Documentary checks and physical checks of plants, plant products and other objects in transit
Article 22
1. Where consignments of plants, plant products and other objects referred to in point (d)(ii) and (iii) of Article 1(1) are presented for transit at a border control post of introduction into the Union, the competent authorities of that border control post may authorise the transit of such plants, plant products, and other objects, provided that the consignments are transported under customs supervision. 2. The competent authorities of the border control post referred to in paragraph 1 shall perform the following checks on a risk basis: (a) documentary checks of the signed declaration referred to in point (a) of Article 47(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031; (b) physical checks of the consignments to ensure that it is adequately packed and transported as referred to in point (b) of Article 47(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031. 3. Where official controls are performed, the competent authorities shall authorise the transit of the goods referred to in paragraph 1 provided that the consignments: (a) comply with Article 47 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031; (b) are transported to the point of exit from the Union under customs supervision. 4. The operator responsible for consignments of plants, plant products and other objects referred to in paragraph 1 shall ensure that the packaging or the means of transport of the consignments is closed or sealed in such a way that, during their transport to and storage at warehouses: (a) the plants, plant products and other objects cannot cause an infestation or an infection to other plants, plant products or other objects with the pests listed as Union quarantine pests or as Union regulated non-quarantine pests referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 5(2) and Article 30(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, respectively and, in the case of protected zones, with the respective pests included on lists established pursuant to Article 32(3) of that Regulation; (b) plants, plant products and other objects cannot become infested or infected by the pests referred in point (a).