1.Bulgaria shall not dispatch skins of animals of the porcine species (‘skins’) from the areas listed in Annex I.
2.The prohibition set out in paragraph 1 shall not apply to skins which:
(a)were produced in Bulgaria before the date of application of this Decision; or
(b)comply with the requirements provided for in point (2)(c) or (d) of Part A of Chapter VI of Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002; or
(c)were produced outside the areas listed in Annex I in accordance with the conditions laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002, and have since introduction into Bulgaria been stored and transported separately from skins not eligible for dispatch in accordance with paragraph 1.
Treated pig skins shall be separated from untreated hides and skins of animals of species susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease.
3.Bulgaria shall ensure that skins to be dispatched to other Member States shall be accompanied by an official certificate which bears the following words:
‘Skins conforming to Commission Decision 2011/8/EU of 6 January 2011 concerning certain interim protection measures against foot-and-mouth disease in Bulgaria(1).’
4.By way of derogation from paragraph 3 it shall be sufficient, in the case of skins which comply with the requirements of points (1)(b) to (e) of Part A of Chapter VI of Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002, to be accompanied by a commercial document stating compliance with those requirements.
5.By way of derogation from paragraph 3 it shall be sufficient, in the case of skins which comply with the requirements of point (2)(c) or (d) of Part A of Chapter VI of Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002, that compliance with those requirements is stated in the commercial document accompanying the consignment, endorsed in accordance with Article 9(1).