In the case of varieties for which acceptance has been granted before 1 July 1972 or, with regard to Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom, before 1 January 1973, the period mentioned in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1 may be extended, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 46(2), until 30 June 1990 at the latest for individual varieties, where official measures organised on a Community basis have been taken before 1 July 1982 in order to ensure that the conditions for the renewal of their acceptance or for the acceptance of varieties derived from them are met.

in the first subparagraph of Article 4b(3) the opening words are replaced by:"Each undertaking to which a production quota has been granted for isoglucose or inulin syrup shall notify to the competent authority of the Member State in which production took place, before 1 August, the quantities of isoglucose (expressed as dry matter) and of inulin syrup (expressed as white sugar equivalent) owned by it and stored in free circulation on Community territory at the end of the previous marketing year, broken down as follows:";

Member States may, by way of derogation from the requirements of Article 3 (I) (A) (a), authorize the stunning, bleeding and plucking of birds intended for the production for 'foie gras' on the fattening farm, provided that these operations are carried out in a separate room which satisfies the requirements of Chapter II (14) (b) of Annex I, and that, in accordance with Chapter XV of Annex I, the uneviscerated carcases are transported immediately to an approved cutting plant which is equipped with a special room as defined under (ii) in the second indent of point 15 (b), of Chapter III of Annex I, where the carcases must be eviscerated within 24 hours under the supervision of the official veterinarian.

During a period which terminates at the time of the entry into force of an agreement concluded with a third country pursuant to Article 29 and at the latest upon the expiry of a period of four years after the notification of the Directive, each Member State may retain in favour of undertakings of that country established in its territory the rules applied to them on 1 January 1973 in respect of matching assets and the localization of technical reserves, provided that notification is given to the other Member States and the Commission and that the limits of relaxations granted pursuant to Article 15 (2) in favour of the undertakings of Member States established in its territory are not exceeded.

using an officially approved and tested inactivated vaccine;1

in other cases, any other officially approved method,

(iii) in transport vehicles or containers which have first been cleansed and disinfected with a disinfectant officially authorised in the exporting country;

the type of material;(b) the quantity;(c) the declared date of import;(d) the officially approved site where the plants will be held under the post-entry quarantine referred to in point 10.The importers shall be officially informed, prior to the introduction, of the conditions laid down in points 1 to 12.

the tubers are intended for processing at premises with officially approved waste disposal facilities which ensures that there is no risk of spreading BNYVV

the plants are intended for processing at premises with officially approved waste disposal facilities which ensures that there is no risk of spreading BNYVV

'(g) "embryo production team" means an officially approved embryo collection team for in vitro fertilization in accordance with the conditions laid down in the relevant Annex.

complete as appropriate if the animals are being sent to a controlled destination (slaughterhouse, officially approved body or quarantine as defined in Box 16) authorised for import on special conditions.

Official controls and lists of approved plants

- "approved body, institute or centre":

the plants are transported in such a manner as to ensure that there is no risk of spreading BNYVV, and are intended to be delivered to a processing plant with officially approved waste disposal facilities, which ensures that there is no risk of spreading BNYVV,

have been vaccinated, using officially approved vaccines (6).

give the official registration number and name of the approved dealer.

be produced, tested and distributed under official supervision.

- Name and official number of the approved establishment:

an officially approved body, institute or centre under Directive 92/65/EEC.

If official or officially supervised laboratory testing, using, for the listed plant material, the relevant method set out in Annex II or, in all other cases, any other officially approved method, confirms the presence of the organism in a sample taken pursuant to this Directive, the responsible official bodies of a Member State, having regard to sound scientific principles, the biology of the organism and the particular production, marketing and processing systems of the host plants of the organism in that Member State, shall:

In each case of suspected occurrence, the responsible official bodies of the Member State(s) concerned shall ensure completion of official or officially supervised laboratory testing using, for the listed plant material, the relevant method set out in Annex II and in accordance with the conditions specified in point 1 of Annex III, or, in all other cases, any other officially approved method, in order to confirm or refute the suspected occurrence.

that the chicks have been vaccinated, using officially approved vaccines, against:

the allocation of an official reference number for approved irradiation facilities,

The approved list shall be published in the 'C' series of the Official Journal of the European Communities.

an accompanying commercial document as authorized by the official veterinarian.

- the allocation of an official reference number for approved irradiation facilities,

be supervised by the responsible official bodies of the Member State concerned and executed by officially approved and trained staff, with the possible assistance of the experts referred to in Article 21 of Directive 2000/29/EC under the procedure laid down therein;(b) be performed at an officially approved site provided with appropriate facilities sufficient to contain harmful organisms and maintain the material in such a way as to eliminate any risk of spreading harmful organisms;(c) be performed for each item of material:

The Commission shall publish the list of approved laboratories in the Official Journal of the European Union.

All milk analyses must be carried out in official or officially approved laboratories.

the identification of the production area and the dispatch centre by their approval number,

For each suspected occurrence for which a positive result in the screening test(s) has been identified according to, for the listed plant material, the relevant method set out in Annex II or, in all other cases, any other officially approved method, and confirmation or refutation by completion of the said method is awaited, there should be retention and appropriate conservation of:

shall have been fumigated with an approved chemical in accordance with an officially recognised technical specification.

The semen, ova and embryos must be collected, treated and stored by an officially approved centre or officially approved personnel.

It shall notify the competent central authorities of the other Member States and the Commission as to which markets are approved.

the officially approved site where the plants will be held under the post-entry quarantine referred to in point 10.

officially approved body, institute or centre as defined in Article 2(l)(c) of Directive 92/65/EEC, and in particular approved zoos and research laboratories.

shall have been pressure (impregnated) treated with an approved chemical in accordance with an officially recognised technical specification.

It shall inform the Commission, which shall publish in the Official Journal of the European Communities a revised list of approved bodies.

Name(s) and official approval numbers) of establishments) approved by the INP for exports to the Community:

The competent authority of the Member States shall draw up a list of approved import centres, each of which shall be given an official number.

Member States shall notify the Commission of the list of approved staging points and any updates.

The European technical approvals are published by the approval bodies, which notify all other approved bodies.

The vaccination shall only take place on susceptible birds in a zoo or an approved body, institute or centre.

Whereas approved irradiation units should be subject to an official control, through an inspection system to be created for the needs of this Directive;

The competent authority shall draw up a list of approved dispatch centres and purification centres, each of which shall have an official number.

Done at Frankfurt am Main, 3 November 1998, and amended and approved for publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities on 16 November 2000.

(8) Whereas approved irradiation units should be subject to an official control, through an inspection system to be created for the needs of this Directive;

which have been held for more than six weeks in the officially approved establishments for which the approval was not suspended or withdrawn;

That system requires checks performed by officially approved laboratories on the effectiveness of the vaccination by titration of antibodies.