competent authoritiesmeans the competent authorities of the Member States designated in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004;
consignmentmeans a quantity of polyamide or melamine plastic kitchenware, covered by the same document(s), conveyed by the same means of transport and coming from the same third country;
documentary checkmeans the checking of the documents referred to in Article 3 of this Regulation;
first point of introductionmeans the point of entry of a consignment into the Union;
identity checkmeans a visual inspection to ensure that the documents accompanying the consignment tally with the contents of the consignment;
physical checkmeans the sampling for analysis and laboratory testing and any other check necessary to verify compliance with the requirements concerning the release of PAA and formaldehyde laid down in Directive 2002/72/EC.
plastic kitchenwaremeans plastic materials as described in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 1 of Directive 2002/72/EC and falling within CN code ex39241000;