Why do you work at a BIP?

1. Imports - Identification of consignments, pre-notification, cross checks with manifests, documentary, ID and physical checks

2. Why do you work at a BIP? • To make sure that animal products from third countries do not bring in Animal diseases or Zoonoses • To make sure that food of animal origin is fit for human consumption • To make sure feed of animal origin is suitable for animal consumption • Other EU requirements are met

3. If you weren’t there, unfit food or feed would be imported. • How do you know what is coming into your BIP? • Do you rely on Customs to find out? • Do Customs know what to look for? • Are they looking out for POAOs?

4. Selection of consignments under veterinary control • List of products – Commission Decision 2007/275/EC • Foodstuffs not subject to veterinary checks– Annex II of Decision 2007/275/EC • Composite products • Art. 16 Directive 97/78/EC • part of travelers' personal luggage and sent as small consignments to private persons (Reg (EC) 206/2009) • on board means of transport operating internationally • trade samples or are intended for exhibitions • intended for particular studies or analyses

5. Manifest cross-checks

6. Directive 97/78 article 3 • Member States shall ensure that no consignment from a third country is introduced into one of the territories listed in Annex I without having been subjected to the veterinary checks required by this Directive.

7. Commission Decision 2004/136 Article 6 Coordination with other enforcement services • To ensure that all products of animal origin entering the Community undergo veterinary checks, the competent authority and the official veterinarians ... shall coordinate with other enforcement services to gather all pertinent intelligence regarding introduction of animal products This shall apply in particular to the following: • information available to customs services; • information on ship, boat, rail or aircraft manifests; • other sources of information available to the road, rail, port or airport commercial operators.

8. Commission Decision 2004/136 Article 7: • ..... the competent authority shall have access to the databases or relevant parts thereof available to the customs services. • Subject to appropriate data security, the information technology systems used by the competent authority shall, in so far as is possible and where appropriate, be integrated with those of the customs services, and with those of commercial operators, in order to speed the transfer of information.

9. Do you know what is coming?

10. Product (milk powder) Quantity Wagon/ container No.

11. Do you have access to manifests? • Article 6 of CD 2004/136 • Coordination with other enforcement services • To ensure that all products of animal origin entering the Community undergo veterinary checks the competent authority and the official veterinarians of each Member State shall coordinate with other enforcement services to gather all pertinent intelligence regarding introduction of animal products This shall apply in particular to the following: • (a) information available to customs services; • (b) information on ship, boat, rail or aircraft manifests; • (c) other sources of information available to the road, rail, port or airport commercial operators. • For the purpose of Article 6, the competent authority shall have access to the databases or relevant parts thereof available to the customs services.

12. Import procedure

13. Pre-notification Directive 97/78 Article 3: 3. Member States shall ensure that persons responsible for the load are obliged to forward information in advance by duly completing where applicable the [CVED] CD 2004/136 Article 1 says: • Before the physical arrival of the consignment on Community territory the person responsible for the load shall notify the arrival of the products to the veterinary staff of the border inspection post to which the products are to be submitted, using the Common Veterinary Entry Document (CVED), as set out in Annex III.

14. Common Veterinary Entry Document - CVED

20. Does the CVED have to be a hard copy paper CVED or can notification be by electronic means? • The information contained in the CVED may, with the agreement of the competent authorities concerned by the consignment, be made the object of an advanced notification through telecommunications or other systems of electronic data transmission. Where this is done, the information supplied in electronic form shall be that required by part 1 of the model CVED. • Article 2 of CD 2004/136

23. The CVED must be submitted before arrival • How do you ensure CVEDs are presented on time? • What do you do if they are not?

