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1. By way of derogation from Article 87 of this Regulation, where a plant, plant product or other object, introduced into the Union territory from a third country which, for movement within the Union territory, requires a plant passport pursuant to Article 79(1) and 80(1) of this Regulation, the passport shall be issued if the checks under Article 49(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 ◄ . concerning its introduction have been completed satisfactorily and have led to the conclusion that the plant, plant product or other object concerned fulfils the substantive requirements for issuance of a plant passport in accordance with to Article 85 of this Regulation and, where appropriate, Article 86 of this Regulation. The replacement of a phytosanitary certificate by a plant passport may be carried out at the place of destination of the plant, plant product or other object concerned, instead of the point of entry, where checking at the place of destination is allowed, as referred to in Union legislation on official controls.

2. By way of derogation from the first subparagraph of paragraph 1, Member States may decide to replace a phytosanitary certificate at the point of entry of the plant, plant product or other object concerned into the Union territory by:

(a) a certified copy of the original phytosanitary certificate; that copy shall be issued by the competent authority and shall accompany the movement of the plant, plant product or other object concerned only up to the point where the plant passport is issued; or (b) the information contained in the electronic notification system referred to in Article 103, provided that the electronic phytosanitary certificate or a digital copy of the phytosanitary certificate is accessible in that system and is made available, upon request of competent authorities, during the movement of the plant, plant product or other object concerned up to the point where the plant passport is issued.

3. The competent authority shall retain the phytosanitary certificate for at least three years. That retainment may take the form of storage of the information contained in the phytosanitary certificate in a computerised database.

Where point (a) of Article 101(2) applies, that phytosanitary certificate shall be replaced by a certified copy thereof.