Chapter II, Section 1, Article 6 · Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/578

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Article 6Data quality requirements#

Data collected and reported by Member States to the Agency shall be accurate, complete and consistent. They shall at a minimum fulfil the following quality requirements:

(a)data shall be validated and reported according to the standardised specifications of the latest reporting protocols and templates made available by the Agency, in accordance with Article 8;

(b)upon reporting, data shall be processed through the automated data entry checks as performed by the Agency’s web interface, as referred to in Article 10;

(c)data shall be amended in case gaps, errors or inconsistencies are identified;

(d)data on the volume of sales shall cover all sales per Member State of at least the antimicrobials listed in point 1 of the Annex to be used on a Member State territory, including sales of those antimicrobials brought in from other Member States to be used on a Member State territory and excluding sales of those antimicrobials sent to other Member States to be used outside of a Member State territory;

(e)data on use shall cover all use per Member State territory of at least the antimicrobials listed in point 3 of the Annex for all animal species and categories or stages listed in Article 15;