Council of the European Union and European Parliament 15 March 2017, Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products, amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) No 1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and Council Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC and 2008/120/EC, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC, 96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council Decision 92/438/EEC (Official Controls Regulation) (Text with EEA relevance)

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TITLE I. SUBJECT MATTER, SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS
Article 1. Subject matter and scope
Article 2. Official controls and other official activities
Article 3. Definitions
TITLE II. OFFICIAL CONTROLS AND OTHER OFFICIAL ACTIVITIES IN MEMBER STATES
CHAPTER I. Competent authorities
Article 4. Designation of competent authorities
Article 5. General obligations concerning the competent authorities and the organic control authorities
Article 6. Audits of the competent authorities
Article 7. Right of appeal
Article 8. Confidentiality obligations of the competent authorities
CHAPTER II. Official controls
Section I. General requirements
Article 9. General rules on official controls
Article 10. Operators, processes and activities subject to official controls
Article 11. Transparency of official controls
Article 12. Documented control procedures
Article 13. Written records of official controls
Article 14. Methods and techniques for official controls
Article 15. Obligations of operators
Section II. Additional requirements for official controls and other official activities in certain areas
Article 16. Additional requirements
Article 17. Specific definitions
Article 18. Specific rules on official controls and for action taken by the competent authorities in relation to the production of products of animal origin intended for human consumption
Article 19. Specific rules on official controls and for action taken by the competent authorities in relation to the residues of relevant substances in food and feed
Article 20. Specific rules on official controls and for action taken by the competent authorities in relation to animals, products of animal origin, germinal products, animal by-products and derived products
Article 21. Specific rules on official controls and for action to be taken by the competent authorities in relation to the welfare requirements for animals
Article 22. Specific rules on official controls and for action taken by the competent authorities in relation to plant health
Article 23. Specific rules on official controls and for action taken by the competent authorities in relation to GMOs for the purpose of food and feed production and genetically modified food and feed
Article 24. Specific rules on official controls and for action taken by the competent authorities in relation to plant protection products
Article 25. Specific rules on official controls and other official activities for organic production and labelling of organic products
Article 26. Specific rules on official controls and other official activities performed by the competent authorities in relation to protected designations of origin, protected geographical indications and traditional specialities guaranteed
Article 27. Specific rules on official controls and for action taken by the competent authorities in cases of newly identified risks in relation to food and feed
CHAPTER III. Delegation of certain tasks of the competent authorities
Article 28. Delegation by the competent authorities of certain official control tasks
Article 29. Conditions for delegating certain official control tasks to delegated bodies
Article 30. Conditions for delegating certain official control tasks to natural persons
Article 31. Conditions for delegating certain tasks related to other official activities
Article 32. Obligations of the delegated bodies and natural persons
Article 33. Obligations of the delegating competent authorities
CHAPTER IV. Sampling, analyses, tests and diagnoses
Article 34. Methods used for sampling, analyses, tests and diagnoses
Article 35. Second expert opinion
Article 36. Sampling of animals and goods offered for sale by means of distance communication
Article 37. Designation of official laboratories
Article 38. Obligations of official laboratories
Article 39. Audits of official laboratories
Article 40. Derogations from the condition for the mandatory accreditation for certain official laboratories
Article 41. Powers to adopt derogations from the condition for the mandatory accreditation of all the methods of laboratory analysis, test and diagnosis used by official laboratories
Article 42. Temporary derogations from the conditions of the mandatory accreditation for official laboratories
CHAPTER V. Official controls on animals and goods entering the Union
Article 43. Official controls on animals and goods entering the Union
Section I. Animals and goods other than those subject to official controls at border control posts under section II
