Article 2
United Kingdom
The competent authority shall carry out checks each year which shall cover at least 3 % of holdings.
Where the checks provided for in paragraph 1 reveal a significant degree of non-compliance with Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000, the minimum rate of checks shall be increased in the following annual inspection period.
The selection of holdings to be inspected by the competent authority shall be made on the basis of risk analysis.
The risk analysis for each holding shall take into account in particular the following:
the number of animals on the holding, including details of all the animals present and animals identified on the holding;
public and animal health considerations, and in particular the existence of previous outbreaks of disease;
the amount of annual bovine premium claimed and/or paid to the holding, compared with the amount paid the previous year;
significant changes in comparison with situations in previous years;
results of checks conducted in earlier years, in particular:
- (i)
the proper keeping of the holding register, as provided for by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2629/97f1;
- (ii)
the proper keeping of passports of the animals present in the holding, as provided for by Regulation (EC) No 2629/97;
proper communication of the data to the competent authority;
other criteria to be defined by the F2appropriate Minister.
Each inspection shall be the subject of a report standardised F3by the competent authority setting out the results of the controls and any unsatisfactory findings, the reason for the control and the persons present. The keeper or his representative shall be given the opportunity to sign the report and, as appropriate, to give his observations on its content.
Copies of the reports referred to in paragraph 5 shall, where they reveal infringements of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000, be sent without delay to the competent authorities responsible for the implementation of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2419/2001f2.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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- F2
Words in Art. 2(4)(g) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Livestock (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/814), regs. 1, 5(2)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
- F3
Words in Art. 2(5) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Livestock (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/814), regs. 1, 5(2)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)