3.

By agreement between the requesting competent authorities and the requested competent authorities, staff designated by the former may be present during the official controls and investigations referred to in point (c) of paragraph 1 performed by the requested competent authorities. In such cases the staff of the requesting competent authorities shall: at all times be able to produce written authority stating their identity and their official capacity; be granted access by the operator to the same premises and documents as the staff of the requested competent authorities, through their intermediary, and for the sole purpose of the administrative enquiry being carried out; and not, on their own initiative, exercise the powers of enquiry conferred on officials of the requested competent authorities.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-02 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.