Conditions for transportation and storage of consignments subject to onward transportation
Article 6
1. The operator responsible for the consignments authorised for onward transportation in accordance with Article 4 shall ensure that: (a) during transport to, and storage at, the onward transportation facility, the consignment is not tampered with in any manner; (b) the consignment is not subject to any alteration, processing, substitution or change of packaging; (c) the consignment does not leave the onward transportation facility pending the decision on the consignment being taken by the competent authorities of the border control post in accordance with Article 55 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625. 2. The operator responsible for the consignment shall transport the consignment under customs supervision directly from the border control post of introduction into the Union to the onward transportation facility, without the goods being unloaded during transport, and shall store it in the onward transportation facility. 3. The operator responsible for the consignment shall ensure that the packaging or the means of transport of the consignment of plants, plant products and other objects referred to in point (a)(i) and (ii) of Article 1(1) has been closed or sealed in such a way that, during their transport to and storage at the onward transportation facility: (a) they do not cause an infestation of or an infection to other plants, plant products or other objects with pests listed as Union quarantine pests or as Union regulated non-quarantine pests; (b) they do not become infested or infected by non-quarantine pests. 4. The operator responsible for the consignment shall ensure that a copy, on paper or in electronic form, of the CHED referred to in Article 3 accompanies the consignment from the border control post of introduction into the Union to the onward transportation facility. 5. The operator responsible for the consignment shall notify the competent authorities at the place of final destination of the arrival of consignment at the onward transportation facility. 6. After the competent authorities of the border control post of introduction into the Union have authorised the onward transportation of the consignment to the onward transportation facility, the operator responsible for the consignment shall not transport the consignment to a onward transportation facility that is different from the one indicated in the CHED, unless the competent authorities of the border control post of introduction into the Union authorise the change in accordance with Article 4 and provided that the conditions laid down in paragraphs 1 to 5 of this Article are complied with.