The Trade in Animals and Related Products (Wales) Regulations 2011

Made: 28 September 2011

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales: 28 September 2011

Coming into force: 19 October 2011

The Welsh Ministers are designated for the purposes of making Regulations under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Union.

These Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in that section and it appears to the Welsh Ministers that it is expedient for the references to the European instruments in Schedule 1 to these Regulations to be construed as references to those instruments as amended from time to time.

In accordance with section 56(1) of the Finance Act 1973 , the Treasury consent to the making of these Regulations.

The Welsh Ministers make these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of, and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 1972.

PART 1 — Introduction

Title, application and commencement

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The title of these Regulations is the Trade in Animals and Related Products (Wales) Regulations 2011. They apply in relation to Wales and come into force on 19 October 2011.

Interpretation

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• (1) In these Regulations—

• “the TARP (ALF) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022” (“Rheoliadau’r FAChP (DSD) (Cymru) (Ymadael â’r UE) 2022”) means the Trade in Animals and Related Products (Amendment and Legislative Functions) and Animal Health (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022;

• “animal” (“anifail”) means an animal of any kind, including a bird, fish or invertebrate;

• “appropriate computerised information management system” (“system rheoli gwybodaeth gyfrifiadurol briodol”) means the computerised information management system for official controls referred to in Article 131 of the Official Controls Regulation;

• “border control post” (“safle rheoli ar y ffin”) has the meaning given in regulation 11;

• “CHED” (“DMIG”) has the meaning given in regulation 10;

• “enforcement authority” (“awdurdod gorfodi”) has the meaning given in regulation 31;

• “genetic material” (“deunydd genetig”) means any germinal product that includes semen, oocytes and embryos intended for artificial reproduction and hatching eggs;

• “health certificate” (“tystysgrif iechyd”) in these Regulations includes the equivalent of a health certificate in electronic or digital form;

• “importer” (“mewnforiwr”) means the natural or legal person who presents animals or products for importation from outside the British Islands;

• “intensified official controls” (“rheolaethau swyddogol dwysach”) means those controls carried out in accordance with Article 65(4) of the Official Controls Regulation;

• “local authority” (“awdurdod lleol”) means in relation to an area, the county or county borough council for that area;

• “official controls” (“rheolaethau swyddogol”) means activities performed in accordance with Article 2(1) of the Official Controls Regulation;

• “official fish inspector” (“arolygydd pysgod swyddogol”) means a suitably trained person appointed in accordance with regulation 12;

• “official veterinary surgeon” (“milfeddyg swyddogol”) means a suitably trained veterinary surgeon appointed in accordance with regulation 12;

• “port health authority” (“awdurdod iechyd porthladd”) means in relation to any port health district constituted by order under section 2(3) of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984, a port health authority for that district constituted by order under section 2(4) of that Act;

• “premises” (“mangre”) includes any place, vehicle, trailer, container, stall, moveable structure, ship or aircraft;

• “product” (“cynnyrch”) means—any product of animal origin, germinal product, animal by-product, derived product or hay or straw subject to official controls at border control posts, andany composite product listed in Commission Decision 2007/275 concerning lists of animals and products to be subject to official controls at border control posts;

• “third country” (“trydedd wlad”) means any country or territory other than the British Islands

• “the transitional staging period” (“ycyfnod graddoli trosiannol”) has the meaning given in Annex 6 to the Official Controls Regulation.

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• (3) In these Regulations,—

• (a) “Official Controls Regulation” (“Rheoliad Rheolaethau Swyddogol”) is a reference to Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products;

• (b) “Regulation (EU) No. 2016/1012” (“Rheoliad (EU) Rhif 2016/1012”) is a reference to Regulation (EU) No. 2016/1012 on zootechnical and genealogical conditions for the breeding, trade in and entry into the Union of purebred breeding animals, hybrid breeding pigs and the germinal products thereof ;

• (c) any reference to a “border inspection post” (“arolygfa ffin”) is to be read as a reference to a “border control post” (“safle rheoli ar y ffin”) as defined in regulation 11; and

• (d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (4) The terms used in Schedule 6 have the same meaning as in Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.

Exceptions for pet animals

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• (1) These Regulations do not apply in relation to pet animals where—

• (a) the movement is a non-commercial movement, and

• (b) in the case of cats, dogs and ferrets—

• (i) the pet animal is accompanying the owner or authorised person, or

• (ii) where more than five pet animals are accompanying the owner or authorised person, the conditions set out in Article 5(2) of the Pets Regulation are fulfilled.

• (1A) In addition to the requirements of these Regulations, dogs, cats and ferrets not exempted by paragraph (1) must not be moved into Wales from a third country unless they comply with the requirements set out in—

• (a) points (a) to (d) of Article 10(1), subject to paragraph (1) of Article 12, of the Pets Regulation; and

• (b) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/294 laying down the list of territories and third countries authorised for imports of dogs, cats and ferrets and the model animal health certificate for such imports.

• (2) In this regulation—

• “accompanying” (“mynd gyda”) has the same meaning as in the Pets Regulation;

• “authorised person” (“person awdurdodedig”), “non-commercial movement” (“symud anfasnachol”) and “owner” (“perchennog”) have the meanings given by Article 3 of the Pets Regulation;

• “pet animal” (“anifail anwes”) has the same meaning as in Article 4(11) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 on transmissible animal diseases ;

• “the Pets Regulation” (“y Rheoliad Anifeiliaid Anwes”) means Regulation (EU) No. 576/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the non-commercial movement of pet animals and repealing Regulation (EC) No. 998/2003.

International agreements

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PART 2 — Movement between member States

Movement of animals and genetic material between member States

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Preparation of a health certificate

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Notification of movement of animals and genetic material to and from member States

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Additional requirements in specific cases

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PART 3 — Importation from a third country

Scope of this Part

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Subject to regulation 26, this Part applies in relation to the importation into Wales from a third country of any animal or product subject to official controls at border control posts.

Meaning of “CVED”

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• (1) A “Common Health Entry Document” (“CHED”) (“Dogfen Mynediad Iechyd Gyffredin” (“DMIG”)) means a document, or an electronic or digital equivalent, in the format specified in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) (EU) 2019/1715 laying down rules for the functioning of the information management system for official controls and its system components .

• (2) Where the imported consignment is required to be accompanied by a CHED to the premises of final destination, the operator responsible for the consignment must complete the relevant parts of the document prior to the physical arrival of the consignment.

• (3) The cases where and conditions under which the use of a CHED is required are specified in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1602 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Common Health Entry Document accompanying consignments of animals and goods to their destination .

• (4) Where a CHED is required, the operator responsible for the consignment must comply with the provisions of Article 56 of the Official Controls Regulation.

• (5) An electronic or digital equivalent refers to a CHED which is capable of being produced by the person responsible for the consignment at any time by electronic means or by use of a unique digital identifier, as defined in Article 3(27A) of the Official Controls Regulation.

Border inspection post

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• (1) A border control post is a place, together with the facilities contained at that place, that has been designated by the Welsh Ministers in accordance with Article 59 of the Official Controls Regulation.

• (2) If at any time the relevant authority is of the opinion that any part of the inspection facilities at the border control post no longer complies with the requirements for approval, the relevant authority may, in accordance with Articles 61 to 63 of the Official Controls Regulation, serve a notice on the operator—

• (a) specifying the breach;

• (b) providing a time limit within which the conditions must be complied with; and

• (c) prohibiting the use of that part of the facilities until the conditions of the approval are complied with.

• (3) If the notice is not complied with, the Welsh Ministers may suspend the approval in relation to that part of the inspection facilities.

• (4) If the operator of a border control post is determined by the relevant authority to be in serious breach relating to the performance requirements of official controls for any of the categories of animal or product for which it has been designated, or the conditions of the approval, or if the operation of the border control post creates a risk to human or animal health or animal welfare, the Welsh Ministers must suspend the approval of the border control post and order its activities to cease for all, or specified, categories of animal or product....

• (5) In paragraph (2), “the relevant authority” (“yr awdurdod perthnasol”) means—

• (a) in relation to animals, the Welsh Ministers; or

• (b) in relation to products, the local authority.

Appointment of official veterinary surgeons and official fish inspectors

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• (1) The Welsh Ministers must appoint suitably trained veterinary surgeons to be official veterinary surgeons for any border control post authorised to import animals.

• (2) The local authority for an area with a border control post authorised to import products must appoint suitably trained veterinary surgeons to be official veterinary surgeons for that post.

