Uniform minimum frequency of inspections in certain approved aquaculture establishments and in certain approved groups of aquaculture establishments
Article 5
The competent authority of a Member State shall perform official controls on, and in particular, inspections of, aquaculture animals and the conditions under which those animals are kept in certain approved aquaculture establishments and approved groups of aquaculture establishments on its territory. Those official controls shall take into account the risk ranking of the approved aquaculture establishment or the approved group of aquaculture establishments determined by the competent authority pursuant to Part 1, Chapter 1, point 1.2, of Annex VI to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/689 or the risk ranking of the establishments in dependent compartments referred to in Article 73(3), point (b), of that Regulation, as follows: (a) high-risk establishments shall be inspected at least once every calendar year; (b) medium-risk establishments shall be inspected at least once every two calendar years; (c) low-risk establishments shall be inspected at least once every three calendar years.