# 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), Article 90: ... Powers concerning official certificates

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The appropriate authority may make regulations laying down rules for the application of Articles 88 and 89 concerning:
(a)model official certificates and rules for the issuance of such certificates ...;
(b)the mechanisms and technical arrangements to ensure the issuance of accurate and reliable official certificates, and prevent risk of fraud;
(c)the procedures to be followed in the case of withdrawals of official certificates and for the issuance of replacement certificates;
(d)rules for the production of certified copies of official certificates;
(e)the format of documents that must accompany animals and goods after official controls have been performed;
(f)rules for the issuance of electronic or digital certificates and for the use of unique digital identifiers and electronic signatures;
(g)rules under point (a) or (e) may also include rules on the publication online of certificates or documents (as the case may be) in the form specified by the appropriate authority.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/625/article/90 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-625/article-90
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