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1. Where the Commission has evidence of a serious disruption in a Member State’s control system and such disruption may constitute a widespread risk to human, animal or plant health, animal welfare or, as regards GMOs and plant protection products, also to the environment, or result in a widespread infringement of the rules referred to in Article 1(2), it shall, by means of implementing acts, adopt one or more of the following measures, to be applied until such disruption is eliminated:

(a) the prohibition to make available on the market or to transport, move or otherwise handle certain animals or goods concerned by the disruption in the control system;

(b) special conditions for the activities, animals or goods referred to in point (a);

(c) the suspension of the operation of official controls in border control posts or other control points concerned by the disruption in the official control system or the withdrawal of such border control posts or other control points;

(d) other appropriate temporary measures necessary to contain that risk until the disruption in the control system is eliminated.

Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 145(2).

2. The measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall be adopted only where the Member State concerned has not corrected the situation upon request and within the appropriate time limit set by the Commission.

3. On duly justified imperative grounds of urgency relating to human and animal health or, as regards GMOs and plant protection products, also to the protection of the environment, the Commission shall adopt immediately applicable implementing acts in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 145(3).