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General Informtion

The Border Target Operating Model

Border Target Operating Model Guidance (Updated Feb 2024)

BCP Compendium (July 2020) 

Local Authorities and the EU Guidance

APHA OV Notes

 

Imported Food

FSA Imported Food Resource Pack (England) Jan '21

FSA Imported Food Resource Pack Annexes (England) Jan '21 

Regulation 2019/1793 High Risk Foods Not of Animal Origin

Regulation 2017/625 Official Controls Regulation

CHED-D (FNAO)

CHED-P  (POAO)

Defra database on personal imports

List of ETSFs

Commission Decision 2007/275 on Composite Foods

Composite products decision tree 

Import of products, animals, food and feed system (IPAFFS)

Effective import control for food and feed not of animal origin at smaller sea and airports 

(Dec 2020)

 

Food exports

APHA Update 13.1.22

APHA Briefing Note 08/21 (December 21) EU clarification on fishery products exported from GB to the EU 

APHA FAQs for Certifiers

Defra update - Exports of High Risk FNAO to the EU (29.4.21)

Q & A on Composite Foods (30.4.21)

New rules for composite food movements to NI and exports to EU from 21st April 2021

Q & A for exports to EU and Movements to NI (March 2021)

Guidance for local authorities on non-EU country export certification (Updated June 2020)

Defra Update for FCCOs (Feb 2021)

Defra Groupage Guidance

Defra Risk Based Fish Certification

How to export marine caught fishery products to the EU

Regulation 2019/1793 High Risk Foods Not of Animal Origin

Regulation 2020/1158 "Chernobyl Regulation"

Official food control laboratories

 

 

Information for Food Competent Certifying Officers (FCCO)

 

Veterinary Checks legislation

  • Commission Decision 2007/275/EC of 17 April 2007 concerning lists of animals and products to be subject to controls at border inspection posts under Council Directives 91/496/EEC and 97/78/EC, as amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2007
  • Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 of 25 February 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down health rules as regards animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption and implementing Council Directive 97/78/EC as regards certain samples and items exempt from veterinary checks at the border under that Directive.
  • Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/478 of 14 January 2019 amending Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the categories of consignments to be subjected to official controls at border control posts
  • Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1012 of 12 March 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council by derogating from the rules on the designation of control points and from the minimum requirements for border control posts
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1013 of 16 April 2019 on prior notification of consignments of certain categories of animals and goods entering the Union
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1014 of 12 June 2019 to lay down detailed rules on minimum requirements for border control posts, including inspection centres, and for the format, categories and abbreviations to use for listing border control posts and control points
  • Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1602 of 23 April 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Common Health Entry Document accompanying consignments of animals and goods to their destination
  • 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
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715 of 30 September 2019 laying down rules for the functioning of the information management system for official controls and its system components ('IMSOC Regulation')
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1873 of 7 November 2019 on the procedures at border control posts for a coordinated performance by competent authorities of intensified official controls on products of animal origin, germinal products, animal by-products and composite products
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2007 of 18 November 2019 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the lists of animals, products of animal origin, germinal products, animal by-products and derived products and hay and straw subject to official controls at border control posts and amending Decision 2007/275/EC
  • Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2074 of 23 September 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rules on specific official controls on consignments of certain animals and goods originating from, and returning to the Union following a refusal of entry by a third country
  • Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/2098 of 28 November 2019 on temporary animal health requirements for consignments of products of animal origin for human consumption originating in and returning to the Union following a refusal of entry by a third country
  • Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2122 of 10 October 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards certain categories of animals and goods exempted from official controls at border control posts, specific controls on passengers' personal luggage and on small consignments of goods sent to natural persons which are not intended to be placed on the market
  • Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2124 of 10 October 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rules for official controls of consignments of animals and goods in transit, transhipment and onward transportation through the Union
  • Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2126 of 10 October 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rules for specific official controls for certain categories of animals and goods, measures to be taken following the performance of such controls and certain categories of animals and goods exempted from official controls at border control posts
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2128 of 12 November 2019 establishing the model official certificate and rules for issuing official certificates for goods which are delivered to vessels leaving the Union and intended for ship supply or consumption by the crew and passengers, or to NATO or a United States' military base
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2129 of 25 November 2019 establishing rules for the uniform application of frequency rates for identity checks and physical checks on certain consignments of animals and goods entering the Union
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2130 of 25 November 2019 establishing detailed rules on the operations to be carried out during and after documentary checks, identity checks and physical checks on animals and goods subject to official controls at border control posts