approved warehousemeans a warehouse approved by the competent authorities as provided for in Article 23 of this Regulation;
border control post of introduction into the Unionmeans the border control post where animals and goods are presented for official controls and through which they enter the Union for subsequent placing on the market or for transit through the Union territory and which may be the border control post of first arrival into the Union;
CHEDmeans the common health entry document, which is used for the prior notification of the arrival of consignments at the border control post, and which is used to record the outcome of official controls performed and of decisions taken by the competent authorities in relation to the consignment which it accompanies;
IMSOCmeans the information management system for official controls referred to in Article 131 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625;
onward transportationmeans the movement of consignments of goods from a border control post to their place of final destination in the Union pending the availability of the results of laboratory analyses and tests;
onward transportation facilitymeans the facility at the place of final destination in the Union or at a place situated under the remit of the same competent authority as the place of final destination, designated by the Member State of destination for the storage of consignments of goods subject to onward transportation prior to the release for free circulation of such consignments;
specified pathogen-free eggsmeans hatching eggs which are derived from chicken flocks free from specified pathogens, as described in the European Pharmacopoeia, and which are intended solely for diagnostic, research or pharmaceutical use.
transhipped consignmentsmeans consignments of animals or goods entering the Union by sea or by air transport from a third country, when those animals or goods are moved from a vessel or aircraft and are transported under customs supervision to another vessel or aircraft in the same port or airport in preparation for onward travel;
Union regulated non-quarantine pestmeans a pest that fulfils all the conditions listed in Article 36 of the Regulation (EU) 2016/2031;