Findings from the 2010 and 2011 LPIS QA records produced by the MS in the frame of Comm. Reg. No 1122/2009 art. 6.2 : Status after the second year of implementation

This document reports on the JRC activities on and developments of the LPIS quality assurance (QA) framework during 2012. It coincided with the implementation of the first LPIS quality assessment by the Member States for the 2011 reporting year. This second year of implementation witnessed the refinement of the screening methodology and the development of a assessment of declared quality levels procedure, both supported by further automation of the LPIS QA portal. Two years of LPIS QA implementation was sufficient for a number of Member States to capitalize on the self-assessment possibilities of the framework and lead to the inauguration of some true national quality policies that cover many aspect of the LPIS management. Further analysis and a fine tuning of the quality control parameters remain necessary if the LPIS QA findings are to be applied on decisions regarding the performance of LPIS in IACS as a whole