(1)

Regulation (EU) 2023/1231 lays down specific rules relating to, among other things, the entry into Northern Ireland from other parts of the United Kingdom of certain consignments of retail goods for placing on the market in Northern Ireland for the final consumer, including specific rules on special rates of official controls on retail goods at sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) Inspection Facilities of first arrival in Northern Ireland.

(2)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2058 (2) lays down, among other things, special rates of official controls for the entry into Northern Ireland from other parts of the United Kingdom and the placing on the market in Northern Ireland of consignments of certain retail goods. Article 3(1), first subparagraph, of that Implementing Regulation provides that identity checks, including checks for compliance with the requirements to be prepacked and bear a marking referred to in Article 4(1), point (a), and Article 5(1), point (a), of Regulation (EU) 2023/1231, are to be performed at a frequency rate of 10 % on all consignments of certain retail goods.

(3)

Article 4(3), third subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) 2023/1231 provides that, where the marking requirements for milk and dairy products laid down in Article 6(1), point (b), of that Regulation, are complied with, the special rate of identity checks is to be reduced to 8 % of all consignments.

(4)

According to the reports provided by the competent authorities of the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland and by the Union representatives exercising the rights under Article 12(2) of the Windsor Framework (3), all milk and dairy products to which the specific rules apply, bear an individual marking in accordance with Article 6(1), point (b), of Regulation (EU) 2023/1231.

(5)

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2058 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(6)

In order for the amendment provided for in this Regulation to be applied as soon as possible, this Regulation should enter into force as a matter of urgency.

(7)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,