Pending: 31993D0495

January 15, 2026
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Directive 91/493/EEC of 22 July 1991 laying down the health conditions for the production and the placing on the market of fishery products (1), and in particular Article 11 thereof, Whereas a group of Commission experts has conducted an inspection visit to Canada to verify the conditions under which fishery products are produced, stored and dispatched to the Communiy; Whereas the provisions of Canadian legislation on health inspection and monitoring of fishery products may be considered equivalent to those laid down in Directive 91/493/EEC; Whereas the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (Ministère des Pêches et Océans), the competent Canadian authority, and its Inspection Directorate (Direction des Services d’Inspection) are capable of effectively verifying the application of the laws in force; Whereas the procedure for obtaining the health certificate referred to in point (a) of Article 11 (4) of Directive 91/493/EEC must also cover the definition of a model certificate, the minimum requirements regarding the language(s) in which it must be drafted and the grade of the person empowered to sign it; Whereas, pursuant to point (b) of Article 11 (4) of Directive 91/493/EEC, a mark should be affixed to packages of fishery products, giving the name of the third country and the approval number of the establishment of origin; Whereas, pursuant to point (c) of Article 11 (4) of Directive 91/493/EEC, a list of approved establishments must be drawn up; whereas that list must be drawn up on the basis of a communication from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to the Commission; whereas it is therefore for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to ensure compliance with the provisions laid down to that end in Article 11 (4) of Directive 91/493/EEC; Whereas the Department of Fisheries and Oceans has provided official assurances regarding compliance with the rules set out in Chapter V of the Annex to Directive 91/493/EEC and regarding fulfilment of requirements equivalent to those laid down by that Directive for the approval of establishments; Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1
The Inspection Directorate of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans shall be the competent authority in Canada for verifying and certifying compliance of fishery products with the requirements of Directive 91/493/EEC.

Article 2
Fishery products originating in Canada must meet the following conditions:
1. each consignment must be accompanied by a numbered original health certificate, duly completed, signed, dated and comprising a single sheet in accordance with the model set out in Annex A hereto;
2. the products must come from approved establishments listed in Annex B hereto;
3. except in the case of frozen fishery products in bulk and intended for the manufacture of preserved foods, all packages must bear the word ‘Canada’ and the approval number of the establishment of origin in indelible letters.

Article 3
1. The certificates referred to in point 1 of Article 2 must be drawn up in at least one official language of the Member State where the checks are carried out.
2. The certificates must bear the name, capacity and signature of the representative of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and the latter’s official stamp in a colour different from that of the other indications on the certificate.

Article 4
This Decision shall apply from 1 October 1993.

Article 5
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 26 July 1993.
For the Commission
René STEICHEN
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ No L 268, 24. 9. 1991, p. 15.

