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Amended by Regulation (EU) 2017/625 32017R0625 on EUR-Lex (external, EUR-Lex)
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The first paragraph changes how Member States report on official controls: instead of finalising and transmitting a report on the scope and results of controls within six months of the end of the year to which it relates, they must submit to the Commission by 31 August each year a report on the scope and outcome of official controls performed for the previous year.
The remaining paragraphs on Commission audits and on the Regulation governing controls and reporting of suspected poisonings are unchanged.
Cited: Art. 68, v1 (external, EUR-Lex) · Art. 68, v2 (external, EUR-Lex)
v1 is the previous version, v2 this one.
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Previous version, in force 15 July 2019 02009R1107-20190715 → this version, in force 14 December 2019 02009R1107-20191214
Article 68
Monitoring and controls
Member States shall carry out official controls in order to enforce compliance with this Regulation. They shall finalise and transmit submit to the Commission by 31 August each year a report report, for the previous year, on the scope and the results of these controls within six months outcome of the end of the year official controls performed in order to which the reports relate. verify compliance with this Regulation.
Commission experts shall carry out general and specific audits in the Member States for purposes of verifying the official controls carried out by the Member States.
A Regulation, adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 79(4), shall set out provisions for the controls, in particular on the production, packaging, labelling, storage, transport, marketing, formulation, parallel trade and use of plant protection products. It shall also contain provisions concerning the collection of information and reporting on suspected poisonings.