Directive 2003/99/EC of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

Article 9 U.K. Assessment of trends and sources of zoonoses, zoonotic agents and antimicrobial resistance

1. Member States shall assess trends and sources of zoonoses, zoonotic agents and antimicrobial resistance in their territory.

[F1 Each Member State shall transmit to the Commission every year by the end of May, for Bulgaria and Romania, for the first time, by the end of May 2008, and for Croatia, for the first time, by the end of May 2014, a report on trends and sources of zoonoses, zoonotic agents and antimicrobial resistance, covering the data collected pursuant to Articles 4, 7, and 8 during the previous year. Reports, and any summaries of them, shall be made publicly available.]

Reports shall also contain the information referred to in Article 3(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003.

Minimum requirements concerning the reports are laid down in Annex IV. Detailed rules concerning the assessment of those reports, including the formats and the minimum information that they must include, may be laid down in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 12(2).

Where the circumstances warrant it, the Commission may request specific additional information and the Member States shall submit reports to the Commission upon such request, or on their own initiative.

2. The Commission shall send the reports referred to in paragraph 1 to the European Food Safety Authority, which shall examine them and publish by the end of November a summary report on the trends and sources of zoonoses, zoonotic agents and antimicrobial resistance in the Community.

When preparing the summary report, the European Food Safety Authority may take into consideration other data provided for in the framework of Community legislation, such as:

• Article 8 of Directive 64/432/EEC,

• Article 14(2) of Directive 89/397/EEC(1),

• Article 24 of Decision 90/424/EEC,

• Article 4 of Decision No 2119/98/EC.

3. Member States shall provide the Commission with the results of coordinated monitoring programmes established in accordance with Article 5. The Commission shall send the results to the European Food Safety Authority. The results, and any summaries of them, shall be made publicly available.

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Council Directive 2013/20/EU of 13 May 2013 adapting certain directives in the field of food safety, veterinary and phytosanitary policy, by reason of the accession of the Republic of Croatia.

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Council Directive 89/397/EEC of 14 June 1989 on the official control of foodstuffs (OJ L 186, 30.6.1989, p. 23).