Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2238 of 22 August 2022 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2306 as regards the transitional provisions for certificates of inspection and extracts thereof and as regards the transitional provisions for certificates of inspection issued in UkraineText with EEA relevance.

Article 11 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2306 is amended as follows:

(1) in paragraph 1, the introductory phrase is replaced by the following:

By way of derogation from Article 5(3), first subparagraph, until 30 November 2022, the certificate of inspection may be issued on paper after being completed in TRACES and printed. That paper certificate shall meet the following requirements:;

(2) paragraph 1a is replaced by the following:

1a.

By way of derogation from Article 5(3), first subparagraph, until 30 November 2022, an authorised person located in Ukraine of a control authority or a control body which is not equipped with a qualified electronic seal may produce and submit in TRACES the certificate of inspection in electronic format without the application of a qualified electronic seal in box 18 thereof. Such certificate shall be issued before the consignment to which it relates leaves Ukraine.;

(3) in paragraph 2, the introductory phrase is replaced by the following:

By way of derogation from Article 6(3), until 30 November 2022, the following shall apply:;

(4) in paragraph 5, the introductory phrase is replaced by the following:

By way of derogation from Articles 6(6) and 7(4), until 30 November 2022, the extract of the certificate of inspection may be endorsed on paper, after being completed in TRACES and printed. That paper extract of certificate shall meet the following requirements:.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 July 2022.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 22 August 2022.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula von der Leyen