Identification check, documentation check and physical check on border dr. Zsófia Kókány animal health officer Department of Food Chain Control Ministry of Rural Development HUNGARY Belgrade, 28 April, 2014.
Principles Intra-community trade Import Transit Export 2
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GUARANTEES EU IMPORT CONDITIONS authorised country / region of origin approved or registered establishment of origin harmonised health certificate models EXPORT CHECKS quarantine, sampling clinical examination prior export VETERINARY BORDER CONTROL documentary checks identity checks physical checks MEASURES AT FINAL DESTINATION official control / quarantine health checks sampling 4
Border inspetcion posts Harmonized infrastructure situated directly at the physical border buildings and constructions as required shall operate under the responsibility of an official veterinarian approved by the central competent authority inspections and audits by the central competent authority inspections by the Food and Veterinary Office of COM Commission Decision 2001/812/EC of 21 November 2001 laying down the requirements for the approval of border inspection posts responsible for veterinary checks on products introduced into the Community from third countries 5
BIP Approvals Commission Decision 2009/821/EC of 28 September 2009 drawing up a list of approved border inspection posts, laying down certain rules on the inspections carried out by Commission veterinary experts and laying down the veterinary units in Traces PRODUCTS: HC All products for human consumption NHC Other products NT - No temperature requirements T - Frozen/chilled products T(FR) Frozen products T(CH) Chilled products LIVE ANIMALS: U Ungulates: cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, wild and domestic solipeds. E - Registered equidae as defined in Council Directive 90/426/EEC. O - Other animals (including zoo animals). 6
Name Traces code Type Inspection centre Products Live animals Budapest- Liszt Ferenc Nemzetközi Repülőtér HU BUD 4 A HC(2), NHC-T(CH)(2), NHC-NT(2) Eperjeske HU EPE 2 F HC-T(CH)(2), HC-NT(2), NHC-T(CH)(2), NHC- NT(2) Kelebia HU KEL 2 F HC-T(CH)(2), HC-NT(2), NHC-T(CH)(2), NHC- NT(2) Röszke HU ROS 3 R HC(2), NHC-NT(2) E O Záhony HU ZAH 3 R HC(2), NHC-NT(2) U, E 7
Záhony BUD Airport Eperjeske Kelebia Röszke 8
Types of controls Import from 3rd countries Transit control when entering to EU Transit control when leaving the EU Re-import when goods returning to EU 9
The positive list Commission Decision 275/2007/EC of 17 April 2007 concerning lists of animals and products to be subject to controls at border inspection posts under Council Directives 91/496/EEC and 97/78/EC First check: Customs, TARIC Second check: BIP 10
The positive list Article 3 Veterinary checks of animals and products listed in Annex I 1. The animals and products listed in Annex I to this Decision shall be subjected to veterinary checks at border inspection posts in accordance with Directives 91/496/EEC and 97/78/EC. 11
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14 Border inspection Veterinary checks Council Directive 91/496/EEC of 15 July 1991 laying down principles governing the organization of veterinary checks on animals entering the Community from third countries... Definitions: importer shall mean any natural or legal person who presents animals for importation itno the Community; consigment shall mean a quantity of animals of the same species, covered by the same veterinary certificate or document, conveyed by the same means of transport and coming from the same third country or same part of such country; border inspection post shall mean any inspection posrt located in the immediate vicinity of the external border of one of the territories referred to in Annex 1 to Council Directive 90/675/EEC [...] and designed and approved in accordance with Article 6. Jan Van Seghbroeck - DVM - Expert DG Control Policy 14
Border inspection Veterinary checks Definitions: documentary check shall mean the verification of the veterinary certificates or docuemnts accompanying the animal; identity check shall mean verification, by visual inspection only, for consistency between the documents or certificates and the animals and for the presence and conformity of the marks which must appear on the animals; physical check shall mean a check of the animal itself, possibly including sampling and laboratory testing and, where appropriate, additional checks during quarantine 15 Jan Van Seghbroeck - DVM - Expert DG Control Policy 15
Prenotification: Border inspection Principles Art. 3 1 (a): importers are obliged to give one working day's notice to the veterinary staff of the border inspection post where the animals are to be presented specifying the number, nature and estimated time of arrival of the animals; using a document drawn up in accordance with the model common veterinary entry document (CVED) as defined in Commission Regulation 282/2004: first page 2 hours in case of an airport BIP 16 Jan Van Seghbroeck - DVM - Expert DG Control Policy 16
Border inspection Principles Prenotification: prenotification sent via e-mail/fax or TRACES importer has the responsibility to send the prenoticitaion on time and filled signature!!! if prenotification is not sent or not adequatly filled, fee is higher (in HU) prenotification document is registered and kept till the arrival of the consignment, then accompanies the consigment official vet carries out a pre-documentary check 17 Jan Van Seghbroeck - DVM - Expert DG Control Policy 17
