COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 136/2004 of 22 January 2004 laying down procedures for veterinary checks at Community border inspection posts on products imported from third countries

The latter shall ensure that all the health and veterinary checks provided for by the rules in force for the fishery products referred to in Article 1 are carried out at those ports.

This paragraph shall apply in particular to monitoring compliance with rules on commercial transport permits, roadworthiness of means of transport, veterinary inspections and animal health checks, veterinary checks on health and hygiene, including meat inspections, plant health inspections and monitoring the transportation of dangerous goods and hazardous waste.

Commission Decision of 16 May 1994 amending Decision 93/13/EEC, laying down the procedures for veterinary checks at Community border inspection posts on products from third countries

Veterinary experts from the Commission may, where necessary for the uniform application of this Directive, carry out on-the-spot checks in cooperation with the competent authorities.

Whereas it is important to specify that the consignments of products must be submitted to the full range of veterinary checks laid down after the end of the maximum period envisaged;

I the undersigned official veterinarian, or designated official agent, certify that the veterinary checks on this consignment have been carried out in accordance with EU requirements.

Note is taken of Annex 3 to Recommendation'No 1/94 of the EC-Switzerland Joint Committee on facilitating certain veterinary checks and formalities for animal products and live animals.

concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in infra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market (90/425/EEC)

Commission Decision of 19 December 1995 amending Decision 93/13/EEC laying down the procedures for veterinary checks at Community border inspection posts on products from third countries

Where such checks reveal that the animal does not meet the requirements laid down in this Regulation, the competent authorities shall decide in consultation with the official veterinarian:

Whereas, for the purposes of this Directive, the rules concerning checks and the safeguard measures laid down by Council Directive 89/662/EEC of 11 December 1989 concerning veterinary checks in intra-Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal market fn should be used;

'competent authority' shall mean the central authority of a Member State competent to carry out veterinary or zootechnical checks or any authority to which it has delegated that competence;

Whereas the veterinary checks on imported bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods have to be carried out in accordance with Council Directive 90/675/EEC of 10 December 1990, laying down the principles governing the organization of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries (2), as last amended by Directive 95/52/EC (3); whereas those checks entail the presentation of a health certificate accompanying the imported products;

Council Directive 89/662/EEC of 11 December 1989 concerning veterinary checks in intra-Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal market (OJ No L 395, 30. 12. 1989, p. 13).

laying down the principles governing the organizatios of veterinary checks on animals entering the Community from third countries and amending Directives 89/662/EEC, 90/415/EEC and 90/675/EEC

Commission Decision of 9 July 1998 implementing Council Directive 89/662/EEC as regards information on veterinary checks (notified under document number C(1998) 1741) (Text with EEA relevance)

Whereas the products in question are subject to the rules concerning checks and to safeguard measures covered by Council Directive 90/675/EEC of 10 December 1990 laying down the principles governing the organization of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries;

Whereas this solution implies increased confidence in the veterinary checks carried out by the State of dispatch, in particular by the setting up of a system for the rapid exchange of information;

The setting of the deadline for transposition into national law at 1 January 1994 shall be without prejudice to the abolition of veterinary checks at frontiers provided for in Directive 89/662/EEC.

The setting of the deadline for transposition into national law at 1 January 1994 shall be without prejudice to the abolition of veterinary checks at frontiers provided for in Directive 897662/EEC.

amending Directive 90/425 /EEC concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market

In addition, when checking that the requirements of paragraph 2 have been complied with, the official veterinarian of the border inspection post shall verify compliance with animal welfare requirements.

sufficiently large premises at the disposal of the staff responsible for carrying out veterinary checks, including changing rooms, toilets and adequate means for cleansing and disinfection of personnel;

in the case of veterinary medicinal products manufactured within the Member State concerned, each batch of veterinary medicinal products has been manufactured and checked in compliance with the laws in force in that Member State and in accordance with the requirements of the marketing authorization;

The rules laid down in Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market (*), shall apply in particular to checks at origin, to the organization of, and follow-up to, the checks to be carried out by the Member State of destination, and follow up to, the checks to be carried out by the Member State of destination, and to the safeguard measures to be implemented.

