contains provisions relating to veterinary inspection problems upon importation of bovine animals and swine from third countries;

WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO PARAGRAPH 3 , THE MEMBER STATES SHALL ENSURE THAT IMPORTATION IS PROHIBITED IF THIS INSPECTION REVEALS THAT :

whereas inspections should therefore be organized to cover products imported into or released for free circulation in the Community;

In addition, the declaration referred to under point 3 of the general provisions must include an undertaking by the importer to ensure that any facilities that the importer will use for storage of products are submitted to inspection, to be carried out either by the inspection body or authority or, when these storage facilities are situated in another Member State or region, by an inspection body or authority approved for inspection in that Member State or region.

it is important to specify the checks that must be performed at the border inspection post of exit to verify the provenance of the consignment.

Inspection shall cover all stages of production, manufacture, import into the Community, processing, storage, transport, distribution and trade.

any details this body or authority may require, such as a copy of the inspection certificate for the importation of products from organic farming.

strengthen inspection arrangements of both domestic production and imports of plants and plant products, as well as in food-processing establishments.

Note to the importer: this certificate is for veterinary purposes only and must accompany the consignment until it reaches the border inspection point.

Note to the importer: This certificate is for veterinary purposes only and must accompany the consignment until it reaches the border inspection point.

Should the National Registration Authority (NRA) begin to carry out inspections itself, inspection reports will also be routinely transmitted to the importing Party until there has been a satisfactory verification of the NRA GMP inspection programme.

This information shall clearly indicate the name and address and approval number of the quarantine facility or centre and shall reach the border inspection post via e-mail or fax prior to arrival of the consignment at the border inspection post or shall be presented by the importer or his agent before the birds are released from the border inspection post."

Inspections shall cover all stages of production and manufacture, the intermediate stages prior to marketing, including importation, and the use of products.

An important part of the regulatory function performed by Inspection Operations is the implementation of the export policy developed by International Programs.

THE PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTION PROVIDED FOR IN PARAGRAPH 1 SHALL BE CARRIED OUT BY RANDOM SAMPLING IN THE CASE OF IMPORTS COVERED BY ARTICLES 17 , 18 (1) AND (2).

any specific inspection procedures, in particular with reference to sampling, which may be applied to these products, especially in the case of imports in bulk.

An important part of the regulatory function performed by inspection operations is the implementation of the export policy developed by international programmes.

Consignments intended for import into one of the territories listed in Annex I which arrive at one border inspection post but are intended for import via another border inspection post situated in the same territory, or situated in the territory of another Member State, shall be subject to an identity check and a physical check at the border inspection post of destination, provided that the transport takes place by sea or air.

where products are imported from third countries, they must be sent, under customs supervision, to inspection posts in order that veterinary checks may be carried out.

Member States shall ensure that each border inspection post listed in Commission Decision 94/24/EC (3) maintains a record of results of all checks on imported consignments of products in accordance with Annex III to this Decision, for at least 18 months from the time of inspection.

Since the Community logo indicating that products are covered by the specific inspection scheme may be used for products imported from third countries, it is appropriate to provide, for reasons of clarity, that equivalent inspection requirements are to be applied to those products.

It is important that the official veterinarian responsible at a border inspection post receiving goods in transit for exit from the Community is made aware of consignments arriving at all times but especially those arriving outside normal working hours of the border inspection post.

the products have been produced, prepared or imported by an operator who is subject to the inspection measures laid down in Articles 8 and 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91;

Whereas by Decision 83/196/EEC of 8 April 1983 concerning the on-the-spot inspections to be carried out in respect of the importation of bovine animals, swine and fresh meat from non-member countries (4), the Commission provisionally laid down the conditions for Community inspections;

New procedures shall apply to border inspections posts and to acts regarding imports from third countries under the Introductory Part of Chapter I of Annex I to the Agreement.

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

Whereas Directive 72/462/EEC (3) laid down health and veterinary inspection conditions governing imports into the Community of meat-based products covered by Directive 77/99/EEC (4);

'Council Directive of 12 December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of bovine animals and swine and fresh meat or meat products from third countries'.