Prenotification: Border inspection Principles data is entered to the TRACES system the absense of the prenotification or an incomplete prenotification doesn t mean automatically the rejection of the consignment the official vet informs the importer if based on the data on the prenotification document the consigment cannot enter the EU the data of the CVED must correspond with those of the accompanying certificate 18 Jan Van Seghbroeck - DVM - Expert DG Control Policy 18
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Structure of CVED 3 sections Part I: Details of dispatched consignment Part II: Decision on consignment Part III: Control 20
Border inspection - Veterinary checks Documentary check Identity check Physical check 21
Border inspection Documentary check Commission Decision 97/994/EC of 12 november 1997 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of Council Directive 91/496/EEC as regards veterinary checks on live animals to be imported from third countries (Annex I) In order to confirm that the accompanying veterinary certificate: is an original certificate that is drawn up in at least one of the official languages of the Member States of the border inspection post and of the final destination; it refers to a third country or part of a third country authorized to export to the Community; 22 Jan Van Seghbroeck - DVM - Expert DG Control Policy 22
Border inspection Documentary check its presentation and content correspond to the specimen drawn up for the live animal and third country concerned; consists of a single sheet of paper; has been fully completed; that the date of issue of the certificate relates to that of the loading of the live animals for their dispatch towards the Community; is signed by the official veterinarian; is not amended except by deletions which must be signed and stamped by the certifying veterinarian. 23 Jan Van Seghbroeck - DVM - Expert DG Control Policy 23
Animal health certificate for imports of certain birds other than poultry intended for dispatch to the Union (Annex III. of Commission Decision 139/2013/EC) 24 Jan Van Seghbroeck - DVM - Expert DG Control Policy 24
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Veterinary Import Certificate to EU 26
Border inspection Documentary check Specific details of documentary check: is the BIP approved for O animals? pets!!! origin of the birds is import permitted according to Commission Regulation 798/2008? any safeguard measures applicable for that country or region? coming from an approved breeding establishment? heading to an approved quarantine? written attestation by the person responsible for the quarantine on acception (Art. 8 of Commission Decision 139/2013/EU) CITES species? accompanied by a CITES import permit? 27 Jan Van Seghbroeck - DVM - Expert DG Control Policy 27
Border inspection Documentary check Third countries list Commission Regulation 798/2008 BPP: breeding or productive poultry other than ratites Approved establishments http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/biosafety/establishments/third _country/index_en.htm 28 28
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Entry of pet birds to the EU Pet birds accompanying their owners: Commission Decision 2007/25/EC of 22 December 2006 as regards certain protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza and movements of pet birds accompanying their owners into the Community max 5 birds!!! OIE country of origin and export quarantine for 30 days or 30 days quarantine at destination or vaccination against H5 in 60 days (2x) or export quarantine for 10 days and sampling for the antigen or genom of H5N1 certificate and declaration of owner according to Commission Decision 2007/25/EC 30
Border inspection identity check Art 3 of Commission Decision 97/794/EC Identity checks shall be carried out on each animal in a consignment Derogation: only 10 % of the animals in a consignment, with a minimum of 10 animals representative of the whole consignment checked per consignment, where the consignment contains a large number of animals (up to 100% if check is not satisfactory) shall consist of a visual check of the animals contained for the verification of the species thereof 31 Jan Van Seghbroeck - DVM - Expert DG Control Policy 31
Border inspection identity check A visual check has to be performed to examine: the species, the breed, the age, the sex of the animal individual marks of the animal individual marking of the animal whether the animals correspond to the data in the veterinary certificate and other documents (CITES) 32 Jan Van Seghbroeck - DVM - Expert DG Control Policy 32
Border inspection identity check birds have to be identified with an individual identification number by means of a uniquely marked seamlessly closed leg-ring or a microchip the individual identification number must contain at least: the ISO code of the exporting third country performing the identification, a unique serial number; the individual identification number must be registered on the animal health certificate 33 Jan Van Seghbroeck - DVM - Expert DG Control Policy 33
34 Border inspection physical check Inspection regarding their fitness for travel and a clinical examination, which may include the collection of samples (Annex II of Commission Decision 97/796/EC) 1. Assessment regarding the fitness for travelling: Have to take into account: the length of journey already undertaken and remains to be undertaken the feeding, watering and resting arrangements that had been provided Commission Regulation 1/2005 of 22 December 2004 on the on the protection of animals during transport and related operations... Jan Van Seghbroeck - DVM - Expert DG Control Policy 34
