If you are moving live animals, High Risk Food Not of Animal Origin (HRFNAO), Products of Animal Origin (POAO) or Plant products into NI, you will have to pre—notify Border Control using the European Commission’s TRACES NT platform. This is a mandatory document that must be presented at border control post (BCP) in order to carry out security checks when any of these goods enter the EU market:
- animals or products of animal origin
- some plants or products of plant origin
- feed and food products
There are four types of CHEDs, depending on the goods for which it is issued: CHED—A, CHED—P, CHED—PP, CHED—D. The border control post (BCP) must be notified 24 hours before the arrival of the consignment at a Northern Ireland Point of Entry by generating a CHED on the European Commission’s online Trade Control and Expert System, TRACES NT.
For further information, please refer to TRACES NT.