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Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title
Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products, amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) No 1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and Council Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC and 2008/120/EC, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC, 96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council Decision 92/438/EEC (Official Controls Regulation) (Text with EEA relevance)
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4.Directives 97/78/EC and 91/496/EECU.K.
| Directive 97/78/EC | This Regulation |
|---|---|
| Article 1 | — |
| Article 2 | Article 3 |
| Article 2(2)(a) | Article 3(19) |
| Article 2(2)(b) | Article 3(41) |
| Article 2(2)(c) | Article 3(42) |
| Article 2(2)(d) | Article 3(43) |
| Article 2(2)(e) | — |
| Article 2(2)(f) | Article 3(37) |
| Article 2(2)(g) | Article 3(38) |
| Article 2(2)(h) | — |
| Article 2(2)(i) | — |
| Article 2(2)(j) | — |
| Article 2(2)(k) | Article 3(3) |
| Article 3(1) and (2) | Article 47(1) |
| Article 3(3) | Article 15 and Article 56(1) and (3) |
| Article 3(4) | Article 57 |
| Article 3(5) | Article 47(2) and (3) and Article 58 |
| Article 4(1) | Article 49(2) |
| Article 4(2) | — |
| Article 4(3) and (4) | Article 49(1), (2) and (3) and Article 52 |
| Article 4(5) | Article 52 |
| Article 5(1) | Article 56(3)(b) and (4) |
| Article 5(2) | Article 50(4) |
| Article 5(3) | Article 50(2) and (3) |
| Article 5(4) | Article 58 |
| Article 6(1)(a), first paragraph | Article 64(1) |
| Article 6(1)(a), second paragraph | Article 64(2) |
| Article 6(1)(b) | — |
| Article 6(2) | Articles 59 and 62 |
| Article 6(3) | Article 63 |
| Article 6(4) | Article 60(1) and Article 63(3) |
| Article 6(5) | — |
| Article 6(6) | Articles 60(2), 62(3), 63(5) and Article 64(2) and(4) |
| Article 7(1) | Article 50(1) |
| Article 7(2) | Article 49(1), (2) and (3) and Article 52 |
| Article 7(3) | Article 57 |
| Article 7(4) | Article 50(2), Article 55 and Article 56(4) |
| Article 7(5) | — |
| Article 7(6) | Articles 52 and 58 |
| Article 8(1) | — |
| Article 8(2) | Article 77(1)(b) |
| Article 8(3), (4), (5), (6), (7) | Article 77(2) |
| Article 9 | Article 51(1)(b) and (c) |
| Article 10(1), (2), (4) | Article 54(2) |
| Article 10(3) | — |
| Article 11 | Article 51(1)(d) |
| Article 12 | Articles 48(h) and 77(1)(k) |
| Article 13 | Article 77(1)(c) |
| Article 14 | — |
| Article 15 | Article 77(1)(h) |
| Article 16(1)(a) | Article 48(d) |
| Article 16(1)(b) | Article 48(e) |
| Article 16(1)(c) | Article 48(c) |
| Article 16(1)(d) | Article 48(g) |
| Article 16(1)(e) | Article 48(a) |
| Article 16(1)(f) | Article 48(b) |
| Article 16(2) | — |
| Article 16(3) | — |
| Article 16(4) | Article 77(1)(c) and (f) |
| Article 17(1) | Article 66(3) |
| Article 17(2) | Article 66(1), (2) and (3) |
| Article 17(2)(a) | Article 66(3)(b) and Articles 69 and 72 |
| Article 17(2)(a), first indent | — |
| Article 17(2)(a), second indent | Article 68(1)(a) |
| Article 17(2)(b) | Article 69 |
| Article 17(3) | Article 65(4), (5) and (6) |
| Article 17(4) | — |
| Article 17(5) | Articles 66(7) and 69(4) |
| Article 17(6) | — |
| Article 17(7) | Article 65(6), Article 70 and Article 71(3) |
| Article 18 | Article 64(2) |
| Article 19(1) | Article 77(1)(g) |
| Article 19(2) | Article 77(1)(a) |
| Article 19(3) | Article 64(3)(a) and (4) |