Article 44. Official controls on animals and goods other than those subject to official controls at border control posts under Section II
Article 45. Types of official controls on animals and goods other than those subject to official controls at border control posts under Section II
Article 46. Samples taken on animals and goods other than those subject to official controls at border control posts under Section II
Section II. Official controls at border control posts on animals and goods
Article 47. Animals and goods subject to official controls at border control posts
Article 48. Animals and goods exempted from official controls at border control posts
Article 49. Official controls at border control posts
Article 50. Certificates and documents accompanying consignments and split consignments
Article 51. Specific rules for official controls at border control posts
Article 52. Details of documentary checks, identity checks and physical checks
Article 53. Official controls not performed at border control posts
Article 54. Frequency of documentary checks, identity checks and physical checks
Article 55. Decisions on consignments
Article 56. Use of the Common Health Entry Document (CHED) by the operator and by the competent authorities
Article 57. Use of the CHED by customs authorities
Article 58. Format, time requirements and specific rules for the use of the CHED
Article 59. Designation of border control posts
Article 60. Listing of border control posts
Article 61. Withdrawal of approvals for, and re-designation of, existing border control entities
Article 62. Withdrawal of the designation of border control posts
Article 63. Suspension of the designation of border control posts
Article 64. Minimum requirements for border control posts
Section III. Action in the event of suspicion of Non-compliance and of Non-compliance of animals and goods entering the union
Article 65. Suspicion of non-compliance and intensified official controls
Article 66. Measures to be taken in cases of non-compliant consignments entering the Union
Article 67. Measures to be taken on animals or goods entering the Union from third countries presenting a risk
Article 68. Follow-up of decisions taken in relation to non-compliant consignments entering the Union from third countries
Article 69. Failure by the operator to apply the measures ordered by the competent authorities
Article 70. Consistency of application of Articles 66, 67 and 68
Article 71. Special treatment of consignments
Article 72. Re-dispatch of consignments
Section IV. Approval of the pre-export controls
Article 73. Approval of pre-export controls performed by third countries
Article 74. Non-compliance with, and withdrawal of, the approval of pre-export controls performed by third countries
Section V. Cooperation between authorities in relation to consignments from third countries
Article 75. Cooperation between authorities in relation to consignments entering the Union from third countries
Article 76. Cooperation between authorities in relation to consignments not subject to specific controls at borders
Section VI. Specific measures
Article 77. Rules for specific official controls and for measures to be taken following the performance of such controls
CHAPTER VI. Financing of official controls and of other official activities
Article 78. General rules
Article 79. Mandatory fees or charges
Article 80. Other fees or charges
Article 81. Costs
Article 82. Calculation of fees or charges
Article 83. Collection and application of fees or charges
Article 84. Payment of fees or charges
Article 85. Transparency
CHAPTER VII. Official certification
Article 86. General requirements concerning official certification
Article 87. Official certificates
Article 88. Signature and issuance of official certificates
Article 89. Guarantees of reliability for official certificates
Article 90. Implementing powers concerning official certificates
Article 91. Official attestations
TITLE III. REFERENCE LABORATORIES AND REFERENCE CENTRES
Article 92. Decision to establish a European Union reference laboratory
Article 93. Designation of European Union reference laboratories
Article 94. Responsibilities and tasks of European Union reference laboratories
Article 95. Designation of European Union reference centres for animal welfare
Article 96. Responsibilities and tasks of European Union reference centres for animal welfare
Article 97. Designation of European Union reference centres for the authenticity and integrity of the agri-food chain
Article 98. Responsibilities and tasks of European Union reference centres for the authenticity and integrity of the agri-food chain
Article 99. Obligations of the Commission
Article 100. Designation of national reference laboratories
Article 101. Responsibilities and tasks of national reference laboratories
TITLE IV. ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE AND COOPERATION
Article 102. General rules
Article 103. Liaison bodies
Article 104. Assistance on request
Article 105. Assistance without request in the event of non-compliance
