Without prejudice to requirements concerning official certification adopted for animal health or animal welfare purposes, requirements may be adopted by the Commission concerning:
the circumstances in which official certification is required;
model certificates;
qualifications of the certifying staff;
the principles to be respected to ensure reliable certification, including electronic certification;
the procedures to be followed in case of withdrawal of certificates and for replacement certificates;
consignments that are split into smaller consignments or that are mixed with other consignments;
documents that must follow goods after official controls have been carried out.
The measures referred to in point (a), designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 62(4).
The measures referred to in points (b) to (g) shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure referred to in Article 62(3).
2.Where official certification is required, it shall be ensured that:
a link exists between the certificate and the consignment;
the information in the certificate is accurate and authentic.
3.A single model certificate shall, where appropriate, combine requirements concerning the official certification of feed and food and other requirements for official certification.