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DRAFT ORDER ON THE MONITORING OF CRI TICAL SUBSTANCES IN PIGS (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 of inspecti on in relation to critical subs tances in pigs (Order on the 
monitoring of critical subs tances in pigs (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:   
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 Marketi ng 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 pigs, irre spective of the origin or 
destination of such pigs; 
f. pig : animal of the Suidae family; g. farm : establishment with a Un ique Farm Number as referred to 
in the Regulation on the ident ification and registration of 
animals 2003 where five or more pigs are kept for non-educational purposes, or else  a site intended for pig-
keeping in such a manner; 
h. processor or handler : operators applying t hemselves to the slaughter of pigs or 
the processing or handling of pork; 
i. operator : natural person or l egal entity operating an enterprise for 
which the Marketing B oard was established; 
j. keeper : natural person or legal  entity responsible for the day-to-
day care of the animals; 
k. 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; 
l. recognised quality system : quality system complying with the relevant criteria laid 
down by the Committee by decree; 
l. basic monitoring : periodic sampling and testing for critical substances in 
accordance with a programme for monitoring critical substances in pigs establis hed by the Marketing Board; 
n. certification : the admittance of a participant into a recognised quality 
system; 
o. certified farm : a farm partici pating in a recognised quality system;  2p. 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 pork, trade in pigs or pork or keep 
pigs.  
2. The operators referred to in the preceding par agraph are required to inspect the pigs or pork 
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 Article 3(2); or 
 b. participating in the basic monito ring performed by the Marketing Board. 
 
 Article 3
 
   1. The Marketing Board shall k eep a register listing the operators referred to in Article 2. 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 pork are required to r egister with the Marketi ng 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. 
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Article 5  
   1. Operators who keep or place onto the market pigs, or who place onto the ma rket products 
derived from pigs, are required to register with  the Marketing Board prior to entry into the 
register on the monitoring 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 pigs from a farm that  has not had the pigs ins pected in accordance with 
the rules laid down in this Order to ensure that no critical substances ar e present or to supply 
pigs originating from a farm t hat has not had the pigs inspect ed in accordance with the rules 
laid down in this Order to ensure that  no critical subst ances are present. 
 
2. The prohibition referred to in the preceding paragraph does not apply to live pigs coming from 
other Member States to the extent that such pigs 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 pigs  or the regulated party. 
    
QUALITY SYSTEMS 
   Article 8
 
   1. A quality system as referred to in Article 2(3)(a) shall be recognised 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 accordance with Dutch st andard NEN-EN- 45011 
and demonstrably meets the crit eria for recognition. C onditions may be attached to the 
recognition.  
2. Recognised quality systems must submit t he 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 proc edure, as well as t he control and analysis 
strategy for the monitoring of critical substances, for quality systems shall be laid down by 
the Committee by means of decree. Such a decree shall be published 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.  
  4BASIC MONITORING 
   Article 9
 
   1. The Committee shall, on an annual basis, lay down by decree a programme for monitoring 
critical substances, hav ing consulted the Sci entific Council on Pigs. 
   2. The Chair shall be responsible for 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 the monitoring of critical subst ances in accordance with the 
programme for monitoring critical subst ances as referred 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 pork or pigs, or products therefrom, as 
referred to in the programme for monitoring critical 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 for 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.  
 
SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL ON PIGS  
   Article 12
 
   1. There shall be a Sci entific Council on Pigs. 
   2. The Scientific Council on Pigs  shall consist of an independent c hair and at least four experts. 
The Committee shall nominate the c hair of the Scientific Council. 
   3. The duties and powers of the Scientific Council on Pigs sha ll be laid down by the Committee 
by decree.  
 
