§ Article 2. Accompanying documents and identification of the consignments

1. Each consignment of products referred to in Article 1 shall be accompanied by: a) a report containing the results of sampling and analysis performed in accordance with the provisions of Commission Regulation (EC) No 401/2006, or with equivalent requirements, by a laboratory approved for that purpose by the competent authority; b) a certificate in accordance with the model set out in Annex II, completed, verified and signed by a representative of the competent authority; the certificate shall be valid for four months from the date of issuance. 2. Each consignment of products referred to in Article 1 shall bear an identification code which shall be reproduced on the report and on the certificate referred to in paragraph 1. Each individual bag, or other packaging form, or packaging combining several individual entities into one package, of the consignment shall be identified with the same code.