98/470/EC: Commission Decision of 9 July 1998 implementing Council Directive 89/662/EEC as regards information on veterinary checks (notified under document number C(1998) 1741) (Text with EEA relevance)

COMMISSION DECISION of 9 July 1998 implementing Council Directive 89/662/EEC as regards information on veterinary checks (notified under document number C(1998) 1741) (Text with EEA relevance) (98/470/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 89/662/EEC of 11 December 1989 concerning veterinary checks in intra-Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal market (1), as last amended by Directive 92/118/EEC (2), and in particular Article 16(3) thereof,
Whereas, so that basic information about veterinary checks carried out in the Member States pursuant to Directive 89/662/EEC can be examined in the Standing Veterinary Committee, the Commission needs to have prompt and reliable information available;
Whereas, in order to establish a rational approach to the results of checks, the information should be presented for each sector of activity covered by veterinary legislation;
Whereas, for practical reasons, such information should be transmitted to the Commission in electronic form;
Whereas, so that the results can be expressed coherently, the requisite information should be transmitted in consolidated form for each sector for a given Member State as a whole by the competent national authority;
Whereas, to ensure that the whole system is reliable, account should be taken only of information obtained from official checks carried out by the competent authorities in the Member States;
Whereas provision should be made in the first instance for information on fresh meat; whereas this Decision should be supplemented subsequently to include all the sectors covered by veterinary legislation;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,