1.   The exit of the animals from the customs territory of the Community may take place only through the following exit points:

2.   The official veterinarian at the exit point shall verify in accordance with Council Directive 96/93/EC (6) for those animals for which an export declaration is accepted whether:

The official veterinarian who has conducted the checks shall complete a report in accordance with the model set out in Annex I to this Regulation certifying whether the results of the checks performed in accordance with the first subparagraph are satisfactory or not satisfactory.

The veterinarian authority responsible for the exit point shall keep that report for at least three years. A copy of the report shall be sent to the paying agency.

3.   If the official veterinarian at the exit point is satisfied that the requirements of paragraph 2 are met, he shall certify this by one of the entries listed in Annex II and by stamping and signing the document constituting evidence of exit from the customs territory of the Community, either in Section J of the control copy T5 or in the most appropriate place on the national document.

4.   The official veterinarian at the exit point shall endorse on the document referred to in paragraph 3 the total number of animals for which an export declaration had been accepted minus the number of animals which gave birth or aborted during transport, died or for which the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 were not complied with.

5.   Member States may require the exporter to give advance notice of the arrival of the consignment at the exit point to the official veterinarian at the exit point.

6.   By way of derogation from paragraph 1, where the simplified Community transit procedure for carriage by rail or large containers referred to in Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 612/2009 applies, the official veterinarian shall carry out checks at the office where the animals are placed under such procedure.

The certification and endorsements referred to in paragraphs 3 and 4 of this Article shall be made on the document used for the purpose of payment of the refund or on the T5 control copy in the case described in Article 11(4) of Regulation (EC) No 612/2009.

1.   After leaving the customs territory of the Community, the exporter shall ensure that the animals shall be subject to a check at:

2.   An international control and supervisory agency, approved and controlled for this purpose by a Member State in accordance with Articles 18 to 23 of Regulation (EC) No 612/2009, or an official agency of a Member State shall be responsible for carrying out the checks provided for in paragraph 1.

The checks provided for in paragraph 1 shall be carried out by a veterinarian holding a diploma, certificate or other evidence of formal qualification in veterinary medicine as referred to in Article 21 of Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (7). However, the Member States, which have approved the international control and supervisory agencies, referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph shall verify that those agencies check that veterinarians holding a qualification not covered by that Directive possess the knowledge of the requirements imposed by Regulation (EC) No 1/2005. Those checks shall be carried out in a reasonable, objective and impartial manner through appropriate procedures.

A report of each check carried out pursuant to paragraph 1 shall be completed in accordance with the models set out in Annexes III and IV to this Regulation by the veterinarian who carried out the check.

1.   The exporter shall inform the competent authority of the Member State where the export declaration is accepted about all necessary details of the journey, at the latest when the export declaration is lodged.

At the same time, or at the latest when he becomes aware thereof, the exporter shall inform the competent authority about any possible change of the means of transport.

2.   Applications for the payment of export refunds drawn up in accordance with Article 46 of Regulation (EC) No 612/2009 shall be supplemented within the time limit laid down in that Article by:

3.   Where the checks referred to in Article 3(1) could not be carried out due to circumstances beyond the control of the exporter, the competent authority, on a reasoned request from the exporter, may accept other documents which prove to its satisfaction that Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 has been complied with.

1.   The total sum of the export refund per animal calculated in accordance with the second subparagraph shall not be paid for:

The weight of an animal in respect of which the refund is not paid shall be determined on a flat-rate basis by dividing the total weight in kilograms given in the export declaration by the total number of animals given in that same declaration.

2.   Where the animals have died during transport as a result of force majeure after leaving the customs territory of the Community:

1.   The refund shall be further reduced by an amount equal to the amount of refund which is not paid pursuant to Article 5(1), if the number of animals for which no export refund is paid amounts to:

2.   The refund for all animals indicated in the export declaration shall be refused if the number of animals for which no refund is paid pursuant to Article 5(1) amounts to:

3.   For the purpose of paragraphs 1 and 2, the animals which died during transport and the animals that gave birth or aborted before their first unloading in the third country of final destination for which the exporter proves to the satisfaction of the competent authority that their death or the birth or abortion was not the result of non-compliance with Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 shall not be taken into account.

4.   The penalty referred to in Article 48 of Regulation (EC) No 612/2009 shall not apply to the amount not paid and the amount of the reduction pursuant to Article 5 of this Regulation and to paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article.