Article 2a F1

the category of oil, the period of production, the price of oils in relation to other vegetable oils, the blending and packing operations, the storage facilities and conditions, the country of origin, the country of destination, the means of transport or the volume of the lot;

the position of the operators in the marketing chain, the volume and/or value marketed by them, the range of oil categories they market, the type of business carried out such as milling, storage, refining, blending, packaging or retail sale;

findings made during previous checks including the number and type of defects found, the usual quality of oils marketed, the performance of technical equipment used;

the reliability of operators’ quality assurance systems or self-checking systems related to the conformity to marketing standards;

the place where the check is carried out, in particular if it is the first point of entry into F4Great Britain, the last point of exit from Great Britain or the place where the oils are produced, packaged, loaded or sold to the final consumer;

any other information that might indicate a risk of non-compliance.

the criteria for assessing the risk of non-conformity of lots;

on the basis of a risk analysis for each risk category, the minimum number of operators or lots and/or quantities which will be subject to a conformity check.

carrying out, in any order, the analyses set out in Annex I; or

following the order set out in Annex Ib on the flowchart, until one of the decisions appearing in the flowchart is reached.