"(b) have been subject to the inspection system referred to in Article 9 throughout the production and preparation process or, in the case of imported products to equivalent measures;

the preshipment inspection entity shall not rely upon the price of goods offered for export to different countries of importation to arbitrarily impose the lowest price upon the shipment;

COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 3 May 1988 amending Directive 72/462/EEC on health and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of bovine animals and swine and fresh meat from third countries

The public health inspection provided for in paragraph 1 shall be carried out by random sampling in the case of imports covered by Articles 17 (1), 18 (1) and (2) and Articles 21a and 21b.

As on the spot inspections have not yet been carried out, imports from such establishments are not eligible for reduced physical checks in accordance with Article 2(4) of Decision 95/408/EC.

Whereas a better transparency on the data related to inspections of vessels is a necessary and important element for the promotion of quality in shipping both within the Community and worldwide;

For the purposes of applying the first subparagraph, the inspection body shall lay down in advance the criteria for assessing the risk of lots not conforming and, on the basis of a risk analysis, for each type of import it has defined, the minimum proportions of consignments and quantities which will be subject to a conformity check by the competent inspection body at the import stage.

unduly long customs clearance delays or excessively burdensome, excessive or costly customs procedures, including inspection requirements, which have an unnecessary restrictive effect on imports;

Importers must provide the inspection bodies with all information those bodies judge necessary to organising and carrying out the checks mentioned in paragraph 2 of this Article and Article 7(5).

NOTING that the recognition by an importing country of the sanitary measures applied by an exporting country can permit greater efficiency in the utilisation of inspection and verification resources;

'Council Directive of 12 December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of bovine, ovine and caprine animals and swine, fresh meat or meat products from third countries'.

The Commission shall establish a data base of the Community requirements for importation of live animals and products and shall make it available to each Member State and each border inspection post.

With respect to medicinal products covered by the pharmaceutical legislation of the importing Party but not the exporting one, the locally competent inspection service willing to carry out an inspection of the relevant manufacturing operations will inspect in accordance with its own GMP or, in the absence of specific GMP requirements, in accordance with the applicable GMP of the importing country.

With respect to medicinal products covered by the pharmaceutical legislation of the importing Party but not the exporting one, the locally competent inspection service willing to carry out an inspection of the relevant manufacturing operations shall inspect in accordance with its own GMP or, in the absence of specific GMP requirements, in accordance with the applicable GMP of the importing country.

BE DRAWN UP IN AT LEAST ONE OF THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGES OF THE COUNTRY OF DESTINATION AND ONE OF THOSE OF THE MEMBER STATE IN WHICH THE IMPORT INSPECTIONS PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLES 23 AND 24 ARE CARRIED OUT;

Whereas the presence on a pressure vessel of the EEC marks showing that it has undergone the appropriate inspections indicates that it satisfies the relevant technical requirements and therefore makes it unnecessary, on the importation and placing into service of the vessel, to repeat the inspections which have already been carried out;

Member States shall collect a health fee when the animals referred to in this Directive are imported to cover the costs occasioned by health inspections and checks, as provided for in Articles 4, 5, and 8.

Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 also provides that operators producing, preparing or importing products from third countries, which fall within the scope of that Regulation are subject to an inspection system.

It is also important to specify the category of approval of the border inspection post of exit to ensure that the personnel operating there are familiar with the products that are presented for examination.

However, the inspection visit has revealed certain deficiencies in the procedure followed by the DNPM for the approval/suspension of establishments and vessels, therefore the modification of the list of establishments and vessels from which the imports are authorised, will require a new inspection visit on the spot by the Commission experts.

COMMISSION DECISION of 11 September 1986 on the implementation of the on-the-spot inspections to be carried out in respect of the importation of bovine animals and swine and fresh meat from non-member countries

The Parties agree to establish an appropriate means of exchanging information on rejected import consignments, relevant inspection-related information, and other problem areas concerning public or animal health.