(fra kommisjonsforordningen)

(1) Regulation (EU) No 576/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council2 , lays down, among others, rules for compliance checks on non-commercial movements of pet animals into the Union from third countries or territories. That Regulation was repealed by Article 270(2), first subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council3 as from 21 April 2021. However, Article 277 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 provides that, notwithstanding that repeal, Regulation (EU) No 576/2013 is to continue to apply until 21 April 2026 in respect of noncommercial movements of pet animals, in place of Part VI of Regulation (EU) 2016/429. 

(2) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/21224 lays down the conditions under which non-commercial movements of pet animals into the Union may be exempted from official controls at border control posts. 

(3) As the measures provided for in Regulation (EU) No 576/2013 cease to apply upon the expiration of the transitional period provided for in Article 277 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429, in the interest of consistency, the rules for compliance checks on noncommercial movements of pet animals into the Union from third countries or territories should be integrated in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2122, to align them with the conditions under which those pet animals may be exempted from official controls at border control posts. Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2122 should therefore be amended accordingly. 

(4) Article 7, point (c), of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2122 is intended to apply only to products of animal origin and composite products. However, the term ‘goods’ in Article 7, point (c), of that Delegated Regulation includes other commodities such as animal by-products, which should not be exempted from official controls at border control posts as they can pose a serious risk to animal health, or plants, plant products and other objects, which are separately covered by point (d) of that Article. The existing wording of Article 7, point (c), of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2122 is too broad and creates ambiguity about which goods are subject to an exemption from official controls at border control posts. Therefore, Article 7, point (c), of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2122 should be corrected to replace the term ‘goods’ with the more precise wording ‘products of animal origin and composite products’. As a result, certain consequential corrections in Part 2 of Annex I to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2122 are necessary. 

(5) Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2122 should therefore be amended and corrected accordingly. 

(6) Since the amendments and corrections to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2122 are substantively linked to one another insofar as they concern the cases where, and the conditions under which, goods which form part of passengers’ personal luggage and pet animals are exempted from official controls at border control posts, it is appropriate to make those amendments and corrections in one single act. 

(7) As the transitional period related to the repeal of Regulation (EU) No 576/2013 ends on 21 April 2026, the amendments to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2122 made by this Regulation should enter into force as a matter of urgency and apply from 22 April 2026,