Emergency procedures for the notification of movements between Member States of germinal products intended for scientific purposes or to gene banks in the event of power cuts and other disturbances of IMSOC
Article 48
1. In the event of power cuts and other disturbances of IMSOC, the competent authority of the place of origin of the consignment of germinal products intended for scientific purposes or for storage at gene banks, to be moved to another Member State, shall notify the Commission and the competent authority of the place of destination of the movement of that consignment by fax or email. 2. The notification, referred to in paragraph 1, shall be done by the competent authority of the place of origin of the consignment of the germinal products in accordance with the contingency arrangements to be applied in the event of unavailability of any of the functionalities of IMSOC.