Submission and evaluation of the control plans
Article 8
By 31 March of each year, Member States shall submit, in an agreed format, revised and updated national risk-based control plans and randomised surveillance plan for the current calendar year to the Commission electronically. The Commission shall evaluate those plans on the basis of this Regulation and Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1644 and shall communicate its evaluation together with comments or recommendations, where needed, to each Member State within 4 months of receipt of the plans. Member States shall provide the Commission with updated versions of the respective plans, outlining how the Commission’s comments have been taken into account, at the latest by 31 March of the following year. Where a Member State decides not to update its control plans based on the Commission’s comments, it shall justify its position. Where the Commission considers that the plans would impair the effectiveness of official controls, updated versions of the concerned plans shall be submitted earlier upon request of, and within a reasonable time period set by the Commission.