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DRAFT ORDER ON THE MONITORING OF CRITICAL SUBSTANCES IN CALVES 
(MARKETING BOARD FOR LIVESTOCK AND MEAT [DUTCH ABBREVIATION: PVV]) 
2008  
 Order from the Committee of the Marketing B oard for Livestock and Meat of (date) on the 
introduction of a duty to inspect in relation to  critical substances in calves (PVV) 2007 
(Order on the monitoring of critical  substances in calves (PVV) 2008) 
 The Committee of the Marketing Board for Livestock and Meat; 
 Having regard to Articles 93(2)(b), 102(2 )(a) and (b) and 104 of the Business Organisation 
Act and to Articles 2, 10 and 11 of the Decree establishing
 the Marketing Board for 
Livestock and Meat;  Hereby decrees the following:   
DEFINITIONS 
 Article 1
 
   In the application of what is laid down by or pur suant to this Order, the following definitions shall 
apply: a. Marketing Board : the Marketing Board for Livestock and Meat; b. Committee : the Committee of the Marketing Board; 
c. Chair : the Chair of the Comm ittee of the Marketing Board; 
d. critical substances  : substances with an anabo lic effect and non-permitted 
substances as well as resi dues from animal medication 
and contaminants listed in t he Annex to this Order; 
e. placing onto the market : having available or in st ock, use and consumption, 
transport, import, receiving, supplying, offering for sale, sale or transfer of cattle and calves, irrespective of the 
origin or destination of such cattle and calves; 
f. cattle : animals of the Bovidae family and the genus Bos; 
g. calf : young cattle at least one month of age intended for the 
production of veal and no older  than 12 months, with the 
exception of such animals t hat are involved in an animal 
test as referred to in the Act on animal testing; 
h. white veal calf : calf primarily fed using milk or a milk-replacement 
preparation, as well as t he carcass of the product 
thereof; 
i. rosé veal calf : calf not primarily  fed using milk or  a milk-replacement 
preparation; 
j. farm : establishment with a Un ique Farm Number as referred to 
in the Regulation on the ident ification and registration of 
animals 2003; 
k. processor or handler : operators applying themselves to the slaughter of cattle 
or the processing or handling of beef; 
l. operator : natural person or l egal entity operating an enterprise for 
which the Marketing B oard was established; 
l. keeper : natural person or legal  entity responsible for the day-to-
day care of the animals; 
n. regulated party : legal entity or natural person hav ing submitted an 
application for recognition to  the Marketing Board or 
having received such recogniti on on the basis of the said 
application; 
o. recognised quality system : a  quality system recognised by  the Chair in respect of 
the monitoring of cr itical substances;  2p. basic monitoring : periodic sampling and testing for critical substances in 
accordance with a programme of monitoring critical substances in calves es tablished by the Marketing 
Board; 
q. certification : the admittance of a participant into a recognised quality 
system; 
r. certified farm : a farm partici pating in a recognised quality system; 
s. waiting period : minimum period under the rules laid down by or on the 
strength of the law that mu st elapse after the last 
administration of a veterinary drug to an animal before the production of a foodstuff derived from the animal in 
question can commence, provi ded that the conditions of 
use applicable to the veterinary drug in question so permit. 
     
INSPECTION AND REGISTRATION 
   Article 2
 
   1. This Order applies to operators who process or  handle veal, trade in calves or veal or keep 
calves.  
2. The operators referred to in the preceding paragr aph are required to inspect the calves or veal 
in question to ensure no critical substances are present, in acco rdance with the provisions of 
this Order.  
3. The operators referred to in the preceding par agraphs may comply with the obligation laid 
down in paragraph 2 by: 
 a. participating in a recogni sed quality system that has in corporated the basic monitoring 
and the individual authorisation of the participants in respec t of reporting the details 
referred to in paragraph 2 of Article 3; or 
 b. participating in the basic monito ring performed by the Marketing Board. 
 
