Composites model health certificates: version history
Updated 30 April 2025
Applies to England, Scotland and Wales
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Competent authorities must provide a health certificate to exporters of animals and animal products to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
Competent authorities should use the updates below to make changes to health certificates for exporters to ensure they are in line with the current version of the model health certificates.
GBHC440 COMP Composite products
Version 1.2
Published April 2025:
- Notes for Completion: added “For composite products containing only egg or fishery products, the signature of an Official Inspector can be accepted.”
- Notes for Completion box reference I.7: “Annex I and II to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/626” replaced with “documents relating to ‘other fishery products’ and ‘bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods’ published on GOV.UK, in accordance with Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/626”.
Version 1.1
Published August 2023 - accepted until 31 October 2025
Version 1.0
Published April 2023 - accepted until 28 February 2024
- replaces GBHC088E and GBHC088X
GBHC441 COMP-T/S Composite products transit or storage
Version 1.1
Published April 2023 - accepted until 29 April 2024
- Boxes II.a and II.b deleted from Notes for Completion header
Version 1.0
Published April 2023 - accepted until 29 April 2024
- replaces GBHC089E and GBHC089X