1.A Member State shall suspend the designation of a border control post and order its activities to be stopped, for all or for certain categories of animals and goods for which the designation was made, in cases where such activities may result in a risk to human, animal or plant health, animal welfare or, as regards GMOs and plant protection products, also to the environment. In the case of a serious risk, the suspension shall be with immediate effect.
2.Member States shall immediately inform the Commission and the other Member States of any suspension of the designation of a border control post and the reasons for such a suspension.
3.Member States shall indicate the suspension of the designation of a border control post in the lists referred to in Article 60(1).
4.Member States shall remove the suspension provided for in paragraph 1 as soon as:
(a)the competent authorities are satisfied that the risk referred to in paragraph 1 no longer exists; and
(b)they have communicated to the Commission and to the other Member States the information on the basis of which the suspension is removed.
5.This Article shall be without prejudice to Member States’ competence to decide on the suspension of designation of border control posts for reasons other than those referred to in this Regulation.