Border Inspection Post Manual Gateway Edition 17.1 Vet July 2013 APHA
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Gateway Vet APHA the on version Border Inspection Post Manual latest Edition 17.1 the July 2013 See date. of out is www.gov.uk/defra manual This © Crown copyright 2013 You may re-use this information (not including logos) free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government Licence. To view this licence, visit www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/ or write to the Information Policy Team, The National Archives, Kew, London TW9 4DU, or e-mail: [email protected] This document/publication is also available on our website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/border-inspection-post-bip-manual Gateway Any enquiries regarding this document/publication should be sent to us at: Vet [email protected] PB 13707 APHA the on version latest the See date. of out is manual This Contents 1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 1 Purpose ............................................................................................................................ 1 Definitions ........................................................................................................................ 1 Abbreviations ................................................................................................................... 5 2 Legislation ......................................................................................................................... 5 Gateway Current EU veterinary checks (product) legislation .......................................................... 5 Vet Current national product legislation .................................................................................. 7 Other relevant documents ................................................................................................APHA 7 Documents to be kept ......................................................................................................the 8 Explanatory notes ............................................................................................................on 8 3 Division of responsibilities ................................................................................................. 9 Responsibilities of OVS: ...................................................................................................version 9 Responsibilities of Official Fish Inspectors ..................................................................... 10 latest Responsibilities of Port Health Authorities:the ..................................................................... 11 Responsibilities of AHVLA: ............................................................................................. 12 See Responsibilities of Defra and Devolved Administrations: ............................................... 13 Responsibility of port operdate.ators ...................................................................................... 13 of Responsibility of Border Force ....................................................................................... 13 out Responsibilitisy of HMRC ................................................................................................. 14 Responsibility of AHVLA Specialist Centre for Imports SSCI ......................................... 14 Responsibilitiesmanual of the Food Standards Agency ............................................................. 14 This4 Enforcement authorities .................................................................................................. 15 Enforcement of the Regulations ..................................................................................... 15 Powers of entry .............................................................................................................. 15 Powers of inspection ...................................................................................................... 16 Explanatory points .......................................................................................................... 17 5 Procedures for veterinary checks ................................................................................... 19 Checks required ............................................................................................................. 19 Products to be checked .................................................................................................. 19 Notification of arrival and presentation requirements ..................................................... 20 Place where veterinary checks are carried out ............................................................... 21 Gateway Manifest checks ............................................................................................................. 22 Vet Removal of products of animal origin from port areas prior to completion of checks ..... 22 Documentary checks ......................................................................................................APHA 23 Identity checks ...............................................................................................................the 25 Physical checks ..............................................................................................................on 27 National Monitoring Plan ................................................................................................ 28 Products departing the BIP prior to receipt of testversion results .............................................. 29 Common Veterinary Entry Document (CVED) ............................................................... 30 latest Exceptions from veterinary checks ................................................................................. 32 the Fresh fishery products immediately landed from a third country-flagged vessel ............ 33 See Equivalence/International Agreements ........................................................................... 33 6 Record keeping ..............................................................................................................date. 34 of EU legislative provisions ................................................................................................ 34 out Explanatoryis point s .......................................................................................................... 35 Non-statutory records ..................................................................................................... 36 Submissionmanual of returns..................................................................................................... 37 This7 TRAC ES ......................................................................................................................... 38 When to send a TRACES message ............................................................................... 38 When you should receive a TRACES message ............................................................. 39 Entering data .................................................................................................................. 39 8 Special cases .................................................................................................................. 40 Import of furred (i.e. unskinned) wild game .................................................................... 40 Consignments for which EU law requires the journey from the BIP to the premises of destination to be monitored ............................................................................................ 40 Microscopy testing of fishmeal ....................................................................................... 41 Salmonella positive fishmeal for reprocessing ............................................................... 42 Photographic gelatine.....................................................................................................Gateway 42 Brazilian Beef ................................................................................................................Vet . 43 Labelling requirements for animal by-products ............................................................... 43 APHA Composite Products ....................................................................................................... 44 the 9 Transhipments to another Member State ........................................................................ 44 on Circumstances in which checks may be deferred to a subsequent EU entry point ........ 44 Products which are transferred directly from vessel to vessel or aircraft to aircraft ........ 45 version Products which are transhipped to another BIP within 12 hours (airports)/7 days (seaports) of arrival at the BIP ........................................................................................ 46 latest Unloading and storage for more thanthe 12 hours but no more than 48 hours at an airport/more than 7 days but no more than 20 days at a seaport prior to transhipment to another BIP ...................................................................................................................See . 46 Unloading and storage for more than 48 hours/20 days ................................................ 47 date. CVEDS .........................................................................................................................of .. 47 10 Transits acrossout EU territory .........................................................................................