SPECIAL PROVISIONS 
   Article 13
 
    5The Committee may render Articles 4 and 5 inapp licable or deviate therefrom where applying 
these provisions would lead to an injustice of a pre-eminent char acter when account is taken of 
the interests 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 persons nom inated 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, includi ng pigs, 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 pigs, ca rcasses, 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.    6 
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 the: Order on t he monitoring of critical  substances in pigs 
(Marketing Board for Livestock and M eat [Dutch abbreviation: PVV]) 2008. 
   2. This Order shall enter into force on the se cond day after the date of  the Trade Journal in 
which it is published.  
 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 Counc il Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 of 26 June 1990 
 
GROUP B - Veterinary drugs (1) and contaminants  
 1. Antibacterial substances, including sulphonamides, 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 compounds 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 PIGS (MARKETING BOARD FOR LIVESTOCK AND MEAT [DUTCH 
ABBREVIATION: PVV]) 2008  
  
General 
The pig sector believes that int ensive monitoring of the occurrence of critical substances in pork 
and pigs contributes to consumer confidence. The sector is well aware of the impact of the image 
of the pig sector on sales of pork in the Net herlands and other countries  where sales are made. 
One of the most important elements in the fo rmation of this image is the confidence of 
professional buyers and consumers that it is guaranteed that the meat is free of undesirable 
substances. That conf idence 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 substances  on the basis of Directive 96/23/EC. The monitoring arrangement, as set out 
in the present Order, aims to ensure consumer conf idence in order to support the production and 
sale of pork and pork products. 
 
Communication in this regard is to be carried out  by the economic operat ors. It is considered 
highly important that the sector al so proves itself willing by means  of mandatory regulation to take 
on the responsibility for the purit y of its own products. The moni toring aims, to a significant 
degree, to ensure compliance with the standards laid down in European and national legislation 
in relation to preventing the occurrence of pr ohibited substances in  pigs and products based 
thereon. Or relating to the prevention of resi dues of veterinary drugs and contaminants above the 
maximum permitted content levels. The two ca tegories “prohibited s ubstances” and “residues” 
together make up the collective term “critical substances”. 
 
Legal basis 
Owing to the economic objective  of the Order, the legal basis  comes from an autonomous Order 
on the basis of Article 93 of the Business Organi sation Act. This Order requires the approval of 
the Socio-Economic Council. T he enforcement of disciplinar y 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 relates to the powers of supervisory officials. 
 
Method of monitoring 
The pig sector’s chosen instrum ent is a monitoring system wher eby all Marketing Board members 
are to be required to have their pigs checked to ensure that no critical s ubstances are present.  
For the vast majority of Marketing Board members in  the pig 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 logica l step to recognise participation in such schemes 
– on certain conditions – as m eeting the monitoring obligation.  Important conditions include a 
requirement for such systems be certified and for t he results of inspections to be submitted to the 
Marketing Board.  Marketing Board members that do not participate in certified qualit y 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 register with the Ma rketing Board. There ar e disciplinary sanctions 
in place for failure to do so. These Marketi ng Board members are entered into a database. A 
Scientific Council on Pigs t hen determines, on the basis of a risk analysis, the frequency of 
sampling per subsector and type of fa rm. The history of an individual farm is also a relevant risk 
factor in this process. The Marketing Board members in question may arrange for the sampling to 
be carried out by an inspection body  recognised by the Marketing Board. Samples are examined 
at a specially designated l aboratory. This laboratory is required to notify the results of its analyses 
to the Marketing Board. The costs of registra tion and sampling will be payable by those Marketing 
Board members who are in the relevant categor y of not being participants in a quality system. A 
levy will be instituted for this purpose.  Failure to have samples taken, ei ther within or without a rec ognised quality system, can lead to 
the imposition of disciplinary sanc tions. 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  9Safety Authority (Dutch abbreviation: VWA) and to  the General Inspectorate (Dutch abbreviation: 
AID) of the Ministry of Agricultur e, Nature and Food Quality. The legal  basis for this lies in the fact 
that failure to carry out sampling raises the suspicion that the Mark eting Board member in 
question is guilty of a punishabl e offence, namely the suspec ted presence of prohibited 
substances in animals or thei r products. Under the Decree pursuant  to Article 162 of the Code of 
Criminal Procedure, the Market ing Board is obliged, as a pub lic body, to notify suspected 
punishable offences to the co mpetent 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 transgr ession of the prescriptions of cr iminal law. This is the case 
irrespective of whether or not  a Marketing Board member parti cipates in a recognised quality 
system under private law. Monitoring results 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 pigs it should also be mentioned that, pursuant to  Regulation (EC) No 
178/2002 (known as the ‘General F ood Law’), the AID is respons ible 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 critical substances in pigs or products  based thereon. The disciplinary 
sanctions that are provided for in  the Order are of a secondary char acter in the s ense that their 
purpose is the correct functioni ng of the monitoring system per se . They relate, for example, to 
co-operation, allowing access, passing on info rmation and an obligation to register. This 
distinction from the criminal law prevents any convergence of sanctions, which is prohibited by 
Article 5 of the Economic Offences Act.  The infrastructure built up by t he Marketing Board on t he basis of the present  Order is intended, 
alongside the goal of promoti ng and safeguarding sales of pork and related products, also, to 
some degree, to serve to facilit ate proper compliance with EU f ood law, specifically Veterinary 
Chain Information and the General Food Law.  The Minister for Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality is offering t he Marketing Board the 
opportunity, following the end of the co-administe red self-regulation of hormones, to produce an 
autonomous marketing board Order on condition that there is broad support for that within the 
sector. It is possible to establish that there is br oad support within the pig sector for an autonomous 
Order on the monitoring of critical substances.  
 
