The Official Feed and Food Controls (England) Regulations 2009

Regulations 22 and 41(1)(a)

SCHEDULE 6 SPECIFIED IMPORT PROVISIONS

Column 1 Provision of Regulation 669/2009	Column 2 Subject - matter
Article 6, as read with Article 7	Requirement that feed and food business operators or their representatives give adequate prior notification of the estimated date and time of physical arrival of the consignment at the designated point of entry and of the nature of the consignment in the manner indicated in that Article (common entry document to be completed and transmitted at least one working day in advance) and Article 7 (common entry document to be drawn up in the official language of the member State, although the member State may consent to common entry documents being drawn up in another official language of the Community).
Article 8(2) second paragraph	Requirement that the original of the common entry document must accompany the consignment on its onward transport until it reaches its destination as indicated in that document.
Article 11	Requirement that in cases where the special characteristics of the consignment so warrant, feed and food business operators or their representatives make available to the competent authority-
	(a)	sufficient human resources and logistics to unload the consignment, in order that the official controls may take place; and
	(b)	the appropriate equipment for sampling for analysis as regards special transport and/or specific packaging forms, insofar as such sampling cannot be representatively performed with standard sampling equipment.
Article 12 first paragraph	Requirement that consignments must not be split until the increased level of official controls has been completed and the common entry document has been completed by the competent authority.
Article 12 second paragraph	Requirement that in the case of subsequent splitting of the consignment, an authenticated copy of the common entry document must accompany each part of the consignment until it is released for free circulation.