This Regulation regulates the functioning of the information management system for official controls in the field of food safety and plant and animal health. In particular it lays down: (a) specific conditions and procedures applicable to the transmission of notifications and supplementary information for the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) to be established pursuant to Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002; (b) procedures for the establishment and use of the computerized system for European Union notification and reporting of diseases to be set up and managed by the Commission in accordance with article 22 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429; (c) specific rules, including deadlines, for the submission of notifications, to be laid down pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/2031; (d) rules for the computerized handling and exchange of information, data and documents in the information management system for official controls (IMSOC) necessary for the performance of the official controls provided for in Regulation (EU) 2017/625.