Article 106. Assistance in the event of non-compliance creating a risk or a repeated or potentially serious infringement
Article 107. Assistance on the basis of information provided by third countries
Article 108. Coordinated assistance and follow-up by the Commission
TITLE V. PLANNING AND REPORTING
Article 109. Multi-annual national control plans (MANCP) and a single body for the MANCP
Article 110. Content of the MANCPs
Article 111. Preparation, update and review of MANCPs
Article 112. Coordinated control programmes and information and data collection
Article 113. Annual reports by the Member States
Article 114. Annual reports by the Commission
Article 115. Contingency plans for food and feed
TITLE VI. UNION ACTIVITIES
CHAPTER I. Commission controls
Article 116. Commission controls in Member States
Article 117. Reports by the Commission on controls in Member States
Article 118. Programme of the Commission controls in Member States
Article 119. Obligations of the Member States as regards Commission controls
Article 120. Commission controls in third countries
Article 121. Frequency of Commission controls in third countries
Article 122. Reports by the Commission on controls in third countries
Article 123. Programme of the Commission controls in third countries
Article 124. Third-country controls in Member States
CHAPTER II. Conditions for the entry into the Union of animals and goods
Article 125. Information on third countries' control systems
Article 126. Establishment of additional conditions for entry into the Union of animals and goods
Article 127. Inclusion in the list of third countries referred to in point (a) of Article 126(2)
Article 128. Special measures regarding the entry into the Union of certain animals and goods
Article 129. Equivalence
CHAPTER III. Training of staff of the competent authorities and of other authorities
Article 130. Training and exchange of staff
CHAPTER IV. Information management system
Article 131. Information management system for official controls (IMSOC)
Article 132. General functionalities of the IMSOC
Article 133. Use of the IMSOC in the case of animals and goods subject to certain official controls
Article 134. The functioning of the IMSOC
Article 135. Data protection
Article 136. Data security
TITLE VII. ENFORCEMENT ACTION
CHAPTER I. Actions by the competent authorities and penalties
Article 137. General obligations of the competent authorities as regards enforcement action
Article 138. Actions in the event of established non-compliance
Article 139. Penalties
Article 140. Reporting of infringements
CHAPTER II. Union enforcement measures
Article 141. Serious disruption in a Member State's control system
TITLE VIII. COMMON PROVISIONS
CHAPTER I. Procedural provisions
Article 142. Amendment of Annexes and references to European standards
Article 143. Data protection
Article 144. Exercise of the delegation
Article 145. Committee procedure
CHAPTER II. Transitional and final provisions
Article 146. Repeals
Article 147. Relation with Regulation (EC) No 882/2004
Article 148. Relation with Regulations (EC) No 852/2004 and (EC) No 853/2004 regarding approval of food business establishments
Article 149. Transitional measures related to the repeals of Directives 91/496/EEC and 97/78/EC
Article 150. Transitional measures related to the repeal of Directive 96/23/EC
Article 151. Amendments to Directive 98/58/EC
Article 152. Amendments to Directive 1999/74/EC
Article 153. Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001
Article 154. Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 and related transitional measures
Article 155. Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 and related transitional measures
Article 156. Amendments to Directive 2007/43/EC
Article 157. Amendments to Directive 2008/119/EC
Article 158. Amendments to Directive 2008/120/EC
Article 159. Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009
Article 160. Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009
Article 161. Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009
Article 162. Amendments to Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012
Article 163. Amendments to Regulation (EU) No 652/2014
Article 164. Amendments to Regulation (EU) 2016/429 and related transitional provisions
Article 165. Amendments to Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 and related transitional provisions
Article 166. Transitional measures for the adoption of delegated and implementing acts
Article 167. Entry into force and application
ANNEX I. TERRITORIES REFERRED TO IN POINT 40 OF ARTICLE 3, EXCEPT FOR THE APPLICATION OF POINT (G) OF ARTICLE 1(2)

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Official Journal of the European Union

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REGULATION (EU) 2017/625 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 15 March 2017

on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products, amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001,

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