Official controls in warehouses
Article 26
1. The competent authorities shall perform regular official controls in approved warehouses to verify the compliance with the requirements for approval laid down in Article 23. 2. The competent authorities responsible for official controls in approved warehouses shall verify the effectiveness of the systems in place to ensure the traceability of consignments, including by comparing the quantities of goods entering and leaving warehouses. 3. The competent authorities shall verify that consignments moved to or stored in warehouses are accompanied by the relevant CHED and authenticated paper or electronic copy of the official certificate as referred to in Article 50(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625. 4. When consignments arrive at approved warehouses, the competent authorities shall: (a) perform an identity check to confirm that the consignment corresponds to the relevant information in the accompanying CHED; (b) verify that the seals fixed on the vehicles or transport containers, in accordance with point (d) of Article 19 or point (d) of Article 28, are still intact; (c) record the outcome of identity checks in Part III of the CHED and communicate that information through the IMSOC.