Criteria for the establishment and modification of the frequency rates of plants, plant products and other objects, or categories thereof, as referred to in Article 4(5) and (6)
ANNEX IISupplementary provisions
ANNEX II Criteria for the establishment and modification of the frequency rates of plants, plant products and other objects, or categories thereof, as referred to in Article 4(5) and (6) 1. A new frequency rate may be established where: (a) the average number of consignments entering the Union over the preceding three years is at least 200 per year; (b) the minimum number of consignments of plants, plant products and other objects, or categories thereof, entering the Union, for which documentary checks, identity checks and physical checks have been carried out during the previous three years, is at least 600; (c) the number of consignments of the plants, plant products and other objects, or categories thereof, which were found infested by Union quarantine pests is each year less than 1 % of the total number of consignments of said plants, plant products and other objects, or categories thereof, imported into the Union; 2. Frequency rates may be modified taking into account: (a) the estimated mobility index of the Union quarantine pests at the most mobile stage to which they could develop on the relevant plants, plant product or other objects, or categories thereof; (b) the number of consignments of plants, plant products and other objects, or categories thereof, on which identity checks and physical checks have been carried out during the previous year; (c) the total number, and the details of, non-compliances due to the presence of Union quarantine pests related to consignments imported pursuant to this Regulation; (d) the total number of consignments of the goods concerned notified for other reasons than the presence of the Union quarantine pests and the details thereof; and (e) any other factor relevant for the determination of the phytosanitary risk associated with the trade concerned.