CHAPTER 3Components, networks and contact points
SECTION 4TRACES
Article 39Issuance of electronic official certificates and use of electronic signatures
1.
Electronic official certificates for consignments of animals and goods entering F1Great Britain shall meet all of the following requirements:
(a)
(b)
they shall be signed by an authorised officer with an advanced or qualified electronic signature;
(c)
they shall bear the advanced or qualified electronic seal of the issuing competent authority, or the advanced or qualified electronic signature of its legal representative;
(d)
they shall use a qualified electronic time stamp.
2.
Where electronic official certificates are issued in accordance with point F6(a)(iv) of paragraph 1, F7a national system shall acknowledge the exchange of data through the advanced or qualified electronic seal of the issuing third country’s competent authority, or the advanced or qualified electronic signature of its legal representative.
In such cases, the signature of the authorised officer referred to in point (b) of paragraph 1 is not required.
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