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Amended by Regulation (EU) 2024/3115 32024R3115 on EUR-Lex (external, EUR-Lex)
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A new paragraph 5a has been added exempting plants, plant products or other objects subject to the measures in Article 1(2), point (g), that enter the Union in passengers' personal luggage or via postal services for personal consumption or use, from the notification obligation in paragraph 5, where the non-compliance concerns the absence of a phytosanitary certificate or other official attestation referred to in Article 99(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031.
The new paragraph also requires competent authorities to keep a record of such non-compliance cases and to submit an annual report summarising those records to the Commission and the competent authorities of the other Member States via the IMSOC.
The earlier version of Article 66 contained no such paragraph 5a or exemption from the notification duty in paragraph 5.
Cited: Art. 66, v2 (external, EUR-Lex) · Art. 66, v1 (external, EUR-Lex)
v1 is the previous version, v2 this one.
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Previous version, in force 28 January 2022 02017R0625-20220128 → this version, in force 5 January 2025 02017R0625-20250105
Article 66 Measures to be taken in cases of non-compliant consignments entering the Union 1. The competent authorities shall place under official detention any consignment of animals or goods entering the Union which does not comply with the rules referred to in … 473 unchanged words … with Article 67 to: (a) the Commission; (b) the competent authorities of the other Member States; (c) the customs authorities; (d) the competent authorities of the third country of origin; and (e) the operator responsible for the consignment. That notification shall be performed via the IMSOC. 5a. Plants, plant products or other objects subject to the measures referred to in Article 1(2), point (g), which enter the Union as part of passengers’ personal luggage or through postal services intended for personal consumption or use, shall be exempted from the notification obligation set out in paragraph 5 of this Article, if the non-compliance concerns the absence of the phytosanitary certificate or other official attestation as referred to in Article 99(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031. The competent authorities shall keep a record of those cases of non-compliance and shall, on an annual basis, provide the Commission and the competent authorities of the other Member States with a report containing a summary of those records. That report shall be submitted via the IMSOC. 6. If a consignment of the categories of animals or goods referred to in Article 47(1) is not presented for the official controls referred to therein, or is not presented in accordance with the requirements laid down in Articles 50(1) and (3), 56(1), (3) and (4), or with the rules adopted under Article 48, Article 49(4), Article 51, Article 53(1) and Article 58, the competent authorities shall order that such consignment be retained or recalled, and placed under official detention without delay. Paragraphs 1, 3 and 5 of this Article shall apply to such consignments. 7. The measures referred to in this Article shall be applied at the expense of the operator responsible for the consignment.