Council Directive of 10 December 1990 laying down the principles governing the organization of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries (OJ No L 373, 31. 12. 1990, p. 1).

Commission Decision 2001/881/EC of 7 December 2001 drawing up a list of border inspection posts agreed for veterinary checks on animals and animal products from third countries and updating the detailed rules concerning the checks to be carried out by the experts of the Commission (OJ L 326, 11.12.2001, p. 44).

the competent authority may, at the places of destination of animals and products, establish by means of non-discriminatory veterinary spot checks that the requirements of Article 3 have been complied with;

Council Directive 97/78/EC of 18 December 1997 laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries (OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 9).'

Council Directive 97/78/EC of 18 December 1997 laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries (OJ L 24, 30. 1. 1998, p. 9).

(2) Commission Decision 2000/714/EC of 7 November 2000 amending Decision 97/778/EC and updating the list of border inspection posts approved for veterinary checks fn is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

in relation to the ovine/caprine aid scheme, a check on the basis of the register that all the animals for which aid applications were submitted in the 12 months prior to the on-the-spot check have been kept on the holding throughout the retention period and a check of the correctness of entries in the register on the basis of a sample of supporting documents such as purchase and sales invoices and veterinary certificates.

Whereas, since adopting Directive 90/425/EEC, the Council has fixed the principles governing the organization of veterinary checks on live animals and animal products entering the Community from third countries;

The provisions of Chapter I of Directive 91/496/EEC and implementing acts thereof shall be applied to veterinary checks on live animals entering Hungary from Romania in accordance with the following adaptations:

The rules laid down in Council Directive 90/425 /EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market (*), shall apply in particular to checks at origin, to the organization of, and follow-up to, the checks to be carried out by the country of destination, and to the safeguard measures to be implemented.

Veterinary experts from the Commission may, insofar as it is necessary to ensure uniform application of this Directive, make on-the-spot checks in co-operation with the competent authorities of the Member States;

Commission Decision of 26 January 1994 amending Decision 93/13/EEC, laying down the procedures for veterinary checks at Community border inspection posts on products from third countries (Text with EEA relevance)

Veterinary experts from the Member States and the Commission shall make regular on-the-spot checks to ensure that approved establishments are actually applying the provisions of this Directive, particularly those of Chapters I, II and III of Annex I. They shall report to the Commission on the checks they have carried out.

(2) Council Directive 97/78/EC lays down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries fn and certain provisions for transit are already provided for in Article 11, such as the use of ANIMO messages and of the common veterinary entry document.

The rules laid down in Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market (*), shall apply in particular to checks at origin, to the organization of, and follow-up to, the checks to be carried out by the Member State of destination, and to the safeguard measures to be implemented.

Council Directive 90/675/EEC of 10 December 1990 laying down the principles governing the organization of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries (OJ No L 373, 31. 12. 1990, p. 1).

Whereas Council Directive 91/496/EEC (4), as last amended by Directive 92/438/EEC (5), lays down the principles governing the organization of veterinary checks on animals entering the Community from third countries;

Council Directive 90/675/EEC of 10 December 1990, laying down the principles governing the organization of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries (OJ No L 373, 31. 12. 1990, p. 1).

Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra- Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market

Having regard to Council Directive 89/662/EEC of 11 December 1989 concerning veterinary checks in intra-Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal market (2), and in particular Article 9(4) thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 89/662/EEC of 11 December 1989 concerning veterinary checks in intra-Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal market fn, and in particular Article 16(3) thereof,

(2) Commission Decision 2001/881/EC of 7 December 2001 drawing up a list of border inspection posts agreed for veterinary checks on animals and animal products from third countries and updating the detailed rules concerning the checks to be carried out by the experts of the Commission fn is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

Having regard to Council Directive 89/662/EEC of 11 December 1989 concerning veterinary checks in intra-Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal market (3), as last amended by Directive 92/118/EEC,

(1) The original requirements for veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries were laid down in Council Directive 90/675/EEC fn, which has been repealed and replaced by Directive 97/78/EC.