In the areas governed by the rules referred to in Article 1(2), with the exclusion of points (d), (e), (g), and (h) of Article 1(2), the Commission may, by means of implementing acts, recognise that measures applied in a third country, or regions thereof, are equivalent to the requirements laid down in those rules, on the basis of:
a thorough examination of information and data provided by the third country concerned pursuant to Article 125(1); and
where appropriate, the satisfactory outcome of a control performed in accordance with Article 120(1).
Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 145(2).