whereas on receipt of these reports the detailed examination will be continued with the expertise from all Member States within the framwork of the Standing Committee on Plant Health;

whereas on receipt of these reports the detailed examination will be continued with the expertise from all Member States within the framework of the Standing Committee on Plant Health;

whereas on receipt of this report the detailed examination will be continued with the expertise from all Member States within the framework of the Standing Committee on Plant Health;

transferring the performance of administrative formalities (customs, fiscal, veterinary and plant-health controls) to the terminals or to the point of departure or the final destination;

(2) The requirements in the legislation of Mayotte on health inspection and monitoring of fishery products may be considered equivalent to those laid down in Directive 91/493/EEC.

the Commission, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 26, after examining and checking the requests and evaluating the health situation, shall, if need be, lay down any other provisions necessary for granting such approval.

In the absence of routine virus testing procedures and the establishment of virological standards, health checks must be based on faecal bacteria counts.

(2) The requirements in the legislation of Zimbabwe on health inspection and monitoring of fishery products may be considered equivalent to those laid down in Directive 91/493/EEC.

inspection services, including general inspection services and the inspection of particular products for health, safety, grading or standardization purposes;

If the ante-mortem inspection at the holding of origin and at the slaughterhouse is not carried out by the same official veterinarian, a health certificate stating the particulars required under Annex HI must accompany the animals.

(3) An inspection carried out by the Commission in Botswana in May 2001 has shown that sufficiently well structured and organised veterinary services are in place in Botswana regarding the animal health status for ratites.

The Commission shall forward this information to the Member States in the framework of the Standing Committee on Plant Health before 30 September for each year, for review and adoption of any necessary measures such as:

Implementing provisions, which may stipulate minimum conditions, shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 18. Plant-health checks shall be regarded as being an integral part of the formalities referred to in the third subparagraph.

They shall have acquired, at least in one Member State, the qualifications required for persons in charge of carrying out and monitoring official plant health inspections.

Member States shall establish arrangements to ensure that, for each worker who undergoes surveillance in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2, individual health records are made and kept up to date.

Responsibility for animal-health and veterinary controls shall be shared between the Département Fédéral de l'Economie and the Département Fédéral de l'Intérieur.

Therefore, it is necessary to add a specific mention of the appropriate check in the health certificate accompanying the fishery products imported from Tanzania and established in the Commission Decision 98/422/EC (3).

However, in these particular cases, plant-health checks may be carried out at the place of destination as long as specific guarantees as regards the transport of the plants, plant products and other objects are provided.

(2) The requirements in the legislation of Saint Pierre et Miquelon on health inspection and monitoring of fishery products may be considered equivalent to those laid down in Directive 91/493/EEC.

establish lists of plants, plant products or other objects on which plant health checks shall be carried out at reduced frequency pursuant to paragraph 2, first subparagraph, second indent,

The inspections, where they are plant-health checks, shall be carried out at the places where the inspections are carried out as referred to in the third subparagraph or near to those places.

(1) Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 lays down the animal health requirements applicable to the non-commercial movement of pet animals and the rules applying to checks on such movement.

Responsibility for animal-health and veterinary controls shall be shared between the Département Fédéral de l'Economie and the Département Fédéral de l'Intérieur.

General provisions on clinical health inspections, collection and selection of samples for surveillance of zones or farms in non-approved zones in order to achieve or maintain approved status for VHS and/or IHN

Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of bovine animals and swine and fresh meat from third countries (OJ L 302, 31.12.1972, p. 28).

the documentary, identity and physical checks have been carried out and that the animals comply with the animal health requirements of.................................................................(Member State of destination) (5);

have undergone an animal health examination carried out by an official veterinarian or an authorized veterinarian during the 24 hours preceding consignment and, at the time of the examination, have shown no clinical sign or suspicion of disease;

have been submitted to a health examination by an official or authorized veterinarian during the 24 hours preceding consignment and, at the time of the examination, have presented no clinical sign or suspicion of disease.

When there is scientific evidence indicating the need to introduce other health checks or to amend the parameters in this Chapter for the purpose of protecting public health, such measures must be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 12.

Special attention must be paid to the medical checks of workers handling fishery products intended for human consumption, as laid down in Chapter III, point II(B) of the Annex to Directive 91/493/EEC.

they must be inspected by the competent authority at regular intervals in order to ensure that this chapter is being complied with and to check accounting documents and/or health certificates which enable the origin of the raw material to be traced.

Cyprus should be added to the list of third countries from which imports are authorised by Decision 93/160/EEC, following Commission missions and in the light of the situation achieved with regard to animal health in this country.

subject to regular veterinary inspections to ensure that they satisfy the animal health conditions laid down in Annex A, Chapter I of Council Directive 92/46/EEC, with the exception of those in paragraph 1 (a) (i) and (b) (i).

Whereas Directive 72/462/EEC (4), as last amended by Directive 81/476/EEC (5), lays down health and veterinary inspection requirements for the importation of bovine animals and swine and fresh meat from third countries:

subject to regular veterinary inspections to ensure that they satisfy the animal health conditions laid down in Annex A, Chapter I of Council Directive 92/46/EEC.

Such plant health checks must be limited to introductions of products originating in non-member countries and to cases where there is strong evidence that one of the plant-health provisions has not been observed.

In October 2000 a mission was carried out to Brazil by the Commission services in order to assess the animal health situation for four new regions and it appears that the results of this inspection allow the further regionalisation of Brazil.

Council Directive 89/105/EEC of 21 December 1988 relating to the transparency of measures regulating the prices of medicinal products for human use and their inclusion in the scope of national health insurance systems

Their main conclusion is that animal by-products derived from animals not fit for human consumption following health inspection should not enter the feed chain.

An inspection carried out by the Commission in Botswana in May 2001 has shown that sufficiently well-structured and organised veterinary services are in place in Botswana regarding the animal health status for ratites.

The certificate accompanying bovine animals and swine on importation must, following the animal health inspection (import inspection), include a statement clearly indicating whether the animals have been admitted or refused entry.

If a check referred to in paragraph 1 reveals a serious infringement of the health rules, the Commission shall immediately ask the third country to take appropriate measures or shall suspend consignments of products and immediately inform the Member States.

(2) Slovenia should be added to the list of third countries from which imports are authorised by Decision 2002/613/EC, following Commission missions and in the light of the situation achieved with regard to animal health in this country.

In order to prevent infections by harmful organisms introduced from third countries, there should be a Community financial contribution aimed at reinforcing the plant health inspection infrastructure at the Community's external frontiers.

Each official body of point of entry, and each official body of destination carrying out identity or plant health checks, must satisfy certain minimum conditions in respect of infrastructure, staffing and equipment.

Council Directive 88/409/EEC of 15 June 1988 laying down the health rules applying to meat intended for the domestic market and the levels of the fees to be charged, pursuant to Directive 85/73/EEC, in respect of the inspection of such meat

have either undergone an animal health examination carried out by an official veterinarian or an authorized veterinarian during the 72 hours preceding consignment and, at the time of the examination, have shown no clinical sign or suspicion of contagious disease,

Following at least two years of absence of any clinical or other sign of VHS and/or IHN, all farms in the zone or any farm in a non-approved zone which are to be approved must be health-inspected twice per year for two years.

Whereas, in particular, landing should be permitted only at ports where health and veterinary checking facilities are available, and masters of the fishing vessels concerned should be required to produce a specific landing statement;

Council Directive 89/105/EEC of 21 December 1988 relating to the transparency of measures regulating the pricing of medicinal products for human use and their inclusion in the scope of national health insurance systems (OJ L 40, 11.2.1989, p. 8).