CHAPTER VIIIIMPORT, TRANSIT AND EXPORT

Article 29Specific requirements for certain movements of animal by-products between territories of the Russian Federation

1

The competent authority shall authorise specific movements of consignments of animal by-products coming from and destined to the Russian Federation directly or via another third country, by road or by rail through the Union, between approved Union border inspection posts listed in Annex I to Decision 2009/821/EC, provided that the following conditions are met:

a

the consignment shall be sealed with a serially numbered seal at the border inspection post of entry to the Union by the veterinary services of the competent authority;

b

the documents accompanying the consignment and referred to in Article 7 of Directive 97/78/EC shall be stamped ‘ONLY FOR TRANSIT TO RUSSIA VIA THE EU’ on each page by the official veterinarian of the competent authority responsible for the border inspection post;

c

the procedural requirements provided for in Article 11 of Directive 97/78/EC shall be complied with;

d

the consignment is certified as acceptable for transit on the Common Veterinary Entry Document provided for in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 136/2004 by the official veterinarian of the border inspection post of introduction.

2

Unloading or storage, as defined in Article 12(4) or Article 13 of Directive 97/78/EC of such consignments shall not be allowed on the territory of a Member State.

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 territory matches the number and quantities entering.