98/470/EC: Commission Decision of 9 July 1998 implementing Council Directive 89/662/EEC as regards information on veterinary checks (notified under document number C(1998) 1741) (Text with EEA relevance)
L 208/54 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities 24. 7. 98 COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 9 July 1998 implementing Council Directive 89/662/EEC as regards information on veterinary checks (notified under document number C(1998) 1741) (Text with EEA relevance) (98/470/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Directive 89/662/EEC of 11 December 1989 concerning veterinary checks in intra- Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal market (1), amended by Directive last 92/118/EEC (2), and in particular Article 16(3) thereof, as so that basic information about veterinary Whereas, checks carried out to Directive 89/662/EEC can be examined in the Standing Veterinary Committee, the Commission needs to have prompt and reliable information available; in the Member States pursuant Whereas, in order to establish a rational approach to the results of checks, the information should be presented for each sector of activity covered by veterinary legislation; Whereas, for practical reasons, such information should be transmitted to the Commission in electronic form; Whereas, so that the results can be expressed coherently, the requisite information should be transmitted in con- solidated form for each sector for a given Member State as a whole by the competent national authority; to ensure that Whereas, the whole system is reliable, account should be taken only of information obtained from official checks carried out by the competent author- ities in the Member States; Whereas provision should be made in the first instance for information on fresh meat; whereas this Decision should be supplemented subsequently to include all the sectors covered by veterinary legislation; Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 Member States shall send the Commission the informa- tion provided for in Article 16(1) of Directive 89/662/EEC for each sector of activity. The sectors of activity, corres- ponding to those provided for in the veterinary legisla- tion, shall be as set out in Annex I. Article 2 For each sector of activity, the information shall take account of official checks carried out and of the results obtained at origin and at destination, and shall be presented for each Member State for every calendar year. Article 3 The information shall be presented in accordance 1. with an appropriate model for each sector. The model for the fresh meat sector shall be as set 2. out in Annex II. Article 4 (1) OJ L 395, 30. 12. 1989, p. 13. (2) OJ L 62, 15. 3. 1993, p. 49. The information shall be forwarded to the Commission in electronic form. 24. 7. 98 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities L 208/55 Article 5 The information shall be forwarded once a year not later than 1 May of the year following the year in which the checks were carried out. The first forwarding of such information, relating to checks in 1999, shall take place not later than 1 May 2000. This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Article 6 Done at Brussels, 9 July 1998. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission L 208/56 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities 24. 7. 98 ANNEX I SECTORS OF ACTIVITY Sector I Fresh meat Council Directive 64/433/EEC of 26 June 1964 on health problems affecting intra- Community trade in fresh meat (OJ 121, 29. 7. 