• (3) The appointment under paragraph (2) may be made by the Welsh Ministers rather than the local authority if the approval for the border control post only permits the importation of animal by-products.

• (4) If the approval for the border control post permits the importation of any fishery products, aquatic invertebrates, live bivalve molluscs, live echinoderms, live tunicates and live marine gastropods and composite products containing processed fishery products intended for human consumption, the enforcement authority may appoint suitably trained environmental health officers or other persons who are appropriately trained to perform official controls or certain tasks related to other official activities, to be official fish inspectors for that post in relation to such products, and any such official fish inspector has all the powers of an official veterinary surgeon in relation to those products.

Place of importation

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No animal or product may be brought into Wales other than through a border control post or a point of entry for which a border control post has been designated for that animal or product.

Notification of importation

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• (1) The person responsible for a consignment of animals or products must notify , through the appropriate computerised information management system, a border control post of the expected date of its arrival at the border control post at least one working day before it is due to arrive; but where the person can provide evidence of a logistical constraint preventing such notification, that requirement may be satisfied by notification of its expected time of arrival at least four hours in advance.

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• (3) The notification must be made by submitting the CHED with Part I completed.

• (4) In the case of a transhipment of products from one border control post to another, the person responsible for the consignment must notify the official veterinary surgeon at the border control post of destination of—

• (a) the estimated time of arrival;

• (b) the border control post at which the transhipment will be checked;

• (c) the identification and location of the consignment; and

• (d) the estimated time of departure.

Procedure on importation

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• (1) When the consignment has been unloaded, the person responsible for the consignment must with reasonable expedition arrange for it, together with the relevant export health certificate, in the form published by the Welsh Ministers or the Secretary of State, and other documentation specified for that consignment in assimilated direct legislation relating to importation, to be presented at the border control post inspection facilities to enable official controls in accordance with—

• (a) Chapter 5 of the Official Controls Regulation, together with relevant implementing and delegated acts; and

• (b) the checks required by Article 37(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1012.

• (2) Any operator responsible for the consignment must ensure that the consignment is presented for official controls at the border control post at a reasonable time during the working day.

• (3) The competent authority must carry out all necessary official controls specified in paragraph (1) and may only issue a CHED permitting entry if—

• (a) the consignment complies with the requirements of the following, so far as relevant and when read with any other provisions of the legislation referred to below which apply in relation to such requirements—

• (i) the legislation listed in regulation 4(2) of the TARP (ALF) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022, as modified by Part 5 of those Regulations or by the legislation referred to in paragraphs (ii) and (iii);

• (ii) legislation made by the Welsh Ministers, as appropriate authority, under the functions listed in the Schedule to the TARP (ALF) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022, where applicable;

• (iii) legislation made by the Secretary of State, as appropriate authority in relation to Wales, under the functions listed in the Schedule to the Trade in Animals and Related Products (Amendment and Legislative Functions) Regulations 2022, where applicable;

• (b) the importation is not prohibited under paragraph (4); and

• (c) the correct fee for the checks has been or will be paid.

• (4) In the case of live animals, the official veterinary surgeon must not issue a CHED permitting entry if—

• (a) the animals are from a territory or part of a territory of a third country not included in a list drawn up in accordance with assimilated direct legislation for the species concerned or from which imports are otherwise prohibited under that legislation of approved third countries, or if imports from that country or territory are otherwise prohibited;

• (b) the animals are suffering from or are suspected to be suffering from or infected by a contagious disease or a disease presenting a risk to human or animal health;

• (c) the exporting third country has not complied with the requirements provided for in assimilated direct legislation relating to importation;

• (d) the animals are not in a fit state to continue their journey; or

• (e) the veterinary certificate or document accompanying the animals does not meet the requirements of assimilated direct legislation relating to importation.

• (5) If there are no legislative requirements relating to the consignment, the official veterinary surgeon must not issue a CHED unless the importation has been authorised in writing under this paragraph by—

• (a) the Food Standards Agency for any product for which only public health requirements apply; or

• (b) the Welsh Ministers for any other product or live animal.

• (6) An authorisation under paragraph (5)(a) may only be granted if the Agency is satisfied that the consignment does not pose a risk to human health.

• (7) An authorisation under paragraph (5)(b) may only be granted if the Welsh Ministers are satisfied that the consignment does not pose a risk to the animal health status of the United Kingdom.

• (8) The official veterinary surgeon must retain evidence of authorisation or refusal of a consignment for a period of three years from the date of the importation.

Removal from the border inspection post

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• (1) No person may remove a consignment from the border control post unless it is accompanied by a CHED issued by the official veterinary surgeon, or the official fish inspector (as appropriate) in the case of a consignment of fish, and the movement is in accordance with that document.

• (2) The person transporting it from the border control post must ensure that the document accompanies the consignment and must transport it directly to the destination specified therein.

• (3) These requirements do not apply if the consignment is removed from the border control post under the authority of the relevant official veterinary surgeon or fish inspector (as appropriate).

• (4) In the case of live animals, the person responsible for the transport to the final destination must be in possession of the appropriate transport authorisation in accordance with Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) 1/2005 on the protection of animals during transport and related operations inside the vehicle.

• (5) In this regulation, requirements for a consignment to be “accompanied by a CHED”, in relation to a CHED in electronic or digital form, refer to the CHED being capable of being produced by the person responsible for the consignment at any time by electronic means or by use of a unique digital identifier, as defined in Article 3(27A) of the Official Controls Regulation.

Channelling

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Where a consignment is required to be taken under supervision from a border control post to a specific destination in Great Britain —

• (a) the movement must be under customs supervision if this is specified in the CHED; and

• (b) on arrival, the occupier of the destination premises must immediately notify the appropriate authority of its arrival, and for this purpose “appropriate authority” (“awdurdod priodol”) means the Secretary of State (in relation to England), the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales) and the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland).

Destination outside the United Kingdom

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• (1) This regulation relates to a consignment brought into Wales but intended for an ultimate destination outside Great Britain.

• (2) In the case of an imported animal, the person notifying its arrival must provide documentary evidence that the country or territory of destination will accept the animal, and the official veterinary surgeon at the border control post may refuse to accept the animal if this is not provided.

• (3) Imported products which are subject to animal health check requirements under regulation 15(3)(a), may be taken directly from the border control post to the destination outside Great Britain without a CHED, so long as the products do not remain for more than three days at an airport border control post or 30 days at a sea port border control post.

• (3A) Products that are not subject to import check requirements, and which arrive at a border control post for an ultimate destination outside Great Britain, may be taken directly from the border control post to their destination without a CHED, so long as the products do not remain at the border control post for more than 90 days.

• (4) But if the consignment is intended to be sent to a destination in the British Islands, and the importation of the product into any of the territories of the British Islands is not permitted, the official veterinary surgeon must reject the consignment.

Unchecked consignments

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The enforcement authority must seize any consignment—

• (a) brought into Wales other than in accordance with regulation 13;

• (b) removed from a border control post without a CHED or without the authority of the official veterinary surgeon or official fish inspector (as the case may be) at the post; or

• (c) transported from the border control post to a destination other than that specified in the entry document.

Action following failure of checks or seizure — products

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• (1) This regulation applies in relation to any consignment of a product if the checks at a border control post show that the consignment does not comply with the rules referred to in Chapter 5 of Title 2 of the Official Controls Regulation.

• (2) The official veterinary surgeon or the official fish inspector (as appropriate) must, after consultation with the importer or the importer’s representative, and in accordance with Article 68(1)(b) of the Official Controls Regulation, place the consignment under detention and refuse its entry to Wales.

• (3) The official veterinary surgeon or the official fish inspector (as appropriate) must order the person responsible for the consignment—

• (a) subject the consignment to special treatment in accordance with Article 71(1) and (2) of the Official Controls Regulation or to any other measure necessary to ensure compliance with the rules referred to in Chapter 5 of Title 2 of the Official Controls Regulation, and, where appropriate and provided there is no risk to human or animal health, allocate the consignment for purposes other than those for which it was originally intended;

• (b) where health conditions permit, to require the person in charge of the consignment to re-dispatch the product in accordance with Article 72 of the Official Controls Regulation from the same border control post to a destination outside Great Britain agreed with the person responsible for the consignment, using the same means of transport, within a maximum time limit of 60 days of the date of the official notification of the decision of the enforcement authority after arrival of the consignment at the border control post; or

• (c) if the person responsible for the consignment gives immediate agreement, re-dispatch is impossible or the 60-day time limit has elapsed, to destroy the products.

