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In addition: 'products` means the animal products or products of animal origin referred to in Directives 89/662/EEC and 90/425/EEC, or, in the circumstances described in Article 18: fresh fish landed immediately from fishing vessels, certain plant products, by-products of animal origin not covered by Annex II to the Treaty; 'documentary check` means verification of the veterinary certificates or documents accompanying a product; (c) 'identity check` means verification, by visual inspection only, for consistency between the documents or certificates and the products and for the presence of the stamps and marks which must appear on the products in accordance with Community rules or in the case of products trade in which has not been harmonized at Community level, in accordance with the national legislation relevant to the various cases provided for by this Directive; (d) 'physical check` means a check of the product itself, possibly including sampling and laboratory testing; (e) 'importer` means any national or legal person who presents products for importation into the Community; (f) 'consignment` means a quantity of products of the same type, covered by the same veterinary certificate or document, conveyed by the same means of transport and coming from the same third country or part of such country; (g) 'border inspection post` means any inspection post located in the vicinity of the external border of one of the territories referred to in Annex I, designated and approved in accordance with Article 9; (h) 'competent authority` means the central authority of a Member State, empowered to carry out veterinary or zootechnical checks, or any authority to which it has delegated such powers. CHAPTER I ORGANIZATION AND EFFECTS OF CHECKS

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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.