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Date: 2019-08-26
Title: COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... establishing detailed rules on the operations to be carried out during and after documentary checks, identity checks and physical checks on animals and goods subject to official controls at border control posts

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/...
            
            
               of XXX
            
            
               establishing detailed rules on the operations to be carried out during and after documentary checks, identity checks and physical checks on animals and goods subject to official controls at border control posts
            
            
               (Text with EEA relevance)
            
            
               THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
            
            
               Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
            
            
               Having regard to 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)
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               , and in particular Article 52 thereof,
            
            
               Whereas:
            
            
               (1)Regulation (EU) 2017/625 establishes the rules for the competent authorities of Member States when they perform official controls on animals and goods entering the Union in order to verify compliance with the Union agri-food chain legislation.
            
            
               (2)Pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2017/625, certain consignments of the categories of animals and goods referred to in its Article 47(1) should always be presented at border control posts for official controls. Those official controls are to include documentary checks, identity checks and physical checks. For the purpose of ensuring the uniform implementation of Articles 49, 50 and 51 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 and the efficient performance of official controls on the categories of animals and goods referred to above, detailed rules concerning the performance of documentary checks, identity checks and physical checks at border control posts should be laid down in this Regulation.
            
            
               (3)The rules on the operations to be carried out during and after documentary checks, identity checks and physical checks at the border control posts of arrival or control points should also apply to  certain categories of feed and food of non-animal origin subject to measures provided for by the acts referred to in points (d), (e) and (f) of the first subparagraph of Article 47(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625
            
            
               (4)For certain consignments plants, plant products and other goods entering the Union, identity checks and physical checks may be performed by competent authorities at control points or documentary checks may be performed at distance from the border control post of arrival, in accordance with the acts adopted pursuant to Article 53(1)(a) and (e) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625. The rules on the operations to be carried out during and after documentary checks, identity checks and physical checks should also apply in such situations. 
            
            
               (5)All relevant documents which are required to accompany consignments of the categories of animals and goods referred to in Article 47(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 should be checked to ensure that they are based on the relevant model document, that the general certification requirements are fulfilled and that they provide the guarantees required under Union legislation or applicable national rules. 
            
            
               (6)The operations carried out during identity checks and physical checks before the date of application of this Regulation have proven to be effective and ensure a high level of performance of checks. Therefore, the rules laid down in this Regulation should reflect the requirements for the performance of identity checks and physical checks laid down in Council Directives 91/496/EEC
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               , 97/78/EC
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                and 2000/29/EC
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               , Commission Regulations (EC) No 136/2004
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                and (EC) No 282/2004
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                and Commission Decision 97/794/EC
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               . 
            
            
               (7)For the purpose of organising an efficient system of official controls on consignments of categories of animals and goods referred to in Article 47(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 after documentary checks, identity checks and physical checks were carried out, the competent authorities should close and identify the packages which were opened for the purpose of the checks.
            
            
               (8)When consignments of certain categories of goods referred to in Article 47(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 enter the Union, Union legislation provides that laboratory analyses, tests or diagnoses are to be carried out or that the means of transport are to be sealed to ensure a high level of consumer protection and to prevent any risk for public, animal and plant health. In such cases, the results of the laboratory analyses, tests or diagnoses or the seal numbers should be recorded either in the Common Health Entry Document (CHED) or in the information management system for official controls (IMSOC)
            
            
               (9)To ensure traceability of the animals and goods entering the Union, the original official certificates or documents should be kept for a certain period at the border control post of arrival into the Union.
            
            
               (10)Since this Regulation lays down provisions in the areas covered by Regulations (EC) No 136/2004 and (EC) No 282/2004 and Decision 97/794/EC, these acts should be repealed with effect from the date of application of this Regulation. 
            
            
               (11)Regulation (EU) 2017/625 applies from 14 December 2019. Accordingly, the rules laid down in this Regulation should also apply from that date.
            
         
         
            
               (12)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,
            
            
               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
            
            
               Article 1
               Subject matter and scope
            
            
               This Regulation lays down detailed rules on the operations to be carried out during and after the documentary checks, identity checks and physical checks referred to in Articles 49, 50 and 51 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 on consignments of the categories of animals and goods referred to in Article 47(1) of that Regulation.
            
