Article 9
United Kingdom
Undertakings producing mixtures, compound feedingstuffs or denatured skimmed-milk powder must have been approved for that purpose by the competent agency of the Member State on whose territory production takes place.
Approval shall be granted to undertakings which:
have suitable technical equipment and administrative and accounting methods which make it possible to comply with both this Regulation and the additional requirements laid down by the Member State;
submit to an inspection by the competent agency.
Except in cases of force majeure, where it is found that an undertaking no longer meets the conditions laid down in paragraph 2 or has failed to comply with another obligation under this Regulation, approval shall be suspended for a period of one to twelve months, depending on the seriousness of the irregularity.
If, at the end of that period, the conditions laid down in paragraph 2 are not met, approval shall be withdrawn. Approval may be reinstated after no less than six months, at the request of the undertaking concerned, following an in-depth inspection.
Member States may decide not to impose such a suspension if it is established that the irregularity was not committed deliberately or through serious negligence and that its consequences are marginal.