Collection, assessment, reporting and use of data at Union level
Article 5
1. Member State shall collect and assess the results of the sampling and Listeria monocytogenes , pH and water activity analyses provided for in Article 4(1), (2) and (3) of this Decision. Those results and their assessment, together with all relevant data, shall be included in a final report on the completion of the coordinated monitoring programme that shall be transmitted to the Commission before 31 May 2012. 2. The Commission shall establish by the 30 November 2010 the format of the Data Dictionary and data collection forms to be used in the drawing up of the report referred to in paragraph 1 by the competent authorities. 3. The Commission shall forward the final reports provided for in paragraph 1 to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), which shall examine them, develop predictive models for the compliance with the Listeria monocytogenes food safety criteria and for the microbial growth under various storage conditions and issue a Summary Report within 6 months. 4. Any use of the data submitted by the Member States for purposes other than the coordinated monitoring programme shall be subject to prior agreement of the Member States. 5. Data and results shall be made publicly available in a form that ensures confidentiality of the individual results.