Article 3
 
   1. The Marketing Board s hall keep a register listing the operators referred to in Article 2(1). The 
said register shall be public.  
2. The Committee shall lay down by decree more  detailed regulations governing how the said 
register is to be kept, what details are to  be recorded in it and on what conditions and to 
whom details from the register may be given out.  
     Article 4
 
   1. Processors or handlers of veal are required to register with the Market ing Board prior to entry 
into the register on the monito ring of critical substances. 
   2. If a processor or handler is certified, notif ication by the regulated party shall count as a 
registration as referred to  in the preceding paragraph. 
   Article 5
 
    31. Operators who keep or place onto the mark et calves, or who pl ace onto the market 
products derived from calves, are required to r egister with the Marketing Board prior to 
entry into the register on the m onitoring of critical substances. 
   2. If an operator as referred to in paragraph 1 is certified, notification by the regulated party 
shall count as a registration as re ferred to in the preceding paragraph. 
   Article 6
 
   1. It is prohibited to take calves from a farm that has not had the calves  inspected in accordance 
with the rules laid down in this Order to ensure that no critical substanc es are present or to 
supply calves originating from a farm that has not had the calves in spected in accordance 
with the rules laid down in this Order to ens ure that no critical s ubstances are present. 
 
2. The prohibition referred to in the precedi ng paragraph does not apply to live calves coming 
from other Member States to the extent that su ch calves are present in the Netherlands for no 
more than three months. 
 Article 7
 
   1. The registration referred to in Articles 4 and 5 shall take place as laid down by the Order on 
registration for the monitori ng of critical substances. 
 
2. The costs relating to registration prior to entry  into the register on the monitoring of critical 
substances and the perfo rmance of joint monitoring sha ll be borne by the processor or 
handler, the keeper of calves or the regulated party. 
    
QUALITY SYSTEMS 
   Article 8
 
   1. A quality system as referred to in Article 2( 3)(a) shall be recognised,  on application, by the 
Chair on behalf of the Committee provided that  the quality system, according to a r eport 
issued by a body accredited by the Accreditation Board, is in accor dance with Dutch 
standard NEN-EN- 45011 and demonstrably meets the crit eria for recognition. C onditions 
may be attached to the recognition.  
2. Recognised quality systems mu st submit the relevant parts  of the reports from the 
Accreditation Board relating to the scope of monitori ng as referred to in this Order to the Chair 
within two months.  
3. The Chair may designate one or more person( s) or body/bodies responsible for supervising 
compliance with the recognition criteria.  
4. The recognition criteria and the application procedur e, as well as the requisite control and 
analysis strategy for the monito ring of critical substances, fo r quality systems shall be laid 
down by the Committee by means of decr ee. Such a decree shall be announced in the 
Trade Journal.  
5. If it turns out that a quality system does not  meet the conditions, t he Chair may suspend or 
withdraw the recognition referred to in paragraph 1. 
      
BASIC MONITORING 
    4Article 9  
   1. The Committee shall, on an annual basis, lay down by decree a programme of monitoring 
critical substances, having consulted the Co mmittee of Experts. 
   2. The Chair shall be responsible fo r carrying out the basic monitoring. 
  3. The Committee shall nominate,  by decree, authorised laborator ies for the analysis of the 
samples taken in the cour se of basic monitoring. 
 
4. The programme referred to in paragraph 1 sha ll also include a contro l and analysis strategy 
for the monitoring of critical substances. 
 
  Article 10
 
  1. The Chair shall perform basic monitoring in  accordance with the programme of monitoring 
critical substances as re ferred to in Article 9(1). 
 
2. The operator entered into the register in acco rdance with Articles 4 and 5 shall co-operate for 
the purposes of the perform ance of the inspections. 
 
3. The costs relating to carrying out inspections on veal or calves, or products therefrom, as 
referred to in the programme of monitoring crit ical substances, shall be borne by the operators 
in question.  
Article 11
 
   1. The regulated party shall k eep the Marketing Board inform ed about all inspection results 
within the auspices of the programme of monitoring crit ical substances. 
 
2. If, in the judgement of the Ma rketing Board, there are suspic ious inspection results from 
recognised quality systems or in the course of  basic monitoring the Marketing Board shall 
immediately inform the F ood and Consumer Product Safety Authority and the General 
Inspectorate.  
  
COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS 
   Article 12
 
   1. There shall be a Committee of Experts.    2. The Committee of Experts shall consist of an independent chair and no more than five experts 
appointed by the Committee of  the Marketing Board for a period of four years. 
   3. The duties of the Committee of Experts shall be laid down by the Committee of the 
Marketing Board by decree. Se cretarial duties shall be performed by an official from the 
Marketing Board’s secretaria t designated by the chair. 
 
    
SPECIAL PROVISIONS 
   Article 13
 
    5The Chair may, on behalf of the Commi ttee, grant exemption from what  is laid down in Articles 4 
and 5 where applying these provisions  would lead to an injustice of  a pre-eminent character when 
account is taken of the interest s of product quality and product safety. 
    
SUPERVISION 
   Article 14
 
   1.  Supervision of compliance with the rules laid  down by or on the strength of this Order shall 
be carried out on behalf of the Marketing Board by a departm ent nominated by decree by 
the Committee or by the pers ons nominated by the Committee by decree. Such a decree 
shall be published in the Trade Journal.  
2.  Operators are required:  a. to supply, or ensure the supply of, to the department and pers ons nominated by the 
Committee all data necessary for t he completion of their duties; 
 b. at all times, to allow the department and persons nominated by the Committee access, 
or to ensure that access is granted to them, to their farm premises and to the sites or 
means of transport where stocks, including calves, carcasses, samples and packaging 
materials connected with the operator’s farm are stored or within which they are 
transported; 
 c. to tolerate the taking of  samples by inspectors from  the department nominated by the 
Committee and by the persons  nominated by the Committee from the stocks belonging 
to the operator’s farm (including calves, carcasses, samples and packaging materials) 
irrespective of where such stocks may be located. The operator shall then co-operate 
to the full extent demanded of them as instructed by the department and persons 
nominated by the Committee. 
   3.  The persons referred to in paragraph 1 s hall be authorised to draft judgment reports for 
disciplinary proceedings. 
   
ENFORCEMENT 
   Article 15
 
   Infringements of what is laid down in or on the str ength of this Order shall be subject to disciplinary 
measures as laid down in the Act on discipli nary jurisprudence relating to business organisation 
2004.   
CRITICAL SUBSTANCES 
 Article 16
 
   1. Monitoring shall cover the subst ances listed in Group A in the Annex. 
   2. As of a date to be specified,  monitoring shall also cover the substances listed in Group B in 
the Annex.  
 
OTHER PROVISIONS 
   Article 17
 
   1. This Order may be cited as t he: Order on the monitoring of cr itical substances in calves 
(Marketing Board for Livestock and M eat [Dutch abbreviation: PVV]) 2008. 
    62. This Order shall enter into force on (date), with  the exception of Articl e 6, which Article shall 
enter into force on a date to be specified. 
   Zoetermeer, (date)      Dr J.J. Ramekers, Chair,      Dr S.B.M. Jongerius, Secretary.       7     ANNEX 
   
GROUP A – Substances having anabolic effect and unauthorised substances  
 1. Stilbenes, stilbene derivatives  and their salts and esters 
 2. Antithyroid agents  
 
3. Steroids  4. Resorcylic acid lactones including zeranol  5. Beta-agonists  6. Compounds included in Annex IV to C ouncil Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 of 26 June 
1990 
 
GROUP B - Veterinary drugs (1) and contaminants  
 1. Antibacterial substances, including sulphonomides, quinolones 
 2. Other veterinary drugs  
(a) Anthelmintics  (b) Anticoccidials, including nitroimidazoles  (c) Carbamates and pyrethroids  (d) Sedatives  (e) Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)  (f) Other pharmacologically  active substances 
 
