2000/25/EC: Commission Decision of 16 December 1999 establishing the detailed rules for the application of Article 9 of Council Directive 97/78/EC concerning the transhipment of products at a Border Inspection Post where the consignments are intended for eventual import into the European Community, and amending Commission Decision 93/14/EEC (notified under document number C(1999) 4506) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1999-12-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal product, customs inspection, import (EU), originating product, third country, veterinary inspection

13. 1. 2000

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 16 December 1999

establishing the detailed rules for the application of Article 9 of Council Directive 97/78/EC
concerning the transhipment of products at a Border Inspection Post where the consignments are
intended for eventual import into the European Community, and amending Commission Decision
93/14/EEC

(notified under document number C(1999) 4506)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2000/25/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Article 1

Having regard to Council Directive 97/78/EC of 18 December
1997 laying down the principles governing the organisation of
veterinary checks on products entering the Community from
third countries (1), and particularly Article 9(2), thereof,

(1) Whereas it is important that the official veterinarian
responsible at a border inspection post receives appro-
priate information in the case of consignments of prod-
ucts that are transhipped before being introduced into
the EU at another border inspection post;

(2) Whereas it is appropriate to define the time periods
which specify the veterinary checks required to be
carried out;

(3) Whereas it is important to specify that the consignments
of products must be submitted to the full range of
the
laid down after
veterinary checks
maximum period envisaged;

the end of

(4) Whereas the existing rules for transhipment of consign-
ments at a border inspection post are laid down in
Article 4 of Commission Decision 93/14/EEC (2) and
must be repealed and replaced by this Decision;

(5) Whereas the measures provided for in this decision are
in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veter-
inary Committee,

for

subsequent

transhipment,

When consignments of products are presented at a border
inspection post
the person
responsible for the load must notify the official veterinarian
responsible at the border inspection post, at the time of arrival
and by a means fixed by the competent authority, of the
estimated time of unloading of the consignment, the border
inspection post of destination, and if necessary the exact loca-
tion of the consignment.

Article 2

In order to apply Article 9(1)(b)(i) of Directive 97/78/EC:
— for an airport the minimum period shall be 12 hours and

the maximum period shall be 48 hours;

— for a seaport the minimum period shall be seven days and

the maximum period shall be 20 days.

Article 3

In cases where the maximum period defined in Article 2 has
elapsed the consignment must be submitted to the checks laid
down in Article 4 of Directive 97/78/EC, at the border inspec-
tion post of introduction.

Article 4

Article 4 of Decision 93/14/EEC is hereby repealed.

Article 5

(1) OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 3.
(2) OJ L 9, 15.1.1993, p. 42.

The present decision shall apply from 1 January 2000.

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This Decision is addressed to Member States.

Article 6

Done at Brussels, 16 December 1999.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission