Food and feed business operators, or organisations representing such operators, may establish F1operator control programmes, covering, as far as possible, all stages of production, processing and distribution.

If they wish their F2operator control programmes to form part of a F3... control programme, food and feed business operators, or their representative organisations, shall submit their F2operator control programmes, and any amendments thereto, to the competent authority of the F4constituent territory in which they are located for approval. If the operations concerned take place in F5more than one constituent territory, the programmes shall be approved separately for F6each territory.

The competent authority may approve F7operator control programmes submitted pursuant to paragraph 2 only if it is satisfied that the F8operator control programmes comply with the relevant requirements set out in Annex II and with the objectives of the relevant F9control programme established under Article 5.

F10The competent authority must maintain up-to-date lists of approved F11operator control programmes of food and feed business operators or their representative organisations. The lists shall be made available to F12the appropriate authority upon request.

Food and feed business operators or their representative organisations shall communicate regularly the results of their F13operator control programmes to the competent authorities.