Titre - IVList of foodstuffs and animal feed and their countries of origin likely not to meet food health safety requirements

Titre - VIIForm of certificates or accompanying documents

1. 
   they must be designed so as to minimize the potential for fraud including the use of a unique identification number or other appropriate means to ensure security. Paper certificates should bear the signature of the certifying veterinarian and the official identifier (stamp) of the issuing Veterinary Authority. Each page of a multiple page certificate should bear the unique certificate number and a number indicating the number of the page out of the total number of pages. Electronic certification procedures should include equivalent safeguards;
   
2. 
   they must be written using terms that are simple, unambiguous and as easy to understand as possible, without losing their legal meaning;
   
3. 
   they must be written in French and in a language understood by the veterinarian or certifying officer;
   
4. 
   they must indicate the appropriate identification of animal products;
   
5. 
   they must not require a veteriniarian or certifying agent to certify outside his/her knowledge or which he/she cannot ascertain and verify;
   
6. 
   the text of a certificate must not be amended except by deletions which should be signed and stamped by the veterinarian and the certifying officer;
   
7. 
   the signature and stamp (except for embossed stamps) must be in a coulour a different from that of the printing of the certificate;
   
8. 
   Replacement certificates may be issued by a Veterinary Authority to replace certificates that have been, for example, lost, damaged, or contain errors, or where the original information is no longer correct. These replacements should be provided by the issuing authority and be clearly marked to indicate that they are replacing the original certificate. A replacement certificate should reference the number and the issue date of the certificate that it supersedes. The superseded certificate should be cancelled and, where possible, returned to the issuing authority, or destroyed by the Department responsible for biosecurity;
   
9. 
   Only original certificates are acceptable.
   

Article . -4Attestations of wholesomeness may appear in veterinary or health certificate or in any other official document of the competent authority of the exporting country.

13. 
    They should indicate:
    

1. 
   the name, address and registration or approval number of the of slaughtering, prepapration, collection, cutting or processing establishments. The latter should be registered or agreed by the competent authority of the country of origin and meet food safety requirements at least equivalent to the ones existing in French Polynesia;
   
2. 
   the transport and storage temperature of foodstuffs other than preserved food;
   
3. 
   when it is set out by an existing regulation, the est fixée par la réglementation en vigueur, the use-by date of the foodstuffs and the dates allowing to verify the compliance with these expiry dates;
   
4. 
   the wholesomeness marks affixed on the meat.