Official certificates
Article 21
1. Each consignment of the following products shall enter the Union only where the consignment is accompanied by an official certificate except in case of consignments for which the Union is not the final destination: (a) live animals for which CN codes have been laid down in Part Two, Section I, Chapter 1, of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, where those live animals are food-producing animals; (b) products of animal origin intended for human consumption, for which the following codes have been laid down in Part Two of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87: (i) CN codes in Chapters 2 to 5, 15, 16 or 29; or (ii) HS headings 0901, 1702, 2105, 2106, 2301, 3001, 3002, 3501, 3502, 3503, 3504, 3507, 3913, 3926, 4101, 4102, 4103 or 9602; (c) sprouts and seeds intended for the production of sprouts and referred to by the following HS subheadings: 0704 90, 0706 90, 0708 10, 0708 20, 0708 90, 0712 34, 0712 35, 0712 50, 0712 60, 0713 10, 0713 33, 0712 34, 0713 39, 0713 40, 0713 90, 0910 99, 1201 10, 1201 90, 1207 50, 1207 99, 1209 10, 1209 21, 1209 91 or 1214 90 of Part Two of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87; (d) pollen flour referred to by the CN code 1212 99 95 of Part Two of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87; (e) live snails, other than sea snails, referred to by the CN code 0307 60 00 of Part Two of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87; (f) composite products referred to in Article 20(2), points (a) and (b), of this Regulation, with the exclusion of shelf-stable composite products that do not contain colostrum-based products or processed meat other than gelatine, collagen or highly refined products of animal origin. 2. When consignments of fishery products enter the Union directly from a reefer, factory or a freezer vessel flying the flag of a third country, the official certificate referred to in Article 14(3) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2235 may be signed by the captain. 3. No official certificate is necessary for the entry into the Union of gelatine capsules covered by HS headings 3913, 3926 or 9602 of Part Two of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, where those capsules are not derived from ruminant bones. 4. The official certificates referred to in paragraph 1 shall certify that the products comply with: (a) the requirements laid down in Regulations (EC) No 178/2002, (EC) No 852/2004 and (EC) No 853/2004 or provisions recognised to be equivalent to those requirements; (b) any specific requirements for entry into the Union set out in this Regulation. 5. The official certificates referred to in paragraph 1 may include details required in accordance with other Union legislation on public and animal health matters. 6. The official certificate for sprouts and seeds intended for the production of sprouts referred to in paragraph 1(c) shall accompany the consignment until it reaches its destination as indicated in the official certificate. In the case of splitting of the consignment, a copy of the official certificate shall accompany each part of the consignment. 7. The competent authorities of the third country of dispatch may certify consignments of products of animal origin that only require public health attestation, or consignments of sprouts, coming from another third country, if the competent authorities of the third country of dispatch can ensure compliance of the consignments with the requirements for entry into the Union laid down in this Regulation.