3. Other substances and environmental contaminants 
 
(a) Organochlorine com pounds including PcBs 
 (b) Organophosphorus compounds  (c) Chemical elements  (d) Mycotoxins  (e) Dyes  (f) Others 
  (1) Including unlicensed veterinary drugs wh ich could be used for veterinary purposes.  8EXPLANATORY NOTES TO THE DRAFT ORDER ON THE MONITORING OF CRITICAL 
SUBSTANCES IN CALVES (MARKETING BOARD FOR LIVESTOCK AND MEAT [DUTCH 
ABBREVIATION: PVV]) 2008  
  
General 
The calving sector believes that intensive monitoring of the occurrence of critical 
substances in veal and calves  contributes to consumer c onfidence. The sector is well 
aware of the impact of the image of the calving sector on sales of veal in the Netherlands 
and other countries where sales are made. O ne of the most important elements in the 
formation of this image is t he confidence of professional buy ers and consumers that it is 
guaranteed that the meat is free of undesirable substanc es. That confidence is, as a rule, 
based more on the image than on hard facts.  For public health purposes the Dutch 
Government is conducting a nat ional plan of inspection for prohibited subs tances on the 
basis of Directive 96/23/EC. T he monitoring arrangement, as set out in the present Order, 
aims to ensure consumer conf idence in order to support the production and sale of veal 
and veal products. 
 
Communication in this regard is to be ca rried out by the econom ic operators. It is 
considered highly important  that the sector also proves it self willing by means of mandatory 
regulation to take on the responsibility for t he purity of its own pr oducts. The monitoring 
aims, to a significant degree, to ensure co mpliance with the standards laid down in 
European and national legislation in relation to  preventing the occu rrence of prohibited 
substances in calves and produc ts based thereon. Furthermore, t he sector is reserving the 
right to go on to declare subst ances that are not prohibited per se  to be undesirable 
substances. This concerns cases where residues are found above the maximum permitted 
contents. The categories “pr ohibited substances ” and “undesirable subs tances” together 
make up the collective term  “critical substances”. 
 Monitoring may also be put in place for inspec tions aimed at combat ing the development of 
resistance and the correct use of  antibiotics on cattle farms. 
 
Legal basis 
Owing to the economic objecti ve of the Order, the legal basis comes from an autonomous 
Order on the basis of Article 93 of the Busi ness Organisation Act. This Order requires the 
approval of the Socio-Economic Council. The enforcement of disciplinary rules is based on 
the Act on disciplinary jurisprudence relating to business organisation 2004, as well as on 
the third tranche of the General Administrative Law Act insofar as rela tes to the powers of 
supervisory officials.  
Method of monitoring 
The calving sector’s chosen inst rument is a monitoring system  whereby all Marketing Board 
members are to be required to have their ca lves checked to ensur e that no prohibited 
substances are present.  For the vast majority of Marketing Board mem bers in the calving sector this will not give 
rise to any additional administrative and other costs since they already participate in an 
independent quality system under private law. It is  therefore a logical step to recognise 
participation in such schemes – on certai n conditions – as m eeting the monitoring 
obligation. Important conditions  include a requirement for such systems be certified and for 
the results of inspections to be s ubmitted to the Marketing Board. 
 
