Retained EU Law SI 2017 United Kingdom

Regulation (EU) 2017/625 (Official Controls Regulation)

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Status
Amended (in force with amendments)
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Operator5 Any Person1

Plus 8 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

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Operator — also bound by 746 other Acts
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What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.art005 General obligations concerning the competent authorities and the organic control authorities Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Competent authorities must run effective, impartial official controlsStatutory regulator
s.art008 Confidentiality obligations of the competent authorities Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Competent authorities must keep confidential information from official controlsLocal authority
s.art015 Obligations of operators Regulated
  • Give access and cooperate with official control authoritiesOperator
s.art029 Conditions for delegating certain official control tasks to delegated bodies Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Competent authorities must ensure delegated official control tasks meet strict conditionsStatutory regulator
s.art032 Obligations of the delegated bodies and natural persons Regulated
  • Report official control outcomes and give competent authorities accessAny Person
s.art056 Use of the Common Health Entry Document (CHED) by the operator and by the competent authorities Regulated
  • Complete and submit a Common Health Entry Document (CHED) before goods arrive in GBOperator
s.art057 Use of the CHED by customs authorities Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Customs authorities must require a finalised CHED before releasing controlled goodsCrown / Minister / Government department
s.art067 Measures to be taken on animals or goods entering Great Britain from third countries presenting a risk Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Authorities must isolate risky imports and order destruction or treatmentStatutory regulator
s.art069 Failure by the operator to apply the measures ordered by the competent authorities Regulated
  • Carry out enforcement measures ordered by authorities within 60 daysOperator
s.art073 Approval of pre-export controls performed by third countries Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Appropriate authority must specify controls and certificates when approving pre-export checksCrown / Minister / Government department
s.art084 Payment of fees or charges Regulated
  • Pay fees or charges for official controls when requiredOperator
s.art091 Official attestations Regulated
  • Issue accurate and authentic official attestations in required languagesOperator
s.art100 Designation of national reference laboratories

amended 9 times

s.art101 Responsibilities and tasks of national reference laboratories

amended 7 times

s.art102 General rules

amended 5 times

s.art103 Liaison bodies

amended 3 times

s.art104 Assistance on request

amended 5 times

s.art105 Assistance without request in the event of non-compliance

amended 3 times

s.art106 Assistance in the event of non-compliance creating a risk or a repeated or potentially serious infringement

amended 5 times

s.art107 Assistance on the basis of information provided by third countries

amended 4 times

s.art108 Coordinated assistance and follow-up by the Commission

amended 1 time

s.art109 Multi-annual national control plans (MANCP) ...

amended 3 times

s.art110 Content of the MANCPs

amended 2 times

s.art111 Preparation, update and review of MANCPs

amended 7 times

s.art112 Coordinated control programmes and information and data collection

amended 1 time

s.art113 Annual reports ...

amended 3 times

s.art114 Annual reports by the Commission

amended 1 time

s.art115 Contingency plans for food and feed

amended 6 times

s.art121 Frequency of ... controls in third countries

amended 5 times

s.art122 Reports by the competent authority on controls in third countries

amended 2 times

s.art123 Programme of ... controls in third countries

amended 3 times

s.art124 Third-country controls in Member States

amended 1 time

s.art125 Information on third countries' control systems

amended 6 times

s.art126 Establishment of additional conditions for entry into Great Britain of animals and goods

amended 13 times

s.art127 Inclusion in the list of third countries referred to in point (a) of Article 126(2)

amended 8 times

s.art128 Special measures regarding the entry to Great Britain of certain animals and goods

amended 10 times

s.art129 Equivalence

amended 7 times

s.art131 Information management system for official controls ...

