COMMI SSION IMPLEMENTING REGUL ATION (EU) 2019/1013 
of 16 Apr il 2019 
on prior notif ication of consignments of certain categor ies of animals and goods enter ing the 
Union 
(Text with EEA relevance) 
THE EUR OPEAN COMMISSION, 
Having regar d to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, 
Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 Marc h 2017 on 
official controls and other official activities performe d to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal 
health and welfa re, plant health and plant prote ction products, amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, (EC) 
No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009, (EC) 1107/2009, (EU) 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 
2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 and (EC) 
No 1099/2009 and Council Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC and 2008/120/EC, and 
repealing Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, 
Council Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC, 96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council 
Decision 92/438/EEC (Official Controls Regulation) (1), and in particular point (b) of the first paragraph of Article 58 
thereof, 
Whereas: 
(1)  Regulation (EU) 2017/625 establishes, inter alia, the framewor k for the performa nce of official controls and other 
official activities on animals and goods entering the Union from third countr ies to verify compl iance with Union 
legislation in order to protect human, animal and plant health, animal welfare and, in relation to genetically 
modified orga nisms (GMO) and plant protection products, also the environment. That framew ork includes 
official controls performe d on animals and goods entering the Union from third countr ies through designat ed 
border control posts. 
(2)  Regulation (EU) 2017/625 requires the operator responsible for certain consignments enter ing the Union to give 
prior notifi cation to the compe tent author ities of the border control posts before the arrival of the 
consignments. In order to enable those author ities to perf orm their official controls in a timely and effective 
manner , it is appropr iate to fix the minimum period for giving prior notificati on at one working day before 
arrival of the consignments. 
(3)  Howe ver, due to transpor t-relat ed logistical constraints, it may not be possible to comply with the prior 
notification period of one working day before arrival of the consignment in certain cases. This may for example 
be the case when the consignment is transpor ted from the place of dispatch to the border control post in less 
than 24 hours, and the information needed to compl ete the relevant parts of the Common Health Entr y 
Document (CHE D) required for giving prior notificati on in accordance with point (a) of Article 56(3) of 
Regulation (EU) 2017/625 is not available before the consignment is loaded. In those cases, Member States 
should be allowed to require that prior notifi cation is made at least four hours before the arrival of the 
consignment, so that a timely and effective performa nce of official controls could be ensured also under such 
circumstances. 
(4)  Commission Deleg ated Regulation (EU) 2019/1012 (2) provi des for Member State s to exem pt border control 
posts whic h are to be designat ed for imports of unprocessed logs and sawn and chipped wood from certain 
border control post minimum requirements due to specific geographical constraints. That Regulation also 
provid es that official controls and other official activities at the border control post designated for the aforemen ­
tioned goods can be perf ormed by a mobile official controls team. Theref ore, to allow suffi cient time for the 
organisation of official controls and other official activities at those border control posts, a deroga tion from the 
rules on the minimum time for the prior notifi cation of the arrival of consignments should be provid ed in this 
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(1)OJ L 95, 7.4.2017, p. 1. 
(2)Commission Delegat ed 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 (See page 4 of this Offi cial Jour nal). (5)  Since Regulation (EU) 2017/625 applies from 14 December 2019, this Regulation should also apply from that 
date. 
(6)  The measures provi ded for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on 
Plants, Animals, Food and Feed, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGUL ATION: 
Article 1 
Prior notif ication of consignments 
1. The operat or responsible for a consignment falling within the categor ies of animals and goods refer red to in 
Article 47(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 shall give prior notifi cation, to the compet ent author ity of the border control 
post of first arrival into the Union, at least one working day before the expected arrival of the consignment. 
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, where logistical constraints prevent compl iance with the time limit set 
out in that paragraph, the compet ent author ities of the border control posts may apply a period of prior notification of 
at least four hours before the expect ed arrival of the consignment. 
3. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the compet ent author ities of border control posts designat ed for imports 
of unprocessed logs and sawn and chipped wood in accordance with Article 4 of Commission Deleg ated Regulation 
(EU) 2019/1012 may apply a period of prior notificati on of up to five working days before the expected arrival of such 
consignments. 
Article 2 
Entr y into force and application 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day follo wing its publication in the Official Journal of the European 
Union. 
It shall apply as from 14 December 2019. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member State s. 
Done at Brussels, 16 Apr il 2019. 
For the Commission 
The President 
Jean-Claude JUNCK ER  21.6.2019 L 165/9 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN