{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1997-747/annex/chapter-4/division-B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1997-747/annex/chapter-4/division-B.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/1997/747",
  "legislation_title": "COMMISSION DECISION of 27 October 1997 fixing the levels and frequencies of sampling provided for by Council Directive 96/23/EC for the monitoring of certain substances and residues thereof in certain animal products (Text with EEA relevance) (97/747/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1997-747",
  "path": "annex/chapter/4/division/B",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "B",
  "heading": "Sampling level and frequency",
  "text": "The number of samples to be taken each year must at least equal to 10 per 300 tonnes of the annual production for the first 3 000 tonnes of production and one sample for each additional 300 tonnes.\nThe following breakdown must be respected:\nGroup B 1 and Group B 2 (c): 50 % of the total number of samples,\nGroup B 3 (a), (b) and (c): 40 % of the total number of samples.\nThe balance (10 %) must be allocated according to the experience of the competent authority. In particular, consideration could be given to mycotoxins.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Annex Ch. 4 substituted (16.11.2022) by The Animals, Food, Plant Health, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1090), regs. 1(1), 4(4)(d)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/1997/747/annex/chapter/4/division/B",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:19:07.924393+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}