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CHAPTER IIIU.K.CONTROL PROGRAMMES

Article 5U.K.F1... Control programmes

1.[F2To achieve a target set in accordance with Article 4, the competent authority must establish a control programme.] F3... Control programmes shall have regard to the geographical distribution of zoonoses within [F4the constituent territory] and to the financial implications for primary producers and feed and food business operators of establishing effective controls.

2.F5... Control programmes shall be continuous and cover a period of at least three consecutive years.

3.F6... Control programmes shall:

(a)provide for the detection of zoonoses and zoonotic agents in accordance with the requirements and minimum sampling rules laid down in Annex II;

(b)define the respective responsibilities of competent authorities and food and feed business operators;

(c)specify the control measures to be taken following the detection of zoonoses and zoonotic agents, in particular to protect public health, including implementation of the specific measures laid down in Annex II;

(d)allow for the progress under their provisions to be evaluated and for those programmes to be reviewed, in particular in the light of results obtained from the detection of zoonoses and zoonotic agents.

4.F7... Control programmes shall cover at least the following stages of the food chain:

(a)feed production;

(b)primary production of animals;

(c)processing and preparation of food of animal origin.

5.F8... Control programmes shall contain, where relevant, the provisions laid down in relation to testing methods and criteria against which the results of these tests shall be assessed, for testing animals and hatching eggs despatched within the [F9constituent] territory, as part of the official controls provided for in Annex II, part A.

[F106.The appropriate authority may, by regulations, amend the requirements and minimum sampling rules laid down in Annex 2.

6A.Before making regulations under paragraph 6, the appropriate authority must take into account the criteria listed in Article 4(6)(c).]

7.[F11Within six months of the establishment of a target under Article 4, the competent authority must submit its control programme to the appropriate authority and set out the measures to be implemented.]

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[F13Article 6U.K.Approval of control programmes

1.After the competent authority submits a control programme in accordance with Article 5, the appropriate authority must establish whether it complies with this Regulation.

2.After establishing the conformity of a control programme, the appropriate authority must approve the programme.

3.Amendments to a previously approved programme may be approved to take account of the evolution of the situation in the constituent territory, in particular in the light of the results referred to in Article 5(3)(d).]

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Article 7U.K.Food and feed business operators' control programmes

1.Food and feed business operators, or organisations representing such operators, may establish [F14operator] control programmes, covering, as far as possible, all stages of production, processing and distribution.

2.If they wish their [F15operator] control programmes to form part of a F16... control programme, food and feed business operators, or their representative organisations, shall submit their [F15operator] control programmes, and any amendments thereto, to the competent authority of the [F17constituent territory] in which they are located for approval. If the operations concerned take place in [F18more than one constituent territory], the programmes shall be approved separately for [F19each territory].

3.The competent authority may approve [F20operator] control programmes submitted pursuant to paragraph 2 only if it is satisfied that the [F21operator] control programmes comply with the relevant requirements set out in Annex II and with the objectives of the relevant [F22control programme established under Article 5].

4.[F23The competent authority must] maintain up-to-date lists of approved [F24operator] control programmes of food and feed business operators or their representative organisations. The lists shall be made available to [F25the appropriate authority] upon request.

5.Food and feed business operators or their representative organisations shall communicate regularly the results of their [F26operator] control programmes to the competent authorities.

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