Belgium, Denmark, Germany, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom shall establish national control and inspection programmes, in conformity with the common rules set out in Annex I, as regards the activities listed in Article 2.

National control and inspection programmes shall contain all the data and specifications listed in Annex II.

The Member States referred to in paragraph 1 shall make available to the Commission, by 15 October 2008, their national control and inspection programme and the implementation schedule. The schedule shall include details as regards human and material resources allocated and the periods and zones where they are to be deployed.

Thereafter, the Member States referred to in paragraph 1 shall notify an updated implementation schedule to the Commission every year and no later than 15 days before the date of commencement of its implementation.