Article 7U.K.Food and feed business operators' control programmes
1.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.
2.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].
3.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].
4.[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.
5.Food and feed business operators or their representative organisations shall communicate regularly the results of their [F13operator] control programmes to the competent authorities.
Textual Amendments
F1Word in Art. 7(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Zoonotic Disease Eradication and Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/740), regs. 1, 3(10)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Word in Art. 7(2) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Zoonotic Disease Eradication and Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/740), regs. 1, 3(10)(b)(i)(aa); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Word in Art. 7(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Zoonotic Disease Eradication and Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/740), regs. 1, 3(10)(b)(i)(bb); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Words in Art. 7(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Zoonotic Disease Eradication and Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/740), regs. 1, 3(10)(b)(i)(cc); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F5Words in Art. 7(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Zoonotic Disease Eradication and Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/740), regs. 1, 3(10)(b)(ii)(aa); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F6Words in Art. 7(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Zoonotic Disease Eradication and Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/740), regs. 1, 3(10)(b)(ii)(bb); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F7Word in Art. 7(3) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Zoonotic Disease Eradication and Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/740), regs. 1, 3(10)(c)(i) (with reg. 19); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F8Word in Art. 7(3) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Zoonotic Disease Eradication and Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/740), regs. 1, 3(10)(c)(ii) (with reg. 19); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F9Words in Art. 7(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Zoonotic Disease Eradication and Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/740), regs. 1, 3(10)(c)(iii) (with reg. 19); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F10Words in Art. 7(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Zoonotic Disease Eradication and Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/740), regs. 1, 3(10)(d)(i)(aa); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F11Word in Art. 7(4) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Zoonotic Disease Eradication and Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/740), regs. 1, 3(10)(d)(i)(bb); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F12Words in Art. 7(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Zoonotic Disease Eradication and Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/740), regs. 1, 3(10)(d)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F13Word in Art. 7(5) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Zoonotic Disease Eradication and Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/740), regs. 1, 3(10)(e); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)