carrying out food intake surveys, particularly those necessary for the determination or evaluation of the conditions of use of food additives or the laying down of limit values for other substances in food;

It will also examine the hourly limit value for nitrogen dioxide in the light of World Health Organisation guidelines and consider whether that limit value should be confirmed or altered.

It shall be drawn up in at least one of the official languages of the EU Member State in which the inspection at the border post shall be carried out and of the EU Member State of destination.

They shall be carried out in compliance with the provisions of the International Convention on the Harmonisation of Frontier Controls of Goods, in particular Annex 4 thereof, as approved by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1262/84(8).

A review should be made both of the scope for reducing the VOC content of products outside the scope of this Directive and the possibility of further reducing the VOC limit values already provided for.

In the latter case the Member State must show that the post has the necessary facilities, personnel and equipment to carry out the inspection of these products.

Commission Decision of 21 November 2001 laying down the requirements for the approval of border inspection posts responsible for veterinary checks on products introduced into the Community from third countries

Pending the Commission's findings, the Member State in question must, at the request of the Member State of destination, step up checks at the border inspection post or quarantine centre concerned.

Whereas rules must be laid down whereby consignments which have been introduced into the Community without being presented at a border inspection post will undergo the veterinary checks at such a post;

Minimum requirements for individual inspection regarding the fitness of the animals to travel, clinical examination and sampling procedures, of biungulate animals and equidae at border inspection posts

For consignments in transit, the competent authorities responsible for the border inspection post of first entry and of exit respectively shall cooperate as necessary to ensure effective traceability and checks.

In the latter case, however, animals may leave the border inspection post where the documentary check and identity check have been carried out only in sealed vehicles and only after the official veterinarian:

If, following the checks referred to in paragraph 2, it is found that Community requirements have been met, the official veterinarian of the border inspection post shall issue the certificate referred to in Article 5(1) in conjunction with the customs documents.

If no such agreement is made, the entire 'identity check' or 'plant health check' shall be made by the official body of the point of entry at either of the places specified in (b).

Whereas it is appropriate to lay down in a single act common procedures, including documentary, identity and physical checks, for animals at Community border inspection posts;

Each year, every agreed border inspection post listed in the Annex shall be inspected by the Commission veterinary experts in cooperation with the competent national authorities.

It is appropriate to provide for flexibility so that border inspection posts may be split into different inspection centres where products may actually be examined, without requiring a duplication of all office facilities and of certain documentation or equipment required but held elsewhere in the premises of the post.

If any of the emissions of the parameters COD, AOX, CO2, fossil and SO2 for a product exceeds the values described as "hurdles" in table 1, the product shall not qualify for the eco-label.

If ASAT or ALAT > 2.5 ULN before or during treatment, then liver tests should be monitored more frequently during regular clinic visits.

The original of the certificate and the labels referred to in the model certificate shall be drawn up in at least one official language of the EC Member State in which the inspection at the border post shall be carried out and of the EC Member State of destination.

For each health effect, the first table (Tables I to VI) sets out the concentration limits (expressed as a weight/weight percentage) to be used for non-gaseous preparations and the second table (Tables I A to VI A) sets out the concentration limits (expressed as a volume/volume percentage) to be used for gaseous preparations.

the official health certificate will be issued in English as well as in one of the languages of the Member State in which the border inspection post is situated where the consignment is presented.

Following the border check provided for in Directive 97/78/EC, and in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 8(4) of that Directive, the material must be transported direct to the technical plant."

The public servants and qualified agents as referred to in Article 2(1)(i), second subparagraph of Directive 77/93/EEC actually in charge of carrying out the inspections at the inspection posts referred to in Article 1 of this Directive shall have:

In view of the continuing negotiations with Romania concerning Romania's accession to the European Union, it is inappropriate to require facilities to be developed at crossing points on the Hungarian-Romanian border to carry out checks on live animals.

For gases which produce such effects, the concentration limits laid down in Table VI A, expressed as a volume/volume percentage, shall determine, where appropriate, the classification of the preparation.

