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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 — 02.02.2021 — 004.001
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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 |
L 239 |
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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/1341 of 28 September 2020 |
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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2021/83 of 27 January 2021 |
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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 3
Official controls and other official activities may exceptionally be performed by one or more natural persons specifically authorised by the competent authority on the basis of their qualifications, training and practical experience, who are in contact with the competent authority by any available means of communication, and who are required to follow the instructions of the competent authority for the performance of such official controls and other official activities. Such persons shall act impartially, and they shall be free from any conflict of interest as regards the official controls and other official activities performed by them.
Article 4
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.
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 ►M4 1 July 2021 ◄ .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.