Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1666 of 24 June 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards conditions for monitoring the transport and arrival of consignments of certain goods from the border control post of arrival to the establishment at the place of destination in the Union (Text with EEA relevance)
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Subject matter and scope
This Regulation lays down rules for monitoring the transport and arrival of consignments of goods referred to in Article 47(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 which are intended for placing on the market in the Union, where the transport of those goods from the border control post of arrival to the establishment at the place of destination in the Union is required to be monitored in accordance with Union legislation (the consignment).
Conditions for monitoring the transport of consignments from the border control post of arrival in the Union to the establishment at the place of destination
1. The competent authority at the border control post of arrival in the Union shall only authorise the transport of the consignment to the establishment at the place of destination indicated in the Common Health Entry Document referred to in Article 56 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 (CHED), if the outcome of its official controls at the border control post of arrival is favourable. 2. The consignment for which an authorisation has been granted in accordance with paragraph 1 shall be: (a) sealed by the competent authority of the border control post of arrival; (b) transported without being unloaded or split; (c) transported directly to the establishment at the place of destination indicated in the CHED. 3. The competent authority of the border control post of arrival shall, immediately upon authorisation, notify through the information management system for official controls referred to in Article 131 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 (‘IMSOC’), the competent authority responsible for performing official controls at the establishment at the place of destination indicated in the CHED (‘place of destination’) that following the official controls at the border control post of arrival, transport of the consignment to the establishment at the place of destination has been authorised.
Conditions for monitoring the arrival of consignments at the place of destination
1. The operator responsible for the establishment at the place of destination shall, within one day upon arrival of the consignment, inform the competent authority responsible for performing the official controls at the establishment at the place of destination of the arrival of the consignment at that establishment. 2. The competent authority responsible for performing official controls at the establishment at the place of destination shall notify, through IMSOC, the competent authority of the border control post of arrival, of the receipt of the information referred to in paragraph 1 by completing Part III of the CHED. 3. The competent authority responsible for performing official controls at the establishment at the place of destination shall carry out official controls at that establishment in order to ensure that consignments have arrived at the establishment at the place of destination, in particular by checking the entry records of that establishment. 4. If the competent authority at the border control post of arrival has not been notified of the arrival of the consignment at the establishment at the place of destination by the competent authority responsible for performing official controls at the establishment at the place of destination in accordance with paragraph 2 within 15 days from the date on which the transport of the consignment was authorised in accordance with Article 2(1), the competent authorities shall carry out further investigations, with a view to determining the actual location of the consignment. 5. Where the consignment, following the investigations referred to in paragraph 4, does not arrive at the establishment at the place of destination, the competent authority of the border control post of arrival and the competent authority responsible for performing the official controls at that establishment shall take any enforcement action they deem appropriate against the operator responsible for the consignment in accordance with Articles 138 and 139 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625.
Entry into force and date of application
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union . It shall apply from 14 December 2019.
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