Article 3Conditions for monitoring the arrival of consignments at the place of destination
1.
The operator responsible for the establishment at the place of destination shall, within one day upon arrival of the consignment, inform the competent authority responsible for performing the official controls at the establishment at the place of destination of the arrival of the consignment at that establishment.
2.
The competent authority responsible for performing official controls at the establishment at the place of destination shall notify, through F1the appropriate computerised information management system, the competent authority of the border control post of arrival, of the receipt of the information referred to in paragraph 1 by completing Part III of the CHED.
3.
The competent authority responsible for performing official controls at the establishment at the place of destination shall carry out official controls at that establishment in order to ensure that consignments have arrived at the establishment at the place of destination, in particular by checking the entry records of that establishment.
4.
If the competent authority at the border control post of arrival has not been notified of the arrival of the consignment at the establishment at the place of destination by the competent authority responsible for performing official controls at the establishment at the place of destination in accordance with paragraph 2 within 15 days from the date on which the transport of the consignment was authorised in accordance with Article 2(1), the competent authorities shall carry out further investigations, with a view to determining the actual location of the consignment.
5.
Where the consignment, following the investigations referred to in paragraph 4, does not arrive at the establishment at the place of destination, the competent authority of the border control post of arrival and the competent authority responsible for performing the official controls at that establishment shall take any enforcement action they deem appropriate against the operator responsible for the consignment in accordance with Articles 138 and 139 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625.