Commission Directive 2004/103/EC on identity and plant health checks of plants, plant products or other objects, listed in Part B of Annex V to Council Directive 2000/29/EC, which may be carried out at a place other than the point of entry into the Community or at a place close by and specifying the conditions related to these checks.

The present Directive shall apply to plants, plant products or other objects coming from third countries, listed in Part B of Annex V to Directive 2000/29/EC. In the cases and circumstances defined by this Directive, Member States may establish that those inspections which are referred to in article 13a(1)(b)(ii) and (iii) of Directive 2000/29/EC on the products concerned may be carried out at another place.