• (4) The official veterinary surgeon or official fish inspector (as appropriate) may exceptionally authorise destruction, re-dispatch, special treatment, or any other measure that may be taken in respect of a consignment to be taken in respect of a part of the consignment only, provided that the action taken—

• (a) is such as to ensure compliance;

• (b) does not pose a risk to human or animal health; and

• (c) does not disrupt official control operations.

• (5) Pending re-dispatch or confirmation of the reasons for rejection, the person responsible for the consignment must, at that person’s own expense, store the consignment under the supervision of the enforcement authority.

• (6) If a consignment of products is seized outside a border control post under regulation 19, the enforcement authority must order that such consignment be retained or recalled, and placed under official detention without delay, and paragraphs (2) and (3) of this regulation apply.

• (7) The importer or the importer’s representative is liable for the costs incurred in any measures taken under paragraphs (2) to (6) ... .

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Consignments of products likely to constitute a risk to animal or human health

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If the official controls at the border control post indicate that the consignment is likely to constitute a danger to animal or human health, the official veterinary surgeon or the official fish inspector (as the case may be) must immediately place the consignment under official detention and order that the person responsible for the consignment destroy it or arrange special treatment in accordance with Article 71 of the Official Controls Regulation at that person’s expense.

Serious or repeated infringements and breach of maximum residue limits

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• (1) If the official veterinary surgeon or official fish inspector (as appropriate) suspects that products entering Great Britain from a particular third country, part of a third country or establishment in a third country have been the subject of serious contraventions of any import requirement, or contraventions that form part of a series, or where those checks reveal that maximum residue levels have been exceeded, the enforcement authority may require extra physical checks and take samples for testing or analysis from subsequent consignments from the source concerned and take appropriate measures in accordance with Section 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 2 of the Official Controls Regulation.

• (2) If the official veterinary surgeon or official fish inspector (as appropriate) has reason to suspect fraudulent or deceptive practices by an operator responsible for a consignment, the Welsh Ministers may apply intensified official controls.

• (3) The official veterinary surgeon or official fish inspector (as appropriate) must carry out a physical check on the suspected non-compliant consignment and take appropriate measures in accordance with Section 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 2 of the Official Controls Regulation.

• (4) Where the person responsible for consignments is informed that extra checks will be required in accordance with paragraph (1), that person must, before the arrival of future consignments at any border control post, lodge with the relevant enforcement authority a deposit or guarantee sufficient to cover all costs incurred by that enforcement authority, including the costs of taking samples and carrying out tests or analysis.

Action following failure of checks or seizure — animals

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• (1) If the checks at a border control post show that an animal does not comply with the rules referred to in Chapter 5 of Title 2 of the Official Controls Regulation relating to that animal, or where such checks reveal an irregularity, the official veterinary surgeon must initially place the animal under detention, isolation or quarantine, as appropriate, where it must be kept, cared for or treated under appropriate conditions pending further official decision on the fate of the animal.

• (2) Unless immediate action is necessary in order to respond to a risk to human or animal health or animal welfare or to the environment, the official veterinary surgeon may, after consultation with the importer or the importer’s representative, order the person responsible for the consignment—

• (a) to shelter, feed and water and, if necessary, treat the animal;

• (b) if necessary, to place it in quarantine or isolate it for so long as is necessary to ensure that there is no risk to human or animal health; or

• (c) to re-dispatch the animal in accordance with Article 72 of the Official Controls Regulation without delay.

• (3) If re-dispatch is impossible, in particular for welfare reasons, the official veterinary surgeon may order the importer or the importer’s representative to arrange for the slaughter of the animal to spare any avoidable pain, distress or suffering.

• (4) If an animal is seized under regulation 19 at a place other than a border control post, the enforcement authority must order the consignment to be retained or recalled, and placed under official detention without delay, and paragraphs (1) and (2) apply.

• (5) The official veterinary surgeon may exceptionally authorise partial destruction, re-dispatch, special treatment, or any other measure that may be taken in respect of a consignment of animals to be taken in respect of a part of any such consignment, provided that such action—

• (a) is such as to ensure compliance with the import check requirements the Official Controls Regulation and any relevant Implementing Regulations and Delegated Regulations made under it;

• (b) does not pose a risk to human or animal health; and

• (c) does not disrupt official control operations.

• (6) The importer or the importer’s representative is liable for the costs incurred in these measures ... .

Appeals

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Any person who is aggrieved by a decision referred to in regulation 20 or 23 may appeal within one month of the decision to a Magistrates' court by way of complaint for an order and the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 applies to the proceedings.

Additional requirements in specific cases

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Part 2 of Schedule 2 makes additional requirements for specific cases.

Exclusions

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• (1) The provisions of this Part do not apply in the cases specified in Schedule 3.

• (2) The provisions of this Part apply subject to the derogations and modifications set out in Schedule 5.

• (3) Paragraph (2) (and Schedule 5) have effect and remain in force from immediately after implementation period completion day until the end of the transitional staging period.

Re-importation of products

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• (1) An official veterinary surgeon at a border control post must authorise the re-importation of consignments of the categories of animals and products referred to in points (a) and (b) of Article 47(1) of the EU Regulation originating from, and returning to, Great Britain following a refusal of entry by a third country, provided that—

• (a) animals and germinal products that have been authorised in advance by the competent authority comply with the relevant animal health and animal welfare requirements;

• (b) products of animal origin and composite products comply with animal and public health requirements relating to consignments of products for human consumption originating in and returning to Great Britain following a refusal of entry by a third country; and

• (c) animal by-products comply with the animal health requirements laid down in Annex XIV to Commission Regulation (EU) 142/2011 on the requirements for the entry of consignments of animal by-products and derived products originating from, and returning to, Great Britain following refusal of entry by a third country.

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• (2) The official veterinary surgeon must carry out a documentary and identity check and if necessary a physical check.

• (3) The importer must either—

• (a) transport the consignment directly to the establishment of origin ..., in leak-proof means of transport, identified and sealed by the official veterinary surgeon at the border control post so that the seals will be broken whenever the container is opened, or

• (b) destroy the consignment as animal by-products.

Admission of products into warehouses

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No person may bring into Great Britain a consignment of products that does not comply with the import requirements of these Regulations and the Customs procedures and storage procedures on imports in the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018.

PART 4 — Safeguard measures

Safeguard measures

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• (1) Where the Welsh Ministers or the Food Standards Agency—

• (a) has reasonable grounds for suspecting the existence of a disease, zoonosis, phenomenon or circumstance in a country or territory outside Great Britain such that animals or products originating from the whole or part of the country or territory concerned are liable to pose risk to human or animal health, or

• (b) is of the opinion that there is serious non-compliance with official control rules under the Official Controls Regulation in relation to imports,

the Welsh Ministers or the Agency may publish a written declaration of the special measures necessary in order to contain the risk to human or animal health or the risk of non-compliant animals or products entering into Great Britain.

• (2) The special measures that the Welsh Ministers or the Food Standards Agency may require include—

• (a) suspension of entry of any animal or product originating in or dispatched from the whole or part of the country or territory concerned;

• (b) imposition of conditions requiring that any animals or products—

• (i) prior to dispatch, or on arrival, are made the subject of specific treatment or controls;

• (ii) be accompanied by an official certificate, an official attestation, or any other evidence (in any format that may be specified) that any import ... complies with established official control rules under the Official Controls Regulation and any relevant Implementing Regulations and Delegated Regulations made under it or equivalent rules in third countries;

• (c) such other measures as the Welsh Ministers or the Agency considers necessary to contain the risk.

• (3) The declaration must be published in such manner as the Welsh Ministers or the Food Standards Agency (as the case may be) thinks fit and may be amended or revoked by further declaration at any time.

• (4) No person may import into the United Kingdom anything in breach of any measures mentioned in any declaration.

PART 5 — Administration

Notifications and authorisations

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Any notification or authorisation must be in writing, may be subject to conditions and may be amended, suspended or revoked by further notice in writing at any time.

Enforcement authorities

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In these Regulations the enforcement authorities are local authorities and port health authorities.

Enforcement

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• (1) At a border control post these Regulations are enforced—

• (a) in relation to animals by the Welsh Ministers; and

• (b) in relation to products by the local authority.

• (2) Outside a border control post, in relation to animals (other than in relation to aquatic animals) they are enforced by the local authority.

• (2A) Outside a border control post, official controls in relation to aquatic animals are enforced by the Welsh Ministers.