            
               Article 2
               Detailed rules for documentary checks
            
            
               1.For each consignment of animals and goods referred to in Article 1, the competent authority shall ascertain the use to which the animals and goods are assigned  pursuant to the official certificates, official attestations and other documents accompanying the consignment as well as the consignment’s destination indicated in these certificates, attestations and documents.
            
            
               2.The competent authority shall inspect all official certificates, official attestations and other documents referred to in point (41) of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 or their electronic equivalents submitted in the information management system for official controls (IMSOC) referred to in Article 131 of that Regulation or via existing national systems in order to ascertain that:
            
            
               (a)they are issued by the competent authority of the third country, where applicable; 
            
            
               (b)they fulfil the requirements set out in Articles 89(1) and 91(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 and in the implementing acts referred to in Article 90 of that Regulation; 
            
            
               (c)they correspond to the model established by the rules referred to in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625;
            
            
               (d)the particulars contained in the certificates or documents afford the guarantees required in the rules referred to in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625
            
            
               3.The competent authority shall check that the operator responsible for the consignment completed the relevant part of the Common Health Entry Document (CHED) fully and correctly as required by Article 56(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 and that the information in it corresponds to the information provided in the official certificates, official attestations and other documents accompanying the consignment.
            
            
               Article 3
               Detailed rules for identity checks
            
            
               1.During identity checks on consignments of animals and goods referred to in Article 1, the competent authority shall verify that the following elements, as appropriate, correspond to the information provided in the official certificates, official attestations and other documents accompanying the consignment:
            
            
               (a)the number of animals, their species, breed, sex, age and category; 
            
            
               (b)the content of the consignment;
            
            
               (c)the quantity of the consignment; 
            
            
               (d)the appropriate stamps and identification marks or codes;
            
            
               (e)the identification of the means of transport;
            
            
               (f)seals on containers or means of transport.
            
         
         
            
               2.For consignments of products of animal origin, germinal products, animal by-products, derived products, hay and straw and composite products, the identity checks may be limited to points (e) and (f) of paragraph 1 in the cases where:
            
            
               (a)the consignment is not selected for physical checks; 
            
            
               (b)the entire consignment has been loaded in transport units which are closed and locked by a seal(‘containerised consignment’); 
            
            
               (c)seals on containers or means of transport are intact and not tampered with; 
            
            
               (d)the seals on containers or means of transport were fixed by or under the supervision of the competent authority issuing the official certificate; and
            
            
               (e)the information available on seals correspond to that given in the accompanying official certificate required by the rules referred to in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625.
            
            
               3.For consignments of products of animal origin, germinal products, animal by-products, derived products, hay and straw and composite products, the selection of items or packages for identity checks referred in paragraph 1 shall cover 1 % of the items or packages in a consignment, with  a minimum of two items or packages and up to a maximum of 10 items or packages. Where, on the bases of selected items or packages does not allow to the competent authority to complete identity check, the number of items or packages checked may be increase to perform more extensive checks. 
            
            
               4.For consignments of animals, identity checks shall be based on the following rules:
            
            
               (a)for animals for which individual identification is required by Union legislation, at least 10 % of the animals with a minimum of 10 animals shall be selected from the consignment so as to be representative of the whole consignment. Where the consignment contains less than 10 animals, the identity checks shall be carried out on each animal in the consignment;
            
            
               (b)for animals for which individual identification is not required by Union legislation, the marking shall be checked of a representative number of packages or containers;
            
            
               (c)if the identity checks laid down in points (a) and (b) have not been satisfactory, the number of animals checked shall be increased and may reach the total number of animals in the consignment concerned. 
            
            
               5.Consignments shall be partially or fully unloaded from the means of transport where it is necessary to have access to the whole consignment for the purpose of identity checks.
            
            
               Article 4
               Detailed rules for physical checks
            
            
               1.During physical checks on consignments of animals and goods referred to in Article 1, the competent authority shall verify that the consignments comply with the rules referred to in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625  and the specific requirements defined in the relevant official certificates, official attestations and other documents. 
            
