Pristojni organ države članice izvora, ki je izdal spričevalo ali dokument, ki spremlja živali in proizvode, sporoči na datum njihove izdaje preko računalniškega sistema, predvidenega po členu 20, glavnemu pristojnemu organu namembne države članice in pristojnemu organu namembnega kraja, podatke, ki jih mora določiti Komisija v skladu s postopkom iz člena 18.
The competent authority of the Member State of origin which issued the certificate or document accompanying the animals and products shall communicate, on the day on which they were issued and by means of the computerized system provided for in Article 20, to the central competent authority of the Member State of destination and to the competent authority of the place of destination, data to be determined by the Commission, according to the procedure provided for in Article 18.