Article 4

1. The competent authority or authorities of the Member States shall draw up forward programmes laying down the nature and frequency of the inspections to be carried out in accordance with Article 3 (2) over a specific period. 2. By 1 August each year, the Member States shall send to the Commission all the necessary information on implementation during the previous year of the programmes referred to in paragraph 1, specifying: - the criteria applied in drawing up these programmes, the number and type of inspections carried out, the number and type of infringements established. 3. By 1 November each year, and for the first time in 1993, the Commission shall forward to the Member States, after consulting them within the framework of the Standing Committee on Plant Health, a recommendation concerning a coordinated programme of inspections for the following year. This recommendation may be subsequently adjusted as required during implementation of the coordinated programme. The coordinated programme shall set out in particular the priority criteria to be applied in its implementation. The information provided for in paragraph 2 shall contain a special, separate section on implementation of the coordinated programme. 4. Five years after the adoption of this Directive the Commission shall forward to the Council a report on the application of this Article, accompanied, if necessary, by any appropriate proposals.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-13 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.