Establishment of additional conditions for entry into the Union of animals and goods

1.   The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 144 to supplement this Regulation concerning the conditions to be respected by animals and goods entering the Union from third countries which are necessary to ensure that the animals and goods comply with the relevant requirements established by the rules referred to in Article 1(2), with the exception of points (d), (e), (g) and (h) of Article 1(2), or with requirements recognised to be at least equivalent thereto.
2.   The conditions laid down in the delegated acts referred to in paragraph 1 shall identify animals and goods by referring to their codes from the Combined Nomenclature and may include:
(a)
the requirement that certain animals and goods shall only enter the Union from a third country or region of a third country which appears on a list drawn up by the Commission for that purpose;
(b)
the requirement that consignments of certain animals and goods from third countries be dispatched from, and obtained or prepared in, establishments which comply with the relevant requirements referred to in paragraph 1 or with requirements recognised to be at least equivalent thereto;
(c)
the requirement that consignments of certain animals and goods be accompanied by an official certificate, an official attestation, or by any other evidence that the consignments comply with the relevant requirements referred to in paragraph 1 or with requirements recognised to be at least equivalent thereto, including the results of the analysis performed by an accredited laboratory;
(d)
the obligation to provide the evidence referred to in point (c) in accordance with a specific format;
(e)
any other requirement necessary to ensure that certain animals and goods offer a level of protection of health and, as regards GMOs, also of the environment, equivalent to that ensured by the requirements referred to in paragraph 1.
3.   The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, lay down rules on the format and type of official certificates, official attestations, or evidence required in accordance with the rules provided for in point (c) of paragraph 2 of this Article. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 145(2).