Designate inspection body for phytosanitary checks on imports

If you wish to operate a control post for phytosanitary import controls, you must apply for designation (inclusion in the "list of control posts"). The designation/use of an inspection body for the inspection of import consignments at an inspection body other than a border inspection body is subject to the following conditions and obligations:

• Forwarding of consignments to designated inspection posts must be notified to the competent authority via TRACES in good time, at the latest from the time they leave the border inspection post of entry, for a phytosanitary inspection by submitting a GGED-PP (Common Health Entry Document for Plants and Plant Products).
• Forwarding of import consignments of plants, plant products or other objects (consignment) from the border inspection post to the inspection posts must be organized in such a way that a possible infestation with quarantine pests in the consignment cannot escape into the environment. In particular, the means of transportation must be tightly closed and sealed in accordance with customs regulations.
• With the exception of further measures ordered by the competent authority, the consignment must be stored exclusively at the designated control points until phytosanitary release (validation in TRACES). The consignment must be kept under lock and key until the phytosanitary inspection.
• If the competent authority authorizes the premature unloading of the consignment at a designated control point, the responsible employees of the company must check the products, including the accompanying (wooden) packaging, for live pests or signs of other infestation (symptoms, signs of infestation, bore dust, etc.) on their own responsibility. In preparation for a phytosanitary inspection of wooden packaging material, the load carriers must be arranged with a minimum distance between the rows of 1 m or no higher than 2 m. At the request of the competent authority, the load carriers must be rearranged.
• The occurrence or suspected occurrence of Union quarantine pests and pests regulated by EU emergency measures within the meaning of Art. 30 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 must be reported immediately to the competent authority. The company must take precautionary measures to prevent the establishment and spread of these pests.
• The employees of the company registered here who are entrusted with the unloading of containers and/or other means of transport must be informed of the above conditions. The same applies to personnel to be employed in the future.
• Access to toilets with facilities for washing and drying hands must be provided at the control point.