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1. Rest-of-the-world retail goods which consist of commodities of animal or plant origin or composite products subject to the animal health or plant health rules referred to in Article 1(2), points (d), (e) and (g), of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 may enter into Northern Ireland from other parts of the United Kingdom and be placed on the market in Northern Ireland in accordance with Article 4 of this Regulation only in the event that:

(a) the United Kingdom decides to comply with the following requirements, and as a result provides written evidence that:

(i) the import conditions and official controls requirements provided for in Regulations (EC) No 1069/2009, (EU) 2016/429, (EU) 2016/2031 and (EU) 2017/625 and in the Commission acts adopted pursuant to those Regulations apply to those commodities under the national law of the United Kingdom; and (ii) the import conditions and official controls requirements referred to in point (a)(i) are effectively implemented by the United Kingdom;

(b) those commodities are listed in an implementing act adopted in accordance with paragraph 4.

2. Without prejudice to paragraph 1 of this Article, fishery products caught by a vessel flying the flag of a third country other than the United Kingdom and imported into parts of the United Kingdom other than Northern Ireland may enter into Northern Ireland from other parts of the United Kingdom as retail goods, and be placed on the market in Northern Ireland in accordance with Article 4, only in the event that:

(a) the United Kingdom decides to comply with the following requirements, and as a result provides written evidence that:

(i) import conditions, official controls and verification requirements apply under the national law of the United Kingdom, thereby ensuring that fishery products obtained from illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing as defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 and in Union acts adopted pursuant to that Regulation are not imported into the United Kingdom;

(ii) the import conditions, official controls and verification requirements referred to in point (i) are effectively implemented by the United Kingdom;

(b) the flag State of the fishing vessel concerned is listed in an implementing act adopted in accordance with paragraph 4.

When the United Kingdom intends to introduce new measures or amend existing measures relevant to the import conditions, official controls and verification requirements referred to in point (a)(i) of this paragraph, it shall inform the Commission without delay and provide information concerning the content of such measures before the date of application of those measures in its national law. When the Union intends to introduce new measures with regard to a flag State which have an impact on an implementing act adopted pursuant to paragraph 4 of this Article, it shall inform the United Kingdom without delay and provide information concerning the content of the new measures before the date of application of those measures.

3. To assess the effective implementation of the import conditions, official controls and verification requirements referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, as applicable, the Commission may carry out audits and verification procedures in the United Kingdom, which may include the following:

(a) an assessment of all or part of the total control plan of the competent authorities of the United Kingdom, including, where appropriate, reviews of the inspections and audit programmes;

(b) an assessment as to whether the import conditions, official controls and verification requirements referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 are effectively implemented as part of the national law of the United Kingdom;

(c) on-the-spot verification. The Commission shall report on the findings of each audit performed and make the report available to Member States and to the United Kingdom.

4. Where the Commission has received the written evidence referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, the Commission may, by means of implementing acts, adopt measures listing:

(a) the commodities of animal or plant origin or composite products and their third countries of origin that may enter into Northern Ireland as retail goods from other parts of the United Kingdom, and be placed on the market in Northern Ireland;

(b) the flag States referred to in paragraph 2, point (b). Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 18(2).

5. When the Commission prepares Union acts referred to in paragraph 1, point (a)(i), or amendments to such acts, it shall inform the United Kingdom and shall provide it with information relevant thereto.

The United Kingdom shall inform the Commission at the latest 15 days before the date of application of the Union acts or amendments referred to in the first subparagraph if the import conditions, official controls and verification requirements laid down in those Union acts or amendments apply as part of its national law at the date of application of those Union acts or amendments and provide evidence thereof. In the case of Union acts or amendments that are immediately applicable, the Commission shall inform the United Kingdom as soon as possible of those acts or amendments. The United Kingdom shall inform the Commission no later than three days before the date of entry into force of those acts or amendments if the import conditions, official controls and verification requirements apply as part of its national law.

Where the United Kingdom has not informed the Commission that a Union act or an amendment thereto applies under its national law and provided evidence thereof in accordance with the second and third subparagraphs of this paragraph, the Commission shall adopt an immediately applicable implementing act in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 18(2) and (3) in order to remove the commodities concerned by the Union act or the amendment thereto which does not apply under the national law of the United Kingdom from the lists established in accordance with paragraph 4 of this Article.

6. The Commission shall monitor the application by the United Kingdom of the import conditions, official controls and verification requirements referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, as applicable.

Where there is evidence, such as a Commission assessment, a verification under paragraph 3, a Union inspection report, an audit or a notification under IMSOC, that the United Kingdom does not take appropriate measures to tackle serious or repeated infringements of the import conditions referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, or does not effectively carry out the official controls or the verification requirements referred to in those paragraphs, or that the United Kingdom does not apply one of those import conditions, official controls or verification requirements under its national law, the Commission shall adopt an immediately applicable implementing act laying down appropriate measures, which may include the removal of certain commodities or third countries of origin or certain flag States from the lists established in accordance with paragraph 4. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 18(2) and (3).