Decision 2005/93/EC is amended as follows:

1. 1.

   the following Article 1a is inserted:

   ‘Article 1a

   Member States shall ensure that any consignment of products referred to in Article 1, not accompanied by the appropriate animal health certificate, and currently stored in a customs warehouse in a Member State, are not released from storage for movement to a border inspection post of exit for further transport to a destination, unless the person responsible for any such consignment submits written authorisation from the competent authority of the country of destination and of any third country of transit, confirming that the introduction of such products will be accepted through or onto its territory.’;

2. 2.

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

   ‘All costs of such destruction shall be chargeable to the person responsible for the consignment.’