Article 4 Collection of data, assessment and reporting

The national authority responsible for preparing the yearly national report pursuant to Article 9(1) of Directive 2003/99/EC^f1 shall collect and assess the results achieved pursuant to Article 3 of this Decision on the basis of the sampling frame referred to in Article 2 thereof, and shall report all necessary data and its assessment to the Commission.

The Commission shall forward the data to the European Food Safety authority, which shall examine them.

National aggregated data and results shall be made available publicly in a form that ensures confidentiality.