Regulation (EC) No. 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council
8. In Article 3—
(a)in paragraph 1, for “Member States” substitute “The competent authority”;
(b)for paragraph 4, substitute—
“4. Official controls shall be applied, with the same care, to exports to, and imports from, any country.”;
(c)omit paragraph 5;
(d)for paragraph 6, substitute—
“6. The competent authority may check compliance of food and feed with relevant law by means of non-discriminatory checks of imported goods, and may require operators who have imported goods delivered to them to report the arrival of such goods to them.”;
(e)for paragraph 7 substitute—
“7. If, during a check by a competent authority carried out at the place of destination or during storage or transport, non-compliance is established, the competent authority must take appropriate measures which may include re-dispatch to the third country of origin.”.