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The controls provided for in the system for the identification and registration of bovine animals shall at least comply with the minimum requirements set out in Articles 2 to 5.
[F11. The competent authority shall carry out checks each year which shall cover at least 3 % of holdings.
2. Where the checks provided for in paragraph 1 reveal a significant degree of non-compliance with Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000, the minimum rate of checks shall be increased in the following annual inspection period.]
3.The selection of holdings to be inspected by the competent authority shall be made on the basis of risk analysis.
4.The risk analysis for each holding shall take into account in particular the following:
(a)the number of animals on the holding, including details of all the animals present and animals identified on the holding;
(b)public and animal health considerations, and in particular the existence of previous outbreaks of disease;
(c)the amount of annual bovine premium claimed and/or paid to the holding, compared with the amount paid the previous year;
(d)significant changes in comparison with situations in previous years;
(e)results of checks conducted in earlier years, in particular:
the proper keeping of the holding register, as provided for by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2629/97(1);
the proper keeping of passports of the animals present in the holding, as provided for by Regulation (EC) No 2629/97;
(f)proper communication of the data to the competent authority;
(g)other criteria to be defined by the Member States.
5.Each inspection shall be the subject of a report standardised at national level setting out the results of the controls and any unsatisfactory findings, the reason for the control and the persons present. The keeper or his representative shall be given the opportunity to sign the report and, as appropriate, to give his observations on its content.
6.Copies of the reports referred to in paragraph 5 shall, where they reveal infringements of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000, be sent without delay to the competent authorities responsible for the implementation of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2419/2001(2).
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The competent authority shall check the identification of all animals on the holding.
However, where the number of animals on the holding exceeds 20, the competent authority may decide to check the means of identification of a representative sample of those animals in accordance with internationally recognised standards provided that the number of animals checked is sufficient to detect 5 % of cases of non-compliance with Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 by the keepers of such animals at a 95 % confidence level.]
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On-the-spot checks shall in general be unannounced. Where advance warning is given, it shall be limited to the strict minimum necessary and as a general rule shall not exceed 48 hours.
1.Each Member State shall make an annual report to the Commission, before [F231 August] each year, giving details of the following:
(a)the number of holdings in the Member State concerned;
[F1(b) the number of holdings that have been checked;]
(c)the number of animals which have been inspected;
(d)any breach found;
(e)any sanction imposed in accordance with Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000.
2.The information referred to in paragraph 1 shall be transmitted to the Commission following the model structure presented in Annex I.
Textual Amendments
Regulation (EC) No 2630/97 is repealed.
References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table set out in Annex III.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.