TITLE IIF2OFFICIAL CONTROLS AND OTHER OFFICIAL ACTIVITIES ...

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CHAPTER IIOfficial controls

Section IGeneral requirements

Article 10Operators, processes and activities subject to official controls

1

To the extent necessary to ascertain compliance with the rules referred to in Article 1(2), competent authorities shall perform official controls on:

a

animals and goods at any stage of production, processing, distribution and use;

b

substances, materials or other objects which may influence the characteristics or health of animals and goods and their compliance with applicable requirements, at any stage of production, processing, distribution and use;

c

operators as regards activities, including the keeping of animals, equipment, means of transport, premises and other places under their control and their surroundings and on related documentation.

2

Without prejudice to the rules concerning existing lists or registers established on the basis of the rules referred to in Article 1(2), the competent authorities shall draw up and keep up-to-date a list of operators. Where such a list or register already exists for other purposes, it may also be used for the purposes of this Regulation.

3

The F1appropriate authority may make regulations amending this Regulation concerning the setting out of categories of operators to be exempted from the list of operators referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article where their inclusion in such a list would constitute a disproportionate administrative burden for them compared to the risk related to their activities.