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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/466 of 30 March 2020 on temporary measures to contain risks to human, animal and plant health and animal welfare during certain serious disruptions of Member States’ control systems due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) (Text with EEA relevance)Text with EEA relevance
Consolidated text: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/466 of 30 March 2020 on temporary measures to contain risks to human, animal and plant health and animal welfare during certain serious disruptions of Member States’ control systems due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) (Text with EEA relevance)Text with EEA relevance
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/466 of 30 March 2020 on temporary measures to contain risks to human, animal and plant health and animal welfare during certain serious disruptions of Member States’ control systems due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) (Text with EEA relevance)Text with EEA relevance
02020R0466 — EN — 02.10.2020 — 003.001
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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/466 of 30 March 2020 on temporary measures to contain risks to human, animal and plant health and animal welfare during certain serious disruptions of Member States’ control systems due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) (OJ L 098 31.3.2020, p. 30) |
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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/714 of 28 May 2020 |
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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/1087 of 23 July 2020 |
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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/1341 of 28 September 2020 |
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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/466
of 30 March 2020
on temporary measures to contain risks to human, animal and plant health and animal welfare during certain serious disruptions of Member States’ control systems due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
(Text with EEA relevance)
Article 1
This Regulation lays down temporary measures necessary to contain widespread risks to human, animal and plant health and animal welfare, in order to address serious disruptions in the functioning of Member States’ control systems in view of the crisis linked to COVID-19.
Article 2
Member States that wish to apply the temporary measures laid down in this Regulation shall inform the Commission and the other Member States thereof, as well as of measures taken to remedy their difficulties in carrying out official controls and other official activities in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/625.
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Article 4
1. Official controls and other official activities on official certificates and official attestations may exceptionally be performed:
on a copy of the original of such certificates or attestations, that is made available electronically, provided the person responsible for presenting the official certificate or official attestation presents to the competent authority a statement affirming that the original of the official certificate or official attestation will be submitted as soon as technically feasible; or
on electronic data from such certificates or attestations, where such data has been produced and submitted by the competent authority in TRACES.
2. When performing official controls and other official activities referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, the competent authority shall take into account the risk of non-compliance of animals and goods concerned and operators’ past record as regards the outcome of official controls performed on them and their compliance with the rules referred to in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625.
Article 5
Official controls and other official activities may exceptionally be performed:
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in the case of physical meetings with operators and their staff in the context of official control methods and techniques referred to in Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625, via available means of distance communication.
Article 6
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply until ►M3 1 February 2021 ◄ .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.