# Commission Decision of 21 May 2007 on guidelines to assist Member States in preparing the single integrated multi-annual national control plan provided for in Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document number C(2007) 2099) (Text with EEA relevance) (2007/363/EC), Division 3.5.2: GUIDANCE/DEFINITION OF REQUIREMENT

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

National control plans should provide a comprehensive overview of the structure and tasks of the competent authorities.
The national control plans should:
(a) identify the organisations, or, where appropriate, the categories of organisations, that are designated as competent authorities responsible for official controls; all competent authorities, or where appropriate the category of competent authority, at all levels, (central, regional and local level) should be identified, as should all control bodies to which certain official control tasks have been delegated in relation to plant health;
(b) describe the allocation of official control tasks and responsibilities for the entire feed and food production chain, and for animal health, animal welfare and plant health;
(c) indicate the resources (see guidance at the fourth paragraph of this Section), available to the competent authorities;
(d) list the national reference laboratories designated in accordance with Article 33(1) of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004, the areas for which they are designated as responsible and the competent authority responsible for the laboratory.
The information referred to in points (a) to (d) may be illustrated in the form of an integrated national-level organigramme of the competent authorities and their respective tasks and responsibilities.
The description of resources available to the competent authorities should include the human resources and supporting facilities and services, such as specialist IT systems and laboratory, diagnostic, research and training facilities and services, as applicable. Human resources should be described in terms of authorised full-time or ‘full-time equivalent’ posts. The facilities and services available may be quantified in terms of level of service, laboratory capacity and range of analytical activities and, if appropriate, the information may be provided on a national or regional level indicating the number of competent authorities sharing the facilities.
A full list of official laboratories designated to carry out analysis on samples taken during official controls is not required to be included in the plan, but should be maintained by the competent authority and made available for Community audits and inspections.
When addressing this requirement, Member States should include the organisations equivalent to competent authorities under Article 1(4) and Article 2(1)(g) of Directive 2000/29/EC and Article 8(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2007/363/annex/division/3/division/3.5/division/3.5.2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2007-363/annex/division-3/division-3.5/division-3.5.2
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