On completion of customs formalities required for release for free circulation in [F1Great Britain] of the product to which the attestation of equivalence [F2, the EU certificate] or the extract relates, the original and the two copies shall be submitted to the customs authorities who shall countersign them, retaining the original. One copy shall be forwarded by the customs authorities to the competent authority, as referred to in Article 21 of Regulation (EC) No 1850/2006, of the [F3constituent nation] where the product enters into free circulation. The second copy shall be returned to the importer, who must keep it for at least three years.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in art. 7 substituted (31.12.2020) by S.I 2019/822, reg. 10(6)(a) (as substituted by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1453), regs. 1(2)(b), 10(27))
F2Words in art. 7 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/822), regs. 1, 10(6)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Words in art. 7 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/822), regs. 1, 10(6)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)