[F1Article 2a U.K.
1. For the purpose of this Article, ‘ olive oil marketed ’ means total quantity of olive oil and olive pomace oil of a relevant Member State that is consumed in that Member State or exported from that Member State.
2. Member States shall ensure that conformity checks are carried out selectively, based on a risk analysis, and with appropriate frequency, so as to ensure that the olive oil marketed is consistent with the category declared.
3. The criteria to assess the risk may include:
(a) the category of oil, the period of production, the price of oils in relation to other vegetable oils, the blending and packing operations, the storage facilities and conditions, the country of origin, the country of destination, the means of transport or the volume of the lot;
(b) the position of the operators in the marketing chain, the volume and/or value marketed by them, the range of oil categories they market, the type of business carried out such as milling, storage, refining, blending, packaging or retail sale;
(c) findings made during previous checks including the number and type of defects found, the usual quality of oils marketed, the performance of technical equipment used;
(d) the reliability of operators’ quality assurance systems or self-checking systems related to the conformity to marketing standards;
(e) the place where the check is carried out, in particular if it is the first point of entry into the Union, the last point of exit from the Union or the place where the oils are produced, packaged, loaded or sold to the final consumer;
(f) any other information that might indicate a risk of non-compliance.
4. Member States shall lay down in advance:
(a) the criteria for assessing the risk of non-conformity of lots;
(b) on the basis of a risk analysis for each risk category, the minimum number of operators or lots and/or quantities which will be subject to a conformity check.
At least one conformity check per thousand tonnes of olive oil marketed in the Member State shall be carried out per year.
5. Member States shall verify compliance by:
(a) carrying out, in any order, the analyses set out in Annex I; or
(b) following the order set out in Annex Ib on the decision tree until one of the decisions appearing in the decision tree is reached.]