1.By way of derogation from Article 3, transit by road or by rail between the specific, designated border inspection posts in Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, listed and marked with special remark 13 in Annex I to Commission Decision 2009/821/EC(1), of consignments of the raw materials or treated raw materials referred to in Article 3 of this Regulation coming from and bound for Russia, directly or via another third country, shall be authorised where the following conditions are met:
(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 Russia 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 issued by the official veterinarian at the border inspection post of entry.
2.The consignments referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be unloaded or put into storage, as referred to in Article 12(4) or in Article 13 of Directive 97/78/EC, within the Union.
3.Regular audits shall be conducted by the competent authority to ensure that the number of consignments referred to in paragraph 1 and the corresponding quantities of products leaving the Union correspond with the number and quantities which have been introduced in the Union.
Commission Decision 2009/821/EC of 28 September 2009 drawing up a list of approved border inspection posts, laying down certain rules on the inspections carried out by Commission veterinary experts and laying down the veterinary units in Traces (OJ L 296, 12.11.2009, p. 1).