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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 of 5 July 1984 L 196 53 26.7.1984
►M2Commission Decision 86/131/EEC of 11 March 1986 L 101 40 17.4.1986
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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 carcasesof adult bovine 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 InspectionCommittee, in order to ensure uniform application of the Communityscale for classification in the Community; whereas it is necessary to laydown 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:
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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 inspectionscovering:
(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 ofRegulation (EEC) No 805/68.
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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 theCommission experts.
The Member States shall appoint experts on the basis of their indepen-
dence and ability, particularly in matters of classification of carcasesand recording of market 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.
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2. On-the-spot inspections shall be carried out in a given MemberState by a delegation of the Committee limited to a maximum of►
M2nine members ◄, according to the following rules:
—►M2three Commission experts ◄, one of whom shall act as
chairman of the Committee,
— one expert of the Member State concerned,— one expert of the Member State on whose territory the Committee
carried out the previous on-the-spot inspection,
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— one expert of the Member State on whose territory the Committee
will carry out one of the following on-the-spot inspections,
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— three experts from other Member States.
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The composition of the Committee for the first inspection shall be
decided by the Commission.
Article 3
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1. On-the-spot inspections shall be carried out at abattoirs, meatmarkets, intervention centres, price quotation centres and regional andcentral services engaged in the implementation of the provisionsreferred to in Article 1.
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2. On-the-spot inspections shall be carried out at least every twoyears in each Member State and may where necessary be followed bysupplementary visits. On such visits the size of the Committee may bereduced.
The programme of inspection visits shall be drawn up by the Commis-
sion after consulting the Member States. Representatives of the MemberState visited may take part in the inspections.
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3. Each Member State shall organize the visits which are to becarried 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 inspectionvisits to the Commission, which may request any amendment to theprogramme.
4. The Commission shall inform Member States ►
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advance as possible before each visit ◄of 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 considerthe results. The members of the Committee shall then draw conclusionsfrom 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 reportshall be sent to the Commission and to all Member States as quickly aspossible and in any event 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
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reimbursement of travel and subsistence expenses of persons uncon-nected with the Commission who are called upon by it to act as experts.
Article 6
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.