Specific rules on official controls to verify compliances with requirements on identification and registration of bovine, ovine or caprine animals and on follow-up action in case of non-compliance therewith
Article 5
1. Official controls to verify compliance with requirements on identification and registration of bovine, ovine or caprine animals shall include inspections referred to in Article 14, point (b), of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of bovine, ovine or caprine animals in establishments keeping those animals, performed in accordance with at least the minimum frequency set out in Article 6 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/160. 2. The inspections referred to in paragraph 1 may be combined with: (a) official controls referred to in Article 9, paragraph (3), of Regulation (EU) 2017/625; (b) other official controls to verify compliance with requirements referred to in Article 1, paragraph (2), of Regulation (EU) 2017/625; or (c) other official controls, inspections or visits provided for in Union rules. 3. When selecting the establishments to be inspected, the competent authority shall take into account the following criteria in its risk analysis in addition to those set out in Article 9, paragraph (1), of Regulation (EU) 2017/625: (a) the number of animals in an establishment; (b) the species of animals present and identified in an establishment; (c) significant changes in comparison with the number or species of animals in the establishment during the last 5 years; and (d) any other relevant criteria defined by its Member State. 4. Where an inspection referred to in paragraph 1 is performed, the competent authority shall inspect all bovine, ovine and caprine animals in that establishment. 5. By way of derogation from paragraph 4, where the number of animals to be inspected in the establishment exceeds 20, the competent authority may decide to inspect a representative sample of those animals if the number of inspected animals is sufficient to detect 5 % of cases of non-compliance at a 95 % confidence level. 6. Where an inspection referred to in paragraph 1 is performed on a representative sample of animals in an establishment in accordance with paragraph 5 and that inspection confirms non-compliance with the requirements concerning identification and registration, the competent authority shall inspect all other bovine, ovine and caprine animals in the establishment. 7. By way of derogation from paragraph 6, the competent authority may decide to inspect a representative sample of animals in that establishment ensuring that the number of inspected animals is sufficient for the estimation of non-compliance over 5 % with precision of plus or minus 2 % for a 95 % confidence level.