Sep 29th, 2022
2 mins
We would like to inform members that as of 1st September 2022, French authorities have begun to introduce sampling as part of official controls at their Border Control Posts (BCPs) for Products of Animal Origin (POAO) exported from Great Britain to the EU.
The introduction does not represent a change to EU law, but the implementation of existing requirements as per Official Controls Regulation (OCR) (Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/625)
This sampling is an additional element of the existing physical checks undertaken at French BCPs and means that a defined percentage of consignments will be subject to sampling as part of existing official control procedures.
We recommend you check with your Official Vets which products and percentages are subject to sampling from 1st September 2022.
The introduction of sampling will follow a phased approach, as detailed in the full briefing note here.
Each phase will see additional commodity types brought into the scope of sampling. The percentage of consignments subject to sampling for commodities introduced in phases two and three is to be confirmed.
