# Commission Implementing Decision of 12 November 2013 on the monitoring and reporting of antimicrobial resistance in zoonotic and commensal bacteria (notified under document C(2013) 7145) (Text with EEA relevance) (2013/652/EU), Division 2.1: Sampling frequency

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

The appropriate authority must carry out every two years the sampling, the collection and the antimicrobial susceptibility testing provided for in Article 2 to 4 of each combination of bacterial species and type of sample of animal populations or food categories listed in point 1 of this Part and the specific monitoring of ESBL- or AmpC- or carbapenemase-producing Salmonella spp. and E. coli in accordance with point 4 of this Part in accordance with the following rotation system:
(a)In the years 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2020 for laying hens, broilers and fresh meat thereof, and fattening turkeys. However, the specific monitoring of ESBL- or AmpC- or carbapenemase-producing indicator commensal E. coli in accordance with point 4.1 shall not be mandatory in the year 2014;
(b)In the years 2015, 2017 and 2019, for pigs, bovines under one year of age, pig meat and bovine meat.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2013/652/annex/part/A/division/2/division/2.1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2013-652/annex/part-A/division-2/division-2.1
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