amended 5 times

s.art132 General functionalities of the computerised information management system

amended 7 times

s.art133 Use of the computerised information management system in the case of animals and goods subject to certain official controls

amended 10 times

s.art134 The functioning of the appropriate computerised information management system

amended 8 times

s.art135 Data protection

amended 8 times

s.art136 Data security

amended 1 time

s.art138 Actions in the event of established non-compliance Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulators must investigate and enforce when non-compliance is foundStatutory regulator

amended 2 times

s.art139 Penalties

amended 8 times

s.art140 Reporting of infringements

amended 2 times

s.art141 Serious disruption in a control system in the British Islands

amended 7 times

s.art142 Amendment of Annexes and references to international standards

amended 4 times

s.art143 Data protection

amended 1 time

s.art144 Exercise of the delegation

amended 1 time

s.art145 Committee procedure

amended 1 time

s.art147 Relation with Regulation (EC) No 882/2004

amended 1 time

s.art148 Relation with Regulations (EC) No 852/2004 and (EC) No 853/2004 regarding approval of food business establishments Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Competent authorities must process food business establishment approvalsStatutory regulator

amended 1 time

s.art149 Transitional measures related to the repeals of Directives 91/496/EEC and 97/78/EC

amended 2 times

s.art150 Transitional measures related to the repeal of Directive 96/23/EC

amended 11 times

s.art151 Amendments to Directive 98/58/EC

amended 1 time

s.art152 Amendments to Directive 1999/74/EC

amended 1 time

s.art154 Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 and related transitional measures

amended 6 times

s.art155 Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 and related transitional measures

amended 2 times

s.art162 Amendments to Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012

amended 2 times

s.art163 Amendments to Regulation (EU) No 652/2014

amended 1 time

s.art165 Amendments to Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 and related transitional provisions

amended 2 times

s.art166 Transitional measures for the adoption of delegated and implementing acts

