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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
"M1 Commission Decision 84/375/EEC of 5 July 1984 L 196 53 26.7.1984
"M2 Commission Decision 86/131/EEC of 11 March 1986 L 101 40 17.4.1986
"M3 Commission Decision 92/429/EEC of 24 June 1992 L 237 15 20.8.19921983D0471 — EN — 24.06.1992 — 003.001 — 1
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 (1), 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 Community scale for the classification of carcases of adultbovine animals (
2), and in particular the fourth paragraph 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 toensure 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 of the Management Committee for Beef and 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 Committee’,shall be responsible for carrying out on-the-spot inspections covering:
(a) the application of the arrangements relating to the Community
classification scale for carcases of adult bovine animals;
(b) the recording of market prices according to the classification scale;
(c) the classification, identification and marking of products within the
framework of the intervention measures provided for in Article 5 of
Regulation (EEC) No 805/68.
Article 2
1. The Committee shall be composed of Commission 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 of their independence
and ability, particularly in matters of classification of carcases and recording
of market prices
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3.
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 of a maximum of 10 members as follows:
— three Commission experts, one of whom 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
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(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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— 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 and central services
engaged in the implementation of the provisions referred 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 supplementaryvisits. On such visits the size of the Committee may be reduced.
The programme of inspection visits shall be drawn up by the Commission
after consulting the Member States. Representatives of the Member Statevisited 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 mayrequest any amendment to the programme.
4. The Commission shall inform Member States
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possible before each visit 3of the programme and conduct thereof.
Article 4
1. On completion of each visit, the members of the Committee and the
representatives of the Member State visited shall meet to consider the results.
The members of the Committee shall then draw conclusions from the visit
concerning the points referred to in Article 1.
2. The Committee chairman shall draw up a report containing details of the
visit and the conclusions referred to in paragraph 1. The report shall be sent tothe Commission and to all Member States as quickly as possible and in anyevent within 30 days of the completion of the visit.
Article 5
Travel and subsistence expenses of members of the Committee shall be borne
by the Commission in accordance with the rules applicable to the
reimbursement of travel and subsistence expenses of persons unconnectedwith the Commission who are called upon by it to act as experts.
Article 6
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.!M3
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