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The frequency of Community controls in third countries shall be determined on the basis of: a risk assessment of the products exported to the Community; the provisions of Community legislation; the volume and nature of imports from the country concerned; the results of controls that the Commission services or other inspection bodies have already carried out; the results of import controls and of any other controls that competent authorities of Member States have carried out; information received from the European Food Safety Authority or similar bodies; information received from internationally recognised bodies such as the World Health Organisation (WHO), the Codex Alimentarius Commission and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), or from other sources; evidence of emerging disease situations or other circumstances that might result in live animals, live plants or feed or food imported from a third country presenting health risks; the need to investigate or respond to emergency situations in individual third countries. The criteria for determining risk for the purpose of the risk assessment referred to in point (a) shall be decided in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 62(3).

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-01 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.