The launch event takes place at the Kapitan Andreevo Border Checkpoint in Bulgaria on Thursday 6 October 2016 at 11:30 local time (10:30 Brussels time) and includes a presentation of the vehicles, equipment and teams of the new Agency, as well as a press conference attended by Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of In ...[+++]terior of Bulgaria Rumiana Bachvarova, Frontex Director Fabrice Leggeri, EU interior ministers and other senior officials.

(a) identity and physical checks on consignments of the categories of animals and goods referred to in Article 45(1) may be performed by competent authorities at control points other than border control posts provided that those control points comply with the requirements provided for in Article 62(3) and in the implementing acts adopted in accordance with Article 62(4);

1. Competent authorities may perform the identity and physical checks of the animals and goods entering the Union from third countries referred to in Article 45(1) at control points other than border control posts, provided that those control points comply with the requirements provided for in article 62(3) and in the implementing acts adopted in accordance with article 62(4).

59. Welcomes the agreement reached between Serbia and Macedonia on the free movement of citizens in addition to the agreements already signed by Serbia; takes note of and welcomes the offer of President Nikolić to mediate a solution to the long-standing dispute between the Orthodox churches in the two countries, on a basis of full respect for the principle of separation of church and state; asks both governments to open more checkpoints in order to facilitate fast border-crossing for the local population in the border regions;

58. Welcomes the agreement reached between Serbia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on the free movement of citizens in addition to the agreements already signed by Serbia; takes note of and welcomes the offer of President Nikolić to mediate a solution to the long-standing dispute between the Orthodox churches in the two countries, on a basis of full respect for the principle of separation of church and state; asks both governments to open more checkpoints in order to facilitate fast border-crossing for the local population in the border regions;

11. Welcomes the efforts by the Russian Government to restore the economy and the social sector of the Chechen Republic, as well as the encouraging developments in the fields of establishing civilian administration, a judicial system and local police, reducing the number of checkpoints, withdrawing some troops and giving Russian NGOs access to Chechnya;