The authorities in charge of the control of products entering Great Britain must carry out appropriate checks on the characteristics of products on an adequate scale, in accordance with the principles set out in Article 19(1), before those products are discharged from the free-circulation procedure.

Where F5... more than one authority is responsible for market surveillance or external border controls, those authorities F6must cooperate with each other, by sharing information relevant to their functions and otherwise as appropriate.

In the case of perishable products, the authorities in charge of external border controls F11must, as far as possible, seek to ensure that any requirements they may impose with regard to the storage of products or the parking of vehicles used for transport are not incompatible with the preservation of those products.

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A product the F14discharge of which has been suspended by the authorities in charge of external border controls pursuant to Article 27 F15must be F16discharged from the free-circulation procedure if, within three working days of the suspension of F14discharge, those authorities have not been notified of any action taken by the market surveillance authorities, and provided that all the other requirements and formalities pertaining to such F14discharge have been fulfilled.

Where the market surveillance authorities find that the product in question does not present a serious risk to health and safety or cannot be regarded as being in breach of F17any relevant enactment, that product F18must be discharged from the free-circulation procedure, provided that all the other requirements and formalities pertaining to such F19discharge have been fulfilled.

Where F20a market surveillance authority finds that a product presents a serious risk, F21it F22must take measures to prohibit that product from being placed on the market and F22must require the authorities in charge of external border controls to include the following endorsement on the commercial invoice accompanying the product and on any other relevant accompanying document or, where data processing is carried out electronically, in the data-processing system itself:

Where F24a market surveillance authority finds that a product does not comply with F25any relevant enactment, F26it F27must take appropriate action, which may, if necessary, include prohibiting the product's being placed on the market.

Where placing on the market is prohibited pursuant to the first subparagraph, the market surveillance F28authority F27must require the authorities in charge of external border controls not to F29discharge the product from the free-circulation procedure and to include the following endorsement on the commercial invoice accompanying the product and on any other relevant accompanying document or, where data processing is carried out electronically, in the data-processing system itself:

Where that product is subsequently declared for a customs procedure other than F31the free-circulation procedure and provided that the market surveillance authorities do not object, the endorsements set out in paragraphs 1 and 2 F32must also be included, under the same conditions, on the documents used in connection with that procedure.

F33Market surveillance authorities may destroy or otherwise render inoperable products presenting a serious risk where they deem it necessary and proportionate.

Market surveillance authorities F34must provide authorities in charge of external border controls with information on product categories in which a serious risk or non-compliance within the meaning of paragraphs 1 and 2 has been identified.