            
               2.Consignments shall be partially or fully unloaded from the means of transport where it is necessary to have access to the whole consignment for the purpose of physical checks.
            
            
               3Physical checks on animals shall be carried out in accordance with the requirements set out in Annex I.
            
            
               4.Physical checks on products of animal origin, germinal products, animal by-products, derived products, hay and straw and composite products  and on feed and food of non-animal origin subject to measures provided for by the acts referred to in points (d), (e) and (f) of Article 47(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 shall be carried out in accordance with the requirements set out in Annex II to this Regulation. 
            
            
               Laboratory tests to detect hazards on products of animal origin, germinal products, animal by-products, derived products, hay and straw and composite products shall be carried out in accordance with the monitoring plan referred to in point 5 of Annex II. 
            
            
               5.Physical checks on plants, plant products and other objects referred to in point (c) of Article 47(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 and, where applicable, subject to emergency measures provided for in the acts referred to in point (e) of Article 47(1) of that Regulation shall be carried out in accordance with the requirements set out in Annex III to this Regulation.
            
            
               6.Consignments of ungulates sampled in line with sampling requirements referred in part III of Annex I, for which no immediate danger to public health or animal health is suspected, may be placed on the market before the laboratory test results are available 
            
         
         
            
               7.Consignments tested pursuant to the monitoring plan referred in the second subparagraph of Article 4(4), for which no immediate danger to public health or animal health is suspected, may be placed on the market before the laboratory test results are available.
            
            
               8.Consignments checked pursuant to point 6 of Annex III, for which no immediate danger to plant health for plants for planting is suspected, may be placed on the market before the laboratory test results are available.
            
            
               Article 5
               Operations to be carried out after documentary checks, identity checks and physical checks
            
            
               1.After completion of the checks provided for in Article 49(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625, the competent authority shall:
            
            
               (a)close and identify with an official mark the packages which it has opened for the purpose of identity checks or physical checks;
            
            
               (b)in the cases required by Union legislation, seal the means of transport and enter the seal number in the CHED.
            
            
               2.The competent authorities shall record in the IMSOC all the results of laboratory analyses, tests or diagnoses, as soon as they are available, of the consignments tested and placed on the market before laboratory test results are available. 
            
            
               3.The original official certificates or documents, or electronic equivalents, referred to in Article 50(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 shall be kept by the competent authority of the border control post of arrival into the Union for at least three years from the date on which the consignment was authorised enter the Union. 
            
            
               However, the original certificate or documents for the plants, plant products and other objects referred to in point (c) of Article 47(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 may be kept by means of electronic storage of information provided that such information is generated by the competent authority on the basis of the original certificate or documents. In such cases, the original certificate or document shall be invalidated or destroyed by the competent authority. A copy of the original official certificate or documents referred to in Article 50(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 shall be kept by the competent authority of the border control post of arrival into the Union for at least three years from the date on which the consignment was authorised enter the Union or for onward travel (‘transhipped consignments’) in paper or electronic format in the cases where the rules referred to in Article 1(2) of that Regulation do not require original certificates or documents to be presented to, and kept by, the competent authority. 
            
            
               Article 6
               Repeals
            
            
               Regulations (EC) No 136/2004 and (EC) No 282/2004 and Decision 97/794/EC are repealed with effect from 14 December 2019.
            
            
               Article 7
               Entry into force and date of application
            
            
               This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
            
            
               It shall apply from 14 December 2019.
            
            
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
            
            
               Done at Brussels,
            
            
               
                     For the Commission
               
               
                     The President
               
               
                     Jean-Claude JUNCKER
               
            
         
         
      
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               ANNEX
            
            
               Annex I
            
            
               Detailed rules on operations to be carried out during physical checks on animals referred to in Article 4(3)
            
            
            
               I. Inspection regarding fitness of the animals to travel
            
            
               An overall assessment of all animals must be made by visual inspection to assess their fitness for further transport taking into account of the length of the journey already undertaken, including feeding, watering and resting arrangements that had been provided. It shall also take account of the length of the journey that remains to be undertaken including the proposed feeding, watering and resting arrangements during this part of journey.
            