Marketing Board members that do not partici pate in certified quality systems – a limited 
group, in actual fact – will have to meet their monitoring obligation in some other way. Such 
Marketing Board members are obliged to regist er with the Marketing Board. There are 
disciplinary sanctions in place for failure to do so. These Marketing Board members are 
entered into a database. A Board of Experts  then determines, on the basis of a risk 
analysis, the frequency of samp ling per subsector and type of  farm. The history of an 
individual farm is also a relevant  risk factor in this process.  
Samples are examined at a specially designated laboratory. This laboratory is required to 
notify the results of its analyses to the Ma rketing Board. The co sts of registration and  9sampling will be payable by those Marketing Board members who are in the relevant 
category of not being participants in a quality system. A levy will be instituted for this 
purpose.  Failure to have samples taken,  either within or without a recognised quality system, can 
lead to the imposition of discipli nary sanctions. What is more, in  a case of that nature, the 
name of the Marketing Board member in  question would be passed on to the Food and 
Consumer Product Safety Authority (Dutch  abbreviation: VWA) and to the General 
Inspectorate (Dutch abbreviation: AID) of t he Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food 
Quality. The legal basis of this lies in the fact  that failure to carry out sampling raises the 
suspicion that the Marketing Board member in question is gu ilty of a punishable offence, 
namely the suspected pr esence of prohibited substances or undesir able substances in 
animals or their products. Under the Decree purs uant to Article 162 of the Code of Criminal 
Procedure, the Marketing Board is obliged, as a public body, to notify suspected punishable 
offences to the competent authorities,  in this case the VWA and the AID. 
 As a rule, the Marketing Board is to pass on to the competent authorities monitoring results 
that give cause to suspect the transgression of the prescriptions of criminal law. This is the 
case irrespective of whether or not a Market ing Board member partici pates in a recognised 
quality system under private law. Monitoring result s that do not give rise to the suspicion of 
punishable offences having been committed may be used for a sector-internal quality 
policy.  In relation to imported calves it should also  be mentioned that, pursuant  to Regulation (EC) 
No 178/2002 (known as the ‘General Food Law’) , the AID is responsible for passing on 
positive measurement results to the competent authorities abroad. 
 Furthermore, it is important to  establish that the Order does not lay down any sanctions in 
relation to the occurrence of prohibited subs tances in calves or  products based thereon. 
The disciplinary sanctions that are provided for in the Order are of a secondary character in 
the sense that thei r purpose is the correct functi oning of the monitoring system per se . 
They relate, for example, to co-operation,  allowing access, passing on information and an 
obligation to register. This distinction from  the criminal law prevents any convergence of 
sanctions, which is prohibited by Arti cle 5 of the Economic Offences Act. 
 The infrastructure built up by the Marketing Board on the basis of the present Order is 
intended, alongside the goal of  promoting and safeguarding sales of veal and related 
products, also, to some degree, to serve to facilitate proper compliance with EU food law 
(the General Food Law), specific ally Food Chain Information. 
 The Minister for Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality is offering t he Marketing Board the 
opportunity, following the end of the co-admin istered self-regulation of hormones, to 
produce an autonomous mark eting board Order on condition t hat there is broad support for 
that within the sector. It is possible to establish that there is broad support within the calving sector for an 
autonomous Order on the monitoring of critical substances.  
 
The burden on industry 
The burden of monitoring critical  substances falls on industr y. Where operators participate 
in recognised quality systems there will be no extr a costs. The costs of registering with the 
Marketing Board for basic m onitoring will have to be borne by the operators themselves.  
In addition, co-operation in the monitoring is required. The said monitoring includes periodic 
inspection to ensure that no cr itical substances are present, which inspections are carried 
out at the instigation of  the Committee of Experts. 
 
Enforcement 
The legal guarantees in relation to discipli nary procedures and the system of imposing 
sanctions have their basis in  the Act on disciplinary jurisprudence relating to business 
organisation 2004. This allows for the handing out  of a reprimand or a fine, the farm may  10subjected to stricter monitori ng at the cost of the operator  and the Disciplinary Court may 
decide that its judgment is to be publicised at the operator’s cost.  
 Transitional arrangements 
The Order replaces the Order on the self-regulation of cattle prohibiting the use of certain 
substances. The c onsequences of the changes to t he legal context, and the phased 
introduction of monitoring for vari ous critical substances is to be regulated by transitional 
arrangements [to be laid down in detail]. 
 Entry into force 
It is planned that the Order will enter into force in 2008.  
Outcome of notification procedure 
The Order will have to be notified to the Eu ropean Commission in compliance with Article 
8(1) of Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament and of t he Council of 22 June 1998 
laying down a procedure for the provision of info rmation in the field of technical standards 
and regulations and of rules on Information Society services (OJ L 204), as amended by 
Directive 98/48/EC of 20 July 1998 (OJ L 217). The notification procedure, including 
observance of the three-mont h standstill period, will commenc e once the draft Order has 
been finalised.  
Explanatory notes to individual articles 
 Article 1
 