1964, p. 2012/64) Sector II Poultrymeat Council Directive 71/118/EEC of 15 February 1971 on health problems affecting trade in fresh poultrymeat (OJ L 55, 8. 3. 1971, p. 23) Sector III Meat products Council Directive 77/99/EEC of 21 December 1976 on health problems affecting intra- Community trade in meat products and certain other products of animal origin (OJ L 26, 31. 1. 1977, p. 85) Sector IV Meat in pieces Council Directive 94/65/EC of 14 December 1994 laying down the requirements for the production and placing on the market of minced meat and meat preparations (OJ L 368, 31. 12. 1994, p. 10). Sector V Egg products Council Directive 89/437/EEC of 20 June 1989 on hygiene and health problems affecting the production and the placing on the market of egg products (OJ L 212, 22. 7. 1989, p. 87) Sector VI Fishery products Council Directive 91/493/EEC of 22 July 1991 laying down the health conditions for the production and the placing on the market of fishery products (OJ L 268, 24. 9. 1991, p. 15) Council Directive 92/48/EEC of 16 June 1992 laying down the minimum hygiene rules applicable to fishery products caught on board certain vessels in accordance with Article 3(1)(a)(i) of Directive 91/493/EEC (OJ L 187, 7. 7. 1992, p. 41) Sector VII Molluscs Council Directive 91/492/EEC of 15 July 1991 laying down the health conditions for the production and the placing on the market of live bivalve molluscs (OJ L 268, 24. 9. 1991, p. 1) Sector VIII Milk and milk products Council Directive 92/46/EEC of 16 June 1992 laying down the health rules for the production and placing on the market of raw milk, heat-treated milk and milk-based products (OJ L 268, 14. 9. 1992, p. 1) Sector IX Rabbit meat and farmed game meat Council Directive 91/495/EEC of 27 November 1990 concerning public health and animal health problems affecting the production and placing on the market of rabbit meat and farmed game meat (OJ L 268, 24. 9. 1991, p. 41) Sector X Wild game meat Council Directive 92/45/EEC of 16 June 1992 on public health and animal health problems relating to the killing of wild game and the placing on the market of wild game meat (OJ L 268, 14. 9. 1992, p. 35) 24. 7. 98 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities L 208/57 Sector XI Other products of animal origin Council Directive 92/118/EEC of 17 December 1992 laying down animal health and public health requirements governing trade in and imports into the Community of products not subject to the said requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A(1) to Directive 89/662/EEC and, as regards pathogens, to Directive 90/425/EEC (OJ L 62, 15. 3. 1993, p. 49) L 208/58 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities 24. 7. 98 ANNEX II 1. SECTOR I FRESH MEAT Council Directive 64/433/EEC of 26 June 1964 on health problems affecting intra-Community trade in fresh meat (OJ 121 29. 7. 1964, p. 2012/64) 1. 1. 1. 2. 1. 3. 1. 3. 1. 1. 3. 1. 1. 1. 3. 1. 2. 1. 3. 1. 3. Member State: [ISO code ] Year of activity: [. ] Official checks at origin Competent national authority/authorities: Ministry responsible for coordinating checks: [text ] Department responsible for sector of activity: [text ] Ministry/body responsible for forwarding information to the Commission 1. 3. 1. 3. 1. Name: [text ] 1. 3. 1. 3. 2. Postal address: [text and code ] 1. 3. 1. 3. 3. Tel. No: [. ] 1. 3. 1. 3. 4. Fax No: [. ] 1. 3. 1. 3. 5. E-mail address (Inforvet): [text and code ] 1. 3. 2. 1. 3. 2. 1. 1. 3. 2. 2. 1. 3. 2. 3. 1. 3. 