After boning, the operator shall submit for endorsement to the competent authority one or more ‘boned meat certificates’, models of which are set out in Annexes I and II and on which the number of the certificate referred to in Article 3 (2) shall be entered in box 7.

The numbers of the ‘boned meat certificates’ shall be entered in box 9 of the certificate referred to in Article 3(2). This latter certificate, duly completed, shall be sent by administrative channels to the agency responsible for payment of export refunds when ‘boned meat certificates’ corresponding to the entire quantity of boned meat from the quarters taken under supervision have been endorsed in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article.

The ‘boned meat certificates’ must be submitted when the customs formalities referred to in Article 6 are completed.

Boning shall be carried out and the customs export formalities completed in the Member State in which the animals were slaughtered.