The Official Controls for Feed, Food and Animal Health and Welfare (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Regulation (EC) No. 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council

39.  In Article 45—

(a) for the heading, substitute “Controls in the United Kingdom”;

(b) for paragraph 1, substitute—

“1.   For the purpose of verifying that official controls are taking place in the United Kingdom in accordance with the multi-annual national control plans referred to in Article 41, the appropriate authority may from time to time—

(a) identify an audit body;

(b) in cooperation with relevant competent authorities, instruct the audit body to carry out general and specific audits.”;

(c) in paragraph 2—

(i) in point (c), omit “in Member States”;

(ii) in point (d), omit “in Member States”;

(d) for paragraph 3, substitute—

“3.   The appropriate authority must report on the findings of each general or specific audit undertaken of official control activities. Such report shall, if appropriate, contain recommendations on the improvement of compliance with feed and food law and animal health and animal welfare rules. Any report, together with any comments on the report by relevant competent authorities, must be made publicly available.”;

(e) omit paragraph 4;

(f) in paragraph 5—

(i) in the opening words, for “Member States shall” substitute “Competent authorities must”;

(ii) in point (a), omit “resulting from Community controls”;

(iii) in point (b), for “Commission experts”, substitute “auditors”;

(iv) in point (c), for “Commission experts”, substitute “auditors”;

(g) omit paragraph 6.