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Directive 91/493/EEC of 22 July 1991 laying down the health conditions for the production and the placing on the market of fishery products (1), and in particular Article 11 thereof, Whereas a group of Commission experts has conducted an inspection visit to Canada to verify the conditions under which fishery products are produced, stored and dispatched to the Communiy; Whereas the provisions of Canadian legislation on health inspection and monitoring of fishery products may be considered equivalent to those laid down in Directive 91/493/EEC; Whereas the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (Ministère des Pêches et Océans), the competent Canadian authority, and its Inspection Directorate (Direction des Services d’Inspection) are capable of effectively verifying the application of the laws in force; Whereas the procedure for obtaining the health certificate referred to in point (a) of Article 11 (4) of Directive 91/493/EEC must also cover the definition of a model certificate, the minimum requirements regarding the language(s) in which it must be drafted and the grade of the person empowered to sign it; Whereas, pursuant to point (b) of Article 11 (4) of Directive 91/493/EEC, a mark should be affixed to packages of fishery products, giving the name of the third country and the approval number of the establishment of origin; Whereas, pursuant to point (c) of Article 11 (4) of Directive 91/493/EEC, a list of approved establishments must be drawn up; whereas that list must be drawn up on the basis of a communication from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to the Commission; whereas it is therefore for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to ensure compliance with the provisions laid down to that end in Article 11 (4) of Directive 91/493/EEC; Whereas the Department of Fisheries and Oceans has provided official assurances regarding compliance with the rules set out in Chapter V of the Annex to Directive 91/493/EEC and regarding fulfilment of requirements equivalent to those laid down by that Directive for the approval of establishments; Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
The Inspection Directorate of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans shall be the competent authority in Canada for verifying and certifying compliance of fishery products with the requirements of Directive 91/493/EEC.
Fishery products originating in Canada must meet the following conditions:
1. each consignment must be accompanied by a numbered original health certificate, duly completed, signed, dated and comprising a single sheet in accordance with the model set out in Annex A hereto;
2. the products must come from approved establishments listed in Annex B hereto;
3. except in the case of frozen fishery products in bulk and intended for the manufacture of preserved foods, all packages must bear the word ‘Canada’ and the approval number of the establishment of origin in indelible letters.
1. The certificates referred to in point 1 of Article 2 must be drawn up in at least one official language of the Member State where the checks are carried out.
2. The certificates must bear the name, capacity and signature of the representative of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and the latter’s official stamp in a colour different from that of the other indications on the certificate.
This Decision shall apply from 1 October 1993.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 26 July 1993.
For the Commission
René STEICHEN
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ No L 268, 24. 9. 1991, p. 15.
HEALTH CERTIFICATE for fishery products originating in Canada and intended for export to the European Community
Reference No:
Country of dispatch: Canada
Competent authority: Department of Fisheries and Oceans
Inspection department: Inspection Directorate
I. Details identifying the fishery products
Description of product:
– species (scientific name):
– presentation of product and type of treatment (1):
Code number (where available):
Type of packaging:
Number of packages:
Net weight:
Requisite storage and transport temperature:
II. Origin of products
Name(s) and official approval number(s) of establishment(s) approved by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans for export to the Community:
III. Destination of products
The products are dispatched
(place of dispatch)
(country and place of destination)
by the following means of transport:
Name and address of dispatcher:
Name of consignee and address at place of destination:
IV. Health attestation
The official inspector hereby certifies that the fishery products specified above:
1. were caught and handled on board vessels in accordance with the health rules laid down by Directive 92/48/EEC;
2. were landed, handled and where appropriately packaged, prepared, processed, frozen, thawed and stored hygienically in compliance with the requirements laid down in Chapters II, III and IV of the Annex to Directive 91/493/EEC;
3. have undergone health controls in accordance with Chapter V of the Annex to Directive 91/493/EEC;
4. are packaged, marked, stored and transported in accordance with Chapters VI, VII and VIII of the Annex to Directive 91/493/EEC;
5. do not come from toxic species or species containing biotoxins;
6. have satisfactorily undergone the organoleptic, parasitological, chemical and microbiological checks laid down for certain categories of fishery products by Directive 91/493/EEC and in the implementing decisions thereto;
7. in addition, where the fishery products are frozen or processed bivalve molluscs; the molluscs were obtained from production areas subject to conditions which are at least equivalent to those laid down by the Directive 91/492/EEC.
Official seal
Signature of official inspector
(name in capital letters, capacity and qualifications of person signing)
(1) Live, refrigerated, frozen, salted, smoked, preserved, etc.
List of approved establishments
/* Tables: see OJ */

