
Article 1 
Until 31 December 2005, consignments of products falling within the scope of Decisions 79/542/EEC, 94/984/EC, 97/221/EC, 2000/572/EC, 2000/585/EC, 2000/609/EC, 2003/779/EC and 2004/438/EC and which were introduced before 1 January 2005 into customs warehouses, approved in accordance with Article 12(4)(b) of Directive 97/78/EC, shall be allowed to leave the warehouses where they are stored to be delivered either in whole or in part to their destination as provided for in Article 12(8) or Article 13(2)(a) of Directive 97/78/EC, without being accompanied by the appropriate animal health certificate as provided for in the relevant Community acts.
Article 1a 
Member States shall ensure that any consignment of products referred to in Article 1, not accompanied by the appropriate animal health certificate, and currently stored in a customs warehouse in a Member State, are not released from storage for movement to a border inspection post of exit for further transport to a destination, unless the person responsible for any such consignment submits written authorisation from the competent authority of the country of destination and of any third country of transit, confirming that the introduction of such products will be accepted through or onto its territory.
Article 2 
From 1 January 2006, any such consignments, as referred to in Article 1, remaining in storage shall be destroyed under the control of the competent authority.
All costs of such destruction shall be chargeable to the person responsible for the consignment.
Article 3 
This Decision shall apply from the date of notification.
Article 4 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.