http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/1715/chapter/3/section/4Commission 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>TRACES networkArticle 35. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Access to data, information and documents in TRACESArticle 36. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Exchanges between TRACES and other electronic systemsArticle 37. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cooperation between authorities in Member States in relation to consignments entering the UnionArticle 38. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Format of the CHED and instructions for its presentation and useArticle 401The appropriate authority shall publish on a website the format of the CHED and instructions for its presentation and use. The CHED shall be used by the operator and the competent authorities in accordance with Article 56(3) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 in one of the following formats, depending on the category of the consignment established in Article 47(1) of that Regulation:aa CHED-A ..., for consignments of animals that are:referred to in point (a) of Article 47(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625; orsubject at their entry into the Union to measures provided for in points (e) or (f) of Article 47(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625;ba CHED-P ..., for consignments of products that are:referred to in point (b) of Article 47(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625; orsubject at their entry into the Union to measures provided for in points (d), (e) or (f) of Article 47(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625;ca CHED-PP ..., for consignments of:plants, plant products and other objects referred to in point (c) of Article 47(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625; orplants, plant products and other objects subject at their entry into the Union to one of the measures or conditions provided for in points (d), (e) or (f) of Article 47(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625; orspecific plants, plant products and other objects of a particular origin or provenance for which a minimum level of official controls is necessary to respond to recognised uniform hazards and risks to plant health as provided for in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/66;da CHED-D ..., for consignments of feed and food of non-animal origin subject at their entry into the Union to any of the measures or conditions provided for in points (d), (e) or (f) of Article 47(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625.2The CHED referred to in paragraph 1 shall be:adrawn up in English and one of the official languages of the country of destination and may also be in Welsh;bduly completed ... by:the operator responsible for the consignment, as regards the information on the details of the consignment, ...;the competent authority at a border control post or control point, as regards the information on the decision taken on the consignment, ...;the competent authority at the border control post of exit, as regards the information on the follow-up measures taken on the consignment after a decision has been taken.3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Use of an electronic CHEDArticle 411An operator or a competent authority may use a CHED in an electronic format, provided that this is by means of a national system, and that the CHED meets all of the following requirements:ait is signed by the operator responsible for the consignment with the operator's electronic signature;bit is signed by the certifying officer at border control posts or control points with the certifying officer's advanced or qualified electronic signature;cit bears the advanced or qualified electronic seal of the issuing competent authority;2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3The required steps referred to in paragraph 1 shall each be timestamped with a qualified electronic time stamp.Periods of storage of electronic certificates and CHEDs and personal data therefromArticle 42For the purpose of maintaining the integrity of certificates and CHEDs issued in accordance with Article 39 and Article 41 respectively, relevant data concerning electronic signatures, electronic seals, timestamps and electronic exchanges shall be stored by a national system for at least 3 years.Personal data from the certificates and CHEDs referred to in paragraph 1 shall be stored by a national system for no more than 10 years....List of control unitsArticle 43. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .List of border control posts and control pointsArticle 44. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .List of establishmentsArticle 45. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Contingency arrangements for TRACES and Member States’ national systems in the event of unplanned or planned unavailabilityArticle 46. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Arts. 12-38 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(14) (with regs. 33-36)Arts. 43-46 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(19) (with regs. 33-36)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)Words in Art. 40(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(16)(a)(i) (with regs. 33-36)Art. 40(2)(a) 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(16)(b)(i) (with regs. 33-36)Words in Art. 40(2)(b) 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(16)(b)(ii)(aa) (with regs. 33-36)Words in Art. 40(2)(b)(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(16)(b)(ii)(bb) (with regs. 33-36)Words in Art. 40(2)(b)(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(16)(b)(ii)(cc) (with regs. 33-36)Art. 40(2)(b)(iii) 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(16)(b)(ii)(dd) (with regs. 33-36)Art. 40(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(16)(c) (with regs. 33-36)Words in art. 40(1)(a)-(d) 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(16)(a)(ii) (with regs. 33-36)Art. 41(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(17)(a) (with regs. 33-36)Art. 41(2) 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(17)(b) (with regs. 33-36)Words in Art. 41(3) 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(17)(c) (with regs. 33-36)Words in Art. 42(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(18)(a) (with regs. 33-36)Words in Art. 42(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(18)(b) (with regs. 33-36)Art. 42(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(18)(c) (with regs. 33-36)