# Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2124 of 10 October 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rules for official controls of consignments of animals and goods in transit, transhipment and onward transportation through the Union, and amending Commission Regulations (EC) No 798/2008, (EC) No 1251/2008, (EC) No 119/2009, (EU) No 206/2010, (EU) No 605/2010, (EU) No 142/2011, (EU) No 28/2012, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/759 and Commission Decision 2007/777/EC (Text with EEA relevance), Article 26: Official controls in warehouses

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

1. The competent authorities shall perform regular official controls in approved warehouses to verify the compliance with the requirements for approval laid down in Article 23.
2. The competent authorities responsible for official controls in approved warehouses shall verify the effectiveness of the systems in place to ensure the traceability of consignments, including by comparing the quantities of goods entering and leaving warehouses.
3. The competent authorities shall verify that consignments moved to or stored in warehouses are accompanied by the relevant CHED and authenticated paper or electronic copy of the official certificate as referred to in Article 50(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625.
4. When consignments arrive at approved warehouses, the competent authorities shall:
(a) perform an identity check to confirm that the consignment corresponds to the relevant information in the accompanying CHED;
(b) verify that the seals fixed on the vehicles or transport containers, in accordance with point (d) of Article 19 or point (d) of Article 28, are still intact;
(c) record the outcome of identity checks in Part III of the CHED and communicate that information through the appropriate computerised information management system.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/2124/article/26 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-2124/article-26
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