Official controls and other official activities on official certificates and official attestations may exceptionally be performed by way of an official control performed on an electronic copy of the original of such certificates or attestations, or on an electronic format of the certificate or attestation produced and submitted in TRACES, provided the person responsible for presenting the official certificate or official attestation presents to the competent authority a statement affirming that the original of the official certificate or official attestation will be submitted as soon as technically feasible.
In addition, analyses, testing or diagnoses to be performed by official laboratories may exceptionally be performed by any laboratory designated for this purpose by the competent authority on a temporary basis. In the case of physical meetings in the context of official control methods and techniques may exceptionally be performed via available means of distance communication.
This Regulation entered into force on April 1, 2020, and shall apply until June 1, 2020.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/466 of 30 March 2020
In addition, analyses, testing or diagnoses to be performed by official laboratories may exceptionally be performed by any laboratory designated for this purpose by the competent authority on a temporary basis. In the case of physical meetings in the context of official control methods and techniques may exceptionally be performed via available means of distance communication.
This Regulation entered into force on April 1, 2020, and shall apply until June 1, 2020.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/466 of 30 March 2020