Article 124

Member States shall inform the Commission of planned controls in the areas governed by the rules referred to in Article 1(2) on their territory, by the competent authorities of third countries. Commission experts may participate in the controls referred to in paragraph 1, at the request of the competent authorities of Member States where those controls are being performed. The participation by Commission experts in the controls referred to in paragraph 1 shall serve in particular to: provide advice on the rules referred to in Article 1(2); provide information and data available at Union level that may be useful for the control performed by the competent authorities of the third country; facilitate consistency and uniformity with regard to controls performed by the competent authorities of third countries in different Member States.

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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.