) where consignments are subject to a reduced frequency rate as laid down in the rules referred to in point (g) of Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 and arrive at a point of entry other than the border control post, the competent authorities at the point of entry into Great Britain.
Words in Art. 7(b) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 25(9)(c) (with regs. 33-36)
Words in Art. 7 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 25(9)(a) (with regs. 33-36)

Article 8 Conditions for the performance of documentary checks on consignments of plants, plant products and other objects performed at a distance from a border control post
1. The performance of documentary checks referred to in Article 7 shall be subject to compliance with the following conditions:
(a) the competent authorities referred to in Article 7 shall perform documentary checks on:
(i) official certificates and results of laboratory tests uploaded in the appropriate computerised information management system by the competent authorities of the border control post of arrival of consignment,
Words in Art. 8(1)(a)(i) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 25(10) (with regs. 33-36)
(ii) official certificates and results of laboratory tests uploaded in the appropriate computerised information management system by the operator where the competent authorities of the border control post have checked that they correspond to the original certificates or results of laboratory tests,
Words in Art. 8(1)(a)(ii) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 25(10) (with regs. 33-36)
(iii) official certificates and results of laboratory tests submitted in the appropriate computerised information management system by the competent authorities of third countries, or
Words in Art. 8(1)(a)(iii) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 25(10) (with regs. 33-36)
(iv) original official certificates, when the competent authorities referred to in Article 7 are part of the designated border control post as referred to in Article 4(2) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1012;
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1012 of 12 March 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council by derogating from the rules on the designation of control points and from the minimum requirements for border control posts (OJ L 165, 21.6.2019, p. 4).
(b) the consignment shall not be transported to the control point for identity and physical checks by the operator from the border control post until the competent authorities referred to in Article 7 have informed the competent authorities of the border control post of the satisfactory results of the documentary checks.
2. Where the consignment of plants, plant products and other objects is to be transported by the operator to a control point for the performance of identity checks and physical checks, Articles 2, 4 and 5 shall apply.
3. A consignment of plants, plant products and other objects may be transported by the operator from the border control post to a control point for the performance of documentary checks, provided that the control point is under the supervision of the same competent authority as the border control post.