Such missions, audits and inspections may involve, in particular, an examination of systems and procedures, on-the-spot checks:

(h) The members of the inspection team shall be accorded the same currency and exchange facilities as are accorded to representatives of foreign Governments on temporary official missions; and

The mission report shall contain pertinent data on the date and time of the observation flight, its route and profile, weather conditions, time and location of each observation period for each sensor, the approximate amount of data collected by sensors, and the result of inspection of covers for sensor apertures or other devices that inhibit the operation of sensors in accordance with Article VII and Annex E. The mission report shall be signed by the observing and observed Parties at the point of exit and shall be provided by the observing Party to all other States Parties within seven days after departure of the observing Party from the point of exit.

Member States shall, in particular, take all necessary steps to ensure that the inspection missions are not subject to publicity injurious to the inspection and control operations.

As regards documents taken during an inspection (Article 14 (2) and (3)), requests are made only after the inspectors have returned from their mission.

In the context of inspection missions conducted by aircraft at sea or ashore, the authorized inspectors may not carry out controls with respect to natural persons.

In the framework of these missions, the Commission shall establish appropriate contacts with Member States with a view, wherever possible, to establishing a mutually acceptable inspection programme.

Where it appears necessary, particularly following missions carried out by Community inspectors in accordance with paragraph 2 showing that irregularities could occur in the application of this Regulation, the Commission may request Member States to notify it of the detailed inspection and control programme planned or fixed by the national competent authorities for a specified period and or stated fisheries and regions.

Following a Commission veterinary inspection mission to the Republic of Korea the animal health situation appears to be under the satisfactory control of the veterinary services.

(4) The guarantees now provided by the competent authorities, supported by documental evidence, show that they have rectified the shortcomings found during the inspection mission.

Whereas following a Commission veterinary inspection mission to Syria the animal health situation appears to be under the satisfactory control of well structured and organized veterinary services;

Whereas following a Commission veterinary inspection mission to Egypt the animal health situation as regards diseases in equidae appears to be under satisfactory control by well structured and organized veterinary services;

In an inspection mission carried out in Great Britain from 27 to 31 May 2002, inspectors from the Food and Veterinary Office were presented with an amended protocol for required methods and operating procedures for the DBES.

An inspection mission was carried out in October 1999 by the Commission in China and has shown that significant improvement has been achieved by the Chinese veterinary services and written assurances have been given so that the above mentioned suspension can be repealed.

Whereas following a Commission veterinary inspection mission to Morocco and after receiving a comprehensive report on the control measures taken by the competent authorities of Morocco, the equine health situation appears to be under the satisfactory control of well structured and organized veterinary services;

(e) a Community or Member State inspection mission has checked the structure and organization of the competent authority responsible for the approval of the establishment as well as the powers available to that competent authority and the guarantees that it can provide in regard to the implementation of Community rules.

As regards documents taken during an inspection (Article 14 (2) and (3)), requests are made only after the inspectors have returned from their mission.

all the costs pertaining to the missions, both the preliminary mission and the inspections during the initial period, will be supported by the State of Israel.

Following a serological survey carried out in preparation of the Olympic Games in 1986 and taking into account the results of the above inspections mission, the country

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.

Save for passport control on entry into and departure from the territory of the Host Party, EUPOL Proxima personnel, with proof of membership of the Mission, shall be exempt from passport, visa and immigration regulations and any form of immigration inspection.

Whereas these establishments are regularly inspected in the framework of the Community missions carried out in the south of Africa pursuant to Article 5 of Directive 72/462/EEC and Article 2 (1) of Commission Decision 86/474/EEC 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 (3);

On the basis of information collected in the United States of America during a mission carried out by the Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) in March 2000, and supplied by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, it appears that new infestations of Xanthomonas campestris, strains pathogenic to Citrus were detected in Broward, Hendry and Hillsborough Counties in Florida;

Whereas a Community veterinary mission has shown that the structure and organization of the competent authority responsible for the approval of the establishments are sufficient and that the powers available to that competent authority guarantees that it can provide the implementation of Community rules; whereas these checks included on-the-spot inspection in establishments appearing on the list which have shown that the hygiene standards of these establishments are sufficient;

Whereas following a Commission veterinary inspection mission to Lebanon the animal health situation initially appeared insufficiently under control of the veterinary services;

The guarantees now provided by the competent authorities, supported by documental evidence, show that they have rectified the shortcomings found during the inspection mission.

