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1.Member States may only permit imports of the foodstuffs referred to in Article 1 (hereafter referred to as foodstuffs), where the consignment is accompanied by the results of sampling and analysis and a health certificate(1) in accordance with the model set out in Annex I, completed, signed and verified by an authorised representative of:
(a)the Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento (MAPA) for foodstuffs from Brazil;
(b)the State Administration for Entry-Exit inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China for foodstuffs from China;
(c)the Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture for foodstuffs from Egypt;
(d)the Iranian Ministry of Health for foodstuffs from Iran;
(e)the General Directorate of protection and Control of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the Republic of Turkey for foodstuffs from Turkey.
2.The health certificate provided for in paragraph 1 shall only be valid for imports of foodstuffs into the Community no later than four months from the date of issue of the health certificate.
3.The competent authorities in each Member State shall ensure that the foodstuffs are subject to documentary checks to ensure that the requirement of the results of sampling and analysis and the health certificate provided for in paragraph 1 are complied with. The documentary check must take place at the point of first introduction into the territory of the Community.
4.Where a consignment of foodstuffs is not accompanied by the results of sampling and analysis and the health certificate provided for in paragraph 1, the consignment may not enter the Community for onward transit to the designated point of import nor be imported into the Community and must be re-dispatched to the country of origin or destroyed.
5.The sampling and the analysis provided for in paragraph 1 must be performed in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 401/2006.
6.Each consignment of foodstuffs shall be identified with a code which corresponds to the code on the sampling results of the sampling and analysis and health certificate referred to in paragraph 1. Each individual bag, or other packaging form, of the consignment shall be identified with that code.
Health certificates shall be drawn up in a language understood by the certifying officer, enabling the certifying officer to be fully aware of the significance of the contents of each certificate they sign and in a language understood by the control official of the country of import.
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