No L 259/30 Official Journal of the European Communities 20. 9. 83 ' COMMISSION DECISION of 7 September 1983 relating to the Community Inspection Committee on the application of the classification scale for carcases of adult bovine animals (83/471/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal ('), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Greece, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1208/81 of 28 April 1981 determining the Commu- nity scale for the classification of carcases of adult bovine animals (%), and in particular the fourth para- graph of Article 5 thereof, Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1208/81 provided that on-the-spot inspections are to be carried out by a Community Inspection Committee, in order to ensure uniform application of the Community scale for classi- fication in the Community ; whereas it is necessary to lay down detailed rules for the 1mplementatlon of these on-the-spot checks; Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 The Community Inspection Committee provided for in Article S of Regulation (EEC) No 1208/81, here- inafter referred to as ‘the Committee’, shall be respon- sible for carrying out on-the-spot inspections covering : (a) the application of the arrangements relating to the - Community classification scale for beef carcases; (b) the inspection of market prices according to the classification scale. Article 2 1. The Committee shall be composed of Commis- sion experts and experts appointed by the Member States. It will be chaired by one of the Commission experts. o L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. o L 123, 7.5 1981, p. 3. S ZZ The Member States shall appoint experts on the basis of their independence and ability, particularly in matters of classification of carcases and recording of market prices. Experts shall not under any circumstances use for personal purposes or divulge information obtained in connection with the work of the Committee. 2. On-the-spot inspections shall be carried out in a given Member State by a delegation of the Committee limited to a maximum of six members, according to the following rules : — two Commission experts, one of whom shall act as chairman of the Committee, — one expert of the Member State concerned, — one expert of the Member State on whose territory the Committee carried out the previous on-the- spot inspection, — one expert of another Member State which partici- pated in the previous on-the-spot inspection, — one expert of the Member State on whose territory the Committee will carry out one of the following on-the-spot inspections. The composition of the Committee for the first inspection shall be decided by the Commission. Article 3 1. On-the-spot inspections shall be carried out at abattoirs, meat markets, price quotation centres and regional and central services engaged in the imple- mentation of the provision referred to in Article 1. 2. On-the-spot inspections shall be carried out at least once a year in each Member State and may, where necessary, be followed by supplementary visits. To that end, a programme of inspection visits shal] be drawn up by the Commission after consulting the Member States. Representatives of the Member State visited may take part in the inspections. 3. Each Member State shall organize the visits which are to be carried out on its territory according to the requirements defined by the Commission. To that end, the Member State shall forward, 30 days before the visit, the detailed programme of the proposed inspection visits to the Commission, which may request any amendment to the programme. 4. The Commission shall inform Member States not later than three weeks prior to each visit of the programme and conduct thereof.