Whereas Commission Directive 77/535/EEC (2) provides for official controls for EEC fertilizers for the purpose of checking compliance with the requirements imposed by the Community provisions concerning the quality and composition of fertilizers;

a checking system to ensure that the conditions laid down under (b) and (c) are satisfied shall be set up by the official grading agencies, qualified and authorized for that purpose under a programme approved and controlled by Agriculture Canada;

The official institutes listed in A.2 will be responsible for checking the quality of the Elisa method, and in particular for determining, for each production batch, the number of samples to be pooled on the basis of the count obtained for the E4 serum.

Whereas, if the checking system is to function smoothly there must be an approval procedure and border inspection posts must be inspected and there should by exchanges of officials empowered to carry out checks on live animals coming from third countries;

The official correspondent in Switzerland, under whose responsibility the checking operations are performed, and the inspection bodies in charge of carrying out those checks, as referred to in Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1148/2001, are given in Annex I to this Regulation.

a clinical examination for classical swine fever has been carried out by an official veterinarian in accordance with the checking procedure laid down in Part A of Chapter IV of the Annex to Commission Decision 2002/106/EC(13) and in points 1, 2 and 3 of Part D of Chapter IV of that Annex;

Whereas Commission Directive 77/535/EEC (3), as last amended by Directive 87/566/EEC (4), provides for official controls for EEC fertilizers for the purpose of checking compliance with the requirements imposed by the Community provisions concerning the quality and composition of fertilizers;

Whereas Commission Directive 77/535/EEC (3), as last amended by Directive 89/519/EEC (4), provides for official controls for Community fertilizers for the purpose of checking compliance with the requirements imposed by Community provisions concerning the quality and composition of fertilizers;

Pursuant to Directive 70/373/EEC, official controls of feedingstuffs, for the purpose of checking compliance with the requirements of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions governing their quality and composition, are to be carried out using Community sampling and analysis methods.

Whereas Commission Directive 77/535/EEC (3), as last amended by Directive 93/1/EEC (4), provides for official controls for Community fertilizers for the purpose of checking compliance with the requirements imposed by the Community provisions concerning the quality and composition of fertilizers;

Whereas Directive 70/373/EEC requires official controls on feedingstuffs for the purpose of checking compliance with requirements arising under quality and composition provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action, to be carried out using Community sampling and analysis methods;

a checking system to ensure that the conditions laid down under (b) and (c) are satisfied shall be set up by the official grading agencies, qualified and authorized for that purpose under a programme approved and controlled by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, US Department of Agriculture;

Whereas Directive 70/373/EEC requires that official controls on feedingstuffs for the purpose of checking compliance with requirements arising under quality and composition provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action shall be carried out using Community sampling and analysis methods;

Directive 70/373/EEC stipulates that official controls of feedingstuffs for the purpose of checking compliance with the requirements arising under the laws, regulations and administrative provisions governing their quality and composition must be carried out using Community methods of sampling and analysis.

Whereas Directive 70/373/EEC stipulates that official controls of feedingstuffs for the purpose of checking compliance with the requirements arising under the laws, regulations and administrative provisions governing their quality and composition must be carried out using Community sampling and analysis methods;

Whereas that Directive requires that official control of feedingstuffs for the purpose of checking compliance with requirements under the provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action concerning the quality and composition of feedingstuffs be carried out using Community methods of sampling and analysis;

Whereas that Directive requires that official control of feedingstuffs be carried out using Community methods of sampling and analysis for the purpose of checking compliance with requirements arising under the provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action concerning the quality and composition of feedingstuffs;

WHEREAS THAT DIRECTIVE REQUIRES THAT OFFICIAL CONTROLS OF FEEDINGSTUFFS BE CARRIED OUT USING COMMUNITY METHODS OF SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CHECKING COMPLIANCE WITH REQUIREMENTS ARISING UNDER THE PROVISIONS LAID DOWN BY LAW, REGULATION OR ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION CONCERNING THE QUALITY AND COMPOSITION OF FEEDINGSTUFFS;

As fas as the establishment and implementation of methods for monitoring and checking the critical points as referred to in the second indent of Article 5 (2) of Directive 92/33/EEC are concerned, the responsible official body shall supervise and monitor the supplier to ensure that, where apropriate, such methods continue to be carried out, giving particular attention to:

As fas as the establishment and implementation of methods for monitoring and checking the critical points as referred to in the second indent of Article 5 (2) of Directive 92/34/EEC are concerned, the responsible official body shall supervise and monitor the supplier to ensure that, where appropriate, such methods continue to be carried out, giving particular attention to:

where animals are being exported to third countries and the travelling time within Community territory, exceeds eight hours, have the route plan certified, after checking, by the competent authority of the authorized crossing point or of the point of exit designated by a Member State (stamps and signature), after the animals have been checked and judged by the official veterinarian to be fit to continue their journey.

The Member States shall take all measures necessary to ensure that official controls of feeding-stuffs, for the purpose of checking compliance with requirements arising under provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action concerning the quality and composition of feeding-stuffs, are carried out using the Community methods of sampling and analysis to be established in the directives referred to in Article 2.

Later, inspection will involve the taking of samples of the finished product on the premises of firms and distributors, for the purposes of checking the organoleptic characteristics, all the chemical characteristics (using standard recognised official methods, e.g. those of the IDF and ISO) and the microbiological characteristics as regards the count of characteristic microflora (using microbiological methods that are either standard or are recognised in the scientific literature on the subject).

Without prejudice to the powers of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), the specialised financial irregularities panel shall be competent in respect of any infringement of a provision of the Financial Regulation or of a provision relating to financial management or the checking of operations resulting from an act or omission of an official or other servant.