To that end, it is necessary to harmonise the rules and procedures for ramp inspections of third-country aircraft landing at airports located in the Member States.

In certain Member States at the moment in the general documentation or specifications peculiar to each contract, main contractors may indicate the control and inspection procedures.

Whereas several Member States have sought to ensure that degree of safety by mandatory specifications relating both to the technical safety regulations and the inspection procedures;

2. discuss the findings of the Insurance Supervision Agency, tax inspection and other supervisory authorities in the procedures of supervision of the insurance public limited company;

The assessment procedure must include an inspection visit to the premises of the owner or of his authorised representative established in the Community or of the holder or of the approved body.

The conditions of application of such arrangements shall be subject to the Commission inspections provided for in Article 9(4), (5) and (6) of this Regulation under the procedures defined therein.

From a date to be determined in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 11, Member States shall report to the Commission on the inspections carried out in accordance with paragraph 1.

Whereas the manufacture and the procedures for inspection of weights of above-medium accuracy are subject to strict regulations which differ between Member States and thus hinder trade in these weights;

Periodic inspections of tanks, including their valves and other accessories used for transport, shall be arranged by a notified body in accordance with the procedure laid down in Annex IV, Part III, module 1.

13 existing security measures and procedures in effect, including inspection and, control procedures, identification systems, surveillance and monitoring equipment, personnel identification documents and communication, alarms, lighting, access control and other appropriate systems.

PHYSICAL INSPECTION PROCEDURE

Physical inspection procedure

Commission Decision 93/13/EEC of 22 December 1992 laying down the procedures for veterinary checks at Community border inspection posts on products from third countries (OJ L 9, 15.1.1993, p. 33), as amended by:

Where products under a customs-warehousing or free-zone procedure are to be exported, the results of the scrutiny of the payment declaration and any inspection of the products shall be used to determine the refund.

This authorization may be withdrawn in accordance with the same procedure laid down in Article 19, if such action is justified by the findings of a further expert inspection carried out in accordance with Article 7.

whereas it must be laid down that, in order that such import inspection may be standardised, the rules for its application are to be adopted according to a procedure in which the Commission and the Member States cooperate closely;

such inspections may be carried out, in purely routine tasks and in accordance with rules to be defined where necessary under the procedure provided for in Article 18, with the help of aissistants specially trained for the purpose;

If justified by the conclusions of the inspection report, the Member States may be authorized, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 19, to refuse entry to their territory of meat products from the establishment in question.

slaughter and destruction of all animals of the consignment in question if the abovementioned inspection shows evidence or suspicion of one of the epizootic diseases on the list established according to the procedure laid down in Article 29.

Periodic inspections of the receptacles, including their valves and accessories used for transport, referred to in Article 1(2)(c) shall be arranged by a notified or approved body in accordance with the procedure set out in Annex IV, Part III.

Since the border inspection posts between the existing Member States and the new Member States are to be abolished upon accession, a transitional measure should be adopted to save them having to introduce new administrative procedures for one month.

Where the task consists of carrying out the inspections pursuant to Article 13(1), those inspections shall be integrated in an established inspection programme and the rules of procedure established by the Member State concerned shall be complied with;

The Member States shall ensure that the fresh meat is subjected, without delay, immediately upon arrival in Community territory, to an animal health inspection carried out by the competent authority whatever the customs procedure under which it was declared.

Where consignments of products have received veterinary clearance at the border inspection post as provided for in Article 3(1), but remain under customs supervision and are released for free circulation at a later stage, the procedure set out in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 shall apply.

Other conditions, including labelling the technical approval of firms producing seed mixtures, the inspection of the production of mixtures, and the sampling of primary ingredient lots and of finished mixtures, shall be determined in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 21.

Guidelines concerning the conditions of the inspections and control measures, and on the training and qualification of the officials involved in order to reach a consistent level of competence and performance, shall be established in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 29(2).

Commission Decision 93/13/EEC of 22 December 1992 laying down the procedures for veterinary checks at the Community border inspection posts on products from third countries(3), as last amended by Decision 2003/279/EC(4), was adopted an the basis of the first directive and should therefore be updated.

Each Member State shall transmit to the Commission by 31 March 2004 the list of designated ports and, within 30 days thereafter, associated inspection and surveillance procedures for those ports, including the terms and conditions for recording and reporting the quantities of cod within each landing.

Detailed rules for the application of paragraph 1 shall be adopted as necessary in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 14, account being taken in particular of the need to ensure co-ordination of the work of the inspection bodies and uniformity of interpretation and application of quality standards.