The Products of Animal Origin (Third Country Imports) (Scotland) Regulations 2002 (revoked)
PART I
INTRODUCTION
1
Citation, commencement and extent
2
Interpretation
3
Exemptions for trade samples
3A
Other exemptions
PART II
ENFORCEMENT
4
Enforcement authorities
5
Enforcement by an authorised officer or the Agency in place of local authority
6
Appointment of official veterinary surgeons and official fish inspectors
7
Exercise of enforcement powers
8
Powers of entry and inspection
9
Powers in relation to documents
10
Protection of officials acting in good faith
11
Entry warrants
12
Local authority returns
12A
Exchange of Information
13
Suspension of border inspection posts
14
Regulatory functions of official fish inspectors
PART III
PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PRODUCTS IN GENERAL
15
Prohibition of non-conforming products
16
Prohibition on introduction of products except at border inspection posts
17
Advance notice of introduction or presentation
18
Presentation of products at border inspection posts
19
Veterinary checks
20
Certificate of veterinary clearance to accompany consignment
21
Products which fail veterinary checks
22
Treatment as animal by-products
23
Products containing unauthorised substances and excess residues
24
Consignments and products illegally introduced
25
Products dangerous to animal or public health
26
Serious or repeated infringements
27
Invalidation of veterinary documents
28
Costs in respect of products re-dispatched or disposed of
PART IV
ON-BOARD CATERING SUPPLIES
29
Disposal of unused catering supplies
PART IVA
Burial of Unused On-Board Catering Supplies in Landfills
29A
Approval of landfills
29B
Operators of landfills
29C
Amendment, suspension and revocation of approvals
29D
Appeals
PART V
PRODUCTS INTENDED FOR IMPORT
30
Retention of documents at border inspection posts
31
Evidence of certification of, and payment for, veterinary checks
32
Products not intended for the United Kingdom
33
Products transported under supervision
34
Transhipment of products intended for import
PART VI
TRANSIT PRODUCTS
35
Border inspection posts of entry and exit
36
Prior authorisation of transit
37
Physical check of transit products
38
Movement of transit products
39
Disposal of returned transit products
PART VII
PRODUCTS INTENDED FOR WAREHOUSES OR SHIPS’ STORES
40
Application of Part VII
41
Additional information to be given in advance
42
Physical check of non-conforming products
43
Exclusion of non-conforming products from warehouses
PART VIII
PRODUCTS RETURNED FROM THIRD COUNTRIES
44
Meaning of “export certificate”
45
Additional documentation for returned products
46
Physical check of returned products
47
Movement of returned products
PART IX
CHARGES FOR VETERINARY CHECKS
48
Payment of charges
49
Calculation of charges
50
Conversion of charges to sterling
51
Liability for charges
52
Information relating to charges
53
Appeals against charges
PART X
EMERGENCY DECLARATIONS
54
Disease outbreaks in third countries
PART XI
OFFENCES AND PENALTIES
55
Obstruction
56
Contraventions
57
Defence of due diligence
58
Penalties
59
Offences by bodies corporate
PART XII
NOTICES AND DECISIONS
60
Form and content of notices
61
Service of notices
62
Notification of decisions
PART XIII
DISAPPLICATIONS AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS
63
Disapplication of existing provisions
64
Consequential amendments
SCHEDULE 1
SHEET 1
NOTICE OF INTRODUCTION OR PRESENTATION
CERTIFICATE FOR VETERINARY CHECKS ON PRODUCTS INTRODUCED INTO THE EC FROM NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES
1
Details of consignment presented
SHEET 2
CERTIFICATE OF VETERINARY CLEARANCE
2
Decision on consignment
SCHEDULE 2
IMPORT CONDITIONS FOR PRODUCTS
PART I
Provisions common to several categories of product
A.
Maximum residue limits and contaminants
1
Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2377/90 laying down a Community procedure...
2
Council Directive 96/23/EC on measures to monitor certain substances and...
3
Commission Decision 2000/159/EC on the provisional approval of residue plans...
4
Commission Regulation (EC) No. 466/2001 setting maximum levels for certain...
B.
Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
1
Council Decision 2000/766/EC concerning certain protection measures with regard to...
2
Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of...
C.
Protective measures – all products
China
PART II
Fresh Meat of Bovine, Ovine and Caprine Animals and Swine
A.
General Provisions
1
Council Directive 64/433/EEC on health problems affecting intra-Community trade in...
2
Council Directive 72/462/EEC on health and veterinary inspection problems upon...
3
Council Directive 77/96/EEC on the examination for trichinae (trichinella spiralis)...
