Division 4 Before trade in honey may begin 10 samples of honey must be taken in the production chain by independent experts appointed by the Commission and analysed, and the results of the analysis must be transmitted to the Commission. The Commission will communicate the results of the analyses to the competent veterinary authority of the Republic of Cyprus and make it available on its website.

The analyses must be carried out in an approved laboratory as defined in Article 2(f) of Council Directive 96/23/EC of 29 April 1996 on measures to monitor certain substances and residues thereof in live animals and animal products and repealing Directives 85/358/EEC and 86/469/EEC and Decisions 89/187/EEC and 91/664/EEC^f1. The breakdown of the samples must be the following:

1. (a)

   six of the samples for testing antibiotics (group B(1)) and carbamates and pyrethroids (group B(2) antiparasitic substances);

2. (b)

   four of the samples for testing pesticides (group B(3)(a) for organochlorines, group B(3)(b) for organophosphorus) and heavy metals (group B(3)(c)).