Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2128 of 12 November 2019 establishing the model official certificate and rules for issuing official certificates for goods which are delivered to vessels leaving the Union and intended for ship supply or consumption by the crew and passengers, or to NATO or a United States’ military base (Text with EEA relevance)

For the purposes of this Regulation, the definition of ‘warehouse’ set out in Article 2(3) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2124 shall apply.

1 For the purposes of Article 21(1) and Article 29(c) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2124, the model official certificate set out in Part I of the Annex to this Regulation shall be used for the official certification of consignments of products of animal origin, germinal products, animal by-products, derived products, hay and straw and composite products which are delivered: (a) to vessels leaving the Union territory and intended for ship supply or consumption by the crew and passengers; or (b) from a warehouse located in the Union territory to NATO or United States’ military bases located in the Union territory or in a third country. The official certificate may be issued in paper format or electronically through IMSOC.

2 Where the content of consignments is formed at a warehouse and composed of products of different origins or product categories, one single official certificate may be issued to accompany such consignment.

Official certificates which are not submitted in IMSOC shall meet the following requirements: 1. in addition to the signature of the certifying officer, the official certificate shall bear an official stamp. The colour of the signature and stamp shall be different to the colour of the printing. 2. where the official certificate contains statements, statements which are not relevant shall be crossed out, initialled and stamped by the certifying officer, or completely removed from the certificate. 3. the official certificate shall consist of: (a) a single sheet of paper; or (b) several sheets of paper where all sheets are indivisible and constitute an integral whole; or (c) a sequence of pages numbered so as to indicate that it is a particular page in a finite sequence. 4. Where the official certificate consists of a sequence of pages, each page must indicate the unique code as referred to in Article 89(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 and bear the signature of the certifying officer and the official stamp. 5. The official certificate shall be issued before the consignments to which it relates leave the control of the competent authorities at the border control post or at the warehouse.

1 Official certificates submitted in IMSOC shall be based on the model official certificate laid down in Part 1 of the Annex to this Regulation.

2 The official certificate shall be submitted in IMSOC before the consignments to which it relates leave the control of the competent authorities at the border control post or at the warehouse.

3 Official certificates submitted in IMSOC shall meet the requirements for the issuance of electronic official certificate and for the use of electronic signature laid down in Article 39 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715.

The official certificate shall be completed by reference to the notes set out in Part 2 of the Annex to this Regulation.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 14 December 2019.