1. By way of derogation from Article 4(4), the direct transit by road shall be authorised between the border inspection post of Nova Sela and the border inspection post of Ploče, of consignments of meat, minced meat and mechanically separated meat of poultry including ratites and wild game-birds, eggs and egg products and specified pathogen-free eggs coming from Bosnia and Herzegovina and bound for third countries where the following conditions are complied with:
(a) the consignment is sealed with a serially numbered seal by the official veterinarian at the border inspection post of entry;
(b) the documents accompanying the consignment, as provided for in Article 7 of Directive 97/78/EC, are stamped with the words ‘ ONLY FOR TRANSIT TO THIRD COUNTRIES VIA THE EU ’ on each page by the official veterinarian at the border inspection post of entry;
(c) the procedural requirements provided for in Article 11 of Directive 97/78/EC are complied with;
(d) the consignment is certified as acceptable for transit on the Common Veterinary Entry Document referred to in Article 2(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 136/2004 (1) by the official veterinarian at the border inspection post of entry.
2. Unloading or storage, as defined in Article 12(4) or in Article 13 of Directive 97/78/EC, of such consignments in the Union shall not be allowed.
3. Regular audits shall be made by the competent authority to ensure that the number of consignments and the quantities of products leaving the Union matches the number and quantities entering the Union.]
Textual Amendments
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