            
               The means of transport of the animals and the journey log must be checked for compliance with Council Regulation (EC) 1/2005
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               II. Clinical examination
            
            
               1.The clinical examination of the animals shall consist of a visual examination of all animals and shall comprise of at least the following:
            
            
               (a)
                     a visual examination of the animals, including an overall assessment of their health status, their ability to move freely, the condition of their skin and mucosae and any evidence of abnormal discharges;
            
            
               (b)
                     monitoring of the respiratory and alimentary systems;
            
            
               (c)
                     random monitoring of the body temperature in cases when abnormalities have been detected under points (a) or (b);
            
            
               (d)
                     palpation in cases when abnormalities have been detected under points (a), (b) or (c).
            
            
               2.
                     Animals intended for breeding or production shall be subject to clinical examination of at least 10% of the animals with a minimum of 10 animals, which must be selected so as to be representative of the whole consignment. Where the consignment contains fewer than 10 animals, the checks must be carried out on each animal in the consignment.
            
            
               3.
                     Animals intended for slaughter shall be subject to clinical examination of at least 5% of the animals with a minimum of five animals, which must be selected so as to be representative of the whole consignment. Where the consignment contains fewer than five animals, the checks must be carried out on each animal in the consignment.
            
            
            
               4.
                     The number of animals checked in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 3 must be increased and may reach the totality of the animals concerned, if the initial checks carried out have not been satisfactory.
            
            
               5.
                     The animals listed below do not need to be subject to individual clinical examination:
            
         
         
            
               -poultry,
            
            
               -birds,
            
            
               -aquaculture animals and all live fish,
            
            
               -rodents,
            
            
               -lagomorphs,
            
            
               -bees and other insects,
            
            
               -reptiles and amphibians,
            
            
               -other invertebrates,
            
            
               -certain zoo and circus animals, including ungulates, considered to be dangerous,
            
            
               -fur animals.
            
            
               6.
                     For animals listed in paragraph 5, clinical examination shall consist of observation of the state of health and behaviour of the entire group or of a representative number of animals. If the above mentioned checks reveal an anomaly, a more rigorous examination shall be carried out, including sampling where appropriate.
            
            
               7.
                     In case of live fish, crustaceans and molluscs, and animals destined for scientific research centres having a certified specific health status, contained in sealed containers under controlled environmental conditions, a clinical examination and sampling shall be carried out only where it is considered that a specific risk may exist because of the species involved or their origin, or where there are other irregularities.
            
            
            
               III. Sampling procedure of ungulates
            
            
               Concerning ungulates, sampling with a view to checking compliance with the health requirements laid down in the accompanying official certificates or documents must be undertaken as follows:
            
            
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                     At least 3% of the consignments shall be subject to a serological sampling on a monthly basis, with the exception of registered horses as included in the definition for in Article 2(c) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/659
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                and accompanied by an individual health certificate attesting compliance with the animal health requirements set out in that Regulation. At least 10% of the animals of the consignment shall be sampled, with a minimum of four animals. If problems are found, that percentage must be increased.
            
            
               The consignments tested, and for which no immediate danger to public or animal health is suspected, may be placed on the market before the laboratory test results are available.
            
            
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                     Following a risk assessment by the official veterinarian or where provided for in Union legislation, any necessary samples may be taken from any animal in a consignment presented for official controls.
            
            
               3.
                     The laboratory tests, performed with a view to verify compliance with the animal health requirements or, when appropriate, residues and contaminants, must be carried out without delay.
            
            
               Annex II
            
         
         
            
               Detailed rules on operations to be carried out during physical checks on goods referred to in Article 4(4)
            
            
               1.
                     The competent authority shall carry out physical checks to verify:
            
            
               (a)
                     that the transport conditions ensured the proper preservation of the goods relative to their purpose; 
            
            
               (b)
                     that the temperature range required by Union legislation is maintained and there were no shortcomings or breaks in the cold chain, by means of such as examination of records of temperature during transport;
            
            
               (c)
                     the integrity of the packaging material.
            
            
               2.
                     The competent authority shall carry out physical checks to verify that the ‘use by’ labelling complies with Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011
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               The competent authority may carry out physical checks to verify that the labelling complies with other requirements laid down in the rules referred to in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625. 
            