3. Number of establishments subject to official checks at origin: Slaughterhouses on list referred to in Article 10(1) [. ] Cutting plants on list referred to in Article 10(1) [. ] Storage establishments [. ] Number of posts assigned to checks at origin (1): 1. 3. 3. 1. Slaughterhouses on list referred to in Article 10(1): 1. 3. 3. 1. 1. Veterinarians [. ] 1. 3. 3. 1. 2. Veterinary assistants [. ] 1. 3. 3. 1. 3. Other categories of personnel [. ] 1. 3. 3. 2. Cutting plants on list referred to in Article 10(1): 1. 3. 3. 2. 1. Veterinarians [. ] 1. 3. 3. 2. 2. Veterinary assistants [. ] 1. 3. 3. 2. 3. Other categories of personnel [. ] 1. 3. 3. 3. Storage establishments: 1. 3. 3. 3. 1. Veterinarians [. ] 1. 3. 3. 3. 2. Veterinary assistants [. ] 1. 3. 3. 3. 3. Other categories of personnel [. ] 1. 3. 4. 1. 3. 4. 1. Quantities subject to checks: Number of animals slaughtered in slaughterhouses on list referred to in Article 10(1): 1. 3. 4. 1. 1. Bovine animals 1. 3. 4. 1. 1. 1. Adult bovine animals [. ] 1. 3. 4. 1. 1. 2. Young bovine animals [. ] 1. 3. 4. 1. 2. Solipeds/equidae [. ] 1. 3. 4. 1. 3. Pigs [. ] 1. 3. 4. 1. 4. Sheep [. ] 1. 3. 4. 1. 5. Goats [. ] (1) The number of post in each category of personnel is calculated on the basis of the average annual working time of that category. 24. 7. 98 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities L 208/59 1. 3. 4. 2. Weight of meat (in tonnes) entering cutting plants on list referred to in Article 10(1): [. ] 1. 3. 4. 3. Weight of meat (in tonnes) entering storage establishments: [. ] 1. 3. 5. Number of laboratory examinations carried out: 1. 3. 5. 1. Slaughterhouses on list referred to in Article 10(1): 1. 3. 5. 1. 1. Tests for residues and contaminants [. ] 1. 3. 5. 1. 2. Bacteriological examinations, including tests for pathogens, on meat [. ] 1. 3. 5. 1. 3. Tests for trichinae and other parasites [. ] 1. 3. 5. 1. 4. Other tests [. ] 1. 3. 5. 2. Cutting plants on list referred to in Article 10(1): 1. 3. 5. 2. 1. Bacteriological examinations, including tests for pathogens, on meat [. ] 1. 3. 5. 2. 2. Other tests [. ] 1. 3. 5. 3. Storage establishments: 1. 3. 5. 3. 1. Bacteriological examinations, including tests for pathogens, on meat [. ] 1. 3. 5. 3. 2. Other tests [. ] 1. 3. 6. Number of checks other than bacteriological examinations carried out by competent authority: 1. 3. 6. 1. Slaughterhouses on list referred to in Article 10(1): 1. 3. 6. 1. 1. Regular checks on establishments (third subparagraph of Article 3(1) of Directive 89/662/EEC) [. ] 1. 3. 6. 1. 2. Verification of self-monitoring measures carried on [. ] 1. 3. 6. 2. Cutting plants on list referred to in Article 10(1): 1. 3. 6. 2. 1. Regular checks on establishments (third subparagraph of Article 3(1) of Directive 89/662/EEC) [. ] 1. 3. 6. 2. 2. Verification of self-monitoring measures carried out [. ] 1. 3. 6. 3. Storage establishments: 1. 3. 6. 3. 1. Regular checks on establishments (third subparagraph of Article 3(1) of Directive 89/662/EEC) [. ] 1. 3. 6. 3. 2. Verification of self-monitoring measures carried out [. ] 1. 3. 7. Quantitative results of checks at origin: 1. 3. 7. 1. Slaughterhouses on list referred to in Article 10(1): 1. 3. 7. 1. 1. Establishments 1. 3. 7. 1. 1. 1. Newly approved [. ] 1. 3. 7. 1. 1. 2. Suspended temporarily [. ] 1. 3. 7. 1. 1. 3. Suspended definitively [. ] 1. 3. 7. 1. 2. Ante mortem inspection 1. 3. 7. 1. 2. 1. Animals definitively excluded from slaughter for human consumption [. ] 1. 3. 7. 1. 3. Post-mortem inspection 1. 3. 7. 1. 3. 1. Number of whole carcases seized [. ] 1. 3. 7. 2. Cutting plants on list referred to in Article 10(1): 1. 