24. Issue warning letter? • What happens when repeated? • Reject consignment? Not proportionate • Review of Council Directive 97/78 - It would be helpful to have some intermediate sanction such as a fine or surcharge

25. Documentary checks CD 2004/136 • ANNEX I • THE DOCUMENTARY CHECKS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1(1) • The following rules are to be applied to the documentary checks on products from third countries: • 1. For each consignment, the competent authority must ascertain the intended customs approved treatment or use to which the goods will be assigned. • 2. Each certificate or document for animal health or public health which accompanies a consignment of products originating in a third country and presented to the border inspection post must be inspected in order to confirm as appropriate: • (a) that it is an original certificate or document; • (b) that it refers to a third country or part of a third country authorised to export to the Community, or, for non-harmonised products, to the Member State concerned; • (c) that its presentation and content correspond to the model drawn up for the product and third country concerned, or, for non–harmonised products, to the Member State concerned; • (d) that it meets the general principles of certification laid down in Annex IV to Council Directive 2002/99/EC • (e) that it has been fully completed; • (f) that it relates to an establishment or vessel authorised or registered to export to the Community, or, for non-harmonised products, to the Member State concerned; • (g) that it is signed by the official veterinarian or, where appropriate, the representative of the official authority, and shows legibly and in capitals his/her name and position, and also that the official health stamp of the third • country and official signature are in a different colour to that of the printing of the certificate, or, for electronic • certificates, signature and stamp are made by a secure system; • (h) that part 1 of the CVED is correctly completed and that the information in it corresponds with information in other relevant official documents accompanying the consignment.

26. Documentary checks • Check the CVED and the Health Certificate. The CVED details should be checked against the health certificate and commercial documents to see that the CVED is correctly completed and to determine intended Customs-approved treatment or use • Verify the Health Certificate. The health certificate should be checked to see it is original, the correct certificate, fully completed etc. • Check the Commercial documents. Invoice / packing list should be checked to see that the information in them corresponds to the health certificate. • CMR or SNGS (in case of railway) should be checked to see that the date and place of loading are appropriate and other information corresponds to health certificate

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29. Directive 97/78 Article 4 • For each consignment the official veterinarian shall ... consult the database referred to in Annex I to Council Decision 92/438/EEC of 13 July 1993 on computerisation of veterinary import procedures (Shift project). Furthermore, for each consignment intended for import into one of the territories listed in Annex I, he shall, if necessary, consult the database... • The official veterinarian shall ensure that all the operations required to maintain the database ... are carried out.

31. 31 Look for similar rejected consignments – check for same consignor, click on link and see if same establishment

32. 32 Look at reasons for rejection. Check consignments rejected for physical hygiene, microbiological or chemical failure to see if they are from same establishment as your consignment. If so consider in-depth physical exam or laboratory sampling

33. Documentary check • Original certificate accompanying consignment • It must refer to a third country or part of third country authorized for import; • It must refer to approved establishment authorized for import • Presentation and content corresponding to the specimen drawn up for the product and country concerned • Meets the principles of certification (Council Directive 2002/99/EC) • Fully completed

34. General principles of certification • The representative of the competent authority of dispatch issuing a certificate to accompany a consignment of products of animal origin must sign the certificate and ensure that it bears an official stamp. This requirement applies to each sheet of the certificate if it consists of more than one. • The original version of the certificate must accompany consignments on entry into the Community. • Certificates must consist of: (a) a single sheet of paper; or (b) two or more pages that are part of a single and indivisible sheet of paper; or (c) a sequence of pages numbered so as to indicate that it is a particular page in a finite sequence (for example, ‘page 2 of 4 pages’). • Certificates must bear a unique identifying number. Where the certificate consists of a sequence of pages, each page must indicate this number. • The certificate must be issued before the consignment to which it relates leaves the control of the competent authority of the country of dispatch. Council Directive 2002/99 Annex IV Regulation 854/2004 Annex VI Regulation 1774/2002 (animal by-products) Annex X. And others!

35. Check the establishments are approved • Check all establishments certified are approved for export to the EU at http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/biosafety/establishments/third_country/index_en.htm

37. Check the health guarantees, signature and stamp. Beware of colour photocopies

39. Who has a right to issue certificate?