Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

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

1. [F2 To 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 [F4 the 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 [F9 constituent] territory, as part of the official controls provided for in Annex II, part A.

[F10 6. 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. [F11 Within 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.]

F12 ...

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in Art. 5 heading 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(8)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2 Words in Art. 5(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Zoonotic Disease Eradication and Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/740), regs. 1, 3(8)(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3 Word in Art. 5(1) 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(8)(b)(ii)(aa); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F4 Words in Art. 5(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Zoonotic Disease Eradication and Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/740), regs. 1, 3(8)(b)(ii)(bb); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F5 Word in Art. 5(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(8)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F6 Word in Art. 5(3) 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(8)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F7 Word in Art. 5(4) 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(8)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F8 Word in Art. 5(5) 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(8)(d)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F9 Word in Art. 5(5) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Zoonotic Disease Eradication and Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/740), regs. 1, 3(8)(d)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F10 Art. 5(6)(6A) substituted for Art. 5(6) (31.12.2020) by The Zoonotic Disease Eradication and Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/740), regs. 1, 3(8)(e); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F11 Words in Art. 5(7) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Zoonotic Disease Eradication and Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/740), regs. 1, 3(8)(f)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F12 Words in Art. 5(7) 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(8)(f)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)