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Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific rules for the organisation of official controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumption (repealed)
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CHAPTER II OFFICIAL CONTROLS IN RELATION TO COMMUNITY ESTABLISHMENTS
CHAPTER III PROCEDURES CONCERNING IMPORTS
Article 11.Lists of third countries and parts of third countries from which imports of specified products of animal origin are permitted
Article 12.List of establishments from which imports of specified products of animal origin are permitted
Article 13.Live bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods
SECTION I: TASKS OF THE OFFICIAL VETERINARIAN
1. Carcases and accompanying offal are to be subjected without delay...
2. Additional examinations are to take place, such as palpation and...
3. The official veterinarian is to require carcases of domestic solipeds,...
4. During the inspection, precautions must be taken to ensure that...
5. In the event of an emergency slaughter, the carcass shall...
1. The official veterinarian is to supervise health marking and the...
2. The official veterinarian is to ensure, in particular, that:
5. The colours used for health marking must be authorised in...
7. Meat from animals having undergone emergency slaughter outside the slaughterhouse...
8. Meat from unskinned wild game cannot bear a health mark...
9. This Chapter is to apply without prejudice to animal health...
SECTION II: ACTION FOLLOWING CONTROLS
CHAPTER II: DECISIONS CONCERNING FOOD CHAIN INFORMATION
1. The official veterinarian is to verify that animals are not...
2. However, the official veterinarian may allow animals to undergo slaughter...
3. Notwithstanding paragraph 2, when relevant food chain information is not...
4. When the accompanying records, documentation or other information shows that:...
5. The competent authority is to take appropriate action if it...
CHAPTER III: DECISIONS CONCERNING LIVE ANIMALS
1. The official veterinarian is to verify compliance with the food...
2. When there are overriding animal welfare considerations, horses may undergo...
3. The official veterinarian is to verify compliance with the food...
4. Animals with a disease or condition that may be transmitted...
5. The slaughter of animals suspected of having a disease or...
6. Animals that might contain residues of veterinary medicinal products in...
7. The official veterinarian is to impose the conditions under which...
8. Animals that are presented to a slaughterhouse for slaughter must...
CHAPTER IV: DECISIONS CONCERNING ANIMAL WELFARE
1. When the rules concerning the protection of animals at the...
2. The official veterinarian is to take a proportionate and progressive...
3. Where appropriate, the official veterinarian is to inform other competent...
4. When the official veterinarian discovers that rules concerning the protection...
SECTION III: RESPONSIBILITIES AND FREQUENCY OF CONTROLS
CHAPTER IV: PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
1. The competent authority may appoint only veterinarians who have passed...
2. The competent authority must make arrangements for the test. The...
3. The veterinarian is to have aptitude for multidisciplinary cooperation.
4. In addition, each official veterinarian is to undergo practical training...
5. The official veterinarian is to maintain up-to-date knowledge and to...
6. Veterinarians already appointed as official veterinarians must have adequate knowledge...
(7) Notwithstanding paragraphs 1 to 6, Member States may lay down...
1. The competent authority may appoint as official auxiliaries only persons...
2. The competent authority must make arrangements for such tests. To...
3. The practical training referred to in paragraph 2(a) is to...
4. Training and tests are to concern principally red meat or...
5. Training for official auxiliaries is to cover, and tests are...
6. Official auxiliaries are to maintain up-to-date knowledge and to keep...
7. Persons already appointed as official auxiliaries must have adequate knowledge...
8. However, when official auxiliaries carry out only sampling and analysis...
SECTION IV: SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS
1. The competent authority may decide that pigs intended for slaughter...
2. Ante-mortem inspection at the holding of provenance is to comprise:...
3. An official veterinarian or an approved veterinarian is to carry...
4. Ante-mortem inspection at the slaughterhouse need cover only:
5. When pigs are not slaughtered within three days of the...
1. The competent authority may decide that poultry intended for slaughter...
2. Ante-mortem inspection on the holding of provenance is to comprise:...
3. An official veterinarian or an approved veterinarian is to carry...
4. Ante-mortem inspection at the slaughterhouse need only cover:
5. When birds are not slaughtered within three days of the...
6. When ante-mortem inspection is not carried out at the holding,...
7. If the birds show clinical symptoms of a disease, they...
2. The official veterinarian is to take account of the declaration...
3. During post-mortem inspection, the official veterinarian is to carry out:...
4. Where the official veterinarian so requires, the vertebral column and...
5. In the case of small wild game not eviscerated immediately...
6. In the event of doubt, the official veterinarian may perform...
CHAPTER II: OFFICIAL CONTROLS CONCERNING LIVE BIVALVE MOLLUSCS FROM CLASSIFIED PRODUCTION AREAS
A. CLASSIFICATION OF PRODUCTION AND RELAYING AREAS
1. The competent authority must fix the location and boundaries of...
2. The competent authority must classify production areas from which it...
3. The competent authority may classify as being of Class A...
4. The competent authority may classify as being of Class B...
5. The competent authority may classify as being of Class C...
6. If the competent authority decides in principle to classify a...
B. MONITORING OF CLASSIFIED RELAYING AND PRODUCTION AREAS
1. Classified relaying and production areas must be periodically monitored to...
2. To implement paragraph 1(b), (c) and (d), sampling plans must...
3. Sampling plans to check the microbiological quality of live bivalve...
4. Sampling plans to check for the presence of toxin-producing plankton...
5. The sampling frequency for toxin analysis in the molluscs is,...
6. When knowledge of toxin accumulation rates is available for a...
7. With regard to the monitoring of plankton, the samples are...
8. Sampling plans to check for the presence of chemical contaminants...
CHAPTER III: OFFICIAL CONTROLS CONCERNING PECTINIDAE HARVESTED OUTSIDE CLASSIFIED PRODUCTION AREAS
ESTABLISHMENTS NOT SUBJECT TO THE LISTING REQUIREMENT OF ARTICLE 12(1)
REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTIFICATES ACCOMPANYING IMPORTS
1. The representative of the competent authority of the third country...
2. Certificates must be drawn up in the official language or...
3. The original version of the certificate must accompany consignments on...
5. Certificates must bear a unique identifying number. Where the certificate...
6. The certificate must be issued before the consignment to which...
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