CHAPTER II

The organisation of the competent authorities and the relationship between central competent authorities and authorities to which they have conferred tasks to perform official controls or other official activities The relationship between competent authorities and delegated bodies or natural persons to which they have delegated tasks related to official controls or other official activities A statement on the objectives to be achieved Tasks, responsibilities and duties of staff Sampling procedures, control methods and techniques, including laboratory analysis, testing and diagnosis, interpretation of results and consequent decisions Screening and targeted screening programmes Mutual assistance in the event that official controls require more than one Member State to take action Action to be taken following official controls Cooperation with other services and departments that may have relevant responsibilities or with operators Verification of the appropriateness of methods of sampling and of laboratory analysis, testing and diagnosis Any other activity or information required for the effective functioning of the official controls

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-02 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.