• (3) Outside a border control post, in relation to products they are enforced by—

• (a) the local authority; or

• (b) by the Food Standards Agency at any cutting plant, game-handling establishment or slaughterhouse, or premises at which the Agency enforces the Food Hygiene (Wales) Regulations 2006 .

• (4) In addition, in relation to products they are enforced by a general customs official in any place (other than the inspection facilities in a border control post) where goods are subject to customs supervision by that official under the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018.

• (5) The Welsh Ministers may direct, in relation to cases of a particular description or a particular case, that the Welsh Ministers may discharge any duty imposed on a local authority under this regulation.

• (6) Where a customs officer exercising a statutory function at any place under customs supervision discovers any animal or product suspected of being non-compliant, that officer must detain it and notify such detention to an authorised officer of the relevant enforcement authority.

Powers of entry

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• (1) An authorised officer of the Welsh Ministers or an enforcement agency may at any reasonable hour during normal working hours without prior notice enter any premises (except any premises used wholly or mainly as a private dwelling) if the officer believes that it is necessary to enter for the purpose of enforcing these Regulations.

• (2) An authorised officer must, if requested to do so, produce a duly authenticated authorisation document.

• (3) A justice of the peace may sign a warrant to permit an enforcement officer to enter any premises, including a dwelling-house, if the justice on sworn information in writing is satisfied—

• (a) that there are reasonable grounds to enter those premises for the purpose of enforcing these Regulations; and

• (b) that one or more of the conditions in paragraph (4) are met.

• (4) The conditions are—

• (a) that entry to the premises has been, or is likely to be, refused, and notice of the intention to apply for a warrant has been given to the occupier;

• (b) that asking for admission to the premises, or giving such a notice, would defeat the object of the entry;

• (c) that entry is required urgently;

• (d) that the premises are unoccupied or the occupier is temporarily absent.

• (5) A warrant is valid for 30 days from the date of signature by the justice of the peace.

• (6) An authorised officer entering any premises which are unoccupied or from which the occupier is temporarily absent must leave them as effectively secured against unauthorised entry as they were before entry.

• (7) An authorised officer may—

• (a) be accompanied by such other persons (up to a maximum of three) as the officer considers necessary;

• (b) bring onto the premises such equipment as the officer considers necessary.

Powers of authorised officers

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An authorised officer of the Welsh Ministers or an enforcement authority may—

• (a) inspect and examine any animal;

• (b) inspect any product, or genetic material, including its packaging, seals, marking, labelling and presentation, and any plant or equipment used for or in connection with it;

• (c) have access to, and inspect and copy any documents or records (in whatever form they are held), and remove them to enable them to be copied;

• (d) have access to, inspect and check the operation of any computer and any associated apparatus used in connection with the records; and may require any computer records to be produced in a form in which they may be taken away;

• (e) seize and retain anything required as evidence in proceedings under these Regulations;

• (f) open any bundle, package, packing case, or item of personal luggage, or require any person in possession of or accompanying the same to open it and inspect the contents;

• (g) take samples of any animal or product for laboratory tests, for checking against any relevant document relating to the animal or product or otherwise for checking compliance with these Regulations or any condition of import enforced by these Regulations;

• (h) require the slaughter of any imported animal which is non-compliant with import or animal welfare requirements in these Regulations or the Official Controls Regulation and any Implementing Regulations and Delegated Regulations made under it, or suspected by the Welsh Ministers of posing a risk to animal or human health;

• (i) require the quarantine of any imported animal that is suspected by the Welsh Ministers of posing a risk to animal or human health.

Consignments from another member State constituting a risk to health

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• (1) If imported animals or products are suspected by the appropriate enforcement authority or the Welsh Ministers of constituting a serious risk to human or animal health or animal welfare, or, in a case of suspected non-compliance, the animals or products come from a region contaminated by an epizootic disease, an authorised officer of that enforcement authority or the Welsh Ministers may require—

• (a) an investigation in order to confirm or eliminate that suspicion;

• (b) an investigation into the extent of any suspected non-compliance and to establish the import operator’s responsibilities;

• (c) intensified official controls on consignments of animals or products from a particular region until such imports are no longer regarded by the officer of constituting such health risk;

• (d) the official detention of any of the animals or products;

• (e) appropriate measures to ensure that the person responsible for the animals or products remedies the non-compliance and prevents further occurrences of such non-compliance.

• (2) In a case within paragraph (1)(a), the importer must assist the officer with establishing the region of origin.

• (3) Where the appropriate enforcement authority or the Welsh Ministersare satisfied that imported animals or products constitute a risk to animal or public health, an authorised officer of that enforcement authority or the Welsh Ministers, as appropriate may, following written notice, take any reasonable action to ensure compliance with any rules laid down in accordance with Chapter 5 of Title 2 of the Official Controls Regulation, including—

• (a) taking samples for testing and ordering or performing veterinary treatments on animals;

• (b) ordering the unloading of animals and their transfer via another means of transport to a specified holding for a specified quarantine period (whether or not involving the postponement of the slaughter of animals);

• (c) the slaughter or killing of animals, provided that this is the most appropriate measure to safeguard human health as well as animal health and welfare;

• (d) restricting or prohibiting the placing on the market, the movement or the export of the animal or product, or requiring its return to the country of dispatch;

• (e) ordering the importer to increase the frequency and thoroughness of systematic checks and controls before importing further animals or goods from the same region;

• (f) ordering the isolation or closure, for an appropriate period of time, of all or part of a business operation (including any related internet and on-line sales of products that may constitute a risk to animal or human health) affected by the importation of an animal or product that constitutes a risk to animal or human health;

• (g) the recall, withdrawal, removal or destruction of products;

• (h) the treatment of products for human consumption, the alteration of labels or corrective information to be provided to consumers;

• (i) the temporary suspension or withdrawal of the registration or approval of an affected establishment, plant, holding or means of transport concerned, or of an authorisation of a transporter;

• (j) the use of the products for purposes other than those for which they were originally intended.

• (4) An authorised officer of the enforcement authority or the Welsh Ministers must provide an affected business operator, or its representative, with—

• (a) written notification of the decision concerning the action or measure to be taken in accordance with this regulation, together with the reasons for that decision; and

• (b) information on any right of review against such decision in accordance with regulation 35A.

• (5) All expenditure incurred as a result of actions taken by or on behalf of the enforcement authority or the Welsh Ministers under this regulation is to be borne by the responsible operator.

• (6) In the case of the issue of false or misleading official certificates in Wales, or where there is evidence of abuse of official certificates, an authorised officer of the enforcement authority or the Welsh Ministers may take appropriate measures, including—

• (a) the temporary suspension of the certifying officer from certifying any certificates related to any relevant trade;

• (b) the withdrawal of the authorisation of a person to sign official certificates;

• (c) any other measure believed by the officer to be necessary to prevent a reoccurrence of any non-compliance or abuse.

Obstruction

36

No person may—

• (a) intentionally obstruct any person acting in the execution of these Regulations or the Official Controls Regulation;

• (b) without reasonable cause, fail to give any person acting in execution of these Regulations or the Official Controls Regulation any assistance or information that that person may reasonably require for the purpose of carrying out functions under these Regulations or the Official Controls Regulation; or

• (c) furnish to any person acting in the execution of these Regulations or the Official Controls Regulation any information knowing it to be false or misleading.

Exchange of information

37

• (1) The Commissioners of Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, a general customs official and any enforcement authority may exchange information for the purposes of these Regulations, and may divulge information to an enforcement authority in any of the territories of the British Islands for the purposes of this Part or the equivalent legislation in those jurisdictions.

• (2) Paragraph (1) is without prejudice to any other power of the Commissioners, any general customs official or any enforcement authority to disclose information.

• (3) No person, including a servant of the Crown, may disclose any information received from the Commissioners or a general customs official under paragraph (1) if—

• (a) the information relates to a person whose identity—

• (i) is specified in the disclosure; or

• (ii) can be deduced from the disclosure;

• (b) the disclosure is for a purpose other than the purposes specified in paragraph (1); and

• (c) the Commissioners have not given their prior consent to the disclosure.

Fees

38

The Welsh Ministers or the enforcement authority must charge a reasonable fee in relation to any official control activity in accordance with the charging provisions contained in Chapter 6, Title 2 of the Official Controls Regulation, and such fee is payable by the operator responsible for the consignment or its representative.

