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The requirements for monitoring and for listing of establishments referred to in Articles 7 and 8 PART 1 Monitoring requirements 1. Consignments of retail goods entering into Northern Ireland from other parts of the United Kingdom shall be monitored by the competent authorities of Northern Ireland from the SPS Inspection Facilities of first arrival in Northern Ireland to the establishment of destination in accordance with Article 2(1), Article 2(2), points (b) and (c), Article 2(3) and Article 3(2) to (5), of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1666 ().

2. Consignments of retail goods shall be sealed by the competent authorities of the United Kingdom, or under their responsibility, and the competent authorities shall ensure that the consignments are intact and have not been tampered with between the SPS Inspection Facility of first arrival in Northern Ireland and the establishment of destination.

The seal number of such consignments shall be issued by the competent authorities of the United Kingdom and inserted in the general certificate referred to in Article 4(1) and in Article 5(1), point (g), of this Regulation and in the Common Health Entry Document (CHED) referred to in Article 56 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625. The seal number shall be confirmed or reconciled by the competent authorities of Northern Ireland at the SPS Inspection Facility of first arrival in Northern Ireland. Where a consignment is resealed, the new seal number shall be recorded in the CHED.

3. The operator responsible for the establishment at the place of destination shall, within a period of two days from the date of arrival of the consignments of retail goods in Northern Ireland, inform the competent authorities of Northern Ireland responsible for performing the official controls at that establishment of the arrival of those consignments. PART 2 Lists of establishments dispatching consignments of retail goods in parts of the United Kingdom other than Northern Ireland and lists of establishments in Northern Ireland receiving those consignments

1. The lists of establishments in parts of the United Kingdom other than Northern Ireland and in Northern Ireland authorised to dispatch or receive the delivery of consignments of retail goods shall be drawn up and kept up-to-date by the competent authorities of the United Kingdom, in accordance with publicly available procedures which shall also be kept up-to-date.

2. The competent authorities of the United Kingdom shall ensure that the establishments of dispatch and reception referred to in point 1 comply with the requirements laid down in this Regulation by carrying out risk-based and intelligence-led spot checks on those establishments. The purpose of those spot checks shall be to ensure that the retail goods are intended solely for retail sale in Northern Ireland, and that those goods will not be subsequently moved to a Member State.

3. The risk-based and intelligence-led spot checks referred to in point 2 shall ascertain, inter alia, compliance by the establishments with the requirements set out in Annex IV, and in particular they shall verify whether the retail goods comply with the marking requirements laid down in Article 6(1), taking into account the compliance history of those establishments and the volume of retail goods that do not bear an individual marking in accordance with Article 6(1), points (a) and (b). Those spot checks shall include a visual inspection of retail goods marked at box level in accordance with point 2 of Annex IV and the retail goods presented on the shelves in the establishment, as well as a review of the relevant documentation relating to the general certificate accompanying these retail goods and entry records of the establishments of destination. Every three months, until 30 June 2025, the United Kingdom shall submit a report to the Commission on the level and outcomes of the spot checks undertaken in accordance with point 2.

4. Where the competent authorities of the United Kingdom have reason to suspect serious or repeated infringements of the requirements laid down in this Regulation, they shall remove the establishments immediately from the lists of establishments referred to in point 1.

5. The lists of establishments referred to in point 1 shall be made available without delay electronically to the Commission and to the competent authorities in Northern Ireland.