CHAPTER 3 U.K. Components, networks and contact points

SECTION 4 U.K. TRACES

Article 39 U.K. Issuance of electronic official certificates and use of electronic signatures

1. Electronic official certificates for consignments of animals and goods entering [F1 Great Britain] shall meet all of the following requirements:

(a) they shall be issued in one of the following systems:

(i)

F2 ...

(ii)

a F3 ... national system;

(iii)

F4 ...

(iv)

a third country or an international organisation’s electronic certification system that is capable of exchanging data with a F5 ... national system;

(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, [F7 a 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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Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Art. 39(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 21(15)(a)(i) (with regs. 33-36)

F2 Art. 39(1)(a)(i) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 21(15)(a)(ii)(aa) (with regs. 33-36)

F3 Words in Art. 39(1)(a)(ii) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 21(15)(a)(ii)(bb) (with regs. 33-36)

F4 Art. 39(1)(a)(iii) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 21(15)(a)(ii)(cc) (with regs. 33-36)

F5 Words in Art. 39(1)(a)(iv) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 21(15)(a)(ii)(dd) (with regs. 33-36)

F6 Word in Art. 39(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 21(15)(b)(i) (with regs. 33-36)

F7 Words in Art. 39(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 21(15)(b)(ii) (with regs. 33-36)

F8 Art. 39(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 21(15)(c) (with regs. 33-36)

F9 Art. 39(4) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 21(15)(c) (with regs. 33-36)