Article 1 Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 136/2004

Regulation (EC) No 136/2004 is amended as follows:

1. (1)

   in Article 2, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

   ‘1.

   Before the physical arrival of the consignment on Community territory the person responsible for the load shall notify the arrival of the products to the veterinary staff of the border inspection post to which the products are to be submitted, using a document drawn up in accordance with either of the models of common veterinary entry document (CVED) set out in Annex III and in Part 2 of Annex VI.’;

2. (2)

   the following Article 10a is inserted:

   ‘Requirements for completing an electronic CVED

   Article 10a

   1.

   Where an electronic CVED is used, it shall be completed in the TRACES system and meet all of the following requirements:

   (a)

   it complies with the model set out in Part 2 of Annex VI;

   (b)

   it is signed with the electronic signature of the operator responsible for the load;

   (c)

   it is signed with the advanced or qualified electronic signature of the official veterinarian at the border inspection post or another official veterinarian operating under his/her supervision;

   (d)

   it bears the advanced or qualified electronic seal of the issuing competent authority to which the official veterinarian at the border inspection post or another official veterinarian operating under his/her supervision belongs;

   (e)

   it is sealed by the TRACES system with an advanced or qualified electronic seal.

   2.

   Each of the operations referred to in paragraph 1 shall be timestamped with a qualified electronic time stamp.’;

3. (3)

   a new Annex VI is added, the text of which is set out in Annex I to this Regulation.