Competent authorities shall organise an annual inspection of the control bodies that have been delegated control tasks in accordance with Article 27(4)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007. For the purposes of the annual inspection, the competent authority shall take into account the results of the work of the national accreditation body as referred to in Article 2(11) of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008. During the annual inspection, the competent authority shall, in particular, verify:

1. (a)

   the compliance with the control body’s standard control procedure as submitted by the control body to the competent authority in accordance with Article 27(6)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007;

2. (b)

   that the control body has a sufficient number of suitable qualified and experienced staff in accordance with Article 27(5)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 and that training concerning risks affecting the organic status of products has been implemented;

3. (c)

   that the control body has and follows documented procedures and templates for:

   1. (i)

      the annual risk analysis in accordance with Article 27(3) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007;

   2. (ii)

      preparing a risk-based sampling strategy, conducting sampling and laboratory analysis;

   3. (iii)

      information exchange with other control bodies and with the competent authority;

   4. (iv)

      initial and follow-up controls of operators under their control;

   5. (v)

      the application and follow-up to the catalogue of measures to be applied in case of infringements or irregularities;

   6. (vi)

      observing the requirements of the protection of personal data for the operators under its control as laid down by the F2... competent authority F3... and in accordance with F4Regulation (EU) 2016/679.