II 
(Non-legislative acts) 
REGUL ATIONS 
COMMISSION DELEGA TED REGUL ATION (EU) 2019/1666 
of 24 June 2019 
supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards 
conditions for monitorin g the transpor t and arrival of consignments of certain goods from the 
border control pos t of arrival to the establishment at the place of destination in the Union 
(Text with EEA relevance) 
THE EUR OPEAN COMMISSION, 
Havi ng regar d to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, 
Havi ng regard to Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on official 
controls and other official activities perf ormed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and 
welf are, plant health and plant protection products, amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, 
(EC) No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 
of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulations (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 (Offici al 
Controls Regulation) (1), and in particular Article 77(2) thereof, 
Whereas: 
(1) Regulation (EU) 2017/625 establishes rules on the performa nce of official controls by the compet ent author ities of 
the Member States on goods entering the Union in order to verify compl iance with Union agri-food chain legislation. 
(2) Article 47(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 specifi es the catego ries of goods subject to official controls at the 
border control post of first arrival into the Union. Those goods include products of animal origin, germinal 
products, animal by-products and foodstuffs containing both products of plant origin and processed products of 
animal origin (com posite products). 
(3) When consignments of certain goods refer red to in Article 47(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 are imported into 
the Union, in certain cases, Union legislation provides that their transpor t from the border control post of arrival to 
the establishment at the place of destination and their arrival at their place of destination in the Union is to be 
monitore d, in order to prevent any risks for public and animal health. 
(4) Council Directive 97/78/EC (2) lays down rules govern ing the organisation of veter inar y checks on products entering 
the Union from third countr ies and conditions regar ding the transpor t of products which are to be monitor ed 
pursuant to Union legislation from the border inspection post of arrival to the establishment at the place of 
destination. These rules provid e, inter alia, that consignments of such products are to be dispatch ed from the border 
inspection post of arrival to the establishment at the place of destination under the super vision of the compet ent 
author ity in leak -proof vehicles or containers sealed by the compet ent author ity. 
(1)OJ L 95, 7.4.2017, p. 1. 
(2)Council Directive 97/78/EC of 18 December 1997 laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinar y chec ks on 
products entering the Community from third countr ies (OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 9). EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union 4.10.2019                                                                                                                                           L 255/1   (5) In addition, for certain animal by-products not intended for human consum ption, Commission Regulation 
(EU) No 142/2011 (3) requires the transpor t of consignments of such by-products to be carried out in accordance 
with the rules laid down in Directive 97/78/EC. Those animal by-products include certain blood and blood 
products, petfood, other than raw petfood, rendered fats impor ted for purposes outside the feed chain for farmed 
animals, horns and horn products, excl uding horn meal, and hooves and hoof products, excl uding hoof meal, 
intended for the production of organic fertilisers or soil improvers. 
(6) Union law also provides for the monitori ng of consignments of unskinned, furred wild game in accordance with 
rules for the performa nce of specific official controls laid down in accordance with Article 77(1)(b) of Regulation 
(EU) 2017/625 and in accordance with rules for additional public health conditions for products of animal origin 
and foodstuffs containing both products of plant origin and processed products of animal origin (‘composit e 
products’) originating from, and retur ning to, the Union following a refusal of entr y by a third countr y laid down in 
accordance with Article 77(1)(h) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625. 
(7) Directive 97/78/EC has been repealed by Regulation (EU) 2017/625 with effect from 14 December 2019. It is 
theref ore appropr iate to lay down rules for the monit oring of the transpor t and arrival of consignments of certain 
goods referred to in Article 47(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 from the border control post of arrival to the 
establishment at the place of destination. These rules should apply where the transpor t from the border control 
post of arrival to the establishment at the place of destination in the Union and the arrival at the establishment of 
destination is required to be monitored in accordance with Union legislation. 
(8) In order to provid e effective monitor ing of the transpor t and arrival of consignments from the border control post 
of arrival until their arrival at the establishment at their place of destination, the goods should be transpor ted 
directly to the establishment at the place of destination indicated in the Common Health Entr y Document (CHE D). 
(9) In order to prevent any risks to animal health and to public health, the arrival of the goods at the establishment at 
the place of destination indicated in the CHED (‘place of destination’) should be monitor ed. The compet ent 
author ity of the border control post of arrival should indicate to the compet ent author ity responsible for 
performin g official controls at the establishment at the place of destination that the goods have left the border 
inspection post and are on the way to the establishment at the place of destination indicate d in the CHED. If the 
goods do not arrive at the establishment at the place of destination, the compet ent author ity of the border control 
post of arrival and the compe tent author ity responsible for the establishment at the place of destination should 
initiate appropr iate follow-up action in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/625 with respect to the operat or 
responsible for the consignment. 
