Border Control Point - Tarragona Port Authority

BCP

**GOODS HEALTH CONTROL BORDER FACILITIES (INSTAL·LACIONS FRONTERERES DE CONTROL SANITARI DE MERCADERIES - IFCSM)**

The Port of Tarragona has goods health control border facilities (Instal·lacions Frontereres de Control Sanitari de Mercaderies - IFCSM), known commonly as the Border Control Post (BCP), approved in accordance with the legislation in force for the physical and documentary inspection, customs and health control of the goods that come into the European Union.

IFCSM Administration
Moll d'Andalusia, Port of Tarragona
977 999 014

Opening times for IFCSM service
From 8:00am to 3:00pm
Monday to Friday

IFCSM EQUIPMENT

The IFCSM-BCP building occupies a plot measuring 1,684.11 sq. metres. Outside there is a paved manoeuvring area for trucks and a parking area (cars and trucks). The ground floor is devoted to inspection operations, where there are four different types of installation depending on the products that are inspected and controlled in each of them. The BCP building is a facility that has various sections where the Border Inspection Post, the Enabled Customs Enclosure, the Designated Point of Import and the PVNCH/PNAA are located.

BCP

Border Control Post | BCP

Destined for the inspection of live animals and products of animal origin for human consumption and not for human consumption. Products of non-animal origin for animal consumption are also inspected.

FACILITIES

Total surface area: 417.15 sq metres

2 areas of operations (human and non-human consumption)

6 fingers or loading docks (with hydraulic platform)

2 chambers at room temperature

4 freezing and refrigeration chambers

2 inspection rooms

ACP

Accredited Custom Precint | ACP

Destined for the inspection of products non-animal origin and for human consumption.

FACILITIES

Total surface area: 162.20 sq metres

1 area of operations

2 fingers or loading docks (with hydraulic platform)

1 chamber at room temperature

1 freezing and refrigeration chamber

1 inspection room

DIP

Designed Import Point | DIP

For the inspection of products subject to special protection measures.

FACILITIES

Total surface area: 265.90 sq metres

1 area of operations

3 fingers or loading docks (with hydraulic platform)

3 chambers at room temperature

1 inspection room

1 showing room

PVNCH / PNAA

FACILITIES

Total surface area: 386.87 sq metres

1 area of operations

2 fingers or loading docks (with hydraulic platform)

1 chamber at room temperature

1 freezing and refrigeration chamber

1 inspection room

CUSTOMS INSPECTION POINT (PIA)

The Port of Tarragona has a Customs Inspection Point for controlling customs and import duties and taxes established by current national and European Union legislation. The Customs - the Department of Customs and Special Taxes of the State Taxation Administration Agency (Agencia Estatal de Administració Tributaria - AEAT) - have a new building in the Moll d’Andalusia dock, equipped with specific installations for exercising powers in the Port of Tarragona, including a container and vehicle scanner

CIP
SCANNER

CIP

Custom Inspection Post | CIP

Output of goods by customs

1.2016 Instruction

FACILITIES

Total surface area: 400 sq metres

1 inspection room

3 fingers or loading docks (with hydraulic platform)

1 refrigeration chamber

SCANNER

CIP SCANNER

A scanner for the non-intrusive inspection of containers and vehicles that aids customs procedures at the port, providing the necessary flexibility in the control of goods and reducing the delay that would otherwise be caused by these inspections.

FACILITIES

A Linear Electron Accelerator as a source of x-rays

An exploration speed of 0.4 metres/second

Two-way functional exploration

An estimated analysis time of 3 minutes for each goods item

The ability to scan items 4.7 metres high, 2.8 metres wide and 19 metres in length

Makes it possible to determine the nature of the objects, distinguishing between organic and non-organic matter in terms of content

A maximum start-up time of 15 minutes

Re-locatable and set on rails

IFCSM SERVICES

The goods health control border facilities (instal•lacions frontereres de control sanitari de mercaderies - IFCSM) as a whole is where the tasks of inspecting and controlling goods are carried out in order to ensure the adequate hygiene, medical, commercial and industrial safety conditions of the products that are imported and exported.

SIF
SOIVRE

SIF

BORDER INSPECTION SERVICE PROCEDURES

External Health Service - Imports

Controlling and monitoring healthy hygiene conditions in the international traffic of goods for human consumption. According to their origin, they are classified into: Products of animal origin (POA) and Products of non-animal origin (PONA). The inspections are carried out by:

POA at the Border Control Post (BCP).

PONA at the Equipped Customs Area (Recinte Duaner Habilitat - RAH).

Nuts - a special case that is carried out at the Designated Point of Import (DPI)

Animal Health Service - Imports

They are responsible for the health inspection and control of live animals and products of animal origin not intended for human consumption, animal health products, products for animal feed and veterinary medicines. The inspections are carried out by:

POA at the Border Control Post (BCP).

PONA at the Equipped Customs Area (Recinte Duaner Habilitat - RAH).

Vegetal Health Service - Imports

Phytosanitary inspection and control aimed at preventing organisms harmful to plants or plant products coming from third countries from entering the country or the European Union, and issuing of phytosanitary export certificates and authorisation for the entry of products of plant origin. Inspections carried out by:

Equipped Customs Area (Recinte Duaner Habilitat - RAH) / BIP-phyto.

Vegetal Health Service / Animal Health Service

A third extension of the IFCSM has made a new installation available in the IFCSM, independent of the existing ones, in order to perform health control inspections of products of plant origin not intended for human consumption and health control of products of non-animal origin destined for animal feed.

Products of plant origin not intended for human consumption (PPNHC)

Products of non-animal origin not intended for animal feed PNAA

SOIVRE

The Official Service for Inspecting, Monitoring snd Regulating Exports (Servei Oficial d'Inspecció, Vigilància i Regulació de les Exportacions - SOIVRE)

This service is responsible for carrying out checks to ensure compliance with the regulations governing the safety and commercial quality of agri-food products, toys, textiles, footwear and low voltage electrical appliances. Its functions also include the inspection and control of the trade in species protected by the CITES Convention (wild flora and fauna and their derivatives). It carries out the inspections in the IFCSM and in the rest of the Port’s customs area.

CENTRE FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND INSPECTION OF FOREIGN TRADE

This organisation depends technically on the Ministry of Economy, the Office of the Secretary of State for Trade and Tourism, the General Foreign Trade Secretariat, and the General Sub-directorate for Inspection, Certification and Technical Assistance of Foreign Trade. The centre intervenes in Port activity whenever any exports to third world countries take place, and that basically consist either of fruit, vegetables, frozen fish, dried fruits and olive oil, among others, or imports from third world countries, in the case of frozen fish. Their aim is to carry out commercial quality inspections of goods to make sure that these products comply with the specifications established in EU regulations.