{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-199/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-199/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2006/199",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 22 February 2006 laying down specific conditions for imports of fishery products from the United States of America (notified under document number C(2006) 495) (Text with EEA relevance) (2006/199/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-199",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. Each consignment shall be accompanied by a numbered original health certificate in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time and comprising a single sheet, duly completed, signed and dated.\n2. The health certificate shall be drawn up in English and may also include other languages.\n3. The health certificate shall bear the name, capacity and signature of the representative of the FDA or of the NMFS-NOAA, and the latter’s official stamp in a colour different from that of the endorsements.\n(4.) In this Article:\n“appropriate authority” means the Secretary of State (in relation to England), the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales) and the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland); but the “appropriate authority” is the Secretary of State if consent is given by:\n(a)in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;\n(b)in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers.\n“FDA” means the Food and Drug Administration;\n“NMFS-NOAA” means the National Marine Fisheries Service — National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 3(1) substituted (E.W.S.) (16.11.2022) by The Animals, Food, Plant Health, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1090), regs. 1(1), 9(4)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 3(2) substituted (E.W.S.) (16.11.2022) by The Animals, Food, Plant Health, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1090), regs. 1(1), 9(4)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Art. 3(4) inserted (E.W.S.) (16.11.2022) by The Animals, Food, Plant Health, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1090), regs. 1(1), 9(4)(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2006/199/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:17:40.237481+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}