amended 1 time

s.art168 Derogations and modifications for transitional purposes

amended 3 times

103 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 The plants listed in this Annex which come from a... (opens in a new tab)
s.annex iii para.1 Methods of analysis and measurement results should be characterised by...
s.art001 Subject matter and scope
s.art002 Official controls and other official activities
s.art003 Definitions
s.art004 Designation of competent authorities
s.art006 Audits of the competent authorities
s.art007 Right of appeal
s.art009 General rules on official controls
s.art010 Operators, processes and activities subject to official controls
s.art011 Transparency of official controls
s.art012 Documented control procedures
s.art013 Written records of official controls
s.art014 Methods and techniques for official controls
s.art016 Additional requirements
s.art017 Specific definitions
s.art018 Specific rules on official controls and for action taken by the competent authorities in relation to the production of products of animal origin intended for human consumption
s.art019 Specific rules on official controls and for action taken by the competent authorities in relation to the residues of relevant substances in food and feed
s.art020 Specific rules on official controls and for action taken by the competent authorities in relation to animals, products of animal origin, germinal products, animal by-products and derived products
s.art021 Specific rules on official controls and for action to be taken by the competent authorities in relation to the welfare requirements for animals
s.art022 Specific rules on official controls and for action taken by the competent authorities in relation to plant health
s.art023 Specific rules on official controls and for action taken by the competent authorities in relation to GMOs for the purpose of food and feed production and genetically modified food and feed
s.art024 Specific rules on official controls and for action taken by the competent authorities in relation to plant protection products
s.art025 Specific rules on official controls and other official activities for organic production and labelling of organic products
s.art026 Specific rules on official controls and other official activities performed by the competent authorities in relation to protected designations of origin, protected geographical indications and traditional specialities guaranteed
s.art027 Specific rules on official controls and for action taken by the competent authorities in cases of newly identified risks in relation to food and feed
s.art028 Delegation by the competent authorities of certain official control tasks
s.art030 Conditions for delegating certain official control tasks to natural persons
s.art031 Conditions for delegating certain tasks related to other official activities
s.art033 Obligations of the delegating competent authorities
s.art034 Methods used for sampling, analyses, tests and diagnoses
s.art035 Second expert opinion
s.art036 Sampling of animals and goods offered for sale by means of distance communication
s.art037 Designation of official laboratories
s.art038 Obligations of official laboratories
s.art039 Audits of official laboratories
s.art040 Derogations from the condition for the mandatory accreditation for certain official laboratories
s.art041 Powers to adopt derogations from the condition for the mandatory accreditation of all the methods of laboratory analysis, test and diagnosis used by official laboratories
s.art042 Temporary derogations from the conditions of the mandatory accreditation for official laboratories
s.art043 Official controls on animals and goods entering Great Britain
s.art044 Official controls on animals and goods other than those subject to official controls at border control posts under Section II
s.art045 Types of official controls on animals and goods other than those subject to official controls at border control posts under Section II
s.art046 Samples taken on animals and goods other than those subject to official controls at border control posts under Section II
s.art047 Animals and goods subject to official controls at border control posts
s.art048 Animals and goods exempted from official controls, other official activities and related requirements
s.art049 Official controls at border control posts
s.art050 Certificates and documents accompanying consignments and split consignments
s.art051 Specific rules for official controls at border control posts
s.art052 Details of documentary checks, identity checks and physical checks
s.art053 Official controls not performed at border control posts
s.art054 Frequency of documentary checks, identity checks and physical checks
s.art055 Decisions on consignments
s.art058 Format, time requirements and specific rules for the use of the CHED
s.art059 Designation of border control posts
s.art060 Listing of border control posts
s.art061 Withdrawal of approvals for, and re-designation of, existing border control entities
s.art062 Withdrawal of the designation of border control posts
s.art063 Suspension of the designation of border control posts
s.art064 Minimum requirements for border control posts
s.art065 Suspicion of non-compliance and intensified official controls
s.art066 Measures to be taken in cases of non-compliant consignments entering Great Britain
s.art068 Follow-up of decisions taken in relation to non-compliant consignments entering Great Britain from third countries
s.art070 Consistency of application of Articles 66, 67 and 68
s.art071 Special treatment of consignments
s.art072 Re-dispatch of consignments
s.art074 Non-compliance with, and withdrawal of, the approval of pre-export controls performed by third countries
s.art075 Cooperation between authorities in relation to consignments entering Great Britain from third countries
s.art076 Cooperation between authorities in relation to consignments not subject to specific controls at borders
s.art077 Rules for specific official controls and for measures to be taken following the performance of such controls
s.art078 General rules
s.art079 Mandatory fees or charges
s.art080 Other fees or charges
s.art081 Costs
s.art082 Calculation of fees or charges
s.art083 Collection and application of fees or charges
s.art085 Transparency
s.art086 General requirements concerning official certification
s.art087 Official certificates
s.art088 Signature and issuance of official certificates
s.art089 Guarantees of reliability for official certificates
s.art092 Decision to establish a European Union reference laboratory
s.art093 Designation of European Union reference laboratories
s.art094 Responsibilities and tasks of European Union reference laboratories
s.art095 Designation of national reference centres for animal welfare
s.art096 Responsibilities and tasks of national reference centres for animal welfare
s.art097 Designation of national reference centres for the authenticity and integrity of the agri-food chain
s.art098 Responsibilities and tasks of national reference centres for the authenticity and integrity of the agri-food chain
s.art099 Obligations of the appropriate authority
s.art116 Commission controls in Member States
s.art117 Reports by the Commission on controls in Member States
s.art118 Programme of the Commission controls in Member States
s.art119 Obligations of the Member States as regards Commission controls
s.art137 General obligations of the competent authorities as regards enforcement action
s.art146 Repeals
s.art153 Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001
s.art156 Amendments to Directive 2007/43/EC
s.art157 Amendments to Directive 2008/119/EC
s.art158 Amendments to Directive 2008/120/EC
s.art159 Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009
s.art160 Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009
s.art161 Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009
s.art164 Amendments to Regulation (EU) 2016/429 and related transitional provisions
s.art167 Entry into force and application

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