(10) The provi sions of this Regulation should apply without prejudice to the relevant provisions of the Regulation 
No (EU) 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of Council (4) regar ding customs super vision. 
(11) Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1182/71 of the Council (5) determines the general rules applicable to periods, dates 
and time limits to ensure the unif orm application of Union law. Theref ore, the rules laid down in that Regulation 
should be taken into account for the calculation of the time limits laid down in this Regulation. 
(12) Regulation (EU) 2017/625 applies from 14 December 2019. According ly, the rules laid down in this Regulation 
should also apply from that date , 
(3)Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 of 25 Febr uary 2011 impl ementing Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council laying down health rules as regar ds animal by-products and derived products not intended for human 
consump tion and implementing Council Directive 97/78/EC as regards certain samples and items exem pt from veterinar y chec ks at 
the border under that Directive (OJ L 54, 26.2.2011, p. 1). 
(4)Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 Octo ber 2013 laying down the Union Cust oms 
Code (recast) (OJ L 269, 10.10.2013, p. 1). 
(5)Regulation (EEC-Euratom) No 1182/71 of the Council of 3 June 1971 determining the rules applicable to periods, dates and time 
limits (OJ L 124, 8.6.1971, p. 1). EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union L 255/2                                                                                                                                           4.10.2019   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGUL ATION: 
Article 1 
Subject matter and scope 
This Regulation lays down rules for monitori ng the transpor t and arrival of consignments of goods referred to in Article 47 
(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 which are intended for placing on the market in the Union, where the transpor t of 
those goods from the border control post of arrival to the establishment at the place of destination in the Union is 
required to be monitore d in accordance with Union legislation (the consignment). 
Article 2 
Conditions for monit oring the transpor t of consignments from the border control post of arrival in the Union to 
the establishment at the place of destination 
1. The compet ent author ity at the border control post of arrival in the Union shall only author ise the transpor t of the 
consignment to the establishment at the place of destination indicated in the Common Health Entr y Document referred to 
in Article 56 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 (CHED), if the outcome of its offici al controls at the border control post of 
arrival is favourable. 
2. The consignment for which an author isation has been grant ed in accordance with paragraph 1 shall be: 
(a) sealed by the compet ent author ity of the border control post of arrival; 
(b) transpor ted without being unloaded or split ; 
(c) transpor ted directly to the establishment at the place of destination indicated in the CHED. 
3. The compet ent author ity of the border control post of arrival shall, immediat ely upon author isation, notify through 
the information management system for official controls referred to in Article 131 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 
(‘IMSOC’), the compet ent author ity responsible for performi ng official controls at the establishment at the place of 
destination indicated in the CHED (‘place of destination’) that follo wing the official controls at the border control post of 
arrival, transpor t of the consignment to the establishment at the place of destination has been author ised. 
Article 3 
Conditions for monitorin g the arrival of consignments at the place of destination 
1. The operat or responsible for the establishment at the place of destination shall, within one day upon arrival of the 
consignment, inform the compet ent author ity responsible for performin g the official controls at the establishment at the 
place of destination of the arrival of the consignment at that establishment. 
2. The compet ent author ity responsible for performin g official controls at the establishment at the place of destination 
shall notify , through IMSOC, the compet ent author ity of the border control post of arrival, of the receipt of the 
information refer red to in paragraph 1 by compl eting Part III of the CHED. 
3. The compet ent author ity responsible for performin g official controls at the establishment at the place of destination 
shall carry out official controls at that establishment in order to ensure that consignments have arrived at the 
establishment at the place of destination, in particular by chec king the entr y records of that establishment. 
4. If the compet ent author ity at the border control post of arrival has not been notified of the arrival of the consignment 
at the establishment at the place of destination by the compet ent author ity responsible for performin g official controls at 
the establishment at the place of destination in accordance with paragraph 2 within 15 days from the date on which the 
transpor t of the consignment was author ised in accordance with Article 2(1), the compet ent author ities shall carry out 
further investig ations, with a view to determining the actual location of the consignment. 
5. Where the consignment, followi ng the investigations refer red to in paragraph 4, does not arrive at the establishment 
at the place of destination, the compet ent author ity of the border control post of arrival and the compet ent author ity 
responsible for performin g the official controls at that establishment shall take any enforcement action they deem 
appropr iate against the operat or responsible for the consignment in accordance with Articles 138 and 139 of Regulation 
(EU) 2017/625. EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union 4.10.2019                                                                                                                                           L 255/3   Article 4 
Entr y into force and date of application 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day followi ng that of its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Union. 
It shall apply from 14 December 2019. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. 
Done at Brussels, 24 June 2019.  
For the Commission 
The President 
Jean-Claude JUNCKER     EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union L 255/4                                                                                                                                           4.10.2019