Division 9 C1F1

F2in paragraph 1(a), for the words from “, and kept” until the end substitute “the competent authority and, in a case where a consignment of relevant goods arriving from a relevant third country is selected for the performance of official controls, may be kept by the competent authority with responsibility for the place where the official controls are carried out (‘the responsible competent authority’);

in paragraph 2, for F3... “The competent authorities” F4... substitute “ In a case where a consignment of relevant goods arriving from a relevant third country is selected for official controls and the original official certificates or documents are kept by the responsible competent authority, that authority F5... ”;

for paragraph 3 substitute—

1. (3)

   “In a case where the responsible competent authority has notified the operator that official controls are to be performed on a consignment, that consignment must not be split until those official controls have been carried out.”