3. 7. 2. 1. Establishments 1. 3. 7. 2. 1. 1. Newly approved [. ] 1. 3. 7. 2. 1. 2. Suspended temporarily [. ] 1. 3. 7. 2. 1. 3. Suspended definitively [. ] 1. 3. 7. 2. 2. Inspection 1. 3. 7. 2. 2. 1. Tonnage seized [. ] L 208/60 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities 24. 7. 98 1. 3. 7. 3. Storage establishments: 1. 3. 7. 3. 1. Establishments 1. 3. 7. 3. 1. 1. Newly approved [. ] 1. 3. 7. 3. 1. 2. Suspended temporarily [. ] 1. 3. 7. 3. 1. 3. Suspended definitively [. ] 1. 3. 7. 3. 2. Inspection 1. 3. 7. 3. 2. 1. Tonnage seized [. ] 1. 4. Organisation of official checks at destination 1. 4. 1. 1. 4. 1. 1. 1. 4. 1. 2. 1. 4. 1. 3. Competent national authority/authorities (1): Ministry responsible for coordinating checks: [text ] Department responsible for sector of activitiy: [text ] Ministry/body responsible for forwarding information to the Commission 1. 4. 1. 3. 1. Name: [text ] 1. 4. 1. 3. 2. Postal address: [text and code ] 1. 4. 1. 3. 3. Tel. No: [. ] 1. 4. 1. 3. 4. Fax No: [. ] 1. 4. 1. 3. 5. E-mail address (Inforvet): [text and code ] 1. 4. 2. 1. 4. 3. 1. 4. 4. 1. 4. 5. Number of establishments subject to official checks at destination: [. ] Number of posts assigned to official checks at destination (2): [. ] Quantity received at destination from other Member States: [. ] Number of official checks at destination: 1. 4. 5. 1. Documentary checks: [. ] 1. 4. 5. 2. Identity checks: [. ] 1. 4. 5. 3. Physical checks: 1. 4. 5. 3. 1. Further veterinary checks [. ] 1. 4. 5. 3. 2. Laboratory examinations 1. 4. 5. 3. 2. 1. Tests for residues and contaminants [. ] 1. 4. 5. 3. 2. 2. Bacteriological examinations, including tests for pathogens, on meat [. ] 1. 4. 5. 3. 2. 3. Other tests [. ] 1. 4. 6. Results of physical checks at destination: 1. 4. 6. 1. Documentary checks: 1. 4. 6. 1. 1. Non-approved establishment of origin [. ] 1. 4. 6. 1. 2. Document missing [. ] 1. 4. 6. 1. 3. Non-compliance of document [. ] 1. 4. 6. 2. Identity checks: 1. 4. 6. 2. 1. Document not tallying with meat [. ] 1. 4. 6. 2. 2. Entry, mark or official stamp missing [. ] 1. 4. 6. 2. 3. Examination producing infavourable result: 1. 4. 6. 2. 3. 1. Meat [. ] 1. 4. 6. 2. 3. 2. Means of transport [. ] 1. 4. 6. 3. Physical checks producing unfavourable result: 1. 4. 6. 3. 1. Further veterinary checks [. ] 1. 4. 6. 3. 2. Laboratory examination [. ] (1) Only where different from authority/authorities given in point 1. 3. 1. (2) The number of posts for the personnel assigned to checks is calculated on the basis of the average annual working time of that personnel. 24. 7. 98 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities L 208/61 1. 5. 1. 5. 1 1. 5. 1. 1. 1. 5. 1. 2. 1. 5. 1. 3. Official checks on entry (Article 6(1)(b) and Article 6(2) of Directive 89/662/EEC): Competent national authority/authorities (1): Ministry responsible for coordinating checks [text ] Department responsible for sector of activity [text ] Ministry/body responsible for forwarding information to Commission: 1. 5. 1. 3. 1. Name: [text ] 1. 5. 1. 3. 2. Postal address: [text and code ] 1. 5. 1. 3. 3. Tel. No: [. ] 1. 5. 1. 3. 4. Fax No: [. ] 1. 5. 1. 3. 5. E-mail address (Inforvet): [text and code ] 1. 5. 2. 1. 5. 3. 1. 5. 3. 1. 1. 5. 3. 2. 1. 5. 4. 1. 5. 4. 1. 1. 5. 4. 2. Number of consignments subject to official checks on entry [. ] Number of official checks on entry: Documentary checks [. ] Other checks [. ] Results of official checks on entry: Documentary checks [. ] Other checks [. ] (1) Only where different from authority/authorities given in point 1. 4. 1