EU establishing detailed rules on official controls at the border control posts European Commission, Health and Food Safety Directorate-General has detailed official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products, that certain categories of animals and goods coming from third countries must be subject to specific official controls at the border control posts. The competent authorities are required to perform official controls on those animals and goods upon their arrival at the border control posts. Those official controls must include documentary checks, identity checks and physical checks. This Regulation lays down detailed rules concerning performance of the documentary checks, identity checks and physical checks at border control posts. The current operations carried out during documentary checks, identity checks and physical checks have proven to be effective and ensure a high level of performance of checks. Therefore, the rules laid down in this Regulation ensure a continuation of the requirements on operations to be carried out during and after these checks at the border control posts. Date of application: 14 December 2019 Products covered: Animals, products of animal origin, composite products, germinal products, animal by-products, derived products and hay and straw, plants, plant products and other objects HS Codes: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 Proposed date of adoption: Foreseen 31 October 2019 Proposed date of entry into force: 20 days after publication in the Official Journal of the European Union Final date for comments: Thirty days from the date of circulation of the notification |
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