Offences

39

Breach of the following provisions is an offence—

Offences by bodies corporate

40

• (1) Where a body corporate is guilty of an offence under these Regulations, and that offence is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to have been attributable to any neglect on the part of—

• (a) any director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate, or

• (b) any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity,

that person as well as the body corporate is guilty of the offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

• (2) For the purposes of this regulation “director” (“cyfarwyddwr”), in relation to a body corporate whose affairs are managed by its members, means a member of the body corporate.

Offences by partnerships and unincorporated associations

41

• (1) Proceedings for an offence under these Regulations alleged to have been committed by a partnership or an unincorporated association may be brought in the name of the partnership or association.

• (2) For the purposes of such proceedings—

• (a) rules of court relating to the service of documents are to have effect as if the partnership or association were a body corporate;

• (b) section 33 of the Criminal Justice Act 1925 and Schedule 3 to the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 apply in relation to the partnership or association as they apply in relation to a body corporate.

• (3) A fine imposed on a partnership or association on its conviction for an offence under these Regulations is to be paid out of the funds of the partnership or association.

• (4) Where an offence under these Regulations committed by a partnership is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, a partner, that partner (as well as the partnership) is guilty of the offence and is liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

• For these purposes, “partner” (“partner”) includes a person purporting to act as a partner.

• (5) Where an offence under these Regulations committed by an unincorporated association is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, an officer of the association, that officer (as well as the association) is guilty of the offence and is liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

• (6) For these purposes, “officer” (“swyddog”) means an officer of the association or a member of its governing body, or a person purporting to act in such capacity.

Penalties

42

A person guilty of any offence under these Regulations is liable on summary conviction to a fine.

Revocations

43

• (1) The following are revoked—

• (a) the Products of Animal Origin (Import and Export) Regulations 1996 insofar as they relate to Wales ;

• (b) the Fresh Meat (Import Conditions) Regulations 1996 insofar as they relate to Wales ;

• (c) the Products of Animal Origin (Import and Export) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 insofar as they relate to Wales ;

• (d) the Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) (Wales) Regulations 2006 ;

• (e) the Products of Animal Origin (Third Country Imports) (Wales) Regulations 2007 .

• (2) Schedule 4 makes amendments consequential to these Regulations.

SCHEDULE 1 — European Union legislation

Deddfwriaeth yr UE	Pwnc
Cyfarwyddeb y Cyngor 64/432/EEC ar broblemau iechyd anifeiliaid sy'n effeithio ar y fasnach mewn anifeiliaid buchol a moch o fewn y Gymuned[^f00029]	Anifeiliaid buchol a moch
Cyfarwyddeb y Cyngor 88/407/EEC sy'n gosod y gofynion o ran iechyd anifeiliaid sy'n gymwys i fasnach mewn semen dwys-rewedig anifeiliaid domestig o rywogaeth y fuwch o fewn y Gymuned ac i fewnforio'r semen hwnnw[^f00030]	Semen buchol
Cyfarwyddeb y Cyngor 89/556/EEC ar amodau iechyd anifeiliaid sy'n llywodraethu masnach mewn embryonau anifeiliaid domestig o rywogaeth y fuwch o fewn y Gymuned ac i fewnforio'r embryonau hynny o drydydd gwledydd[^f00031]	Embryonau buchol ffres
Cyfarwyddeb y Cyngor 90/429/EEC sy'n gosod y gofynion iechyd anifeiliaid sy'n gymwys i fasnach mewn semen anifeiliaid domestig o rywogaeth y mochyn o fewn y Gymuned ac i fewnforio'r semen hwnnw[^f00032]	Semen moch
Cyfarwyddeb y Cyngor 91/68/EEC ar amodau iechyd anifeiliaid sy'n llywodraethu'r fasnach mewn defaid a geifr o fewn y Gymuned [^f00033]	Defaid a geifr
Cyfarwyddeb y Cyngor 92/65/EEC sy'n gosod gofynion o ran iechyd anifeiliaid sy'n llywodraethu'r fasnach mewn anifeiliaid, semen, ofa ac embryonau nad ydynt yn ddarostyngedig i ofynion iechyd anifeiliaid a osodir yn rheolau penodol y Gymuned y cyfeirir atynt yn Atodiad A(I) i Gyfarwyddeb 90/425/EEC ac yn llywodraethu eu mewnforio i'r Gymuned[^f00034]	Anifeiliaid a chynhyrchion eraill a bennir yn y Gyfarwyddeb
Cyfarwyddeb y Cyngor 92/118/EEC sy'n gosod gofynion o ran iechyd anifeiliaid ac iechyd y cyhoedd sy'n llywodraethu'r fasnach mewn cynhyrchion a mewnforion i'r Gymuned o gynhyrchion nad ydynt yn ddarostyngedig i'r gofynion hynny a osodir yn rheolau penodol y Gymuned y cyfeirir atynt yn Atodiad A(I) i Gyfarwyddeb 89/662/EEC ac, o ran pathogenau, i Gyfarwyddeb 90/425/EEC[^f00035]	Cynhyrchion amrywiol
Cyfarwyddeb y Cyngor 96/23/EC ar fesurau i fonitro sylweddau penodol a'u gweddillion mewn anifeiliaid byw a chynhyrchion anifeiliaid ac sy'n diddymu Cyfarwyddebau 85/358/EEC a 86/469/EEC a Phenderfyniadau 89/187/EEC a 91/664/EEC[^f00036]	Gweddillion
Rheoliad (EC) Rhif 178/2002 sy'n gosod egwyddorion cyffredinol a gofynion cyfraith bwyd, yn sefydlu Awdurdod Diogelwch Bwyd Ewrop ac yn gosod gweithdrefnau o ran materion diogelwch bwyd[^f00037]	Cynhyrchion anifeiliaid i'w bwyta gan bobl
Cyfarwyddeb y Cyngor 2002/99/EC sy'n gosod y rheolau iechyd anifeiliaid sy'n llywodraethu cynhyrchu, prosesu, dosbarthu a chyflwyno cynhyrchion sy'n dod o anifeiliaid ar gyfer eu bwyta gan bobl[^f00038]	Cynhyrchion anifeiliaid i'w bwyta gan bobl
Cyfarwyddeb y Cyngor 2004/68/EC sy'n gosod y rheolau iechyd anifeiliaid ar gyfer mewnforio anifeiliaid byw penodol gyda charnau i'r Gymuned a chludo'r anifeiliaid hynny trwyddi[^f00039]	Anifeiliaid byw penodol gyda charnau sy'n cynnwys gwartheg, geifr, defaid, moch
Rheoliad y Comisiwn (EC) Rhif 136/2004 sy'n gosod gweithdrefnau ar gyfer gwiriadau milfeddygol mewn arolygfeydd ar ffin y Gymuned ar gynhyrchion a fewnforir o drydydd gwledydd[^f00040]	Gwair a gwellt
Rheoliad (EC) Rhif 852/2004 Senedd Ewrop a'r Cyngor ar hylendid deunyddiau bwyd[^f00041]	Cynhyrchion anifeiliaid i'w bwyta gan bobl
Rheoliad (EC) Rhif 853/2004 o Senedd Ewrop a'r Cyngor sy'n gosod rheolau hylendid penodol ar gyfer bwyd sy'n dod o anifeiliaid[^f00042]	Cynhyrchion anifeiliaid i'w bwyta gan bobl
Rheoliad (EC) Rhif 854/2004 Senedd Ewrop a'r Cyngor sy'n gosod rheolau hylendid penodol ar gyfer trefnu rheolaethau swyddogol ar gynhyrchion sy'n dod o anifeiliaid ac a fwriedir ar gyfer eu bwyta gan bobl[^f00043]	Cynhyrchion anifeiliaid i'w bwyta gan bobl
Rheoliad (EC) Rhif 882/2004 Senedd Ewrop a'r Cyngor ar reolaethau swyddogol a gyflawnir i sicrhau gwirio cydymffurfedd â'r gyfraith ynglŷn â bwyd anifeiliaid a bwyd, rheolau iechyd anifeiliaid a rheolau lles anifeiliaid[^f00044]	Rheolaethau swyddogol ar fwyd anifeiliaid, bwyd, iechyd anifeiliaid a lles anifeiliaid
Rheoliad y Cyngor (EC) Rhif 183/2005 sy'n gosod gofynion ar gyfer hylendid bwyd anifeiliaid[^f00045]	Bwyd anifeiliaid
Penderfyniad y Comisiwn 2007/275 ynghylch rhestrau o anifeiliaid a chynhyrchion fydd yn ddarostyngedig i reolaethau mewn arolygfeydd ffin o dan Gyfarwyddebau'r Cyngor 91/496/EEC a 97/78/EC[^f00046]	Cynhyrchion cyfansawdd
Cyfarwyddeb y Cyngor 2006/88/EC ar y gofynion o ran iechyd anifeiliaid ar gyfer anifeiliaid a chynhyrchion dyframaethu, ac ar atal a rheoli clefydau penodol mewn anifeiliaid dyfrol[^f00047]	Anifeiliaid dyfrol
Cyfarwyddeb y Cyngor 2009/156/EC ar amodau iechyd anifeiliaid, sy'n llywodraethu symud a mewnforio equidae o drydydd gwledydd[^f00048]	Equidae
Cyfarwyddeb y Cyngor 2009/158/EC ar amodau iechyd anifeiliaid, sy'n llywodraethu'r fasnach mewn dofednod ac wyau deor o fewn y Gymuned, a mewnforion dofednod ac wyau deor o drydydd gwledydd[^f00049]	Dofednod ac wyau deor
Rheoliad (EC) Rhif 767/2009 Senedd Ewrop a'r Cyngor ar 13 Gorffennaf 2009 ar osod bwyd anifeiliaid ar y farchnad a'i ddefnyddio[^f00050]	Bwyd anifeiliaid
Rheoliad y Cyngor (EC) Rhif 1069/2009 sy'n gosod rheolau iechyd mewn perthynas â sgil-gynhyrchion anifeiliaid a chynhyrchion sy'n dod o anifeiliaid nas bwriedir ar gyfer eu bwyta gan bobl[^f00051]	Sgil-gynhyrchion anifeiliaid

