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Regulation (EU) 2016/1012 Article 56

Serious disruption in the control system of a Member State

Article 56

1.   Where the Commission has evidence of a serious disruption in the control system of a Member State and where such disruption may result in a widespread infringement of the rules provided for in this Regulation, it shall adopt implementing acts, laying down one or more of the following: (a) special conditions for, or a prohibition on, trade in the breeding animals or the germinal products thereof concerned by the disruption in the official control system; (b) any other appropriate temporary measures. Those implementing acts shall cease to apply once that disruption has been eliminated. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 62(2). 2.   The measures provided for in paragraph 1 shall be adopted only where the Commission has requested that the Member State concerned correct the situation with an appropriate time limit and the Member State has failed to do so. 3.   The Commission shall monitor the situation referred to in paragraph 1 and shall adopt implementing acts, amending or repealing the measures adopted, depending on the way in which the situation develops. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 62(2).

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CitationArticle 56 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1012 (LawPlayer, data as of 2026-07-04)

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