CELEX: 51983GC0471
Language: en
Date: 2006-09-07
Title: Commission Decision of […] relating to the Community Inspection Committee on the application of the classification scale for carcases of adult bovine animals (…/…/EC) (Codified version)

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|[pic]                     |COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES                                                                           |

                                        Brussels,
                                        C(2006)

                                                                      Draft

                                                               COMMISSION DECISION

                                                                      of […]

        relating to the Community Inspection Committee on the application of the classification scale for carcases of adult bovine animals

                                                                     (…/…/EC)

                                                                (Codified version)

                                            ê 83/471/EEC

                                                               COMMISSION DECISION

                                                                      of […]

        relating to the Community Inspection Committee on the application of the classification scale for carcases of adult bovine animals

                                                                     (…/…/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

                                            ê 83/471/EEC (adapted)

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No Ö 1254/1999 Õ of Ö 17 May 1999 Õ on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal[1],

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1208/81 of 28 April 1981 determining the Community scale  for  the  classification  of  carcases  of
adult bovine animals[2], and in particular the fourth paragraph of Article 5 thereof,

Whereas:

                                            ê

   1) Commission Decision 83/471/EEC of 7 September 1983 relating to the Community Inspection Committee on the application of the  classification
      scale for carcases of adult bovine animals[3] has been substantially amended several times[4]. In the interests of clarity and  rationality
      the said Decision should be codified.

                                            ê 83/471/EEC Recital 1 (adapted)

   2) Regulation (EEC) No 1208/81 Ö provides Õ that on-the-spot inspections are to be carried out by a Community Inspection Committee,  in  order
      to ensure uniform application of the Community scale for classification in the Community Ö . Õ It is necessary to lay down  detailed  rules
      for the implementation of Ö those Õ on-the-spot checks.

                                            ê 93/493/EEC Recital 1 (adapted)

   3) With a view to enabling the Commission to evaluate the results of inspections, provision should be made for the Member States to inform the
      Commission of the action taken regarding recommendations made by the Inspection Committee.

                                            ê 83/471/EEC Recital 2

   4) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,

                                            ê 83/471/EEC

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

                                            ê 84/375/EEC Art.1 pt. 1 (adapted)

                                                                    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 measures Ö referred to Õ in Ö Articles  26,  27  and
       28 Õ of Regulation (EC) No Ö 1254/1999 Õ .

                                            ê 83/471/EEC
                                            è1 86/131/EEC Art. 1 pt. 1

                                                                    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 è1 and of the specific nature of the work to be carried out ç.

Experts shall not under any circumstances use for personal purposes  or  divulge  information  obtained  in  connection  with  the  work  of  the
Committee.

                                            ê 98/296/EC Art. 1 pt. 1 (adapted)

2. Inspections shall be carried out in a given Member State by a delegation of the committee comprising at most:

(a)   three Commission experts, one of whom shall act as chairman of the Committee;

(b)   one expert from the Member State concerned;

(c)   eight experts from other Member States.

                                            ê 83/471/EEC

                                                                    Article 3

                                            ê 84/375/EEC Art. 1 pt. 2 (adapted)

1. Inspections shall be carried out at abattoirs, meat markets, intervention centres, price quotation centres and regional and central  services.

                                            ê 98/296/EC Art. 1 pt. 2 (adapted)

2. Inspections shall be carried out at regular intervals in each Member State and may, where necessary, be followed by additional visits.

In such cases, the membership of the Committee may be reduced.

                                            ê 86/131/EEC Art. 1 pt. 3

3. The programme of inspection visits shall be drawn up by the Commission after consulting the  Member  States.  Representatives  of  the  Member
State visited may take part in the inspections.

                                            ê 83/471/EEC (adapted)
                                            è1 86/131/EEC Art. 1 pt. 4

4. Each Member State shall organise 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 may request any amendment to the programme.

5. The Commission shall inform Member States è1 as far in advance as possible before each visit ç of the programme and conduct thereof.

                                                                    Article 4

                                            ê 83/471/EEC (adapted)

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.

                                            ê 98/296/EC Art. 1 pt. 3 (adapted)

2. The Committee chairman shall draw up a report Ö of the visit Õ on the inspections conducted and containing  the  conclusions  referred  to  in
paragraph 1. The report shall be sent at the earliest possibility to the Member State inspected and to the other Member States subsequently.

                                            ê 93/493/EEC Art. 1

3. When the report referred to in paragraph 2 notes shortcomings in the various fields of activity which were the  subject  of  verification,  or
makes recommendations with a view to improving operations, the Member 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.

                                            ê 83/471/EEC

                                                                    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 unconnected with the Commission who are called upon by it to act as experts.

                                            ê 

                                                                    Article 6

Decision 83/471/EEC is repealed.

References to the repealed Decision shall be construed as references to this Decision and shall be read in accordance with the correlation  table
in Annex II.

                                            ê 83/471/EEC Art. 6

                                                                    Article 7

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, […]

      For the Commission
      […]
      Member of the Commission

                                            é

                                                                     ANNEX I

                                                 Repealed Decision with its successive amendments

|Commission Decision 83/471/EEC                                                       |(OJ L 259, 20.9.1983, p. 30)                         |
|Commission Decision 84/375/EEC                                                       |(OJ L196, 26.7.1984, p. 53)                    |
|Commission Decision 86/131/EEC                                                       |(OJ L 101, 17.4.1986, p. 40)                   |
|Commission Decision 92/429/EEC                                                       |(OJ L 237, 20.8.1992, p. 15)                   |
|Commission Decision 93/493/EEC                                                       |(OJ L 230, 11.9.1993, p. 20)                   |
|Commission Decision 95/201/EC                                                        |(OJ L 128, 13.6.1995, p. 18)                   |
|Commission Decision 98/296/EC                                                        |(OJ L 132, 6.5.1998, p. 15)                    |

                                                                  _____________

                                                                     ANNEX II

                                                                Correlation Table

|Decision 83/471/EEC                                                  |This Decision                                                        |
|Article 1                                                            |Article 1                                                            |
|Article 2(1)                                                         |Article 2(1)                                                         |
|Article 2(2) introductory sentence                                   |Article 2(2) introductory sentence                                   |
|Article 2(2) first indent                                            |Article 2(2)(a)                                                      |
|Article 2(2) second indent                                           |Article 2(2)(b)                                                      |
|Article 2(2) third indent                                            |Article 2(2)(c)                                                      |
|Article 3(1)                                                         |Article 3(1)                                                         |
|Article 3(2) first and second subparagraphs                          |Article 3(2) first and second subparagraphs                          |
|Article 3(2) third subparagraph                                      |Article 3(3)                                                         |
|Article 3(3)                                                         |Article 3(4)                                                         |
|Article 3(4)                                                         |Article 3(5)                                                         |
|Article 4                                                            |Article 4                                                            |
|Article 5                                                            |Article 5                                                            |
|________                                                             |Article 6                                                            |
|Article 6                                                            |Article 7                                                            |
|________                                                             |Annex I                                                              |
|________                                                             |Annex II                                                             |

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[1]   OJ L Ö 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1913/2005 (OJ L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2) Õ .
[2]   OJ L 123, 7.5.1981, p. 3. Ö Regulation as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1026/91 (OJ L 106, 26.4.1991, p. 2). Õ
[3]   OJ L 259, 20.9.1983, p. 30. Decision as last amended by Decision 98/296/EC (OJ L 132, 6.5.1998, p. 15).
[4]   See Annex I.