SCHEDULE 2 — Specific requirements for individual cases

PART 1 — Additional requirements for trade with member States

Dealers in cattle, sheep, pigs or goats

1

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Transport of cattle, pigs, sheep or goats

2

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Horses

3

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Poultry Health Scheme

4

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Approvals for the Balai Directive

5

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Circuses

6

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Animal by-products

7

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PART 2 — Additional provisions relating to imports from third countries

Arrival at premises of destination

8

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Imported birds

9

• (1) The Welsh Ministers are the competent authority for the import of certain birds and quarantine conditions for the purposes of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 139/2013 laying down animal health conditions for imports of certain birds into the Union and the quarantine conditions thereof.

• (2) An importer must comply with Article 7 (transport of birds) of that Regulation.

• (3) No person may release a bird from quarantine except in accordance with Article 16 (release of birds) of that Regulation.

Horses

10

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Ships stores

11

• (1) A product that does not comply with import requirements and is sent from a border control post to a ship must be accompanied by the relevant health certificate relating to that product, and the master of the vessel must confirm delivery of the product by signing a certificate which must accompany the consignment to its place of destination.

• (2) Within 15 days of completion of delivery of products on board the vessel, the operator responsible for the delivery, or the representative of the master of the vessel, must send the official certificate signed by the master of the vessel (or send by electronic means and systems) to the competent authorities of the border control post of entry or the approved customs warehouse.

Charges for veterinary checks from New Zealand

12

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SCHEDULE 3 — Cases to which Part 3 does not apply

Disapplication of Part 3

1

Part 3 of these Regulations does not apply in the cases set out in this Schedule.

Case 1: Personal imports and small consignments

2

Products referred to in Article 7 and Article 10 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2122.

Case 2: International means of transport

3

Products on board means of transport operating internationally that are intended for consumption by the crew and passengers and that are either—

• (a) not unloaded;

• (b) transferred directly from one means of transport operating internationally to another at the same port and under customs supervision; or

• (c) destroyed as soon as they are unloaded.

Case 3: Trade samples and samples for particular study or analysis

4

• (1) Research and diagnostic samples as defined in point (38) of Annex 1 to Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 are exempt from veterinary checks at the border control post, provided that they have been authorised in advance by the Welsh Ministers and the consignment is sent directly from the point of entry to the authorised user.

• (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Case 4: Consignments cleared in another member State

5

Consignments of animals and products from third countries that have been presented to any border control post in Great Britain and cleared for free circulation.

Case 5: Composite products

6

• (1) Composite products and foodstuffs listed in Annex II to Commission Decision 2007/275/EC.

• (2) Composite products not containing meat or meat products, where less than half of the product is processed product of animal origin, provided that such products are—

• (a) shelf-stable at ambient temperature or have clearly undergone, in their manufacture, a complete cooking or heat treatment process throughout their substance, so that any raw product is denatured;

• (b) clearly identified as intended for human consumption;

• (c) securely packaged or sealed in clean containers; and

• (d) accompanied by a commercial document and labelled in English (whether or not it also appears in any other language), so that that document and labelling together give information on the nature, quality and number of packages of the composite products, the country of origin, the manufacturer and the ingredient.

Case 6: Animals subject to rabies control

7

Animals specified in Schedule 1 to the Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals) Order 1974 and imported in accordance with a licence under that Order.

SCHEDULE 4 — Consequential amendments

Amendment to the Bluetongue (Wales) Regulations 2008

1

After regulation 19 of the Bluetongue (Wales) Regulations 2008 insert—

(19A) (1) A person must not export any animal, semen, ovum or embryo to a third country unless it complies with Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1266/2007 on implementing rules for Council Directive 2000/75/EC as regards the control, monitoring, surveillance and restrictions on movements of certain animals of susceptible species in relation to bluetongue. (2) An inspector who has reasonable cause to suspect that a person intends to export any animal, semen, ovum or embryo in contravention of this regulation may by notice served on that person, that person's representative or the person appearing to be in charge of the animal, semen, ovum or embryo, prohibit that export and require the person on whom the notice is served to take the animal, semen, ovum or embryo to such places as may be specified in the notice and to take such further action in relation to it as may be specified in the notice. (3) If a notice served under paragraph (2) is not complied with, an inspector may seize any animal or thing to which it relates and arrange for the requirements of the notice to be complied with at the expense of the person on whom the notice was served.

Amendment to the Importation of Animal Products and Poultry Products Order 1980

2

The Importation of Animal Products and Poultry Products Order 1980 , insofar as it relates to Wales, is amended by inserting after article 1—

(1A) This Order does not apply in relation to any importation in relation to which the Trade in Animals and Related Products (Wales) Regulations 2011 apply.

Signed

John Griffiths — Minister for Environment and Sustainable Developement, one of the Welsh Ministers — 2011-09-28

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Footnotes

[^f00001]: O.S. 2010/2690.

[^f00002]: 1972 p. 68. Mewnosodwyd paragraff 1A yn Atodlen 2 gan adran 28 o Ddeddf Diwygio Deddfwriaethol a Rheoleiddiol 2006 (p. 51).

[^f00003]: 1973 p.51. Caiff Gweinidogion Cymru arfer y pŵer hwn yn rhinwedd adran 59(5) o Ddeddf Llywodraeth Cymru 2006 (p. 32).

[^f00004]: OJ Rhif L076, 13.3.2007, t. 56.

[^f00005]: OJ Rhif L268, 24.9.1991, t. 56 fel y'i diwygiwyd ddiwethaf gan Gyfarwyddeb y Cyngor 2008/73/EC (OJ Rhif L219, 14.8.2008, t. 40).

[^f00006]: OJ Rhif L116, 4.5.2007, t. 9.

[^f00007]: OJ Rhif L 146, 13.6.2003, t. 1 fel y'i diwygiwyd ddiwethaf gan Reoliad (EU) Rhif 438/2010 (OJ Rhif L 132, 29.5.2010, t. 3).

[^f00008]: OJ Rhif L 94, 31.3.2004, t. 63 fel y'i diwygiwyd ddiwethaf gan Benderfyniad y Comisiwn 2005/515/EC (OJ Rhif L 187, 19.7.2005, t. 29).

[^f00009]: OJ Rhif L 224, 18.8.1990, t. 55 fel y'i diwygiwyd ddiwethaf gan Gyfarwyddeb y Cyngor 2008/73/EC (OJ Rhif 219, 14.8.2008, t. 40).

[^f00010]: OJ Rhif L 21, 28.1.2004, t. 11 fel y'i diwygiwyd ddiwethaf gan Reoliad y Comisiwn (EC) Rhif 206/2009 (OJ Rhif L 77, 24.3.2009, t.1).

[^f00011]: OJ Rhif L 49, 19.2.2004, t. 11 fel y'i diwygiwyd ddiwethaf gan Reoliad y Comisiwn (EC) Rhif 585/2004 (OJ Rhif L 91, 30.3.3004, t. 17).

