http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/1715/article/39Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715 of 30 September 2019 laying down rules for the functioning of the information management system for official controls and its system components ... (Text with EEA relevance)Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715 of 30 September 2019 laying down rules for the functioning of the information management system for official controls and its system components (‘the IMSOC Regulation’) (Text with EEA relevance)King's Printer of Acts of Parliamenthttps://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/eu-exit/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02019R1715-20191014texttext/xmlen2024-09-03Expert Participation2020-12-31 CHAPTER 3<Strong>Components, networks and contact points</Strong>SECTION 4<Strong>TRACES</Strong>Issuance of electronic official certificates and use of electronic signaturesArticle 391Electronic official certificates for consignments of animals and goods entering Great Britain shall meet all of the following requirements:athey shall be issued in one of the following systems:...a ... national system;...a third country or an international organisation’s electronic certification system that is capable of exchanging data with a ... national system;bthey shall be signed by an authorised officer with an advanced or qualified electronic signature;cthey shall bear the advanced or qualified electronic seal of the issuing competent authority, or the advanced or qualified electronic signature of its legal representative;dthey shall use a qualified electronic time stamp.2Where electronic official certificates are issued in accordance with point (a)(iv) of paragraph 1, 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.3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .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)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)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)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)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)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)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)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)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)