Division 3.3.2 GUIDANCE/DEFINITION OF REQUIREMENT

Taking into account that the main objective of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 is to ensure effective enforcement of feed and food law and rules applicable to animal health, animal welfare, and plant health as provided for by Article 27a of Directive 2000/29/EC and the general obligation on Member States to enforce Community law, Member States should develop appropriate objectives and strategies to achieve that purpose. Those objectives and strategies should form the basis of and be briefly set out in a single integrated multi-annual national control plan.

The strategy adopted by the Member State may involve the concentration or prioritisation of official controls or the allocation of resources on certain activities or at certain stages of the production chain. Where this is the case, such concentration or priorities and the reasons therefore, should be indicated in the national control plan.