Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether fish and shellfish landed directly on the quayside from UK vessels onto vivier lorries and then transported to the EU will (a) meet the European Commission's Export Health Certificate requirements or (b) will need to have been through an approved establishment after 1 January 2020 prior to shipment.

Products of animal origin, including fishery products and shellfish, exported to the EU after the end of the transition period will need an export health certificate, signed by an appropriately qualified certifying officer. It is for the certifying officer to determine whether the particular consignment meets the requirements of the certificate. Like most products of animal origin, they will need to be exported via an approved premise prior to shipment.

Generally speaking, transport operations are considered exempt from approval requirements in food law. However, a transport vehicle may be approved, providing the vehicle in question falls within the scope of approval and meets the relevant requirements of Regulation (EC) No. 852/2004 and Regulation (EC) No. 853/2004. Approval decisions are the responsibility of local authorities.