Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011Show full title

Article 11 U.K. Conformity checks

1. [F1 The appropriate authorities] shall ensure that conformity checks are carried out selectively, based on a risk analysis, and with appropriate frequency, so as to ensure compliance with the marketing standards and other provisions of this Title and of [F2 [F3 Articles 75 and] [F3 Article] 76 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013].

The criteria to assess the risk shall include the existence of a conformity certificate referred to in Article 14 issued by a competent authority of a third country where the conformity checks have been approved pursuant to Article 15. The existence of such certificate shall be considered as a factor reducing the risk of non-conformity.

The criteria to assess the risk may also include:

(a) the nature of the product, the period of production, the price of the product, the weather, the packing and handling operations, the storage conditions, the country of origin, the means of transport or the volume of the lot;

(b) the size of the traders, their position in the marketing chain, the volume or value marketed by them, their product range, the delivery area or the type of business carried out such as storage, sorting, packing or sale;

(c) findings made during previous checks including the number and type of defects found, the usual quality of products marketed, the level of technical equipment used;

(d) the reliability of traders’ 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 point of first entry into [F4 Great Britain], or the place where the products are being packed or loaded;

(f) any other information that might indicate a risk of non-compliance.

2. The risk analysis shall be based on the information contained in the trader database referred to in Article 10 and shall classify traders in risk categories.

[F5 The appropriate authorities] 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 proportions of traders or lots and/or quantities which will be subject to a conformity check.

[F5 The appropriate authorities] may choose not to carry out selective checks on products not subject to specific marketing standards, based on a risk analysis.

3. Where checks reveal significant irregularities, [F6 the appropriate authorities] shall increase the frequency of checks in relation to traders, products, origins, or other parameters.

4. Traders shall provide inspection bodies with all the information those bodies judge necessary for organising and carrying out conformity checks.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Art. 11(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/822), regs. 1, 8(28)(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2 Words in Art. 11(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/822), regs. 1, 8(28)(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3 Word in Art. 11(1) substituted (E.) (1.12.2022) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1150), regs. 1(2), 7(5)

F4 Words in Art. 11(1)(e) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/822), regs. 1, 8(28)(b) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1453, regs. 1(2)(b), 10(12))

F5 Words in Art. 11(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/822), regs. 1, 8(29); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F6 Words in Art. 11(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/822), regs. 1, 8(30); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)