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Article 1

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/466 is amended as follows:

(1)

Article 4 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 4

1. Official controls and other official activities on official certificates and official attestations may exceptionally be performed:

(a) on a copy of the original of such certificates or attestations, that is made available electronically, provided the person responsible for presenting the official certificate or official attestation presents to the competent authority a statement affirming that the original of the official certificate or official attestation will be submitted as soon as technically feasible; or

(b) on electronic data from such certificates or attestations, where such data has been produced and submitted by the competent authority in TRACES.

2. When performing official controls and other official activities referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, the competent authority shall take into account the risk of non-compliance of animals and goods concerned and operators’ past record as regards the outcome of official controls performed on them and their compliance with the rules referred to in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625.’;

(2)

in Article 6, the second paragraph is replaced by the following:

• ‘It shall apply until 1 August 2020’.