            
               3.
                     The competent authority shall verify that the goods are fit to be used for the intended purpose by means of, as appropriate:
            
            
               (a)
                     sensory examination: smell, colour, consistency, taste; 
            
            
               (b)
                     simple physical or chemical tests: cutting, defrosting, cooking;
            
            
               (c)
                     laboratory tests to detect hazards or evidence of alteration. 
            
            
               4.
                     In respect of goods referred to in Article 47(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625, the competent authority shall carry out the operations referred to in paragraph 2 as follows:
            
            
               (a)
                     a set of packages, or samples in the case of bulk products, must be collected before undergoing the operations referred to in paragraph 2; 
            
            
               (b)
                     the selection of samples for examination mentioned in points (a) and (b) of paragraph 2 must cover 1% of the items or packages in a consignment up to a maximum of ten items or packages, and ensuring a minimum of two items or packages. If necessary, the competent authority may increase the number of packages checked to perform more extensive checks;
            
            
               (c)
                     the tests referred to in points (b) and (c) paragraph 2 must be carried out on a range of samples selected so as to be representative of the entire consignment.
            
            
               5.
                     For the purposes of the implementation of second paragraph of Article 4(4), the competent authority shall develop a monitoring plan, with the objective to monitor conformity with the rules referred to in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625, and in particular for the detection of hazards indicating the goods to be examined and the substances to be tested and shall carry out laboratory tests referred to in point 3 (c) in accordance with that plan.
            
            
               Such monitoring plan shall be based on risk assessment taking into account all relevant parameters such as nature of products, the risk they represent, the frequency and number of incoming consignments and results of previous monitoring.
            
            
               The consignments tested pursuant to the monitoring plan, and for which immediate danger to public or animal health is suspected, may be placed on the market before the laboratory test results are available.
            
            
               6.
                     In respect of feed and food of non-animal origin subject to measures provided for in the acts referred to in Article 47(1) (d), (e) and (f) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625, physical checks carried out at the frequency provided for in the rules and acts referred to in Article 54(4) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 shall be performed in accordance with the following rules:
            
            
               (a)
                     such physical checks shall include laboratory tests in accordance with the acts referred to in Article 47(1) (d), (e) and (f) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625;
            
         
         
            
               (b)
                     they shall be carried out in such a way that it is not possible for feed and food business operators or their representatives to predict whether any particular consignment will be subjected to such checks;
            
            
               (c)
                     the results of physical checks must be available as soon as technically possible;
            
            
               (d)
                     the consignments tested must be placed under official detention pending the outcome of such laboratory tests, unless onward transportation to the place of final destination is authorised by the competent authority at the border control post in accordance with Commission Delegated Regulation XXX/2019
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                [pursuant to Article 51 (1) (a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625]. 
            
            
               Annex III
            
            
               Detailed rules on operations to be carried out during physical checks on goods referred to in Article 4(5) 
            
            
               1.
                     The competent authority shall carry out effective physical checks of consignments and their lots in their entirety or on representative samples. Homogenous lots of the consignment shall be identified based on the information provided on the official phytosanitary certificate and taking into account the elements referred in paragraph 2. 
            
            
               2.
                     The homogeneity of a lot, within the meaning of Article 2(7) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031
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               , shall be identified on the basis of the following elements, as present in the phytosanitary certificate:
            
            
               -origin,
            
            
               -grower,
            
            
               -packing facility,
            
            
               -type of packaging,
            
            
               -genus, species, variety, or degree of maturity,
            
            
               -exporter,
            
            
               -area of production,
            
            
               -regulated pests and their characteristics,
            
            
               -treatment at origin,
            
            
               -type of processing.
            