This Article defines the terms used in the Order.  Article 2
 
The obligation to inspect applies to the whole se ctor. The Order therefore applies to Marketing 
Board members in the primary sector and to  those in trade and industry. One way of 
complying with the obligation to inspect is to participate in a recognised quality system; 
another is to participate in the Marketing B oard for Livestock and Meat’s programme of 
monitoring critical subst ances (basic monitoring). 
 Article 3
 
For the purposes of implementi ng the Order, an up-to-date public register is to be kept in 
which the participants in the programme of moni toring critical substanc es are to be properly 
listed. On certain conditions, this also allows  economic operators the oppor tunity to verify the 
information provided by suppliers.  Articles 4 and 5
 
Articles 4 and 5 relate to the obligation to register  in relation to inclusion in the register on the 
monitoring of critical substanc es. These Articles give subst ance to the mandatory monitoring 
system. The system essentially  comes down to a requirement on the part of each processor 
or handler of calves, operator keeping calves or  operator placing calf products on the market 
to comply with the obligation to inspect in re lation to critical subst ances. The obligation to 
inspect is deemed to be complied with if  the products in question are produced in 
conformance with a re cognised quality system which includes  monitoring for the substances 
listed in the Annex. This is also the case if the products are produced in  conformance with the 
basic monitoring established by t he Marketing Board. This means  that all calves placed onto 
the market must come from certified farms which participate in a re cognised quality system 
that arranges the monitoring of  critical substances. Farms that do not participate in a 
recognised quality system must register with  the Marketing Board as part of one of its 
monitoring programmes. Checks to detect the use of  critical substances take place within the 
certification systems and the Ma rketing Board’s monitoring progr amme. If it is determined, on 
the basis of samples, that calves have undergone illegal treatment, the results are reported to 
the competent authorities. In addi tion, the Marketing Board also notifies the relevant affected 
parties within the chain in order to prevent the occurrence of undesirabl e substances in the 
food chain (precautionary principl e). This also makes it possibl e to avoid large-scale product-
recalls.   11 
Article 6  
Operators and traders are not permitted to plac e onto the market calv es that have not been 
subjected to monitoring for crit ical substances. Moreover, it is likewise not permitted to buy 
calves that have not been subjec ted to monitoring for critical  substances. Calves imported 
from another Member State are deemed, under Community law, to have been inspected to 
ensure that no critical subst ances are present. The prohibiti on therefore does not apply to 
animals imported from within the EU.  Article 7
 
Registration prior to inclusion in the register on the monitoring of crit ical substances takes 
place as laid down in the Order on registrati on for the monitoring of critical substances. 
Keepers of calves are being given the opportunity to verify information about the status of 
the farm from which a given animal comes in  respect of the moni toring obligation in 
advance . Those buying calves, after all, need to be able to be sure of the monitoring for 
critical substances in the anima ls they are supplied with. It is possible to get by with just 
limited details. It is self-evident that, before such details are may be viewed, authorisation 
must be obtained from the supplying party. Such authorisation is  based on the quality 
system or in registration with the Market ing Board. The information relating to the 
monitoring of critical subst ances must therefore be of a public nature as a matter of 
principle.  Article 8
 
Quality systems may apply for recognition in terms of the monitoring of cr itical substances.  
Quality systems are recognised by the Committ ee on the basis of recogni tion criteria it has 
laid down by decree.   Article 9
 
The Chair sets out an annual programme of monito ring critical substances . The Chair is also 
responsible for implementi ng that programme. In additi on, the Committee lays down 
regulations on the contro l and analysis strategy.  
 Article 10
 
The Marketing Board has devel oped a basic monitoring progra mme for farms that do not 
participate in a recognised quality system. This Ar ticle sets out the framework within which the 
basic monitoring takes place, making referenc e to the Committee of Experts’ inspection plan 
and risk analysis. Monitoring covers calves and calf products, in cluding meat and other s ubstances such as 
eyes, hair, urine, manure and so on.  Article 11
 