B.
Third countries from which fresh meat may be imported
C.
Third country establishments from which fresh meat may be imported
1
Commission Decision 95/408/EC on conditions for drawing up, for an...
2
Argentina
3
Australia
4
Botswana
5
Brazil
6
Bulgaria
7
Canada
8
Chile
9
Croatia
10
Czech Republic
11
Greenland
12
Hungary
13
Iceland
14
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
15
Lithuania
16
Madagascar
17
Malta
18
Mexico
19
Morocco
20
Namibia
21
New Zealand
22
Paraguay
23
Poland
24
Romania
25
Slovak Republic
26
Slovenia
27
South Africa
28
Swaziland
29
Switzerland
30
United States of America
31
Uruguay
32
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
33
Zimbabwe
D.
Health certification requirements
1
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Paraguay and Uruguay
2
Australia
3
Belize
4
Botswana, Madagascar, Morocco, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland and Zimbabwe
5
Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia and Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
6
Canada
7
Costa Rica
8
Cuba
9
Cyprus
10
The Falkland Islands
11
Greenland
12
Guatemala
13
Honduras
14
Iceland
15
Malta
16
Mexico
17
New Caledonia
18
New Zealand
19
Panama
20
Switzerland
21
Turkey
22
United States of America
E.
Third countries/Regions from which fresh imports of meat are prohibited
1
Albania
2
Nicaragua
PART III
Meat Products
A.
General Provisions
1
Council Directive 72/462/EEC (See Part II, Section A, no 2...
2
Council Directive 77/99/EEC on health problems affecting intra-Community trade in...
3
Council Directive 80/215/EEC on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade...
B.
Third countries from which meat products may be imported
1
Council Decision 79/542/EEC (see Part II, section B above).
2
Commission Decision 97/222/EEC laying down the list of third countries...
C.
Third country establishments from which meat products may be imported
1
Commission Decision 95/408/EC (see Part I, section C, No. 1...
2
Argentina
3
Botswana
4
Brazil
5
Czech Republic
6
Namibia
7
Uruguay
8
Zimbabwe
9
Miscellaneous third countries
10
Miscellaneous third countries
D.
Health Certification Requirements
1
Commission Decision 97/221/EC (O.J. No. L 89, 4.4.97, p.32) (meat...
2
Commission Decision 97/41/EC (O.J. No. L 17, 21.1.97, p.34) (poultry...
PART IV
Milk, heat-treated milk and milk-based products
A.
General
1
Council Directive 92/46/EEC laying down the health rules for the...
2
Commission Decision 95/343/EC providing for the specimens of the health...
3
Commission Decision 95/342/EC on treatment of milk and milk-based products...
B.
Third countries from which milk, etc may be imported
C.
Third country establishments from which milk, etc may be imported
1
Commission Decision 95/408/EC (see part II, section C, No. 1...
2
Commission Decision 97/252/EC (O.J. No. L 101, 18.4.97, p.46) as...
PART V
Fresh poultry-meat
A.
General
1
Council Directive 71/118/EEC on health problems affecting trade in fresh...
2
Council Directive 91/494/EEC on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade...
B.
Third Countries from which fresh poultrymeat may be imported
C.
Third Country establishments from which fresh poultry meat may be imported.
1
Commission Decision 95/408/EC (see part II, section C, No. 1...
2
Commission Decision 97/4/EC (O.J. No. L 2, 4.1.97, p.6) as...
D.
Health Certification Requirements
E.
Protective measures – fresh poultrymeat, poultrymeat products and poultrymeat preparations
1
Brazil Commission Decision 2002/794/ EC (O.J. No. L 276, 12.10.2002,...Regulation ( EC ) No. 1774/2002 of the European Parliament...
2
Thailand Commission Decision 2002/251/ EC (O.J. No. L 84, 28.3.2002,...
PART VI
Wild Game Meat
A.
General
1
Council Directive 92/45 on public health and animal health problems...
2
Commission Decision 2000/585/EC laying down animal and public health conditions...
B.
Third Country establishments from which game meat may be imported
1
Commission Decision 95/408/EC (see part II, section C, No. 1...
2
Commission Decision 97/498/EC (O.J. No. 199, 26.7.97, p.62) as last...
PART VII
Minced Meat And Meat Preparations
A.
General
B.
Health Certification requirements
C.
Third Country Establishments from which minced meat and meat preparations may be imported
1
Commission Decision 95/408/EC (see part II, section C, No. 1...
2
Commission Decision 1999/710/EC (O.J. No. L 281, 4.11.1999, p.82) as...
