Article 6 Responsibilities and duties of the competent authority
United Kingdom
The competent authority shall ensure that official on-site risk-based controls of compartments are carried out in order to verify whether they continue to comply with the information submitted in accordance with Article 3(2) and the criteria and requirements set out in the Annex (controls).
Controls shall be carried out at intervals based on:
the epidemiological situation inside and outside of the compartment, in particular in relation to avian influenza;
information concerning any amendments or adaptations to the common biosecurity management system or biosecurity plans of the holdings comprising the compartment, as provided for in Article 5(5)(b).
The competent authority shall be responsible for any certification attesting that commodities come from an approved compartment.