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SANTE/7102/2018 
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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/...  
of XXX  
on prior notification of consignments of certain categories of animals and goods entering 
the Union  
(Text with EEA relevance)    
EN 1  EN COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/...  
of XXX  
on prior notification of consignments of certain categories of animals and goods entering 
the Union  
(Text with EEA relevance)  
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,  
Having regard 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 
on official controls and other offi cial activities performed to ensure the application of food 
and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection 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 repeal ing 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/EEC1, and in particular point (b) of the first paragraph of Article 58 thereof,  
Whereas:  
(1) Regulation (EU) 2017/625 establishes  inter alia  the framework for the performance of 
official controls and other official activities on animals and goods entering the Union 
from third countries to verify compliance with  Union legislation in order to protect 
human, animal and plant health, animal welfare and, in relation to genetically modified 
organisms ( GMO ) and plant protection products, also the environment . That 
framework includes official co ntrols performed on animals and goods entering the 
Union from third countries through designated border control posts.  
(2) Regulation (EU) 2017/625 requires the operator responsible for  certain  consignments  
entering the Union to give prior notification to the  competent authorities of the border 
control posts before the arrival of the consignments. In order to enable th ose 
authorities to perform their official controls in a timely and effective manner, it is 
appropriate to fix the minimum period for giving prio r notification  at one working day 
before arrival of the consignments.  
(3) However, due to transport related  logistical constraints, the prior notification period of 
one working day before arrival of the consignment may not be possible to comply with  
in certain cases . This  may for example be the case when the consignment is 
transported from the place of dispatch to the border control post in less than 24 hours, 
and the information needed to complete the relevant parts of the  Common Health 
Entry Docume nt (CHED ) required  for giving prior notification in accordance with 
point (a) of Article 56(3) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 is not available before the 
                                                 
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EN 2  EN consignment is loaded. In those cases , Member States should be allowed to require 
that prior notification  is made at least four hours before the arrival of the consignment, 
so that a timely and effective performance of official controls could be ensured also  
under such circumstances . 
(4) Commission Delegated Regulation [xxxx]2 provides for  Member States to designate 
border control posts  for imports of unprocessed logs and sawn and chipped wood by 
exempting them from certain border control post minimum requirements due to 
specific geographical constraints. That Regulation also provides for a mobile official 
controls team to perform official controls and other official activities at the border 
control post designated for the aforementioned goods.  Therefore,  to allow sufficient 
time for the organisation of official controls and other official activities  at those  border 
control posts , a derogation from the rules on the minimum time for the prior 
notification of the arrival of consignments should be provided in this Regulation.  
(5) Since Regulation (EU) 2017/625 applies from 14 December 2019, this Regulation 
should als o apply from that date.  
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the 
Standing Committee on  Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,  
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 
Article 1 
Prior notification of consignments  
1. The operator responsible for a consignment falling within the categories of animals 
and goods referred to in Article 47(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 shall give prior 
notification , to the competent authority of the border control post of first arrival int o 
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 
compliance with the time limit set out in that paragraph, the competent authorities of 
the border control posts  may apply a period of prior notification of at least four hours 
before the expected arrival  of the consignment ; 
3. By way of derogation from paragraph 1 , the competent authorities  of border control 
posts designated for imports of unpro cessed logs and sawn and chipped wood  in 
accordance with Article 4 of Commission Regulation [ xxxx  adopted under Article 
64(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 ], may apply a period of prior notification of up to 
five working days  before the expected arrival of such consignments . 
Article 2  
Entry into force and application  
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following its publication in the 
Official Journal of the European Union . 
It shall apply as from  14 December 2019.  
This Regulation shal l be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.  
                                                 
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EN 3  EN Done at Brussels,  
 For the Commission  
 The President  
 Jean -Claude JUNCKER