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• DFDS Logistics Limited
• ECS European Containers
• Jan Zandbergen UK Ltd
• KM Distribution Centre Ltd
• Lidl UK Trading Ltd
• Nagel Group Ltd
• Stef Langdons Ltd
• Thermotraffic UK Ltd

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• use an Export Health Certificate (EHC) from the point of origin of the goodsgoods, (ratherrather than the point of dispatch)
• adddispatch. the trusted trader declaration and your trusted trader reference number to your import notification on IPAFFS

The point of origin is the final manufacturing or processing site.

The EHC must be accompanied by additional information specific to the pilot.

Trustedpilot traderand declaration

Thethe trusted trader declarationdeclaration, iswhich provided by Defra directly to participants. It must contain:

• unit-level identifiers to identify the goods that are included on the EHC and are travelling on a particular load to Great Britain
• relevant consignee details
• a declaration that you have ensured the safety and security of the goods during their end to end journey

Health certificates

Defra will provide this additional documentation, including the trusted trader declaration, to you directly. The healthexact certificatenature requirementsand forform goodsof importedthis underdocumentation will be agreed directly with participants during the pilot arephase.

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• consolidation hub sites
• supply chain assurance and traceability
• food safety management system

Consolidation hub requirements

sites criteria

Consolidation hubhubs usedmust inexport medium risk, packaged products of animal origin (POAO), or animal by-products (ABPs) under the pilot criteria. The pilot excludes high risk POAO and ABP.

Check the animal product risk categories.

A consolidation hub must be:

• listed as approved establishments to export animals and animal products to Great Britain
• registered or approved by the competent authority of the country it is in

The UK-based part of your business must take responsibility for the EU-based consolidation hubs involved in the goods’ journey to Great Britain.

Supply chain assurance and traceability requirements

criteria

YouStandard mustoperating writeprocedures andmust implementbe standardverified operatingand procedures.implemented. The supply chain must allow for products to be easily identified and traced.

Your systems and procedures must allow for:

• products to be traced from the place they were originally processed or manufactured to their intended destination
• consignments and products to be verified at arrival
• products to be rejected, withdrawn, or recalled during intake, storage and dispatch

You must keep records that show you conduct internal audits to check you comply with the requirementscriteria of the pilot.

Food safety management requirements

system criteria

You must:

• follow hazard analysis and critical control point procedures
• maintain legal temperature controls throughout the process from intake to dispatch for all products and rooms - this includes marshalling areas, as well as chillers and freezers
• have processes to distinguish between products which are eligible for CLP and products which are not, during storage

Products which are intended for sale in Great Britain must be hygienically stored in dedicated areas.

The design and layout of the facilities must allow for good food hygiene practices and protect against contamination.

You must keep:

• records which show your procedures and staff are effective and competent
• evidence that staff are trained and supervisedsupervised.

GuidanceCompleting an EHC for eligible goods moved under CLP

To use an EHC from the point of origin for your goods under CLP, you will need to make sure the EHC includes some additional information from the certifying officersofficer.

CertifyingYou officerwill shouldcomplete an EHC for eligible goods moved under CLP, in mostly the same way as completecompleting a health certificate to export to Great Britain as. normal,However, exceptthere forare informationsome aboutminor the:exceptions, as there are specific requirements for certifying CLP goods.

• consignee

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• meansdocumentation ofand transportdetails, (usuallyincluding boxa I.15)
• bordertrusted controltrader postsdeclaration, (BCPs)are (usuallyuploaded boxto I.16)

Consigneeimport of products, animals, food and placefeed ofsystem destination

(IPAFFS) before the goods are dispatched to Great Britain.

ForYou must include the consigneetrusted boxtrader unique reference number that Defra has issued to you shouldin provideany IPAFFS notifications oneraised offor thegoods following:moved under CLP. (You do not not need to include this reference number for goods not moved under CLP).

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• thea actualcertifying destinationofficer, ofyou firstshould unloadingcomplete whenan EHC as thenormal goodsexcept arrivefor toinformation Greatabout Britainthe:
  • consignee or importer (usually box I.5)
  • place of destination (usually box I.12)

  For placethese ofboxes destination,you includeshould provide the details of the representative of the the CLP participant participant in the UK.

  The actual consignees and place of destination must then be provided by the CLP participant in a separate document, the trusted trader declaration, and in the IPAFFS notification for the goods before they move from the consolidation hub to Great Britain.

  StandardFrom certification30 isApril an2024, optionalyou field.

