# 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 4.3.3: ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT OF OFFICIAL CONTROLS BY COMPETENT AUTHORITIES

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

Reference Guidance:
Section 3.2
General requirements for national control plans
Section 3.4
Risk categorisation
Section 3.6
General organisation and management
Section 3.7
Control systems and coordination of activities
Section 3.9
Compliance with operational criteria
Section 3.10
Training of staff performing official controls
Section 3.11
Documented procedures
Competent authority (complete individually for each designated competent authority; however this information may be aggregated at national or regional level for the same category of regional or local competent authorities).
Describe the:
internal organisation and structure in general terms
human resources available for the purpose of performing official controls (full-time equivalents)
resources supporting official control actions
laboratory facilities
other resources/infrastructure
as applicable
The information on competent authorities may be presented on a sectoral basis (Food/Feed/Animal Health/Animal Welfare/Plant Health) for example as in the following manner:
Sector (namely the Food/Feed/Animal Health/Animal Welfare/Plant Health as appropriate)
Central Competent Authorities (CCA)
Competent Authority CCA 1
Competent Authority CCA 2
Etc.
Regional (for example, Federal/Provincial) Competent Authorities (RCA)
Competent Authority RCA 1, 2, 3 …, and/or
Competent Authority ‘RCA Category 1, 2, 3 …’
Etc.
Local (for example, District/Municipal)Competent Authorities (LCA)
Competent Authority LCA 1 or Category 1
Competent Authority LCA 2 or Category 2
Etc.
Laboratories (other than national reference laboratories):
Describe procedures for:
designation of laboratories
ensuring that requirements which apply to official laboratories are met
Control systems (by sector, including horizontal arrangements where applicable)
For each of the following sectors describe:
the control methods and techniques used and where and when applied
control priorities, resource allocation and how they relate to risk categorisation
verification of planned arrangements including reporting arrangements
arrangements for the application of horizontal legislation across different sectors/sub-sectors
how specific control plans or programmes required by Community legislation are integrated into the control systems for the relevant sectors or sub-sectors as appropriate.
1.. Control system for food law
2.. Control system for feed law
3.. Control system for animal health law
4.. Control system for animal welfare law
5.. Control system for plant health law
In relation to the control systems describe the measures to:
manage coordination between competent authorities with related responsibilities
ensure efficient and effective cooperation both within and between competent authorities
ensure that all areas where coordination and cooperation are required both within and between competent authorities are addressed
Training arrangements (These may be included under each competent authority or per category of competent authority where there are equivalent systems, as appropriate. If appropriate the training arrangements may be described on a sectoral basis).
Describe the arrangements for:
Identification of training needs
Implementing training plan(s)
Recording and evaluating training

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2007/363/annex/division/4/division/4.3/division/4.3.3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2007-363/annex/division-4/division-4.3/division-4.3.3
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