{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-616/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-616/article-6.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2009/616",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 616/2009 of 13 July 2009 implementing Council Directive 2005/94/EC as regards the approval of poultry compartments and other captive birds compartments with respect to avian influenza and additional preventive biosecurity measures in such compartments (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-616",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Responsibilities and duties of the competent authority",
  "text": "1. 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).\n2. Controls shall be carried out at intervals based on:\n(a) the epidemiological situation inside and outside of the compartment, in particular in relation to avian influenza;\n(b) 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).\n3. The competent authority shall be responsible for any certification attesting that commodities come from an approved compartment.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/616/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:51:24.142181+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}