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Where the checks referred to in this Directive show the competent authority that the product does not satisfy the requirements laid down in the Community rules or national rules in matters which have not yet been harmonized at Community level, or where such checks reveal an irregularity, the competent authority, in consultation with the importer or his representative, shall decide either: to re-dispatch, within a time limit to be set by the competent national authority, the consignment outside the territories referred in Annex I where veterinary inspection and health requirements so allow. inform the other border inspection posts, in accordance with paragraph 5 that the consignment has been rejected, indicating the infringements observed; under arrangements to be defined by the Commission in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 24, cancel the veterinary certificate or document accompanying the rejected consignments; at intervals to be determined by the Commission, supply information via the competent central authority, as to the nature and frequency of the infringements observed; In this case, the official veterinarian of the border post must: to destroy the consignment in the territory of the Member State where the checks were carried out if re-dispatch is impossible.

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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.