Border inspection physical check 2.Clinical examination individual: on live biungulate animals and equidae, by ensuring in particular that all such animals are unloaded at the border inspection post in his presence not individual: poultry, birds, aquaculture animals, including all live fish, rodents, lagomorphs, bees and other insects, reptiles and amphibians, other invertebrates, certain zoo and circus animals, including biungulates and equidae, considered to be dangerous, fur animals no examination: live fish, crustaceans and molluscs, and animals destined for scientific research centres having a certified specific health status, contained in sealed containers under controlled environmental conditions 35 Jan Van Seghbroeck - DVM - Expert DG Control Policy 35
Border inspection physical check 2.Clinical examination Shall comprise at least the following: 1. a visual examination of the animal, including an overall assessment of its health status, its ability to move freely, the condition of its skin and mucosae and any evidence of abnormal discharges; 2. monitoring of the respiratory and alimentary systems; 3. random monitoring of the body temperature (not have to be carried out on animals when no abnormalities have been detected under points 1 or 2) 4. palpation is only required when abnormalities have been detected under points 1, 2 or 3. 36 Jan Van Seghbroeck - DVM - Expert DG Control Policy 36
37 Border inspection physical check 3. Sampling procedure Sampling shall be undertaken with a view to check compliance with the health requirements laid down in the accompanying veterinary certificate. At least 3 % of the consignments shall be subject to a serological sampling on a monthly basis. At least 10 % of the animals of the consignment shall be sampled, with a minimum of four animals. If problems are found, the percentage must be increased. The official veterinarian may also take any other samples from animals in a consignment. Jan Van Seghbroeck - DVM - Expert DG Control Policy 37
Border inspection physical check 3. Sampling procedure If sampling takes place based on a suspicion the consignment remains at the BIP till the arrival of the laboratory results (sampling cost beared by the importer) If the sampling takes place based on a random procedure the consigment can continue its journey (in case of accession) If result is positive: data is entered to TRACES, notification to destination LVU and importer reinforced checks for 4 times 38
Border inspection - Veterinary checks Documentary check Identity check Physical check Accession Rejection Rejection Rejection 39
CVED 2nd page with the decision of the official veterinarian 40
Accession to the EU Article 7 of Commission Decision 139/2013 Direct transport of birds to approved quarantine facilities or centres Birds shall be transported directly from the border inspection post to an approved quarantine facility or centre in cages or crates. The total journey time from that post to that quarantine facility or centre must not normally exceed nine hours. When vehicles are used for this journey they shall be sealed by the competent authorities with a tamper proof seal. 41
Rejection at border Return or destruction the reason has to be clearly explained on the second page of the CVED all documents have to be filled and stamped on each page with the word REJECTED in red as laid down in Annex III of Commission Decision 97/794/EC the official veterinarian issues a decision which is given to the importer destruction if return is not possible and in case of serious animal or public health risk 42 Jan Van Seghbroeck - DVM - Expert DG Control Policy 42
Main faults Incorrect documentation Forgery documentation Lack of stamp and signature of official/state veterinarian Failure on physical or identity checks 43
New developments - future TRACES Development of a new platform more similar to the exact layout of the documents from 2nd quarter of 2014 e-certification for all consignments - Information Management System for Official Controls (IMSOC) (from 2016?) 44
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New developments - future Regulation on official controls Smarter rules for safer food Part of a package: animal health plant health plant reproductive materials official controls Common financial framework to ensure a comprehensive and consistent approach to official controls along the agri-food chain 47
New developments - future Regulation on official controls new elements: animal by-products plant health plant reproductive material and plant protection products legislative package into force in 2016 (financial framework 2014) 48
Unified border controls New developments - future BIP DPE PHYTO BCP 49
Harmonising official border controls Official controls certain categories of animals or products may be exempted by delegated acts from specific official controls (pets, sample goods, products imported by travellers) controlled at an appropriate place e.g. point of entry into the Union, BCP, point of release for free circulation in the Union, warehouses and the premises of the operator Specific official controls shall be performed at Border Controls Posts (BCP) on: live animals products of animal origin, germinal products and animal byproducts 50
Harmonising official border controls goods requiring a temporary increased level of official controls due to a known or developing risk plants, plant products, other objects and material for which a phytosanitary certificate is required animals and goods subject to an emergency measure animals and goods where EU legislation requires compliance checks at the border BCPs may specialise derogations! Common Veterinary Entry Document (CVED) + Common Entry Document (CED) = Common Health Entry Document (CHED) 51
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