Article 10

1. Where products, trade in which has been harmonized at Community level, are not to be entered for home use in the territory of the Member State which carried out the checks referred to in Article 8, point 2, the official veterinarian responsible for the border inspection post shall: provide the person concerned with a copy or, if the consignment of goods is split, several authenticated copies of the original certificates relating to the goods; the period of the certificates' validity will be set in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 24 and will depend on the nature of the product concerned, issue a certificate which matches the model to be devised by the Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 24 attesting that the checks referred to in Article 8, point 2, have been carried out to the satisfaction of the official veterinarian, and specifying the nature of the samples that have been taken and the results of any laboratory tests, keep the original certificate or certificates accompanying the goods. 2. Detailed rules for the application of paragraph 1 particularly those concerning products imported for specific purposes shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 24. 3. Trade in the products referred to in Directive 89/662/EEC and allowed into the territories referred to in Annex I of this Directive shall be conducted in accordance with the rules laid down in the said Directive, in particular in Chapter II thereof.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-06 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.