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Composites: model health certificates

Competent authorities of exporting countries should use the relevant model health certificate as a template to create a version exporters can apply for to export composites to Great Britain, the Channel Islands or Isle of Man.

Updates to this page

From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
Published:
28 November 2020
Last updated:
30 April 2025
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  1. Certificate GBHC440 updated.

  2. All old versions of certificates have been removed.

  3. We have updated certificates GBHC440 and GBHC441. We have also updated the ‘use from’ date for certificates GBHC440 and GBHC441. Use from date for EU changed to 31 January 2024. Use from date for non-EU countries changed to 30 April 2024.

  4. We have replaced all EU certificates ending in E with new certificates that can be used by all countries. EU countries must use the new certificates from 31 October 2023. Non-EU countries can continue using certificates ending in X or start using the new certificates. We will communicate the deadline for non-EU countries switching to the new certificates in due course.

  5. Multiple changes have been made: 1. Updated certificates GBHC088X and GBHC089X. See version history for full details of the changes. 2. Certificates GBHC088E and GBHC089E should now be used from 1 December 2023.

  6. We've updated certificates GBHC088X and GBHC089X.

  7. The following certificates will come into use on 1 November 2022: GBHC088E and GBHC089E.

  8. Updated model health certificates GBHC088E and GBHC088X.

  9. Added a version history of changes to model health certificates.

  10. Updated composite products certificates GBHC088E and GBHC088X.

  11. Edited health certificates the following health certificates which will now come into use on 1 October 2021. These are 28/2012 GBHC088E and 28/2012 GBHC089E.

  12. First published.

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

Documents

Composites model health certificates: version history

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GBHC440 COMP: Composite products

PDF, 209 KB, 11 pages

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GBHC441 COMP-T/S: Composite products transit or storage

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Details

Composites exported to Great Britain must be accompanied by the relevant health certificate. Exporters should read the guide on how to complete a health certificate.

Certificate GBHC440

Must be used from 30 April 2024 by all countries.

Model health certificate for composite products intended for human consumption (Regulation 28/2012) (COMP).

Certificate GBHC441

Must be used from 30 April 2024 by all countries.

Model health certificate for transit or storage of composite products intended for human consumption (Regulation 28/2012) (COMP-T/S).

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