Pending: 31993D0494

January 15, 2026
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Directive 91/493/EEC of 22 July 1991 laying down the health conditions for the production and the placing on the market of fishery products (1), and in particular Article 11 thereof, Whereas a group of Commission experts has conducted an inspection visit to the Faroe Islands to verify the conditions under which fishery products are produced, stored and dispatched to the Community; Whereas the provisions of Faroese legislation on health inspection and monitoring of fishery products may be considered equivalent to those laid down in Directive 91/493/EEC; Whereas Heilsufrodiliga Starvsstovan (Food and Environmental Institute), the competent Faroese authority, and its Division of Fishery, its inspection department, are capable of effectively verifying the application of the laws in force; Whereas the procedure for obtaining the health certificate referred to in point (a) of Article 11 (4) of Directive 91/493/EEC must also cover the definition of a model certificate, the minimum requirements regarding the language(s) in which it must be drafted and the grade of the person empowered to sign it; Whereas, pursuant to point (b) of Article 11 (4) of Directive 91/493/EEC, a mark should be affixed to packages of fishery products, giving the name of the third country and the approval number of the establishment of origin or of the factory vessel; Whereas, pursuant to point (c) of Article 11 (4) of Directive 91/493/EEC, a list of approved establishments and/or factory vessels must be drawn up; whereas that list must be drawn up on the basis of a communication from the Food and Environmental Institute to the Commission; whereas it is therefore for the Food and Environmental Institute to ensure compliance with the provisions laid down to that end in Article 11 (4) of Directive 91/493/EEC; Whereas the Food and Environmental Institute has provided official assurances regarding compliance with the rules set out in Chapter V of the Annex to Directive 91/493/EEC and regarding fulfilment of requirements equivalent to those laid down by that Directive for the approval of establishments and factory vessels; Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1
Heilsufrodiliga Starvsstovan (Food and Environmental Institute) shall be the competent authority in the Faroe Islands for verifying and certifying compliance of fishery products with the requirements of Directive 91/493/EEC.

Article 2
Fishery products originating in the Faroe Islands must meet the following conditions:
1. each consignment must be accompanied by a numbered original health certificate, duly completed, signed, dated and comprising a single sheet in accordance with the model set out in Annex A hereto;
2. the products must come from approved establishments or factory vessels listed in Annex B hereto;
3. except in the case of frozen fishery products in bulk and intended for the manufacture of preserved foods, all packages must bear the words ‘Faroe Islands’ and the approval number of the establishment of origin or of the factory vessel in indelible letters.

Article 3
1. The certificates referred to in point 1 of Article 2 must be drawn up in at least one official language of the Member State where the checks are carried out.
2. The certificates must bear the name, capacity and signature of the representative of the Food and Environmental Institute and the latter’s official stamp in a colour different from that of the other indications on the certificate.

Article 4
This Decision shall apply from 1 October 1993.

Article 5
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 23 July 1993.
For the Commission
René STEICHEN
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ No L 268, 24. 9. 1991, p. 15.

