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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-625/article-50",
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  "legislation": "eur/2017/625",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products, amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) No 1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and Council Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC and 2008/120/EC, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC, 96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council Decision 92/438/EEC (Official Controls Regulation) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-625",
  "path": "article/50",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "50",
  "heading": "Certificates and documents accompanying consignments and split consignments",
  "text": "1. Where original official certificates or documents are required by the rules referred to in Article 1(2) to accompany consignments of the categories of animals and goods in Article 47(1), these—\n(a) must be presented to, and kept by, the competent authorities, unless otherwise provided for in the rules referred to in Article 1(2);\n(b) may be in paper, electronic or digital form, unless otherwise provided for in the rules referred to in Article 1(2).\n2. The competent authorities must issue the operator responsible for the consignment with, as appropriate—\n(a) an authenticated paper copy of the official certificates or documents referred to in paragraph 1;\n(b) an electronic copy of the official certificates or documents referred to in paragraph 1;\n(c) a unique digital identifier linked to the official certificates or documents referred to in paragraph 1; or\n(d) if the consignment is split, individually authenticated paper or electronic copies of the official certificates or documents referred to in paragraph 1, or a new unique digital identifier linked to such certificates or documents.\n3. Consignments shall not be split until official controls have been performed and the Common Health Entry Document (CHED) referred to in Article 56 has been finalised in accordance with Article 56(5) and Article 57.\n4. The appropriate authority may make regulations to supplement this Regulation concerning rules establishing the cases where, and the conditions under which, the CHED is required to accompany consignments of the categories of animals and goods referred to in Article 47(1) to the place of destination.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 50(1) substituted (10.2.2025) by The Official Controls (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/102), regs. 1(1)(b), 12(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Art. 50(2) substituted (10.2.2025) by The Official Controls (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/102), regs. 1(1)(b), 12(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 50(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1481), regs. 1, 11(4) (with reg. 46)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/625/article/50",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:45:04.117110+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."
}