REGUL ATIONS 
COMMISSION DELEGA TED REGUL ATION (EU) 2019/478 
of 14 Januar y 2019 
amending Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the 
categor ies of consignments to be subjected to official controls at border control pos ts 
(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) No 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 (1), and in particular Article 47(3) thereof, 
Whereas: 
(1)  Regulation (EU) 2017/625 establishes the framewor k for official controls and other official activities to verify the 
correct application of Union food and feed law. That framew ork includes official controls performed on animals 
and goods enter ing the Union from third countr ies. 
(2)  Regulation (EU) 2017/625 requires for certain categor ies of animals and goods that each consignment is made 
subject to official controls at designate d border control posts of first arrival into the Union, because of the risk 
those catego ries of animals and goods may pose to public and animal health. 
(3)  In addition to the catego ries of consignments already listed in Regulation (EU) 2017/625, foodstuffs containing 
both products of plant origin and processed products of animal origin (com posite products), as well as hay and 
straw should undergo official controls at border control posts as they too may pose a risk to public and animal 
health. 
(4)  Regulation (EU) 2017/625 should theref ore be amended according ly. 
(5)  Since Regulation (EU) 2017/625 applies from 14 December 2019, this Regulation should also apply from that 
date, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGUL ATION: 
Article 1 
In Article 47(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625, point (b) is replaced by the follo wing: 
‘(b)  products of animal origin, germinal products, animal by-products, hay and straw and foodstuffs containing both 
products of plant origin and processed products of animal origin (“comp osite products”)’. 25.3.2019 L 82/4 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     
(1)OJ L 95, 7.4.2017, p. 1. Article 2 
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 State s. 
Done at Brussels, 14 Januar y 2019. 
For the Commission 
The President 
Jean-Claude JUNCK ER  25.3.2019 L 82/5 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN