Additional certificate to accompany products on board means of sea transport
49.—(1) The person responsible for a product or a consignment of products whose destination establishment is a cross-border means of sea transport, and any carrier who has charge of such a product or consignment for the time being, must ensure that the certificate referred to in Article 13(2)(a) of Directive 97/78/EC, which must be based on the model in the Annex to Commission Decision 2000/571/EC(1), accompanies the product or consignment from the border inspection post from which it is dispatched until it is delivered on board the means of sea transport.
(2) On delivery of the product or consignment on board the means of sea transport, the master of that means of sea transport, or an official representative of the master, must confirm delivery of the product or consignment by countersigning the certificate referred to in paragraph (1) and returning it as soon as reasonably practicable to the official veterinary surgeon at the border inspection post from which the product or consignment was dispatched (as indicated in the certificate).
(3) The requirements of this regulation apply in addition to the requirements of regulation 20(1) (relating to the common veterinary entry document).
O.J. No. L 240, 23.9.2000, p.14.