The results of the sample analysis are reported to the Marketing Board by the regulated party. 
Where there are suspicious inspection result s the Marketing Board informs the VWA and the 
AID immediately pursuant to Article 162 of the C ode of Criminal Procedure in conjunction 
with the Decree pursuant to Article 162 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 31 March 
1987.  Where there is a risk of the suspect produc ts being spread the Marketing Board informs 
relevant affected parties in the calving chai n of the suspicion as  a precaution. This 
represents implementation of  the requirements under the General Food Law (Regulation 
(EC) No 178/2002). There is a not ification protocol to govern the next-step notification of 
competent authorities and a ffected economic operators. 
 Article 12
 
The following are among the duties of the Central Board of Experts: 1. performance of risk analysis for the calving se ctor in relation to critical substances for 
the farm and slaughter phases; 
2. advice on the intens ity of sampling and analysis for t he monitoring, storage periods for 
samples and the like, matrices to be analys ed, etc.; All of this being dependent on the 
provision of minimum preconditions;  123. assessing the content of m onitoring activities in relati on to 1 (and 2) and advising the 
Marketing Board for Livestock and Meat. In so doing, consideration must be given to 
the extra guarantees that the quality system offers (thes e including GMP+, GVP, the 
use of technical results in the selection of  farms for sampling, the sampling of animal 
feed, etc.); 
4. Advising on criteria for inspection organi sations and laboratories. For the most part, 
these are partly determined by existing crit eria for inspection organisations (EN-17020) 
and laboratories (Sterlab [Dutch accredi tation body for testing laboratories], 
EC/2002/657 and recognised under t he Act on veterinary drugs); 
5. Performing additional investigations in t he event of disasters emanating from basic 
monitoring. Investigations of this natur e are only carried out at  the request of the 
industry, which must prov ide additional funding herefor; 
6. Producing operational reports in the light of joint qualit y system and basic monitoring 
activities. 
 Article 13
 
This Article sets out the power of the Chair to  grant dispensation or ex emption from what is 
laid down in the Order in the event of emer gencies or disasters. Emergencies or disasters 
include the emergency slaughter of  animals, natural disasters and animal disease outbreaks.  
 Article 14
 
It is important for the Marketing Board for Livestock and Meat (PVV), in terms of its 
enforcement responsibilities, to be able to c heck by means of data analysis whether the 
obligations of this Order are being complied with. For that reason, the Ministry of Agriculture, 
Nature and Food Quality has given the PVV permi ssion to make use of the I&R (Information 
and Registration) data on cattle. Pr oducers who are subject to t he obligation to be monitored 
but who do not participate in a recognised quality system and have not registered with the 
Marketing Board must be on t he Marketing Board’s radar.  
Supervision is effected by nominated superviso rs. These supervisors  are appointed by the 
Committee by decree. Article 14 sets out regulat ions for operators in relation to co-operation 
in checks carried out by the supervisors.  Article 15
 
This Article regulates disciplinary enforcem ent of the Order on t he basis of the Act on 
disciplinary jurisprudence relating to business organisation 2004.The l egal guarantees in 
relation to disciplinary procedures and the system  of imposing sanctions  have their basis in 
the Act on disciplinary jurisprudence relating to  business organisation 2004. This allows for 
the handing out of a reprimand or a fine, the farm  may subjected to stricter monitoring at 
the cost of the operator and the Disciplinary Court may decide that its judgment is to be 
publicised at the operator’s cost.   Article 16
 
The Order replaces the Order on the self-regulation of cattle prohibiting the use of certain 
substances. The c onsequences of the changes to t he legal context, and the phased 
introduction of monitoring for va rious critical substances is  regulated by the transitional 
provision. Article 16 stipulates that monitoring will apply to  the substances listed in Group A in the Annex 
immediately upon entry into forc e of the Order. Monitoring will also cover the substances 
listed in Group B in the Annex as of a date to be specified later. 
 Article 17
 
This article stipulates how the Order is to be ci ted and when it will enter into force. Article six, 
a provision on prohibition, will only enter into  force once the regist ration system and the 
tracing of the monitoring status of animals is fully operational. 
  Zoetermeer, (date)    13 
  Dr J.J. Ramekers, Chair,      Dr S.B.M. Jongerius, Secretary.