Whereas Community on-the-spot visits have been undertaken or will be undertaken to ensure the uniform application of Directive 88/407/EEC, particularly in relation to the veterinary supervision of semen production systems, the powers of the veterinary services and the supervision to which semen collection centres are subject;

In order to ensure uniformity of executive agencies in institutional terms, their statute should be laid down, in particular as regards certain essential aspects of their structure, tasks, operation, budget system, staff, supervision and responsibility.

Whereas on 9 March 1995 the European Parliament pointed out, inter alia, that the Community urgently needed an effective and uniform monitoring system and asked the Member States to reinforce supervision and monitoring with regard to the use of illegal substances in meat;