# 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 3.6.2.1

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

The national control plans should include a general description of:
(a) the organisation of the competent authorities;
(b) the hierarchical relationships and reporting arrangements within and between competent authorities and with control bodies;
(c) arrangements for verification to ensure the quality, impartiality, consistency and effectiveness of official controls at all levels within and across competent authorities including across all regional and/or local authorities as provided for by Article 4(4) of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004;
(d) for plant health, the legal and administrative powers that the competent authorities and control bodies have to enforce the applicable legislation, (for other areas, this matter is covered under Section 3.9);
(e) the procedure for the designation of laboratories for the analysis of samples taken during official controls and the arrangements to ensure that such laboratories conform to and operate in accordance with the European standards referred to in Article 12(2) of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004;
(f) the arrangements to ensure that national reference laboratories designated in accordance with Article 33(1) of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004, conform to and operate in accordance with the requirements of Article 33 of that Regulation.
The national control plan should describe how the audits of competent authorities, to ensure effectiveness and suitability of official controls, as provided for by Article 4(6) of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004, are organised and managed at national, regional and local level.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2007/363/annex/division/3/division/3.6/division/3.6.2/division/3.6.2.1 (the official version)
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