On 21 December 2010 the Commission published a Report(COM(2010)785) to the European Parliament and Council on the effectiveness and consistency of sanitary and phytosanitary controls on imports of food, feed, animals and plants with a view to a well functioning framework on imports. This Report was presented following an invitation from the Council in its conclusions of December 2008.
Guidance on the implementation of the certification procedures established in Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/2011
A General Guidance for transit and transhipment has been published in order to assist the competent authorities carrying out veterinary checks on consignments of live animals and animal products from third countries which are destined for transit or transhipment through the Union territory.
A Guidance document has been published to provide an introduction into the animal health requirements for placing on the market, import and transit of aquaculture animals according to Council Directive 2006/88/EC and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008.
DG TAXUD has published Guidelines on acceptable and unacceptable terms for the description of goods for exit and entry summary
declarations, which have been translated in all official languages of the European Union under the Chapter "Security amendment to the Customs Code".
Based on a recommendation of the Maritime Space Strategy a Guidance Document for checks on live animals and products of animal origin arriving at EU points of entry, which have already received veterinary clearance for the EU market has been developped.