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Directive 91/493/EEC of 22 July 1991 laying down the health conditions for the production and the placing on the market of fishery products (1), and in particular Article 11 thereof, Whereas a group of Commission experts has conducted an inspection visit to the Faroe Islands to verify the conditions under which fishery products are produced, stored and dispatched to the Community; Whereas the provisions of Faroese legislation on health inspection and monitoring of fishery products may be considered equivalent to those laid down in Directive 91/493/EEC; Whereas Heilsufrodiliga Starvsstovan (Food and Environmental Institute), the competent Faroese authority, and its Division of Fishery, its inspection department, are capable of effectively verifying the application of the laws in force; Whereas the procedure for obtaining the health certificate referred to in point (a) of Article 11 (4) of Directive 91/493/EEC must also cover the definition of a model certificate, the minimum requirements regarding the language(s) in which it must be drafted and the grade of the person empowered to sign it; Whereas, pursuant to point (b) of Article 11 (4) of Directive 91/493/EEC, a mark should be affixed to packages of fishery products, giving the name of the third country and the approval number of the establishment of origin or of the factory vessel; Whereas, pursuant to point (c) of Article 11 (4) of Directive 91/493/EEC, a list of approved establishments and/or factory vessels must be drawn up; whereas that list must be drawn up on the basis of a communication from the Food and Environmental Institute to the Commission; whereas it is therefore for the Food and Environmental Institute to ensure compliance with the provisions laid down to that end in Article 11 (4) of Directive 91/493/EEC; Whereas the Food and Environmental Institute has provided official assurances regarding compliance with the rules set out in Chapter V of the Annex to Directive 91/493/EEC and regarding fulfilment of requirements equivalent to those laid down by that Directive for the approval of establishments and factory vessels; Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Heilsufrodiliga Starvsstovan (Food and Environmental Institute) shall be the competent authority in the Faroe Islands for verifying and certifying compliance of fishery products with the requirements of Directive 91/493/EEC.
Fishery products originating in the Faroe Islands must meet the following conditions:
1. each consignment must be accompanied by a numbered original health certificate, duly completed, signed, dated and comprising a single sheet in accordance with the model set out in Annex A hereto;
2. the products must come from approved establishments or factory vessels listed in Annex B hereto;
3. except in the case of frozen fishery products in bulk and intended for the manufacture of preserved foods, all packages must bear the words ‘Faroe Islands’ and the approval number of the establishment of origin or of the factory vessel in indelible letters.
1. The certificates referred to in point 1 of Article 2 must be drawn up in at least one official language of the Member State where the checks are carried out.
2. The certificates must bear the name, capacity and signature of the representative of the Food and Environmental Institute and the latter’s official stamp in a colour different from that of the other indications on the certificate.
This Decision shall apply from 1 October 1993.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 23 July 1993.
For the Commission
René STEICHEN
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ No L 268, 24. 9. 1991, p. 15.
HEALTH CERTIFICATE for fishery products originating in the Faroe Islands and intended for export to the European Community
Reference No:
Country of dispatch: Faroe Islands
Competent authority: Heilsufrodiliga Starvsstovan (Food and Environmental Institute)
Inspection department: Division of Fishery
I. Details identifying the fishery products
Description of product:
– species (scientific name):
– presentation of product and type of treatment (1):
Code number (where available):
Type of packaging:
Number of packages:
Net weight:
Requisite storage and transport temperature:
II. Origin of products
Name(s) and official approval number(s) of establishment(s) or factory vessel(s) approved by the Food and Environmental Institute for export to the Community:
III. Destination of products
The products are dispatched
(place of dispatch)
(country and place of destination)
by the following means of transport:
Name and address of dispatcher:
Name of consignee and address at place of destination:
IV. Health attestation
The official inspector hereby certifies that the fishery products specified above:
1. were caught and handled on board vessels in accordance with the health rules laid down by Directive 92/48/EEC or, where they come from a factory ship, in accordance with the health rules laid down in Chapter I of the Annex to Directive 91/493/EEC;
2. were landed, handled and where appropriately packaged, prepared, processed, frozen, thawed and stored hygienically in compliance with the requirements laid down in Chapters II, III and IV of the Annex to Directive 91/493/EEC;
3. have undergone health controls in accordance with Chapter V of the Annex to Directive 91/493/EEC;
4. are packaged, marked, stored and transported in accordance with Chapters VI, VII and VIII of the Annex to Directive 91/493/EEC;
5. do not come from toxic species or species containing biotoxins;
6. have satisfactorily undergone the organoleptic, parasitological, chemical and microbiological checks laid down for certain categories of fishery products by Directive 91/493/EEC and in the implementing decisions thereto;
7. in addition, where the fishery products are frozen or processed bivalve molluscs; the molluscs were obtained from production areas subject to conditions which are at least equivalent to those laid down by the Directive 91/492/EEC.
Official seal
Signature of official inspector
(name in capital letters, capacity and qualifications of person signing)
(1) Live, refrigerated, frozen, salted, smoked, preserved, etc.
List of approved establishments and factory vessels
/* Tables: see OJ */
II. Factory vessels
/* Tables: see OJ */

