
Article 1 
Where consignments are presented at a border inspection post for subsequent transhipment, the person responsible for the load shall notify the official veterinarian at that border inspection post of the following:

((a)) the estimated time of unloading of the consignment;
((b)) the border inspection post of destination in the Union in case of import or transit through the Union or the third country of destination in case of transit directly to a third country;
((c)) the exact location of the consignment, if it is not loaded directly on the aircraft or vessel to the onward destination;
((d)) the estimated time of loading of the consignment on the aircraft or vessel bound to the onward destination.
That notification shall be made at the time of arrival of the consignment at the border inspection post and by a means fixed by the competent authority.
Article 2 

1. The minimum period provided for in Article 9(1)(b)(i) of Directive 97/78/EC shall be:
(a) 12 hours for an airport;
(b) seven days for a port.
2. The maximum period provided for in Article 9(1)(b)(i) of Directive 97/78/EC shall be:
(a) 48 hours for an airport;
(b) 20 days for a port.
Article 3 

1. For the purposes of the application of Article 11 of Directive 97/78/EC, the minimum period provided for in Article 9(1)(a) of that Directive shall be:
(a) 12 hours for an airport;
(b) seven days for a port.
2. For the purposes of the application of Article 11(1) of Directive 97/78/EC and of the second indent of Article 11(2)(b) of that Directive, Member States may extend the minimum period laid down in paragraph 1(b) of this Article to 14 days, provided that:
(a) the consignments come from a third country and are intended for another third country without any further stop on the territories listed in Annex I to Directive 97/78/EC;
(b) the consignments are transhipped from one vessel to another at the border inspection post within the customs area of the same port of the Union;
(c) the Member State concerned presents a detailed justification to the Commission and the other Member States in the framework of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health, which specifies that they have taken all the measures necessary to prevent such consignments from being moved to another Union port instead of being transhipped directly to a third country.Those measures shall include a monitoring system to ensure that the time periods and the onward destination as indicated in notification provided for in Article 1 are respected.
Article 4 
In cases where the maximum period laid down in Article 2(2) has elapsed, the consignment shall be submitted to the identity and physical checks as provided for in Article 4 of Directive 97/78/EC, at the border inspection post of introduction.
Article 5 
Decision 2000/25/EC is repealed.
Article 6 
This decision shall apply from 1 May 2011.
Article 7 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 4 April 2011.
For the Commission
John DALLI
Member of the Commission