Whereas following a Commission veterinary inspection mission to Kyrgyzstan the animal health situation with regard to equidae appears to be under the satisfactory control of the veterinary services;

send a mission of inspection to the establishment concerned, or

Whereas following a Commission veterinary inspection mission to South Africa the animal health situation appears to be under the satisfactory control of well structured and organized veterinary services;

Mexico has not recorded cases of Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis for more than two years and a veterinary inspection mission carried out recently in Mexico confirmed that the equine health situation is satisfactory.

Following a Commission veterinary inspection mission to the Falkland Islands the animal health situation and in particular the equine health situation appears to be under the satisfactory control of the veterinary services.

Following a Commission veterinary inspection mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina the control of the equine health situation appears to be unsatisfactory and serious flaws have come to light in the adherence to the suspension of imports into the Community of equidae.

Whereas following a second Commission veterinary inspection mission to the United Arab Emirates the animal health situation appears to be under the satisfactory control of the veterinary services and in particular the movement of equidae and their health status are sufficiently controlled;

Following a Commission veterinary inspection mission to Peru the animal health situation appears to be under the satisfactory control of the veterinary services and in particular the movement of equidae into certain parts of the territory from the rest of the country appears to be well controlled.

Whereas following a Commission veterinary inspection mission to Saudi Arabia the animal health situation appears to be under the satisfactory control of the veterinary services and in particular the movement of equidae from certain parts of the territory into the rest of the country appears to be well controlled;

a Community or Member State inspection mission has checked the structure and organization of the competent authority responsible for the approval of the establishment as well as the powers available to that competent authority and the guarantees that it can provide in regard to the implementation of Community rules.

Following a Commission veterinary inspection mission to Saint Pierre and Miquelon the equine health situation appears to be under the satisfactory control of the veterinary services and in particular the availability of a quarantine station allows the safe imports into Saint Pierre and Miquelon of equidae from third countries.

Following a Commission veterinary inspection mission in Belgium and in the light of the situation concerning animal health in this country, the system of surveillance networks for bovine holdings implemented in Belgium has been audited by Commission experts as fully operational, and it is proposed that it should therefore be formally approved.

Where necessary, the Commission should base any such modifications or adaptations on the results of a veterinary inspection mission carried out in accordance with Commission Decision 98/139/EC of 4 February 1998 laying down certain detailed rules concerning on-the-spot checks carried out in the veterinary field by Commission experts in the Member States(37).

send a mission of experts to the establishment concerned, and in conjunction with the competent national authorities, carry out on-the-spot inspections, or

At least one expert from a Member State shall participate in missions undertaken in order to carry out the inspections provided for in Articles 1, 2 and 4 (2).

In June 2000, an inspection team of the Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) carried out a mission in Bulgaria, in order to assess the facilities and measures in place to control radioactive contamination in foodstuffs and in particular in non-cultivated mushrooms.

transmit to the Commission, and at the same time to Mauritania's competent authorities, a copy of the notice of the inspection missions planned under point 4 of Chapter VI of Annex II to the Agreement and, where relevant, of the notification that an observer will be taking part;

After examination by Commission inspection missions of the national contingency plans for the control of foot-and-mouth disease of respectively Austria, Finland and Sweden these plans permit the desired objective to be attained and fulfil the criteria laid down in Decision 91/42/EEC.

The Commission has noted on the basis of information supplied by Canada and collected during a mission carried out in that country in September 2002 that an official programme, the Canadian Heat-Treated Wood Products Certification Program (CHTWPCP), has been established by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).

Following a serological survey carried out in preparation of the Olympic Games in 1986 and taking into account the results of the above inspections mission, the country should be considered free of glanders and dourine for at least six months; African horse sickness, Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis and vesicular stomatitis have never occured.