Article 2 Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 282/2004

Regulation (EC) No 282/2004 is amended as follows:

1. (1)

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

   ‘1.

   Where any animal referred to in Directive 91/496/EEC enters the Community from a third country, the person responsible for the load within the meaning of Article 2(2)(e) of Directive 97/78/EC shall give notice of such entry at least one working day before the expected arrival of the animal(s) on Community territory. Such notification shall be made to the inspection staff of the border inspection post using a document drawn up in accordance with either of the models of common veterinary entry document (CVED) set out in Annex I and Part 2 of Annex III.’;

2. (2)

   the following Article 7a is inserted:

   ‘Requirements for completing an electronic CVED

   Article 7a

   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 III;

   (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 authority;

   (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 responsibility 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 III is added, the text of which is set out in Annex II to this Regulation.