| Article 20(1) | Article 65 |
| Article 20(2) | — |
| Article 22(1) | — |
| Article 22(2) | Article 67 |
| Article 22(3) | — |
| Article 22(4) | — |
| Article 22(5) | — |
| Article 22(6) | — |
| Article 22(7) | — |
| Article 24 | Article 65(4), (5) and (6) |
| Article 24(3) | Articles 73 and 129 |
| Article 25(1) | Articles 102 to 108 |
| Article 25(2) | Article 7 |
| Article 25(3) | — |
| Article 26 | Article 130(5) and (6) |
| Article 27 | Article 5(4) and Article 130(1) and (6) |
| Article 28 | — |
| Article 29 | — |
| Article 30 | — |
| Article 31 | — |
| Article 32 | — |
| Article 33 | — |
| Article 34 | — |
| Article 35 | — |
| Article 36 | — |
| Annex I | Annex I |
| Annex II | Article 64 |
| Annex III | Article 52 |
| Directive 91/496/EEC | This Regulation |
|---|---|
| Article 1 | — |
| Article 2(1) | — |
| Article 2(2)(a) | Article 3(41) |
| Article 2(2)(b) | Article 3(42) |
| Article 2(2)(c) | Article 3(43) |
| Article 2(2)(d) | — |
| Article 2(2)(e) | Article 3(37) |
| Article 2(2)(f) | Article 3(38) |
| Article 3(1)(a) | Article 56(1) and (3)(a) and Article 58(b) |
| Article 3(1)(b) | Articles 47(1) and 66(2) |
| Article 3(1)(c)(i) | Article 56(3)(b) and (5) and Article 57 |
| Article 3(1)(c)(ii) | Article 79(1) |
| Article 3(1)(d) | Article 57 |
| Article 3(2) | — |
| Article 4(1) | Article 49(1) and Article 52 |
| Article 4(2) | Articles 49(1), (2) and (3) and Article 52 |
| Article 4(3) | Article 51(1)(c) |
| Article 4(4) | Article 79(1) |
| Article 4(5) | Articles 5(4) and 51(1)(c) and Article 52 |
| Article 5 | Article 55, Article 56(3)(b) and (5), Article 57, Article 58(a) and Article 66(1) |
| Article 6(1) | — |
| Article 6(2)(a) | Article 64(1) and (2) |
| Article 6(2)(b) | Article 64(1) |
| Article 6(2)(c) | Article 59 |
| Article 6(2)(d) | Article 64(3)(a) and (4) |
| Article 6(3) | Article 60 |
| Article 6(3)(a) | Article 60(1)(c) |
| Article 6(3)(b) | Article 60(1)(c) |
| Article 6(3)(c) | Articles 59(2) and 64(3) |
| Article 6(3)(d) | — |
| Article 6(3)(e) | Articles 59(2) and 64(3) |
| Article 6(3)(f) | Articles 59(2) and 64(3) |
| Article 6(3)(g) | — |
| Article 6(4) | Article 59 and Article 60(1) |
| Article 6(5) | Article 60(2) |
| Article 7(1), first indent | Article 50(2) |
| Article 7(1), second indent | Article 56(3)(b) and (5) and Article 58 |
| Article 7(1), third indent | Article 50(1) |
| Article 7(2) | Article 58 |
| Article 7(3) | — |
| Article 8 | Article 53(1)(b) |
| Article 9 | Article 51(1)(d) |
| Article 10 | Article 66(2) |
| Article 11(1) | Article 65 |
| Article 11(2) | — |
| Article 12(1) | Articles 66, 68 and 69 |
| Article 12(2) | Article 66(3) and Article 9 |
| Article 12(3) | Articles 70 and Articles 71(3) and 72(3) |
| Article 12(4) | — |
| Article 12(5) | — |
| Article 13 | Article 64(2) |
| Article 14 | — |
| Article 15 | Article 79(1) |
| Article 16 | Article 54 |
| Article 17 | Article 7 |
| Article 17a | — |
| Article 18(1) | — |
| Article 18(2) | Article 67 |
| Article 18(3) | — |
| Article 18(4) | — |
| Article 18(5) | — |
| Article 18(6) | — |
| Article 18(7) | — |
| Article 18(8) | — |
| Article 19 | Articles 116 and 117 |
| Article 20 | Articles 102 to 108 |
| Article 21 | Article 130(5) and (6) |
| Article 22 | — |
| Article 23 | — |
| Article 24 | — |
| Article 25 | — |
| Article 26 | — |
| Article 27 | — |
| Article 28 | — |
| Article 29 | — |
| Article 30 | — |
| Article 31 | — |
| Annex A | Article 64 |
| Annex B | Article 66(2) |
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