
Article 1 

(1.) In these Regulations,  ‘the appropriate authority’ has the meaning given in Article 3(2A) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
(2.) Words and expressions defined in Regulation (EU) 2019/2124 have the same meanings in these Regulations.
Article 2 

1. For the purposes of Article 21(1) and Article 29(c) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2124, the model official certificate  to  be used for the official certification of consignments of products of animal origin, germinal products, animal by-products, derived products, hay and straw and composite products  is the model official certificate published from time to time by the appropriate authority for the constituent territory of Great Britain where those goods are delivered:
(a) to vessels leaving the  territory of Great Britain to travel to a third country  and intended for ship supply or consumption by the crew and passengers; or
(b) from a warehouse located in Great Britain to NATO or United States military bases located in the territory of Great Britain, any of the territories of the Crown Dependencies, or in a third country.The official certificate may be issued in paper format or electronically through  the appropriate computerised information management system.
2. Where the content of consignments is formed at a warehouse and composed of products of different origins or product categories, one single official certificate may be issued to accompany such consignment.
Article 3 
Official certificates which are not submitted in the appropriate computerised information management system shall meet the following requirements:

1.. in addition to the signature of the certifying officer, the official certificate shall bear an official stamp. The colour of the signature and stamp shall be different to the colour of the printing.
2.. where the official certificate contains statements, statements which are not relevant shall be crossed out, initialled and stamped by the certifying officer, or completely removed from the certificate.
3.. the official certificate shall consist of:

((a)) a single sheet of paper; or
((b)) several sheets of paper where all sheets are indivisible and constitute an integral whole; or
((c)) a sequence of pages numbered so as to indicate that it is a particular page in a finite sequence.
4.. Where the official certificate consists of a sequence of pages, each page must indicate the unique code as referred to in Article 89(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 and bear the signature of the certifying officer and the official stamp.
5.. The official certificate shall be issued before the consignments to which it relates leave the control of the competent authorities at the border control post or at the warehouse.
Article 4 

1. Official certificates submitted in the appropriate computerised information management system shall be based on the model official certificate  referred to in Article 2.
2. The official certificate shall be submitted in the appropriate computerised information management system before the consignments to which it relates leave the control of the competent authorities at the border control post or at the warehouse.
3. Official certificates submitted in the appropriate computerised information management system shall meet the requirements for the issuance of electronic official certificate and for the use of electronic signature laid down in Article 39 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715.
Article 5 
The official certificate shall be completed  in accordance with guidance issued by the appropriate authority from time to time.
Article 6 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 14 December 2019.
...Done at Brussels, 12 November 2019.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
ANNEX
PART 1
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PART 2
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Part I: Details of the dispatched consignment
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Part II: Declaration
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Part III: Confirmation of arrival of consignment
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