{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1715/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1715/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2019/1715",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715 of 30 September 2019 laying down rules for the functioning of the information management system for official controls and its system components ... (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1715",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Components, networks and contact points",
  "text": "1. Each component shall have a network of which the appropriate authority shall be part.\n2. Network members shall each designate at least one contact point and communicate that designation and its contact details to the appropriate authority contact point. They shall inform the appropriate authority contact point immediately of any changes in this respect.\n3. The appropriate authority contact point shall maintain and keep up to date a list of contact points and make it available to all network members.\n4. The appropriate authority shall establish a governance structure to steer the development of, identify priorities for and monitor the correct implementation of the appropriate computerised information management system. The governance structure shall be composed of:\n(a) an operations management board ..., to discuss, at least once a year, priorities for and the development of each component;\n(b) sub-groups within the operations management board that regularly discuss priorities for and the development of specific functionalities of each component.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 4 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 21(6)(a) (with regs. 33-36)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 4(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 21(6)(b)(i) (with regs. 33-36)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 4(4)(a) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 21(6)(b)(ii) (with regs. 33-36)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/1715/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:43:07.638707+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."
}