            
               3.
                     Sampling of lots in a consignment shall include the identification of the appropriate independent unit for sampling. In the case of certain plants or plant products, it shall be identified as follows:
            
            
               -fruit in the botanical sense: 1 fruit,
            
            
               -cut flower: 1 stem,
            
         
         
            
               -foliage, leafy vegetable: 1 leaf,
            
            
               -tubers, bulbs, rhizomes: 1 tubers or bulb or rhizome,
            
            
               -plants intended for planting: 1 plant,
            
            
               -branches: 1 branch,
            
            
               -wood: and bark: to be determined by case, being the smallest piece not less than 1 kg of weight
            
            
               -seed: one seed
            
            
               When the unit is not definable because of size, shape or way of packaging as mentioned above, the smallest package unit shall be defined as sampling unit.
            
            
               4.
                     Sampling for physical checks performed by visual inspection shall be carried out under the following sampling schemes depending on the goods and as referred in the relevant table of International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures No 31 Methodologies for sampling of consignments (ISPM31):
            
            
               (a)
                     Rooted non-dormant plants for planting:
            
            
               sampling scheme able to identify with 95 % reliability a level of presence of infected plants of 1 % or above;
            
            
               (b)
                     Dormant plants for planting including tubers, bulbs and rhizomes:
            
            
               sampling scheme able to identify with 95 % reliability a level of presence of infected plants of 2% or above;
            
            
               (c)
                     Seeds or plant products that comply with the specific conditions listed in of Article 5(4) of the Regulation XXX [Implementing Regulation under article 54.(3)(a)(c) –frequency of checks]:
            
            
               sampling scheme able to identify with 80 % reliability a level of presence of infected plants of 5% or above;
            
            
               (d)
                     Unrooted cuttings, plants, plant products and other objects, not falling under points (a),(b) and (c) of this paragraph:
            
            
               sampling scheme able to identify 95 % reliability a level of presence of infected plants of 5 % or above;
            
            
               (e)
                     Lots of seeds and leafy vegetables consisting of less then or equal to 500 units: sampling scheme able to identify 95 % reliability a level of presence of infected plants of 10 % or above.
            
            
               5.
                     Any measure taken in response to non-compliances shall be related at least to the lot as identified ahead of the inspection.
            
            
               6.
                     A minimum amount of samples for laboratory tests shall be taken for latent infection detection on plants for planting according to a risk analysis, in accordance with at least the following criteria:
            
            
               (i)
                     the history of the level of Union quarantine pests intercepted and notified by the Member States, according to Article 11(c) of Regulation (UE) 2016/2031, including priority quarantine pests as defined by Article 6 of Regulation (UE) 2016/2031, of a third country of origin;
            
         
         
            
               (ii)
                     the occurrence of a priority pest in the third country of origin, according to available scientific information;
            
            
               (iii)
                     information available via the Information Management System for Official Controls (IMSOC).
            
            
               The consignments checked pursuant to the first subparagraph, for which no immediate danger to plant health for plants for planting is suspected, may be placed on the market before the laboratory test results are available.
            
            
         
         
            
                  
                     (1)
                  
                  
                      
                           Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 of 22 December 2004 on the protection of animals during transport and related operations and amending Directives 64/432/EEC and 93/119/EC and Regulation (EC) No 1255/97 (OJ L 3, 5.1.2005, p. 1)
                  
                  
               
               
                  
                     (2)
                  
                  
                      
                           Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/659 of 12 April 2018 on the conditions for the entry into the Union of live equidae and of semen, ova and embryos of equidae (OJ L 110, 30.4.2018, p. 1).
                  
               
               
                  
                     (3)
                  
                  
                      
                           Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October on the provisions of food information to consumers, amending Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 and (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Commission Directive 87/250/EEC, Council Directive 90/496/EC, Commission Directive 1999/10/EC, Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Directives 2002/67/EC and 2008/5/EC and Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2004 (OJ L 304, 22.11.2011, p. 18).
                  
               
               
                  
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                           Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) …/... of XXX supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rules for official controls of consignments of animals and goods in transit, transhipment and onward transportation (OJ L …., … …. .2019, p. ….).
                  
               
               
                  
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                      Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament of the Council of 26 October 2016 on protective measures against pests of plants, amending Regulations (EU) No 228/2013, (EU) No 652/2014 and (EU) No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directives 69/464/EEC, 74/647/EEC, 93/85/EEC, 98/57/EC, 2000/29/EC, 2006/91/EC and 2007/33/EC (OJ L 317, 23.11.2016, p. 4.).