Pending: 31993D0342

January 15, 2026
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Directive 90/539/EEC of 15 October 1990 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in and imports from third countries of poultry and hatching eggs (1), as last amended by Directive 92/65/EEC (2), and in particular Article 22 (2) thereof, Having regard to Council Directive 91/494/EEC of 26 June 1991 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in and imports from third countries of fresh poultrymeat (3), as last amended by Directive 92/116/EEC (4), and in particular Article 10 (2) thereof, Whereas poultry, hatching eggs and poultry meat coming from third countries must be free from avian influenza and Newcastle disease; whereas it is necessary to establish the criteria for classifying third countries accordingly; Whereas the criteria for third countries have to be established taking into account the provisions regarding Member States as laid down in Council Directives 92/40/EEC (5) and 92/66/EEC (6); Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 10
(2) thereof,
Whereas poultry, hatching eggs and poultry meat coming from third countries must be free from avian influenza and Newcastle disease; whereas it is necessary to establish the criteria for classifying third countries accordingly;
Whereas the criteria for third countries have to be established taking into account the provisions regarding Member States as laid down in Council Directives 92/40/EEC (5) and 92/66/EEC (6);
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1
For the purpose of this Decision:
(a) ‘Avian influenza’ means infection as defined in Chapter I of Annex A;
(b) ‘Newcastle disease’ means infection as defined in Chapter II of Annex A;
(c) ‘Recognized vaccine’ means any vaccine against Newcastle disease complying with the criteria laid down in Annex B;
(d) ‘Emergency vaccination’ means vaccination used as a means of controlling the disease following one or more outbreaks and carried out:
(i) against avian influenza using any vaccine;
(ii) against Newcastle disease using non-recognized vaccines;
(e) ‘Sanitary slaughter policy’ means the application, in the event of outbreaks of avian influenza or Newcastle disease, of the measures provided for in Annex C;
(f) ‘Commercial flock’ means either any flock consisting of at least 200 birds or any other flocks from which the poultry, hatching eggs or meat is liable to be exported to the Community.

Article 2
A third country is classified as free from avian influenza and Newcastle disease if it fulfils the following general criteria:
(a) it must have a general animal-health structure allowing adequate monitoring of poultry flocks;
(b) it must have legislation which makes avian influenza and Newcastle disease notifiable diseases for all species of poultry and for all birds kept in captivity;
(c) it must undertake to examine closely any suspicion of those diseases;
(d) if there is suspicion, it must submit samples of each avian influenza virus or paramyxovirus found to specific laboratory testing in accordance with the procedure set out in Annex A;
(e) it must have at its disposal laboratory capacity in its own official laboratories or have arrangements with other national laboratories for rapid testing;
(f) it must allow those laboratories to be checked by experts from the Community;
(g) for each primary outbreak it must send virusisolates to the EEC reference laboratory in Weybridge (UK);
(h) it must notify to the Commission, within 24 hours after confirmation, of primary outbreaks in each region;
(i) it must send to the Commission, at least monthly in the case of secondary outbreaks, a report on the disease situation;
(j) in cases where vaccination against avian influenza and/or Newcastle disease is not forbidden, it must officially control the production, testing and distribution for the vaccines;
(k) it must communicate to the Commission the characteristics of each strain used for the production of vaccines against avian influenza or Newcastle disease.

Article 3
1. Without prejudice to the general criteria laid down in Article 2, a third country is classified as free from avian influenza if:
(a) no outbreaks of that disease have occurred in poultry on its territory for at least 36 months; and
(b) no vaccinations against avian influenza viruses of the same sub-types as those for which highly pathogenic viruses are known to exist (currently H5 and H7 sub-types) have been carried out for at least 12 months.
2. Where a sanitary slaughter policy is practised to control the disease and without prejudice to the provision of paragraph 1 (b) the period of 36 months referred to in paragraph 1 (a) is reduced to:
(a) 6 months if no emergency vaccination has been carried out;
(b) 12 months if emergency vaccination has been carried out, provided that a further 12-month period has elapsed after the official termination of such emergency vaccination.

