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►B 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)
(OJ L 259, 20.9.1983, p. 30)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Commission Decision 84/375/EEC of5 July 1984 L 196 53 26.7.1984
►M2Commission Decision 86/131/EEC of11 March 1986 L 101 40 17.4.1986
►M3Commission Decision 92/429/EEC of24 June 1992 L 237 15 20.8.1992
►M4Commission Decision 93/493/EEC of27 July 1993 L 230 20 11.9.1993
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COMMISSION DECISION
of 7 September 1983
relating to the Community Inspection Committee on the applica-
tion 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 of27 June
1968 on the common organization ofthe market in beefand veal (1),
as last amended by the Act ofAccession ofGreece,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1208/81 of28 April
1981 determining the Community scale for the classification of car-cases ofadult bovine animals (
2), and in particular the fourth para-
graph ofArticle 5 thereof ,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1208/81 provided that on-the-spot
inspections are to be carried out by a Community Inspection Commit-tee, in order to ensure uniform application of the Community scale for
classification in the Community; whereas it is necessary to lay down
detailed rules for the implementation of these on-the-spot checks;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance
with the opinion ofthe Management Committee f or Beefand Veal,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The Community Inspection Committee provided for in Article 5 of
Regulation (EEC) No 1208/81, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Commit-tee’, shall be responsible for carrying out on-the-spot inspections cov-ering:
(a) the application ofthe arrangements relating to the Community
classification scale for carcases of adult bovine animals;
(b) the recording ofmarket prices according to the classif ication
scale;
(c) the classification, identification and marking of products within
the framework of the intervention measures provided for in Article5 ofRegulation (EEC) No 805/68.
Article 2
1. The Committee shall be composed ofCommission experts and
experts appointed by the Member States. It will be chaired by one of
the Commission experts.
The Member States shall appoint experts on the basis oftheir indepen-
dence and ability, particularly in matters ofclassif ication ofcarcases
and recording ofmarket prices ►
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work to be carried out ◄.
Experts shall not under any circumstances use for personal purposes
or divulge information obtained in connection with the work of theCommittee.
(1) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.
(2) OJ No L 123, 7. 5. 1981, p. 3.▼M1
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2. On-the-spot Inspections shall be carried out in a given Member
State by a delegation ofthe Committee ofa maximum of10 members
as follows:
— three Commission experts, one ofwhom shall act as chairman of
the Committee,
— one expert from the Member State in question,— one expert from the Member State in which the Committee made
its last on-the-spot inspection,
— one expert from a Member State in which the Committee will be
making an inspection in the near future,
— four experts from other Member States.
Article 3
1. On-the-spot inspections shall be carried out at abattoirs, meat
markets, intervention centres, price quotation centres and regional andcentral services engaged in the implementation ofthe provisionsreferred to in Article 1.
2. On-the-spot inspections shall be carried out at least every two
years in each Member State and may where necessary be followed by
supplementary visits. On such visits the size ofthe Committee may bereduced.
The programme ofinspection visits shall be drawn up by the Commis-
sion after consulting the Member States. Representatives of the Mem-ber State visited may take part in the inspections.
3. Each Member State shall organize the visits which are to be car-
ried out on its territory according to the requirements defined by theCommission. To that end, the Member State shall forward, 30 daysbefore 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 ►
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advance as possible before each visit ◄ofthe programme and con-
duct thereof.
Article 4
1. On completion ofeach visit, the members ofthe Committee and
the representatives ofthe Member State visited shall meet to consider
the results. The members ofthe Committee shall then draw conclu-
sions from the visit concerning the points referred to in Article 1.
2. The Committee chairman shall draw up a report containing
details ofthe visit and the conclusions ref erred to in paragraph 1. Thereport shall be sent to the Commission and to all Member States asquickly as possible and in any event within 30 days ofthe completion
ofthe visit.
3. When the report referred to in paragraph 2 notes shortcomings in
the various fields of activity which were the subject of verification, ormakes recommendations with a view to improving operations, theMember States shall inform the Commission of all changes which are
envisaged or have taken place not later than three months after the
date on which the report was transmitted.
Article 5
Travel and subsistence expenses ofmembers ofthe Committee shall
be borne by the Commission in accordance with the rules applicableto the reimbursement oftravel and subsistence expenses ofpersons▼
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unconnected with the Commission who are called upon by it to act as
experts.
Article 6
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.