Official Controls Regulation

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Article 18 Specific rules on official controls and for action taken by the competent authorities in relation to the production of products of animal origin intended for human consumption 1. Official controls performed to verify compliance with the rules referred to in … 490 unchanged words … staff. 5. The official veterinarian shall remain responsible for the decisions taken following official controls provided for in paragraphs 2 and 4, even if the performance of an action is assigned by him or her to the official auxiliary. 6. For the purpose purposes of the official controls referred to in paragraph 1 performed in relation to live bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods, the competent authorities shall classify production and relaying areas. 7. The Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 144 to supplement this Regulation concerning specific rules for the performance of the official controls referred to in paragraphs 2 to 6 of this Article on: (a) criteria and conditions to determine, by way of derogation from point (a) of paragraph 2, when the ante-mortem inspection in certain slaughterhouses may be performed under the supervision or under the responsibility of an official veterinarian, provided that the derogations do not affect the achievement of the objectives of this Regulation; (b) criteria and conditions to determine, as regards poultry and lagomorphs, when sufficient guarantees are met for the official controls to be performed under the responsibility of an official veterinarian in regard to the ante-mortem inspections referred to in point (b) of paragraph 2; (c) criteria and conditions to determine, by way of derogation from point (a) of paragraph 2, when the ante-mortem inspection may be performed outside the slaughterhouse in case of emergency slaughter; (d) criteria and conditions to determine, by way of derogation from points (a) and (b) of paragraph 2, when the ante-mortem inspection may be performed at the holding of provenance; (e) criteria and conditions to determine when sufficient guarantees are met for the official controls to be performed under the responsibility of an official veterinarian with regard to the post-mortem inspection and auditing activities referred to in points (c) and (d) of paragraph 2; (f) criteria and conditions to determine, by way of derogation from point (c) of paragraph 2, when, in case of emergency slaughter, the post-mortem inspection is to be performed by the official veterinarian; (g) criteria and conditions to determine, in relation to Pectinidae, marine gastropods and Holothuroidea, by way of derogation from paragraph 6, when production and relaying areas are not to be classified; classified in relation to: (i) Pectinidae; and (ii) where they are not filter feeders: echinoderms and marine gastropods; (h) specific derogations in respect to Rangifer tarandus tarandus, Lagopus lagopus and Lagopus mutus, in order to allow the continuation of longstanding local and traditional customs and practices, provided that the derogations do not affect the achievement of the objectives of this Regulation; (i) criteria and conditions to determine, by way of derogation from point (d) of paragraph 2, when the official controls in cutting plants may be performed by staff designated by the competent authorities for that purpose and appropriately trained; (j) specific minimum requirements for the staff of the competent authorities and for official veterinarian and official auxiliary in order to ensure an adequate performance of their tasks provided for in this Article, including specific minimum training requirements; (k) appropriate minimum training requirements for the slaughterhouse staff assisting in the performance of tasks relating to official controls and other official activities in accordance with paragraph 3. 8. The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, lay down rules on uniform practical arrangements for the performance of the official controls referred to in this Article regarding: (a) specific requirements for the performance of official controls and the uniform minimum frequency of those official controls, having regard to the specific hazards and risks which exist in relation to each product of animal origin and the different processes it undergoes, where a minimum level of official controls is necessary to respond to recognised uniform hazards and risks which might be posed by products of animal origin; (b) the conditions for the classification and monitoring of classified production and relaying areas for live bivalve molluscs; molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods; (c) the cases where the competent authorities in relation to specific non-compliances are to take one or more of the measures referred to in Articles 137(2) and 138(2); (d) the practical arrangements of the ante-mortem and post-mortem inspections referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 2, including the uniform requirements necessary to ensure that sufficient guarantees are met when the official controls are performed under the responsibility of the official veterinarian; (e) the technical requirements of the health mark and the practical arrangements for its application; (f) specific requirements for the performance of official controls and the uniform minimum frequency for those official controls on raw milk, milk products and fishery products, where a minimum level of official controls is necessary to respond to recognised uniform hazards and risks they might pose. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 145(2). 9. While complying with the objectives of this Regulation and in particular as regards food safety requirements, the Member States may adopt national measures implementing pilot projects limited in time and extent, to evaluate alternative practical arrangements for the performance of official controls on the production of meat. Those national measures shall be notified in accordance with the procedure laid down in Articles 5 and 6 of Directive (EU) 2015/1535. The outcome of the evaluation conducted through the pilot projects shall be communicated to the Commission as soon as available. 10. For the purpose of Article 30, the delegation of certain official control tasks, referred to in this Article, to one or more natural persons shall be allowed.