The burden on industry 
The burden of monitoring critical  substances falls on industry.  Where operators participate in 
recognised quality systems there will be no extra 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 critic al substances are present, whic h inspections are carried out at 
the instigation of the Sc ientific Council on Pigs. 
 
Enforcement 
The legal guarantees in relation to disciplinary procedures and the system of imposing sanctions 
have their basis in the Act on disciplinary jurisprudence relati ng to business organisation 2004. 
This allows for the handing out of a reprimand or a fine, the farm may s ubjected to stricter 
monitoring at the cost of the oper ator and the Disciplinary Court may decide that its judgment is to 
be publicised at the operator’s cost.   
Old legislation 
The Order replaces the Order on the self-regulation of pigs prohibiting the use of certain 
substances 2002. 
 Entry into force  10It is planned that the Order will enter into force in 2008. 
 
Outcome of notification procedure 
The Order will have to be notified to the European Commission in compliance with Article 8(1) of 
Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament  and of the Council of 22 June 1998 laying down a 
procedure for the provision of information in t he field of technical st andards 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, incl uding observance of the three-month standstill 
period, will commence once the draft Order has been finalised. 
 Explanatory notes on 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 re cognised quality system; another  is to participate in 
the Marketing Board for Livest ock and Meat’s programme for m onitoring critical substances. 
 Article 3
 
For the purposes of implementing t he Order, an up-to-date public register  is to be kept in which the 
participants in the programme for monitoring critical substances are to be proper ly listed. On certain 
conditions, this also allows econom ic operators the opportunity to veri fy 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 pigs, operator keeping pi gs or operator placing pig produc ts onto the market to comply 
with the obligation to inspect in relation to critic al substances. The obligati on to inspect is deemed to 
be complied with if the products in question are produced in conformance wi th a recognised quality 
system which includes monitoring for the substances listed in  the Annex. This is also the case if the 
products are produced in conform ance with the basic monitoring established by the Marketing 
Board. This means that all pigs  placed onto the market must co me from certified farms which 
participate in a recognised quality sy stem that arranges the monitoring of critical substances. Farms 
that do not participate in a recogni sed quality system must register with the Marketing Board as part 
of one of its monitoring programmes. Checks to detec t the use of critical substances take place 
within the certification systems and the Marketing Board’s monitori ng programme. If it is determined, 
on the basis of samples, that pigs have undergone illegal treatment, t he results are reported to the 
competent authorities. In addition, the Marketing Board also notifies the affected parties within the 
chain in order to prevent the occurrence of undesir able substances in the food chain. This also 
makes it possible to avoid large- scale product recalls. In addition, su ch farms will be reallocated to a 
different risk category on the basis of  scientific criteria within the framework of risk analysis by the 
Scientific Council on Pigs.  Article 6
 
Operators and traders are not permitted to place ont o the market pigs that  have not been subjected 
to monitoring for critical substanc es. Moreover, it is likewise not per mitted to buy pigs that have not 
been subjected to monitoring for cr itical substances. Pigs import ed from another Member State are 
deemed, under Community law, to have been inspected to ensure that  no critical substances are 
present. The prohibition therefor e does not apply to animals imported from within the EU. 
 Article 7
 