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(2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

Pending the Commission's findings, the Member State implicated must, at the request of the Member State of destination, step up checks at the border inspection post, customs warehouse, free zone or free warehouse concerned.

Commission Decision 2002/349/EC of 26 April 2002 laying down the list of products to be examined at border inspection posts under Council Directive 97/78/EC(3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

Commission Decision 2000/497/EC of 18 July 2000 amending Decision 97/778/EC and updating the list of border inspection posts approved for veterinary checks(2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

Acting in conjunction with the competent national authorities, the Commission shall inspect the border inspection posts designated in accordance with paragraph 3 in order to satisfy itself that there is uniform application of the rules on veterinary checks and that the various border inspection posts in fact possess the necessary infrastructures and meet the minimum requirements laid down in Annex A.

In particular, the Commission will examine the limit values for the second stage for PM10 with a view to making them mandatory and will consider confirming or altering the limit values for the second stage and, if appropriate, for the first stage.

Commission Decision 2000/622/EC of 29 September 2000 amending Decision 97/778/EC and updating the list of border inspection posts approved for veterinary checks(6) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

if the engine fails to meet the requirements specified in this Directive and where the emissions of gaseous and particulate pollutants from the engine do not comply with the limit values as set out in the table in section 4.2.1 of Annex I.

if the engine fails to meet the requirements specified in this Directive and where the emissions of gaseous and particulate pollutants from the engine do not comply with the limit values as set out in the table in section 4.2.3. of Annex I.

Commission Decision 1999/121/EC of 27 January 1999 amending Decision 97/778/EC to update the list of border inspection posts approved for veterinary checks(2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

The concentration limits fixed in Table I, expressed as a weight/weight percentage, determine the classification of the preparation in relation to the individual concentration of the substance(s) present whose classification is also shown.

once the physical check has been completed, the competent authority must certify the check by closing and officially stamping all the opened packages and by resealing all the containers, the number of the seal being then entered on the border transit document.

This review will be based on monitoring carried out by the Member States and the application of codes of good agricultural practice in order to fix the maximum levels as low as reasonably achievable.

In addition, the European Parliament's Temporary Committee on Foot-and-Mouth Disease found that, in practice, border inspections are failing to prevent significant quantities of meat and meat products from entering the Community illegally.

If, following the checks referred to in paragraph 2, it is found that the products concerned do not meet Community requirements the official veterinarian of the border inspection post shall issue the certificate referred to in Article 5(1) in conjunction with the official customs documents.

whereas Member States have to review, in particular for the abovementioned agricultural products, existing good agricultural practices to ensure that the established MRLs for acephate and methamidophos are satisfied;

Footnote 9 is replaced by: "(9) If no specific level is fixed before 1 July 2003, the levels laid down in point 2.1.2.1 of the table will apply thereafter to maize referred to in this point."

It follows that Member States must organise controls at other points of entry to ensure that products that do not meet such conditions are not introduced other than via such border inspection posts.

Social rooms consisting of changing rooms, toilets, and hand washing facilities for the use of the personnel working in the border inspection post, which may be shared only with other personnel involved in official controls;

Commission Decision 92/525/EEC of 3 November 1992 laying down requirements for the approval of Community border inspection posts responsible for veterinary checks on products introduced from third countries (OJ L 331, 17.11.1992, p. 16).

Veterinary checks on live animals and animal products introduced into the Community from third countries shall be carried out by the competent authorities at the agreed border inspection posts listed in the Annex to this Decision only.

For substances that produce corrosive effects (R34, R35) or irritant effects (R36, R37, R38, R41), the individual concentration limits specified in Table IV, expressed as a weight/weight percentage, determine, when appropriate, the classification of the preparation.

In the light of experience gained from the inspections carried out by the Food and Veterinary Office, it is now appropriate to amend and update the detailed requirements for a border inspection post and any inspection centre within such a post.

For transparency all inspection centres used as part of any particular border inspection post should be listed along with the name of the post itself in the relevant Commission Decision published in the Official Journal.