The decision to include this step should be based on a risk assessment, taking into account factors such as the animals, animal products, plants or plant products concerned, the history of conformity with requirements by the industry sector or exporting country, the volume of product produced and imported or exported, changes in infrastructure and the national inspection and certification systems.
Sklep o vključitvi tega koraka naj temelji na oceni tveganja, pri čemer se upoštevajo dejavniki, kot so zadevne živali, živalski proizvodi, rastline ali rastlinski proizvodi, zgodovina skladnosti z zahtevami v gospodarskem sektorju ali državi izvoznici, obseg proizvedenega ter uvoženega ali izvoženega proizvoda, spremembe v infrastrukturi in nacionalni sistemi inšpekcije in certificiranja.