Article 4
1. Without prejudice to the general criteria laid down in Article 2, a third country is classified as free from Newcastle disease for the first time if:
(a) no outbreaks of that disease have occurred in poultry on its territory for at least 36 months; and
(b) no vaccinations against Newcastle disease using non-recognized vaccines have been carried out for at least 12 months.
2. Where a sanitary slaughter policy is practised to control the disease and without prejudice to the provision of paragraph 1 (b) the period of 36 months referred to in paragraph 1 (a) is reduced to:
(a) 6 months if no emergency vaccination has been carried out;
(b) 12 months if emergency vaccination has been carried out, provided that a further 12-month period has elapsed after the official termination for such emergency vaccination.
3. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 (a) and 2 (a), a third country is classified as free from Newcastle disease if the criteria set out in paragraphs 1 or 2 are met only for commercial flocks.
In such cases the third country concerned will be authorized to send fresh poultry meat to the Community if the additional guarantees laid down in Annex D are included in the accompanying animal health certificate. The export of live poultry and hatching eggs to the Community is not authorized in such cases.
4. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 (b) and 2 (b) a third country is classified as free from Newcastle disease if it allows the use of vaccines against the disease, which, although complying with the general criteria set out in Annex B for the vaccines, do not fulfil the specific criteria thereof.
In such cases the third country concerned will be authorized to send live poultry and hatching eggs or fresh poultry meat to the Community if the additional guarantees laid down in Annex E or Annex F to this Decision are included in the accompanying animal health certificate.

Article 5
This Decision shall apply from 1 October 1993.

Article 6
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 12 May 1993.
For the Commission
René STEICHEN
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ No L 303, 31. 10. 1990, p. 6.
(2) OJ No L 268, 14. 9. 1992, p. 54.
(3) OJ No L 268, 24. 9. 1991, p. 35.
(4) OJ No L 62, 15. 3. 1993, p. 1.
(5) OJ No L 167, 22. 6. 1992, p. 1.
(6) OJ No L 260, 5. 9. 1992, p. 1.

