1.[F1The Authority] shall ensure that inspections and other control measures, as appropriate, are carried out to ensure compliance with this Regulation.
2.Where necessary and at the request of the [F2appropriate authority], the Authority shall assist in developing technical guidance on sampling and testing to facilitate a coordinated approach for the implementation of paragraph 1.
[F33.The appropriate authority may, taking account of available scientific evidence, supplement this Regulation by prescribing quality criteria for validated analytical methods referred to in point 4 of Annex 2, including substances to be measured.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Art. 17(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Food Additives, Flavourings, Enzymes and Extraction Solvents (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/860), regs. 1, 26(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Words in Art. 17(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Food Additives, Flavourings, Enzymes and Extraction Solvents (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/860), regs. 1, 26(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Art. 17(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Food Additives, Flavourings, Enzymes and Extraction Solvents (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/860), regs. 1, 26(c) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1504, regs. 1(2), 18(6)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)