  Means of transport

  In the means of transport box, write one of the following:

  • the means of transport in which the goods departed the establishment of manufacture, where the EHC was signed
  • ‘groupage’

  You do not need to include the final means of transport to Great Britain.

  Border control posts (BCPs)

  You should include the border control post (BCP) (usually box I.16) wherethrough thewhich goods will enter Great Britain, if known.known at the time of certification.

  If this is not known at the time of certification, provide the BCP that the importerthe CLP participant thinkshas issaid the goods are most likely.likely Ifto youenter arethrough. using If issuing through Trade Control and Expert System (TRACES), select country and then United Kingdom.

  The actual actual entry BCP must then be provided in the IPAFFS notification, before the goods move to Great Britain from the consolidation hub.

  Complete the restremainder of the EHC as normal

  You should complete the restremainder of the EHC as with normal,the principles that usually apply when completing Part I of a Great Britain health certificate, as if the goods were movingintended to move directly from the point of certification to Great Britain.

  CompleteYou should complete the country of origin (usually box I.7) in line with existing guidance.guidance Enterby entering the country where the goods were produced, manufactured or packaged.

  CompleteYou should complete the place of loading (usually box I.13) to identify the place where the goods are loaded into their means of transportation to the consolidation hub. This is the place where the goods are being certified.

  DoYou should not list the consolidation hub which will be the place of final dispatch to Great Britain for goods moved under CLP. This information will be provided by the CLP participant in the common health entry document (CHED) before the goods move to Great Britain from the consolidation hub.

  CompleteYou should complete the date and time of departure (usually box I.14) and means of transport (usually box I.15) in line with existing guidance. Provide the means of transport and date of departure of the goods as they depart the place where they are being certified.

  Requirement

  You do not need to addinclude the final means of transport to Great Britain. This information will be provided by the CLP participant before the goods move to Great Britain from the consolidation hub.

  Requirements for incorporating unit-level identifiers tofor CLP goods healthinto certificates

  an EHC

  YouWhen mustyou addissue an EHC for a consignment of goods that will be moved under CLP, you mist incorporate unit-level identifiers toof healththe certificates forgoods consignmentsbeing certified in the pilot.

  certification and record on the EHC. For example, add a list of unique identifiersidentifiers, recording all the pallets, boxes or containers of goods certified under that EHC.

  The importerThe CLP participant must use these unit-level identifiers later in the process to identify precisely which units from thethe EHC are health certificate are moving in anya particular load to Great Britain.

  The exact nature and format of the unit-level identifiers is up to the importerthe CLP participant and their suppliers. They However, the unit-level identifiers must usually be provided at the level that goods will be divided at the consolidation hub. For example, palletpallet-level identifiers if the goods willare to be divided at palletpallet-level, level, or boxbox-level identifiers if the goods are to be divided at box level.box-level.

  Consignments can only be divided at the consolidation hub at the level of the unit-level identifiers used. For example, if palletpallet-level level identifiers are used, goodsthe CLP participant mustcannot bedivide keptpallets indown theirinto originalboxes pallets.at Theythe cannotconsolidation behub dividedand intomust boxes.keep goods in their original pallets.

  Adding

  How to incorporate unit-level identifiers tointo the certificate

  an EHC

  You should incorporate unit-level identifiers into the EHC under at ‘containercontainer no.’number (boxor I.19)seal withnumber (usually box I.23).

  If goods are appropriately sealed for official recording of seals on the prefixcertificate, “CLPthe ULI”seals followedshould bybe the ULIunit-level number.identifiers and be recorded as seal numbers.

  IfWhere the identifiers do not have a seal, they should be recorded as container numbers.

  If these unit-level identifiers cannot all be inserted,inserted into box I.23, a schedule to the EHC should be created withwhere the full list.list of unit-level identifiers can be provided and referenced to this box.

  ForIf incorporated to an electronic EHCsEHC, where a verifiable PDF EHC will accompany the consignment, the schedule should be referenced in container number or seal number (usually box I.23) and uploaded in accompanying documents (usually box I.17).

  Verifiable PDF certificates for imports of products of animal origin from the EU and EFTA countries to Great Britain will be accepted from TRACES.

  Check the list of countries Great Britain will accept validated PDF GB health certificates from.

  If incorporated into a physical EHC, the schedule should be referenced in container number or seal number (usually box I.23).

  For both electronic and physical EHCs, you should:

  • prepare the schedule according to existing guidance for schedules to EHCs
  • includeinclude, for example, the EHC reference number on each page along with stamp and signatures as appropriate