[^f00012]: Mae'r Comisiwn yn cyhoeddi rhestr o arolygfeydd ffin yn rheolaidd.

[^f00013]: OJ Rhif L 24, 30.1.1998, t. 9 fel y'i diwygiwyd ddiwethaf gan Gyfarwyddeb y Cyngor 2006/104/EC (OJ Rhif L 363, 20.12.2006, t. 352).

[^f00014]: OJ Rhif L 268, 24.9.1991, t. 56 fel y'i diwygiwyd ddiwethaf gan Gyfarwyddeb y Cyngor 2008/73/EC (OJ Rhif L 219, 14.8.2008, t. 40).

[^f00015]: OJ Rhif L 165, 30.4.2004, t. 1 fel y'i diwygiwyd ddiwethaf gan Reoliad y Comisiwn (EU) Rhif 208/2011 (OJ Rhif L 58, 3.3.2011, t. 29).

[^f00016]: OJ Rhif L 300, 14.11.2009, t.1 fel y'i diwygiwyd ddiwethaf gan Gyfarwyddeb y Cyngor 2010/63/EU (OJ Rhif L 276, 20.10.2010, t.4).

[^f00017]: 1980 p. 43.

[^f00018]: OJ Rhif L 302, 19.10.92, t. 1 fel y'i diwygiwyd ddiwethaf gan Reoliad y Cyngor (EC) Rhif 1791/2006 (OJ Rhif L 363, 20.12.2006, t.1).

[^f00019]: O.S. 2006/31 (Cy.5).

[^f00020]: O.S. 1997/1729.

[^f00021]: Sefydlwyd ffioedd sy'n ymwneud â mewnforion o drydydd gwledydd o dan Reoliad (EC) Rhif 882/2004 Senedd Ewrop a'r Cyngor ar reolaethau swyddogol a gyflawnir i sicrhau gwirio cydymffurfedd â'r gyfraith ynglŷn â bwyd anifeiliaid a bwyd, rheolau iechyd anifeiliaid a rheolau lles anifeiliaid (OJ Rhif L 165, 30.4.2004, p. 1).

[^f00022]: 1925 p. 86. Mae is-adrannau (1) a (2) o adran 33 wedi eu diddymu gan Ddeddf Llysoedd Ynadon 1952 (p. 55), adran 132 ac Atodlen 6; mae is-adran (3) wedi ei diwygio gan Ddeddf y Llysoedd 1971 (p. 23), adran 56(1) ac Atodlen 8, rhan II, paragraff 19; mae is-adran (4) wedi ei diwygio gan Ddeddf y Llysoedd 2003 (p. 39), adran 109(1) a (3), Atodlen 8, paragraff 71 ac Atodlen 10, a chan Ddeddf Llysoedd Ynadon 1980 (p. 43), adran 154 ac Atodlen 7, paragraff 5; mae is-adran (5) wedi ei diddymu gan Ddeddf Llysoedd Ynadon 1952, adran 132, Atodlen 6.

[^f00023]: 1980 p. 43. Mae is-baragraff 2(a) wedi ei ddiwygio gan Ddeddf Trefniadaeth Droseddol ac Ymchwiliadau 1996 (p. 25), adran 47, Atodlen 1, paragraff 13, ac fe'i diddymwyd gan Ddeddf Cyfiawnder Troseddol 2003 (p. 44), adrannau 41 a 332, Atodlen 3, rhan 2, paragraff 51, is-baragraffau (1), (13)(a), ac Atodlen 37, rhan 4 (gydag effaith o ddyddiad sydd i'w benodi); mae paragraff 5 wedi ei ddiddymu gan Ddeddf Cyfiawnder Troseddol 1991 (p. 53), adrannau 25(2) a 101(2) ac Atodlen 13; mae paragraff 6 wedi ei ddiwygio gan Ddeddf Cyfiawnder Troseddol 2003, adran 41, Atodlen 3, rhan 2, paragraff 51, is-baragraffau (1) ac (13)(b) (gydag effaith o ddyddiad sydd i'w benodi).

[^f00024]: O.S. 1996/3124.

[^f00025]: O.S. 1996/3125.

[^f00026]: O.S. 1997/3023.

[^f00027]: O.S. 2006/1536 (Cy.153).

[^f00028]: O.S. 2007/376 (Cy.36).

[^f00029]: OJ Rhif L 121, 29.7.64, t. 1977 fel y'i diwygiwyd ddiwethaf gan Benderfyniad y Comisiwn 2009/976/EU (OJ Rhif L 336, 18.12.2009, t. 36).

[^f00030]: OJ Rhif L 194, 22.7.1988, t. 10 fel y'i diwygiwyd ddiwethaf gan Gyfarwyddeb y Cyngor 2008/73/EC (OJ Rhif L 219, 14.8.2008, t. 40).

[^f00031]: OJ Rhif L 302, 19.10.1989, t.1 fel y'i diwygiwyd ddiwethaf gan Gyfarwyddeb y Cyngor 2008/73/EC (OJ Rhif L 219, 14.8.2008, t 40).

[^f00032]: OJ Rhif L 224, 18.8.1990, t.62, fel y'i diwygiwyd ddiwethaf gan Gyfarwyddeb y Cyngor 2008/73/EC (OJ Rhif L 219, 14.8.2008, t. 40).

[^f00033]: OJ Rhif L 46, 19.2.1991, t.19, fel y'i diwygiwyd ddiwethaf gan Gyfarwyddeb y Cyngor 2008/73/EC (OJ Rhif L 219, 14.8.2008, t. 40).

[^f00034]: OJ Rhif L 268, 14.9.1992, t. 54 fel y'i diwygiwyd ddiwethaf gan Reoliad y Comisiwn (EU) Rhif 684/2010 (OJ Rhif L 293, 11.11.2010, t. 62).

[^f00035]: OJ Rhif L 62, 15.3.1993, t. 49 fel y'i diwygiwyd ddiwethaf gan Gyfarwyddeb 2004/41/EC Senedd Ewrop a'r Cyngor (OJ Rhif L 195, 2.6.2004 t.12).

[^f00036]: OJ Rhif L 125, 23.5.1996, t. 10 fel y'i diwygiwyd ddiwethaf gan Reoliad (EC) Rhif 596/2009 Senedd Ewrop a'r Cyngor (OJ Rhif 188, 18.7.2009, t.14).

[^f00037]: OJ Rhif L 31, 1.2.2002, t. 1 fel y'i diwygiwyd ddiwethaf gan Reoliad (EC) Rhif 596/2009 Senedd Ewrop a'r Cyngor (OJ Rhif L 188, 18.7.2009, t.14).

[^f00038]: OJ Rhif L 18, 23.1.2003, t. 11.

[^f00039]: OJ Rhif L 139, 30.4.2004, t. 321.

[^f00040]: OJ Rhif L 21, 28.1.2004, t. 11 fel y'i diwygiwyd ddiwethaf gan Reoliad (EC) Rhif 596/2009 Senedd Ewrop a'r Cyngor.

[^f00041]: OJ Rhif L 139, 30.4.2004, t. 1 fel y'i diwygiwyd ddiwethaf gan Reoliad (EC) Rhif 219/2009 Senedd Ewrop a'r Cyngor (OJ Rhif L 87, 31.3.2009, t. 109).

[^f00042]: OJ Rhif L 139, 30.4.2004, t.55 fel y'i diwygiwyd ddiwethaf gan Reoliad y Comisiwn (EU) 150/2011 (OJ Rhif L 46, 19.2.2011, t. 14).

[^f00043]: OJ Rhif L 139, 30.4.2004, t. 206 fel y'i diwygiwyd ddiwethaf gan Reoliad y Comisiwn (EU) Rhif 151/2011 (OJ Rhif L 46, 19.2.2011, t. 17).

[^f00044]: OJ Rhif L 165, 30.4.2004, t. 1 fel y'i diwygiwyd ddiwethaf gan Reoliad y Comisiwn (EU) Rhif 208/2011 (OJ Rhif L 583.3.2011 t. 29).

[^f00045]: OJ Rhif L 35, 8.2.2005, t. 1 fel y'i diwygiwyd ddiwethaf gan Reoliad (EC) Rhif 219/2009 Senedd Ewrop a'r Cyngor (OJ Rhif L 87, 31.3.2009, t. 109).

[^f00046]: OJ Rhif L 116, 4.5.2007, t. 9.