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Article 47 Animals and goods subject to official controls at border control posts 1. To ascertain compliance with the rules referred to in Article 1(2), the competent authorities shall perform official controls, at the border control post of first arrival into the Union, on each consignment of the following categories of animals and goods entering the Union: (a) animals; (b) products of animal origin, germinal products, animal by-products, hay and straw and foodstuffs containing both products of plant origin and processed products of animal origin (composite products); (c) plants, plant products, and other objects as referred to in the lists established pursuant to Articles 72(1) and 74(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031; (d) goods from certain third countries for which the Commission has decided, by means of implementing acts provided for in point (b) of paragraph 2 of this Article, that a measure requiring a temporary increase of official controls at their entry into the Union is necessary due to a known or emerging risk or because there is evidence that widespread serious non-compliance with the rules referred to in Article 1(2) might be taking place; (e) animals and goods which are subject to an emergency measure provided for in acts adopted in accordance with Article 53 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002, Article 249 261 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429, or Articles 28(1), 30(1), 40(3), 41(3), 49(1), 53(3) and 54(3) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 requiring consignments of those animals or goods, identified by means of their codes from the Combined Nomenclature, to be subject to official controls at their entry into the Union; (f) animals and goods in relation to whose entry into the Union conditions or measures have been established by acts adopted in accordance with Article 126 or 128 respectively, or with the rules referred to in Article 1(2), which require that compliance with those conditions or measures be ascertained at the entry of the animals or goods into the Union. 2. The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts: (a) establish lists which set out all the animals and goods referred to in points (a) and (b) of paragraph 1, indicating their codes from the Combined Nomenclature; and (b) establish the list of goods belonging to the category referred to in point (d) of paragraph 1, indicating their codes from the Combined Nomenclature, and update it as necessary in relation to the risks referred to in that point. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 145(2). 3. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 144 to amend this Regulation concerning amendments to the categories of consignments referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, to include composite products, hay and straw, and other products strictly limited to products presenting a newly identified or a significantly increased risk to human, animal or plant health or, as regards GMOs and plant protection products, also to the environment. 4. Unless otherwise provided by the acts establishing the measures or conditions referred to in points (d), (e) and (f) of paragraph 1, this Article shall also apply to consignments of the categories of animals and goods referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 when they are of a non-commercial nature. 5. Operators responsible for the consignment shall ensure that animals and goods of the categories referred to in paragraph 1 are presented for official controls at the border control post referred to therein.

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ANNEX IV CHAPTER I Fees or charges for the official controls on consignments of animals and goods entering the Union I. CONSIGNMENTS OF LIVE ANIMALS (a) Bovine animals, equidae, pigs, sheep, goats, poultry, rabbits and small game birds or ground game, wild boar and … 1,002 unchanged words … of the relevant indent (lot or lots) shall be treated as a separate consignment. CHAPTER II Fees or charges for the official controls in slaughterhouses, cutting plants, game-processing plants, milk production and producing and placing on the market fishery products and aquaculture productS products I. FEES OR CHARGES FOR THE OFFICIAL CONTROLS IN SLAUGHTERHOUSES (a) Beef meat: (i) adult bovine animals: 5 EUR/animal, (ii) young bovine animals: 2 EUR/animal, (b) solipeds/equidae meat: 3 EUR/animal, (c) pigmeat: animals of a carcass weight: (i) of less than 25 kg: 0,5 EUR/animal, (ii) equal to or greater than 25 kg: 1 EUR/animal, (d) sheepmeat and goatmeat: animals of a carcass weight: (i) of less than 12 kg: 0,15 EUR/animal, (ii) equal to or greater than 12 kg: 0,25 EUR/animal, (e) poultry meat: (i) poultry of genus Gallus and guinea fowl: 0,005 EUR/animal, (ii) ducks and geese: 0,01 EUR/animal, (iii) turkeys: 0,025 EUR/animal, (iv) farmed rabbit meat: 0,005 EUR/animal, (v) quails and partridges: 0,002 EUR/animal. II. FEES OR CHARGES FOR THE OFFICIAL CONTROLS IN CUTTING PLANTS Per tonne of meat: (a) beef, veal, pig, solipeds/equidae, sheep and goatmeat: 2 EUR, (b) poultry and farmed rabbit meat: 1,5 EUR, (c) farmed and wild game meat: small game birds and ground game: 1,5 EUR, ratites (ostrich, emu, nandou): 3 EUR, boar and ruminants: 2 EUR. III. FEES OR CHARGES FOR THE OFFICIAL CONTROLS IN GAME-PROCESSING PLANTS (a) small game birds: 0,005 EUR/animal, (b) small ground game: 0,01 EUR/animal, (c) ratites: 0,5 EUR/animal, (d) land mammals: (i) boar: 1,5 EUR/animal, (ii) ruminants: 0,5 EUR/animal. IV. FEES OR CHARGES FOR THE OFFICIAL CONTROLS ON MILK PRODUCTION (a) 1 EUR per 30 tonnes and (b) 0,5 EUR/tonne thereafter. V. FEES OR CHARGES FOR THE OFFICIAL CONTROLS ON PRODUCING AND PLACING ON THE MARKET FISHERY PRODUCTS AND AQUACULTURE PRODUCTS (a) First placing on the market of fishery and aquaculture products: (i) 1 EUR/tonne for the first 50 tonnes in the month; (ii) 0,5 EUR/tonne thereafter. (b) First sale in fish market (i) 0,5 EUR/tonne for the first 50 tonnes in the month; (ii) 0,25 EUR/tonne thereafter; (c) First sale in case of lack of or insufficient gradation for freshness and/or size: (i) 1 EUR/tonne for the first 50 tonnes in the month; (ii) 0,5 EUR/tonne thereafter.