Furthermore, a variant protocol may be used when examining certain specific animal constituents such as plasma or bones in tallow (see also point 9), provided that these analyses are made in addition to the analyses foreseen in the coordinated inspection programme.

These conditions shall be used when detection of constituents of animal origin (defined as products from processing bodies and body parts of mammals, poultry and fish) in feedingstuffs is carried out by means of microscopic examination in the framework of the coordinated inspection programme in the field of animal nutrition in accordance with Council Directive 95/53/EC.

Member States shall provide that where official analysis of feedingstuffs is carried out with a view to officially controlling the presence, identification and/or estimation of the amount of constituents of animal origin in feedingstuffs, in the framework of the coordinated inspection programme in the field of animal nutrition in accordance with Council Directive 95/53/EC(3), it shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of the Annex to this Directive.

By 1 November each year, and for the first time in 1993, the Commission shall forward to the Member States, after consulting them within the framework of the Standing Committee on Plant Health, a recommendation concerning a coordinated programme of inspections for the following year.

It is also laid down that those reports will be used by the Commission to prepare and submit an overall summary report on inspections carried out at Community level together with a proposal for a coordinated inspection programme for the following year.

Before 1 October each year and before 1 October 2000 for the first time, the Commission shall submit an overall summary report on the results of inspections carried out at Community level, together with a proposal for a recommendation concerning a coordinated inspection programme for the following year, for adoption in accordance with the procedure under Article 23.

By Directive 95/53/EC, the Council laid down the principle of organising annual, coordinated Community inspection programmes based on a recommendation from the Commission.

Whereas, although it is primarily for the Member States to lay down their inspection programmes, it is necessary, with a view to the proper functioning of the internal market, to arrange also for coordinated programmes at Community level;

Whereas, although it is primarily for Member States to lay down their inspection programmes, it is necessary, with a view to the completion and operation of the internal market, to arrange also for coordinated programmes at Community level;

To ensure that the inspections and checks are uniformly and effectively applied across the Community in such cases, the Commission should be given responsibility for adopting specific coordinated inspection programmes.

Information concerning contamination affecting the safety of a product to be used in animal nutrition shall be considered by the Member States and the Commission in fixing the priorities for annual coordinated inspection programmes.

To coordinate the development and implementation of export policy, international programmes endeavour to include appropriate inspection operations personnel, as well as a member of the export coordination staff, in all foreign reviews.

By 16 October of each year, and for the first time in 1991, the Commission shall transmit to the Member States, after having consulted them within the framework of the Standing Committee for Foodstuffs, a recommendation concerning a coordinated programme of inspections for the following year.

Without prejudice to paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, where the protection of human or animal health or the environment requires the prompt introduction of limited, specific, coordinated programmes of inspections at Community level, the Commission shall take the necessary measures in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 23.