[^f00047]: OJ Rhif L 328, 24.11.2006, t. 14 fel y'i diwygiwyd ddiwethaf gan Gyfarwyddeb y Comisiwn 2008/53/EC (OJ Rhif L 117, 1.5.2008, t. 27).

[^f00048]: OJ Rhif L 192, 23.7.2010, t. 1.

[^f00049]: OJ Rhif L 343, 22.12.2009, t. 74 fel y'i diwygiwyd gan Benderfyniad y Comisiwn 2011/214/EU (OJ Rhif L90, 6.4.2011, t. 27).

[^f00050]: OJ Rhif L 229, 1.9.2009, t.1 fel y'i diwygiwyd ddiwethaf gan Reoliad y Comisiwn (EU) Rhif 939/2010 (OJ Rhif L 277, 21.10.2010, t. 4).

[^f00051]: OJ Rhif L 300, 14.11.2009, t.1 fel y'i diwygiwyd ddiwethaf gan Gyfarwyddeb 2010/63/EU Senedd Ewrop a'r Cyngor (OJ Rhif L 276, 20.10.2010, t. 33).

[^f00052]: OJ Rhif L 279, 22.10.2005, t. 47.

[^f00053]: OJ Rhif L 84, 24.3.2007, t. 7 fel y'i diwygiwyd ddiwethaf gan Reoliad y Comisiwn (EU) Rhif 239/2010 (OJ Rhif L 75, 23.3.2010, t. 18).

[^f00054]: OJ Rhif L 130, 15.5.1992, t. 67 fel y'i diwygiwyd ddiwethaf gan Benderfyniad y Comisiwn 2010/463/EU (OJ Rhif L 220, 21.8.2010, t. 74).

[^f00055]: OJ Rhif L 240, 23.9.2000, t. 14.

[^f00056]: OJ Rhif L 77, 24.3.2009, t. 1.

[^f00057]: O.S. 1974/2211 y mae diwygiadau iddo nad ydynt yn gymwys i'r Rheoliadau hyn.) ac a fewnforiwyd yn unol â thrwydded o dan y Gorchymyn hwnnw.

[^f00058]: O.S. 2008/1090 (Cy.116).

[^f00059]: O.S. 1980/14 y mae diwygiadau iddynt nad ydynt yn berthnasol i'r Rheoliadau hyn.

Enwi, cymhwyso a chychwyn

Dehongli

Eithriadau ar gyfer anifeiliaid anwes

Cytundebau rhyngwladol

Symud anifeiliaid a deunydd genetig rhwng Aelod-wladwriaethau

Paratoi tystysgrif iechyd

Hysbysiad o symud anifeiliaid a deunydd genetig rhwng Aelod-wladwriaethau

Gofynion ychwanegol mewn achosion penodol

Cwmpas y Rhan hon

Ystyr “DMMG”

Arolygfa ffin

Penodi milfeddygon swyddogol ac arolygwyr pysgod swyddogol

Man mewnforio

Hysbysiad am fewnforio

Gweithdrefn wrth fewnforio

Symud llwyth o arolygfa ffin

Sianelu

Cyrchfan y tu allan i'r Deyrnas Unedig

Llwythi nas gwiriwyd

Camau yn dilyn methu â gwirio neu ymafaeliad — cynhyrchion

Llwythi o gynhyrchion sy'n debygol o beri risg i iechyd anifeiliaid neu i iechyd dynol

Torri'r gyfraith yn ddifrifol neu'n fynych a thorri'r terfynau gweddillion uchaf

Camau yn dilyn methu â gwirio neu ymafaeliad — anifeiliaid

Apelau

Gofynion ychwanegol mewn achosion penodol

Eithrio

Ailfewnforio cynhyrchion

Derbyn cynhyrchion i warysau

Mesurau diogelu

Hysbysiadau ac awdurdodiadau

Awdurdodau gorfodi

Gorfodi

Pwerau mynediad

Pwerau swyddogion awdurdodedig

Llwythi o Aelod-wladwriaeth arall sy'n peri risg i iechyd

Rhwystro

Cyfnewid gwybodaeth

Ffioedd

Tramgwyddau

Tramgwyddau gan gyrff corfforaethol

Tramgwyddau gan bartneriaethau a chymdeithasau anghorfforedig

Cosbau

Dirymu

Masnachwyr gwartheg, defaid, moch neu eifr

Cludo gwartheg, moch, defaid neu eifr

Ceffylau

Cynllun Iechyd Dofednod

Cymeradwyaethau ar gyfer Cyfarwyddeb Balai

Syrcasau

Sgil-gynhyrchion anifeiliaid

Cyrraedd mangre cyrchu

Adar a fewnforir

Ceffylau

Storfeydd llongau

Ffioedd am wiriadau milfeddygol o Seland Newydd

Datgymhwyso Rhan 3

Achos 1: Mewnforion personol a llwythi bychain

Achos 2: Cyfrwng cludo rhyngwladol

Achos 3: Samplau masnach a samplau ar gyfer astudiaeth benodol neu ddadansoddiad

Achos 4: Llwythi a gliriwyd mewn Aelod-wladwriaeth arall

Achos 5: Cynhyrchion cyfansawdd

Achos 6: Anifeiliaid sy'n ddarostyngedig i reolaeth y gynddaredd

Diwygio Rheoliadau'r Tafod Glas (Cymru) 2008

“RHAN 3A — Allforion

19A

• (1) Rhaid i berson beidio ag allforio unrhyw anifail, semen, ofwm neu embryo i drydedd wlad oni bai ei fod yn cydymffurfio â Rheoliad y Comisiwn (EC) Rhif 1266/2007 ar weithredu'r rheolau ar gyfer Cyfarwyddeb y Cyngor 2000/75/EC o ran rheoli, monitro, gwyliadwriaeth a chyfyngiadau ar symudiadau anifeiliaid penodol sydd o rywogaeth a allai ddal haint y tafod glas.

• (2) Caiff arolygydd, sydd ag achos rhesymol i amau bod person yn bwriadu allforio unrhyw anifail, semen, ofwm neu embryo yn groes i'r rheoliad hwn, wahardd yr allforio, drwy hysbysiad a gyflwynir i'r person hwnnw, cynrychiolydd y person hwnnw neu'r person yr ymddengys bod yr anifail, semen, ofwm neu embryo o dan ofal y person hwnnw, gan ei gwneud yn ofynnol i'r person y cyflwynir yr hysbysiad iddo, fynd â'r anifail, semen, ofwm neu embryo i'r mannau hynny a gaiff eu pennu yn yr hysbysiad a chymryd camau pellach mewn perthynas ag ef fel a bennir yn yr hysbysiad.

• (3) Os na chydymffurfir â'r hysbysiad a gyflwynir o dan baragraff (2), caiff arolygydd ymafael yn unrhyw anifail neu beth y mae'r hysbysiad yn ymwneud ag ef, a threfnu y cydymffurfir â gofynion yr hysbysiad ar draul y person y cyflwynir yr hysbysiad iddo.

Diwygio Gorchymyn Mewnforio Cynhyrchion Anifeiliaid a Chynhyrchion Dofednod 1980

Editorial notes

[^c21064421]: S.I. 2010/2690.

[^c21064431]: 1972 c. 68. Paragraph 1A was inserted into Schedule 2 by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51).

[^c21064441]: 1973 c. 51 The Welsh Ministers may exercise this power by virtue of section 59(5) of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).

[^c21064471]: OJ No. L 171, 29.6.2016, p. 66.

[^c21064481]: OJ No. L 84, 31.3.2016, p. 1.

[^c21064491]: OJ No. L 17, 28.6.2013, p. 1.

[^c21064511]: OJ No. L 261, 14.10.2019, p. 37.

[^c21064521]: OJ No. L 250, 30.7.2019, p. 6.

[^c21064531]: OJ No. L 3, 5.1.2005, p.1.

[^c21064581]: 1980 c. 43.

[^c21064601]: S.I. 2006/31 (W.5).

[^c21064631]: 1925 c. 86. Subsections (1) and (2) of section 33 were repealed by the Magistrates' Courts Act 1952 (c. 55), section 132 and Schedule 6; subsection (3) was amended by the Courts Act 1971 (c. 23), section 56(1) and Schedule 8, part II, paragraph 19; subsection (4) was amended by the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), section 109(1) and (3), Schedule 8, paragraph 71 and Schedule 10, and by the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43), section 154 and Schedule 7, paragraph 5; subsection (5) was repealed by the Magistrates' Court Act 1952, section 132, Schedule 6.