PART VIII
Miscellaneous Products
A.
General
1
Council Directive 92/118/EEC laying down animal and public health requirements...
2
Council Directive 91/495/EEC concerning public health and animal health problems...
3
Commission Decision 2000/609/EC laying down animal and public health conditions...
4
Commission Decision 2005/760/ EC concerning certain protection measures in relation...
5
Commission Decision 2006/7/ EC concerning certain protection measures in relation...
B.
Third countries from which products covered by Council Directive 92/118/EEC may be imported
C.
Third country establishments from which products covered by Council Directive 92/118/EEC may be imported
1
Commission Decision 95/408/EC (see part II, section C, No. 1...
2
Commission Decision 1999/120/EC (O.J. No. L 36, 10.2.1999, p.21), as...
3
Commission Decision 97/467/EC (O.J. No. L 199, 26.7.97 p.57) as...
D.
Health Certification Requirements
1
Commission Decision 95/341/EC (O.J. No. L 200, 24.8.95, p.42) as...
2
Commission Decision 94/187/EC (O.J. No. L 89, 6.4.94, p.18) as...
3
Commission Decision 97/168/EC (O.J. No. L 67, 7.3.97, p.19) (hides...
4
Commission Decision 94/309/EC (O.J. No. L 137, 1.6.94, p.62), as...
5
Commission Decision 97/199/EC (O.J. No. L 84, 26.3.97, p.4) (pet-food...
6
Commission Decision 94/446/EC (O.J. No. L 183, 19.7.94, p.46) as...
7
Commission Decision 94/344/EC (O.J. No. L 154, 21.6.94, p.45) as...
8
Commission Decision 97/198/EC (O.J. No. L 84, 26.3.97, p.36) (processed...
9
Commission Decision 94/143/EC (O.J. No. L 62, 5.3.94, p.41) as...
10
Commission Decision 2000/585/EC (see Part VI, Section A, No. 2...
11
Commission Decision 2000/609/EC (O.J. No. L 258, 12.10.2000, p.49) as...
12
Commission Decision 94/860/EC (O.J. No. L 352, 31.12.94, p.69) (apiculture...
13
Commission Decision 96/500/EC (O.J. No. L 203, 13.8.96, p.13) (game...
14
Commission Decision 94/435/EC (O.J. No. L 180, 14.7.94, p.40) as...
15
Commission Decision 97/38/EC (O.J. No. L 14, 17.1.97, p.61) (egg...
16
Commission Decision 2000/20/EC (O.J. No. L 6, 11.1.2000, p.60) (gelatine)....
E.
Animal By-Products
1. . . . . . . . . ....
PART IX
Fishery Products
A.
General Provisions
1
Council Directive 91/67/EEC concerning the animal health conditions governing the...
2
Council Directive 91/492/EEC laying down the health conditions for the...
3
Council Directive 91/493/EEC laying down the health conditions for the...
4
Council Directive 92/48/EEC laying down minimum hygiene rules applicable to...
5
Commission Decision 93/25/EEC approving certain treatments to inhibit the development...
6
Commission Decision 93/51/EEC on the microbiological criteria applicable to the...
7
Commission Decision 93/140/EEC laying down the detailed rules relating to...
8
Commission Decision 94/356/EC laying down detailed rules for the application...
9
Commission Decision 95/149/EC fixing total volatile basic nitrogen (TVB-N) limit...
10
Commission Decision 95/352/EC laying down the animal health conditions and...
11
Council Directive 2001/22/EC laying down the sampling methods and the...
B.
Health certification
1
Commission Decision 95/328/EC establishing health certification for fishery products from...
2
Commission Decision 96/333/EC establishing health certification of live bivalve molluscs,...
3
Commission Decision 1998/418/EC (O.J. No. L 190, 4.7.98, p.53) (Uganda,...
4
Commission Decision 2000/127/EC (O.J. No. L 36, 11.2.2000, p.43) (Tanzania)....
5
Commission Decision 2001/493/EC (O.J. No. L 199, 5.8.2000, p.84) (Uganda)....
6
Commission Decision 2000/759/EC (O.J. No. L 304, 5.12.2000, p.18). (Kenya)....
C.
Third Country Equivalence
D.
Third countries from which fishery products may be imported
E.
Third country establishments from which fishery products may be imported
F.
Special import conditions for fishery products
1
Albania
2
Argentina
3
Australia
4
Bangladesh
5
Brazil
6
Canada
7
Chile
8
China
9
Colombia
10
Croatia
11
Cuba
12
Czech Republic
13
Equador
14
Estonia
15
Falkland Islands
16
Gabon
17
Gambia
18
Ghana
19
Guatemala
20
Guinea
21
India
22
Indonesia
23
Iran
24
Ivory Coast
25
Jamaica
26
Japan
27
Korea
28
Latvia
29
Lithuania
30
Madagascar
31
Malaysia
32
Maldives
33
Mauritania
34
Mauritius
35
Mexico
36
Morocco
37
Namibia
38
New Zealand
39
Nicaragua
40
Nigeria
41
Oman
42
Pakistan
43
Panama
44
Peru
45
Philippines
46
Poland
47
Russia
48
Senegal
49
Seychelles
50
Singapore
51
Slovenia
52
South Africa
53
Taiwan
54
Tanzania
55
Thailand
56
Tunisia
57
Turkey
58
Uganda
59
Uruguay
60
Venezuela
61
Vietnam
62
Yemen
G
Special import conditions for bivalve molluscs
1
Australia
2
Chile
3
Japan
4
Jamaica
5
Korea
6
Morocco
7
Peru
8
Thailand
9
Tunisia
10
Turkey
11
Uruguay
12
Vietnam
H.
Protective measures – fishery products
1
Albania
2...
3
Indonesia
4
Myanmar
5...
6
Thailand
7...
I.
Protective measures – bivalve molluscs
1
Peru
SCHEDULE 3
DIRECTIVES WHICH COVER PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN
1
Council Directive 64/433/EEC on health problems affecting intra-Community trade in...
2
Council Directive 71/118/EEC on health problems affecting trade in fresh...
3
Council Directive 72/461/EEC on health problems affecting intra-Community trade in...
4
Council Directive 77/99/EEC on health problems affecting intra-Community trade in...
5
Council Directive 80/215/EEC on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade...
6
Council Directive 89/437/EEC on hygiene and health problems affecting the...
7
Council Directive 90/425/EEC concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in...
8
Council Directive 91/67/EEC concerning the animal health conditions governing the...
9
Council Directive 91/492/EEC laying down the health conditions for the...
10
Council Directive 91/493/EEC laying down the health conditions for the...
11
Council Directive 91/494/EEC on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade...
12
Council Directive 91/495/EEC concerning public health problems affecting the production...
13
Council Directive 92/45/EEC on public health and animal health problems...
14
Council Directive 92/46/EEC laying down the health rules for the...
15
Council Directive 92/118/EEC laying down animal health and public health...
16
Council Directive 94/95/EC laying down the requirements for the placing...
17
Council Directive 88/407/EEC laying down the animal health requirements applicable...
18
Council Directive 89/556/EEC on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade...
19
Council Directive 90/429/EECA laying down the animal health requirements applicable...
SCHEDULE 4
EQUIVALENCE DECISIONS
1
Council Decision 1999/201/EEC on the conclusion of the Agreement between...
2
Council Decision 98/250/EC on the conclusion of a Protocol concerning...
3
Council Decision 97/132/EC on the conclusion of the Agreement between...
SCHEDULE 5
CALCULATION OF CHARGES FOR VETERINARY CHECKS
PART I
COSTS COVERED BY THE CHARGES
1
For the purposes of this Schedule “the actual cost” of...
2
The items referred to in paragraph 1 above are–
PART II
CONSIGNMENTS FROM SPECIFIED THIRD COUNTRIES
PART III
MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS
PART IV
FISHERY PRODUCTS
PART V
ALL OTHER PRODUCTS
SCHEDULE 6
OFFENCE PROVISIONS
PART I
PROVISIONS WHERE DUE DILIGENCE DEFENCE IS AVAILABLE
Regulations–
PART II
PROVISIONS WHERE DUE DILIGENCE DEFENCE IS NOT AVAILABLE
Regulations–
SCHEDULE 7
DISAPPLICATIONS
SCHEDULE 8
CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS
1
The Dairy Products (Hygiene) (Scotland) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/1372, as amended by S.I. 1996/2465 and S.S.I. 2000/62)
2
The Fresh Meat (Import Conditions) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/3125)
3
The Imported Food Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/2537)
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AGRICULTURE

The Products of Animal Origin (Third Country Imports) (Scotland) Regulations 2002 (revoked)
Made
29th September 2002
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
30th September 2002
Coming into force
1st October 2002
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Regulations revoked (1.2.2007) by The Products of Animal Origin (Third Country Imports) (Scotland) Regulations 2007 (S.S.I. 2007/1), regs. 1(1), 71(a)