Division 9 GUIDANCE ON CONTENT AND FORMAT OF THE ANNUAL REPORT

The annual report should cover the following areas:

1. (a)

   official controls performed by the Member State as provided for in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 and national control plans — Section 9.1;

2. (b)

   overall compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules — Section 9.2;

3. (c)

   audits carried out as provided for in Article 4(6) of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 including, where appropriate, the results of audits or inspections of control bodies as provided for in Article 5(3) of that Regulation — Section 9.3;

4. (d)

   actions to ensure effectiveness in operating the national control plans — Section 9.4;

5. (e)

   statement on the overall performance of the control system in operating the national control plans — Section 9.5;

6. (f)

   amendments to the national control plans — Section 9.6.

The annual report should contain the overall results of the performance of official controls in the relevant areas, analysis of those results and conclusions at national level, which may be presented on the basis of sectors and production stages, and/or on the basis of the structure established in the national control plan of the Member State, as appropriate. A summary of the data supporting that analysis and those conclusions may be given as a separate Annex, if necessary, and the level of detail of such data is left to the Member State to decide bearing in mind that the background data should be retained as indicated in the seventh paragraph of Section 8. The corrective actions or amendments to the national control plan arising from those conclusions should be included as appropriate.