Registration prior to inclusion in the register on t he monitoring of critical s ubstances takes place as 
laid down in the Order on registration for the monitoring of cr itical substances.  11Keepers of pigs are being given the opportunity to verify informati on about the status of the farm 
from which a given animal (pig) comes in re spect of the monitori ng obligation in advance . Those 
buying pigs, after all, need to be able to be sure of  the monitoring for critic al substances in the 
animals 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 obt ained from the supplying 
party. Such authorisation is based on the quality system or in r egistration with the Marketing 
Board. The information relating to  the monitoring of critical subs tances 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 critical  substances.  Quality 
systems are recognised by the Comm ittee on the basis of recognition criteria it has laid down by 
decree.   Article 9
 
The Chair sets out an annual programme for monito ring critical substances . The Chair is also 
responsible for implementing that programme. In  addition, the Committee la ys down regulations on 
the control and analysis strategy.   Article 10
 
The Marketing Board has developed a basic monitoring programme fo r farms that do not participate 
in a recognised quality system. This Article sets out  the framework within wh ich the basic monitoring 
programme takes place, making reference to the Scientific Council on Pigs ’ inspection plan and risk 
analysis. Monitoring covers pigs and pig pr oducts, including meat and other subs tances 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 results the Marketing Board info rms the VWA and the AID 
immediately pursuant to Article 162 of the Code of Criminal Pr ocedure 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 su spect products being spread the Mark eting Board informs relevant 
affected parties in the pig chain 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 
notification protocol to gover n the next-step notification of competent authorities and affected 
economic operators.  Article 12
 
The duties of the Scientific C ouncil on Pigs include the following: 
1. performance of risk analysis for t he pig sector in relation to crit ical substances in the farm and 
slaughter phases; 
2. advice on the intensit y of sampling and analysis for the bas ic monitoring by the Marketing 
Board for Livestock and Meat, monitoring in t he recognised quality syst ems, storage periods 
for samples and the like, matrices to be analys ed, etc.; all of this  is dependent on economic 
preconditions; 
3. assessing the content of moni toring activities in relation to  1 and 2 and advising the Chair of 
the Marketing Board. In the advice provided, cons ideration shall be given to the extra 
guarantees that the quality system offers (these include GMP+, GVP,  the use of indicators in 
the selection of farms for sampling, the sampling of animal feed, etc.); 
4. Establishment of criteria fo r inspection organisations and laborat ories. For the most part, these 
are partly determined by existing criteria  for inspection organisations (EN-17020) and 
laboratories (Sterlab [Dutch accreditation body  for testing laboratories], EC/2002/657 and the 
like); 
5. Performing additional investigat ions in the event of disaster s emanating from the monitoring. 
Investigations of this nature are only carried out at the request of the industry, which must 
provide additional funding herefor;  126. Producing operational reports in the light of joint quality system  and basic monitoring activities. 
 Article 13
 
This Article sets out the power of the Chair to gr ant dispensation or exempt ion from what is laid 
down in the Order in the event of emergencies or  disasters. Emergencies or disasters include the 
emergency slaughter of animals, natural di sasters and animal disease outbreaks.  
 Article 14
 
It is important for the Marketing Board , in terms of its enforcement responsibilities, to be able to 
check by means of data analysis whether the obligations of this  Order are being complied with. 
For that reason, the Ministry of Agriculture, Na ture and Food Quality has gi ven the Marketing Board 
permission to make use of the I&R (Inf ormation and Registration) data on pigs. Pr oducers who are 
subject to the obligation to be monitored but who do not participat e 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 se ts out regulations for operators in relation to co-operation in 
checks carried out by the supervisors.  Article 15
 
This Article regulates disciplinary enforcement of  the Order on the basis of  the Act on disciplinary 
jurisprudence relating to business organisation 2004. The l egal guarantees in relation to 
disciplinary procedures and the sy stem of imposing sanctions hav e 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 monito ring at the cost of the operator 
and the Disciplinary Court may deci de that its judgment is to be pub licised at the operator’s cost.  
 Article 16
 
The Order replaces the Order on the self-regulation of pigs prohibiting the use of certain 
substances 2002.  Article 16 stipulates that monitoring will apply to  the substances listed in Group A in the Annex 
immediately upon entry into force of  the Order. Monitoring will also cover the subst ances 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 cited and when it will enter into force. 
 Zoetermeer, (date)      Dr J.J. Ramekers, Chair,      Dr S.B.M. Jongerius, Secretary.