Vietnam Sanitary and Phytosanitary Notification Authority and Enquiry Point

Certain  animals  and  goods  -  based  on  the  risk  they  pose  to human, animal and plant health, animal welfare and the environment - must be subject to official controls at European Union (EU) borders, more specifically at the border control post of first arrival, before they can enter the Union. Those official controls are performed to  ensure  that  consignments  of  animals  and  goods  comply  with  the  relevant  import requirements and will consist of 100% documentary checks, whilst identity and physical checks will be performed at a frequency based on risk.
The Official Controls Regulation (EU) 2017/625 empowers the Commission to establish, by means of delegated acts, the cases and conditions under which certain categories of animals and goods can be exempted from checks at border control post. In order not to undermine  health  protection,  welfare  and  the  environment,  the  exemptions  will  reflect the  (low)  risk  associated  with  those  animals  and  goods  and  will  be  subject  to  specific conditions  and  to  specific  controls.  The  Official  Controls  Regulation  also  empowers  the Commission  to  adopt  rules  for  the  performance  of  specific  controls.  Such  rules  are established for passengers' personal luggage, small consignments of goods not intended to  be  placed  on  the  market  and  pet  animals  entering  the  Union  as  part  of  a non-commercial movement.