Article 5 Operations to be carried out after documentary checks, identity checks and physical checks

After completion of the checks provided for in Article 49(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625, the competent authority shall:

The competent authorities shall record in the CHED all the results of F2... analyses, tests or diagnoses, as soon as they are available, of consignments which have been tested and placed on the market before ... test results are available.

The original official certificates or documents, or electronic equivalents, referred to in Article 50(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 shall be kept by the competent authority of the border control post of arrival F3in Great Britain for at least three years from the date on which the consignments were authorised to F4enter Great Britain.

However, the original certificate or documents for the plants, plant products and other objects referred to in point (c) of Article 47(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 may be kept by means of electronic storage of information provided that such information is generated by the competent authority on the basis of the original certificate or documents. In such cases, the original certificate or document shall be invalidated or destroyed by the competent authority.

Where the rules referred to in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 do not require original certificates or documents to be presented to, and kept by, the competent authority, a copy of the original official certificate or documents referred to in Article 50(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 shall be kept by the competent authority of the border control post of arrival F5in Great Britain for at least three years from the date on which the consignments were authorised to F6enter Great Britain or for onward travel in paper or electronic format.