CELEX: 51989PC0225
Language: en
Date: 1989-04-28
Title: RE-EXAMINED PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE ON THE OFFICIAL INSPECTION OF FOODSTUFFS

No C 131/6                            Official Journal of the European Communities                           27. 5. 89
               Re-examined proposal for a Council Directive on the official inspection of foodstuffs (')
                                               COM(89) 225 final — SYN 76
           (Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 149 (2) (d) of the EEC Treaty on 28 April
                                                            1989)
                                                       (89/C 131/07)
           The Commission agrees to the common position of the Council as stated in Council document
           No 4457/89 of 30 January 1989, subject to the following amendment:
           — following Article 12, a new Article 12 (a) shall be added:
               'Article 12 (a)
               In order to ensure that the application of this Directive is uniform throughout the Member
               States, the Commission shall, within one year of its adoption by the Council, make a report
               to the Council and to Parliament on:
               (a) the current standard of training provision for food inspectors in the Member States;
               (b) the possibility of establishing Community provisions on what should constitute the basic
                   and further training of inspectors;
               (c) the feasibility of establishing Community quality standards for all laboratories involved
                   in inspection and sampling under this Directive;
               (d) the possibility of establishing a Community inspection service, including opportunities
                   for all institutions and persons involved in the inspections to exchange information.'
           (') OJ No C 20, 27. 1. 1987, p. 6.