ANNEX III

MINIMUM INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS AND PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES UNDER THE INSPECTION SCHEME REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 8 AND 9 A.Farms producing plants and plant products 1.Production must take place in a unit the land parcels and production and storage locations of which are clearly separate from those of any other unit not producing in accordance with the rules laid down in this Regulation; processing and/or packaging workshops may form part of the unit, where its activity is limited to processing and packaging of its own agricultural produce. 2.When the inspection arrangements are first implemented, the producer and inspection body must draw up: -a full description of the unit, showing the storage and production premises and land parcels and, where applicable, premises where certain processing and/or packaging operations take place, -all the practical measures to be taken at the level of the unit to ensure compliance with this Regulation. This description and the measures concerned must be contained in an inspection report countersigned by the responsible person of the unit. In addition, the report must specify: -the date of the last application on the parcels concerned of products the use of which is not compatible with Articles 6 (1) (b) and 7, -an undertaking by the producer to carry out operations in accordance with Articles 5, 6 and 7 and to accept, in event of infringements, implementation of the measures as referred to in Article 9 (9). 3.Each year, before the date indicated by the inspection body, the producer must notify the body of its schedule of production of crop products, giving a breakdown by parcel. 4.Written and/or documentary accounts must be kept which enable the inspection body to trace the origin, nature and quantities of all raw materials bought, and the use of such materials; in addition, written or documentary accounts must be kept of the nature, quantities and consignees of all agricultural products sold. Quantities sold directly to the final consumer shall be accounted on a daily basis. 5.Storage, in the unit, of input products other than those the use of which is compatible with Articles 6 (1) (b) and 7 is prohibited. 6.Apart from unannounced inspection visits, the inspection body must make a full physical inspection, at least once a year, of the unit. Samples for testing of products not authorized under this Regulation may be taken. However, such samples must be taken where the use of unauthorized products is suspected. An inspection report must be drawn up after each visit, countersigned by the responsible person of the unit. 7.The producer must give the inspection body, for inspection purposes, access to the storage and production premises and to the parcels of land, as well as to the accounts and relevant supporting documents. He must provide the inspection body with any information deemed necessary for the purposes of the inspection. 8.Products as referred to in Article 1 which are not in their packaging for the end consumer may be transported to other units only in appropriate packaging or containers closed in a manner which would prevent substitution of the content and provided with a label stating, without prejudice to any other indications required by law: -the name and address of the person responsible for the production or preparation of the product, -the name of the product, -that the product is covered by the inspection arrangements laid down in this Regulation. 9.Where an operator runs several production units in the same area, units in the area producing crop or crop products not covered by Article 1 must also be subject to the inspection arrangements as regards the first subparagraph of point 2 and points 3, 4 and 5. Plants of the same variety as those produced at the unit referred to in point 1 may not be produced at these units. B.Processing and packaging units for plant products and foodstuffs composed essentially of plant products 1.When the inspection arrangements are first implemented, the producer and inspection body must draw up: -a full description of the unit, showing the facilities used for the processing, packaging and storage of agricultural products before and after the operations concerning them, -all the practical measures to be taken at the level of the unit to ensure compliance with this Regulation. This description and the measures concerned must be contained in an inspection report, countersigned by the responsible person of the unit. In addition, the report must include an undertaking by the operator to perform the operations in such a way as to comply with Article 5 and to accept, in the event of infringements, the implementation of measures as referred to in Article 9 (9). 2.Written accounts must be kept enabling the inspection body to trace: -the origin, nature and quantities of agricultural products as referred to in Artricle 1 which have been delivered to the unit, -the nature, quantities and consignees of products as referred to in Article 1 which have left the unit, -any other information, such as the origin, nature and quantities of ingredients, additives and manufacturing aids delivered to the unit and the composition of processed products, that is required by the inspection body for the purposes of proper inspection of the operations. 3.Where products not referred to in Article 1 are also processed, packaged or stored in the unit concerned: -the unit must have separate areas within the premises for the storage of products as referred to in Article 1, before and after the operations, -operations must be carried out continuously until the complete run has been dealt with, separated by place or time from similar operations performed on products not covered by Article 1, -if such operations are not carried out frequently, they must be announced in advance, with a deadline agreed on with the inspection body, -every measure must be taken to ensure identification of lots and to avoid mixtures with products not obtained in accordance with the rules laid down in this Regulation. 4.Apart from unannounced inspection visits, the inspection body must make a full physcal inspection, at least once a year, of the unit. Samples for testing of products not authorized under this Regulation may be taken. However, they must be taken where the use of unauthorized products is suspected. An inspection report must be drawn up after each visit countersigned by the person responsible for the unit inspected. 5.The operator must give the inspection body, for inspection purposes, access to the unit and to the written accounts and relevant supporting documents. He must provide the inspection body with any information necessary for the purposes of the inspection. 6.The requirements in respect of transport laid down in point 8 of Part A are applicable .

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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.