The original of this Convention shall be deposited with the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations who shall send certified copies of it to the governments referred to in paragraph 1 of Article XIV and to the organizations referred to in paragraph 4 of the same Article.

For each consignment, the official veterinarian of the border inspection post shall provide to the person concerned an authenticated copy of the original veterinary certificate(s) or other original veterinary document(s) accompanying the consignment, together with the certificate as laid down in Decision 92/527/EEC.

Done at Kyoto, this eighteenth day of May nineteen hundred and seventy-three in the English and French languages, both texts being equally authentic, in a single original which shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the Council who shall transmit certified copies to all the entities referred to in paragraph 1 of Article 8 of this Convention.

Each consignment of semen authorized for introduction into the Community by a Member State on the basis of the control referred to in Article 12 (1) must, when sent to the territory of another Member State, be accompanied by the original certificate or an authenticated copy thereof, suitably endorsed, in either case, by the competent authority which was responsible for the examination carried out in accordance with Article 12.

The Member States shall issue the holder with the original of the Community authorization, which shall be kept by the haulage undertaking, and the number of certified true copies corresponding to the number of vehicles at the disposal of the holder of the Community authorization, whether wholly owned or, for example, under hire purchase, hire or leasing contracts.

Each consignment of semen authorized for admission into the Community by a Member State on the basis of the control referred to in Article 11 (1) must, when sent to the territory of another Member State, be accompanied by the original certificate or an authenticated copy thereof, suitably endorsed, in either case, by the competent authority which was responsible for the control carried out in accordance with Article 11.

The competent authorities of the Member State of establishment shall issue the holder with the original of the Community licence, which shall be kept by the carrier, and the number of certified true copies corresponding to the number of vehicles used for the international carriage of passengers at the disposal of the holder of the Community licence, either in full ownership, or in another form, notably by virtue of an instalment-purchase contract, a hire contract or a leasing contract.

Whereas all pure-bred breeding animals entering the Community are checked for veterinary and zootechnical reasons at the first point of entry, according to Council Directive 91/496/EEC (5), as last amended by Directive 96/43/EC (6), and when these animals are put into free circulation in a customs office other than the first point of entry, it is necessary that an authenticated copy of the health certificate, since the original will be kept at the first point of entry, and a certificate drawn up in conformity with Commission Decision 92/527/EEC (7), shall accompany the animal;

The original of this Agreement, drawn up in the Arabic, Spanish, French and Portuguese languages, the French text being authentic in case of divergence, shall be deposited with the Government of Portugal, which shall communicate certified copies to the Contracting Parties and which shall transmit a certified copy to the Secretary-General of the United Nations Organization for registration and publication, in application of Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations.