Article 52

Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules · European Union

Commission experts may, at the request of and in cooperation with the competent authorities of Member States, assist Member States during controls that third countries carry out. In such cases, Member States in whose territory a third country is to carry out a control shall inform the Commission about the planning, scope, documentation and any other relevant information enabling the Commission to take part effectively in the control. The Commission's assistance shall serve in particular to: clarify Community feed and food law and animal health and animal welfare rules; provide information and data available at Community level that may be useful for the control carried out by the third country; ensure uniformity with regard to controls carried out by third countries.

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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.