On-the-spot checks
Article 2
1. On-the-spot checks shall be carried out in all slaughterhouses applying the compulsory carcass classification as referred to in the first paragraph of Article 10 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013. 2. The performance of the qualified classifiers and the applied grading methods as well as the classification, presentation and identification of the carcasses in the slaughterhouses referred to in points A.II, A.III, A.V, B.II, B.V, C.II, C.III, C.IV and C.V of Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 shall be checked on the spot and without prior warning by a body independent of the slaughterhouses, the classification agencies and the qualified classifiers. The requirement to be independent of the classification agencies and the qualified classifiers shall not apply where the competent authority of a Member State itself carries out such controls. 3. Where the body responsible for on-the-spot checks does not fall under the authority of a competent authority, the competent authority shall verify that the on-the-spot checks are carried out correctly at least once a year, by means of physical supervision under the same conditions.