Veterinary Service (VS) of the Department of Agriculture

the veterinary service may authorize shooting only in special cases,

inspection services (health, veterinary, phytopathological and others).

(f) veterinary services and administrative capacity-building relating to food safety;

The first part of the treatise explains Bleiweis's endeavours in the field of Slovenian literary language, progress in agriculture and handicrafts, with a brief description of his studies in Vienna, his work at the medical surgical institute in Ljubljana as professor of veterinary medicine (1841-1850), his work in Carniola in the field of medicine, the organisation and management of the farriers' and veterinary school in Ljubljana (1850-1881), and activities connected with the post as provincial veterinarian for Carniola (1856-1874). There is a brief account of his professional works related to veterinary medicine and animal breeding, and of his activities as secretary of the agricultural society of Carniola (1842-1881), as well as of his political activities, particularly those connected with the Unified Slovenian programme, which made him become one of the most distinguished Slovenians of the 19th century.

In particular, the "National Veterinary Service (NVS) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forest" is capable of effectively verifying the implementation of the legislation in force.

The "National Veterinary Service (NVS) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forest" shall be the competent authority in Bulgaria for verifying and certifying compliance of fishery products with the requirements of Directive 91/493/EEC.

the structure of the veterinary services in these countries and their powers;

veterinary services and administrative capacity building relating to food safety,

an adequately equipped lockable room for the exclusive use of the veterinary service;

the veterinary services of which are able to guarantee that health requirements at least equivalent to those laid down in Chapter II are being complied with.

Guarantees regarding compliance with the requirements specified in Article 8 of Directive 89/556/EEC have been provided to the Commission by the competent veterinary services of Hungary.

Following a Commission mission carried out in November 2000 it appears that controls by the Bulgarian veterinary services and the general animal health situation have considerably improved.

which, in view of their legislation and the organization of their veterinary services and of their inspection services, the powers of such services and the supervision to which they are subject, have been recognized, in accordance with Article 3 (2) of Directive 72/462/EEC (13) or Article 9(2) of Directive 91/494/EEC, as capable of guaranteeing the implementation of their legislation in force;

Following a Commission mission carried out in July 2001 it appears that the controls by the competent veterinary services of Romania and the animal health situation with regard to Brucella melitensis are satisfactory.

the slaughterhouse must notify the veterinary service of the time of slaughter and the number and the origin of the animals, and send it a copy of the health attestation shown in Annex IV;

the organisation of close cooperation between biologists, hunters, hunting organisations, the wildlife services and veterinary authorities (animal health and public health);

an adequately equipped lockable room for the exclusive use of the veterinary service, or suitable facilities in the case of stores referred to in Chapter IV and of rewrapping centres;

Whereas the choice of these countries and establishments must be based on criteria of a general nature such as the state of health of the cattle, the organisation and powers of the veterinary services and the health regulations in force;

'official service` means the veterinary service or any other service of equivalent level designated by the competent authority of the Member State or third country and responsible for carrying out the controls provided for in this Directive;

Guarantees regarding compliance with the requirements specified in Article 8 of Directive 89/556/EEC have been provided to the Commission by the competent veterinary services of the countries concerned, and the collection teams concerned have been officially approved for exports to the Community.

An inspection carried out by the Commission's services to Bulgaria in October 2000 has shown that Bulgaria is covered by sufficiently well structured and organised veterinary services regarding the animal health status concerning poultry.

To ensure that all animals entering the Community are subjected to veterinary checks, the competent authority and the official veterinarians of each Member State shall work in coordination with the other inspection services to gather together all information relevant to imports of animals.

To be included on that list, a third country must demonstrate its rabies status and that it complies with certain conditions relating to notification, monitoring, veterinary services, prevention and control of rabies and regulation of vaccines.

Inspections carried out by the Commission services in Portugal from 14 to 18 May and 25 to 27 June 2001, in particular to assess the system of veterinary checks pursuant to Articles 11 and 12 and Annex IV to Decision 2001/376/EC, have shown that the conditions are complied with satisfactorily.

The competent veterinary services of Hungary have forwarded a request for the addition to the list established by Commission Decision 92/452/EEC(3), as last amended by Decision 2002/252/EC(4), of a team officially approved in their territory for the export of embryos of domestic animals of the bovine species to the Community.

To ensure that all products of animal origin entering the Community undergo veterinary checks the competent authority and the official veterinarians of each Member State shall coordinate with other enforcement services to gather all pertinent intelligence regarding introduction of animal products This shall apply in particular to the following:

The competent veterinary services of Canada and the United States have forwarded requests for addition and amendments to the list, established by Commission Decision 92/452/EEC(3), as last amended by Decision 2001/728/EC(4) of teams officially approved in their territories for the exports of embryos of domestic animals of the bovine species to the Community.

that it is signed by the official veterinarian or, where appropriate, the representative of the official authority, and shows legibly and in capitals his/her name and position, and also that the official health stamp of the third country and official signature are in a different colour to that of the printing of the certificate, or, for electronic certificates, signature and stamp are made by a secure system;

the official service is informed in advance of the date of slaughtering of the animals,

Veterinary Public Health Division

during transportation to the slaughterhouse the slaughtered animals are accompanied by a certificate issued by the veterinary service attesting to the favourable outcome of the ante-mortem inspection, the correct conduct of bleeding and the time of slaughter;

Regional Director of Veterinary Services

Regional Director of Veterinary Services3

(Regional) Director of Veterinary Services

under the control of the official veterinary service:

I, the undersigned, (Regional) Director of Veterinary Services5;

the structure of the veterinary services in the country and their powers;

the structure of the veterinary services in the third country and their powers;

which, in view of their legislation and the organization of their veterinary services and of their inspection services, the powers of such services and the supervision to which they are subject, have been recognized, in accordance with Article 3 (2) of Directive 72/462(EEC) of Article 9 (2) of Directive 91/494/EEC, as capable of guaranteeing and supervising the implementation of their legislation in force, or the veterinary services of which are able to guarantee that health requirements at least equivalent to those laid down in Articles 3 and 5 are being complied with.

it has been officially approved for exports to the Community by the veterinary services of the third country concerned;

the structure and organisation of its veterinary services are sufficient to guarantee the validity of the certificates;

(c) the structure and organisation of its veterinary services are sufficient to guarantee the validity of the certificates;

The competent veterinary services of Canada and Poland have forwarded requests for changes to the addresses of centres already approved.

I, the undersigned, Regional Director of Veterinary Services,3 certify that the animal described above meets the following requirements:

I, the undersigned, Regional Director of Veterinary Services, certify that the animals described above meet the following requirements:

I, the undersigned, (Regional) Director of Veterinary Services,3 certify that the animal described above meets the following requirements:

The crossing point and its corresponding inspection sites shall be placed under the responsibility of veterinary services responsible for border checks.

Whereas, following a recent Commission veterinary mission, it appears that the Bulgarian veterinary services control satisfactorily the whole country;

the organisation of close cooperation between biologists, hunters, hunting organisations, the wildlife protection services and veterinary services (animal health and public health);