Article 3
1. Member States shall, using appropriate sampling plans and detection methods, subject consignments of products listed in sections II and III of the Annex to the present Decision, to a chemical test in order to ensure that the products concerned do not present a hazard to human health. This test must be carried out, in particular, with a view to detecting the presence of residues of veterinary drugs, pesticides, contaminants and prohibited substances. 2. For products listed in section II of the Annex, the tests shall be carried out on 20 % of all consignments; for products listed in section III, each consignment shall be tested. 3. Member States shall inform the Commission of the results of the tests referred to in paragraph 1 by means of the Rapid Alert System for food and feed set up by Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council(9), immediately when they are positive, and every week for negative results.