Conditions for the performance of documentary checks on consignments of plants, plant products and other objects performed at a distance from a border control post
Article 8
1. The performance of documentary checks referred to in Article 7 shall be subject to compliance with the following conditions: (a) the competent authorities referred to in Article 7 shall perform documentary checks on: (i) official certificates and results of laboratory tests uploaded in IMSOC by the competent authorities of the border control post of arrival of consignment, (ii) official certificates and results of laboratory tests uploaded in IMSOC by the operator where the competent authorities of the border control post have checked that they correspond to the original certificates or results of laboratory tests, (iii) official certificates and results of laboratory tests submitted in IMSOC by the competent authorities of third countries, or (iv) original official certificates, when the competent authorities referred to in Article 7 are part of the designated border control post as referred to in Article 4(2) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1012 ( 12 ) ; (b) the consignment shall not be transported to the control point for identity and physical checks by the operator from the border control post until the competent authorities referred to in Article 7 have informed the competent authorities of the border control post of the satisfactory results of the documentary checks. 2. Where the consignment of plants, plant products and other objects is to be transported by the operator to a control point for the performance of identity checks and physical checks, Articles 2, 4 and 5 shall apply. 3. A consignment of plants, plant products and other objects may be transported by the operator from the border control post to a control point for the performance of documentary checks, provided that the control point is under the supervision of the same competent authority as the border control post. CHAPTER III Final provisions