(4)Pursuant to Article 7(3) of Directive 1999/2/EC, Member States are to report annually to the Commission the results of checks carried out in the ionising irradiation facilities and of checks carried out at the product marketing stage. Article 7(4) of that Directive provides that the Commission is to publish in the Official Journal of the European Union a report based on the information provided every year by Member States. Article 113 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Councilnote provides that each Member State is to submit to the Commission, by 31 August every year, a report setting out the outcome of official controls performed in the previous year under its multi-annual national control plan. The multi-annual national control plans are to cover, inter alia, the scope of Directive 1999/2/EC. In addition, Article 114 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 provides that the Commission is to make available every year to the public an annual report on the operation of official controls in Member States, taking into account the annual reports submitted by Member States in accordance with Article 113 of that Regulation. Since the annual reporting obligations laid down in Articles 113 and 114 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 already ensure the enforcement and monitoring of Union legal acts on irradiated foods and food ingredients, the similar annual reporting obligation currently laid down in Directive 1999/2/EC should be deleted in order to reduce the administrative burden for competent authorities and the Commission.