
Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 1082/2003 is amended as follows:

((1)) in Article 2, paragraphs 1 and 2 are replaced by the following:
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1. The competent authority shall carry out checks each year which shall cover at least 3 % of holdings.
2. Where the checks provided for in paragraph 1 reveal a significant degree of non-compliance with Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000, the minimum rate of checks shall be increased in the following annual inspection period.';
((2)) Article 3 is replaced by the following:
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Article 3 
The competent authority shall check the identification of all animals on the holding.
However, where the number of animals on the holding exceeds 20, the competent authority may decide to check the means of identification of a representative sample of those animals in accordance with internationally recognised standards provided that the number of animals checked is sufficient to detect 5 % of cases of non-compliance with Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 by the keepers of such animals at a 95 % confidence level.';
((3)) in Article 5(1), point (b) is replaced by the following:
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((b)) the number of holdings that have been checked;';
((4)) Annex I is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 15 November 2010.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
ANNEX

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1082/2003 is replaced by the following:

‘ANNEX I  1. 

Total number of holdings in the Member State at the beginning of the reporting period 
Total number of holdings checked during the reporting period 
Total number of animals registered in the Member State at the beginning of the reporting period 
Total number of animals checked in holdings during the reporting period 

 2. 

Holdings with non-compliance 
 3. 
 Affected animals Affected holdings
1. Restriction of movements of individual animals  
2. Restriction of movements of all animals on the holding  
3. Destruction of animals  
In total  