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Directive 90/539/EEC of 15 October 1990 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in and imports from third countries of poultry and hatching eggs (1), as last amended by Directive 92/65/EEC (2), and in particular Article 22 (2) thereof, Having regard to Council Directive 91/494/EEC of 26 June 1991 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in and imports from third countries of fresh poultrymeat (3), as last amended by Directive 92/116/EEC (4), and in particular Article 10 (2) thereof, Whereas poultry, hatching eggs and poultry meat coming from third countries must be free from avian influenza and Newcastle disease; whereas it is necessary to establish the criteria for classifying third countries accordingly; Whereas the criteria for third countries have to be established taking into account the provisions regarding Member States as laid down in Council Directives 92/40/EEC (5) and 92/66/EEC (6); Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
(2) thereof,
Whereas poultry, hatching eggs and poultry meat coming from third countries must be free from avian influenza and Newcastle disease; whereas it is necessary to establish the criteria for classifying third countries accordingly;
Whereas the criteria for third countries have to be established taking into account the provisions regarding Member States as laid down in Council Directives 92/40/EEC (5) and 92/66/EEC (6);
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
For the purpose of this Decision:
(a) ‘Avian influenza’ means infection as defined in Chapter I of Annex A;
(b) ‘Newcastle disease’ means infection as defined in Chapter II of Annex A;
(c) ‘Recognized vaccine’ means any vaccine against Newcastle disease complying with the criteria laid down in Annex B;
(d) ‘Emergency vaccination’ means vaccination used as a means of controlling the disease following one or more outbreaks and carried out:
(i) against avian influenza using any vaccine;
(ii) against Newcastle disease using non-recognized vaccines;
(e) ‘Sanitary slaughter policy’ means the application, in the event of outbreaks of avian influenza or Newcastle disease, of the measures provided for in Annex C;
(f) ‘Commercial flock’ means either any flock consisting of at least 200 birds or any other flocks from which the poultry, hatching eggs or meat is liable to be exported to the Community.
A third country is classified as free from avian influenza and Newcastle disease if it fulfils the following general criteria:
(a) it must have a general animal-health structure allowing adequate monitoring of poultry flocks;
(b) it must have legislation which makes avian influenza and Newcastle disease notifiable diseases for all species of poultry and for all birds kept in captivity;
(c) it must undertake to examine closely any suspicion of those diseases;
(d) if there is suspicion, it must submit samples of each avian influenza virus or paramyxovirus found to specific laboratory testing in accordance with the procedure set out in Annex A;
(e) it must have at its disposal laboratory capacity in its own official laboratories or have arrangements with other national laboratories for rapid testing;
(f) it must allow those laboratories to be checked by experts from the Community;
(g) for each primary outbreak it must send virusisolates to the EEC reference laboratory in Weybridge (UK);
(h) it must notify to the Commission, within 24 hours after confirmation, of primary outbreaks in each region;
(i) it must send to the Commission, at least monthly in the case of secondary outbreaks, a report on the disease situation;
(j) in cases where vaccination against avian influenza and/or Newcastle disease is not forbidden, it must officially control the production, testing and distribution for the vaccines;
(k) it must communicate to the Commission the characteristics of each strain used for the production of vaccines against avian influenza or Newcastle disease.
1. Without prejudice to the general criteria laid down in Article 2, a third country is classified as free from avian influenza if:
(a) no outbreaks of that disease have occurred in poultry on its territory for at least 36 months; and
(b) no vaccinations against avian influenza viruses of the same sub-types as those for which highly pathogenic viruses are known to exist (currently H5 and H7 sub-types) have been carried out for at least 12 months.
2. Where a sanitary slaughter policy is practised to control the disease and without prejudice to the provision of paragraph 1 (b) the period of 36 months referred to in paragraph 1 (a) is reduced to:
(a) 6 months if no emergency vaccination has been carried out;
(b) 12 months if emergency vaccination has been carried out, provided that a further 12-month period has elapsed after the official termination of such emergency vaccination.
1. Without prejudice to the general criteria laid down in Article 2, a third country is classified as free from Newcastle disease for the first time if:
(a) no outbreaks of that disease have occurred in poultry on its territory for at least 36 months; and
(b) no vaccinations against Newcastle disease using non-recognized vaccines have been carried out for at least 12 months.
2. Where a sanitary slaughter policy is practised to control the disease and without prejudice to the provision of paragraph 1 (b) the period of 36 months referred to in paragraph 1 (a) is reduced to:
(a) 6 months if no emergency vaccination has been carried out;
(b) 12 months if emergency vaccination has been carried out, provided that a further 12-month period has elapsed after the official termination for such emergency vaccination.
3. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 (a) and 2 (a), a third country is classified as free from Newcastle disease if the criteria set out in paragraphs 1 or 2 are met only for commercial flocks.
In such cases the third country concerned will be authorized to send fresh poultry meat to the Community if the additional guarantees laid down in Annex D are included in the accompanying animal health certificate. The export of live poultry and hatching eggs to the Community is not authorized in such cases.
4. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 (b) and 2 (b) a third country is classified as free from Newcastle disease if it allows the use of vaccines against the disease, which, although complying with the general criteria set out in Annex B for the vaccines, do not fulfil the specific criteria thereof.
In such cases the third country concerned will be authorized to send live poultry and hatching eggs or fresh poultry meat to the Community if the additional guarantees laid down in Annex E or Annex F to this Decision are included in the accompanying animal health certificate.
This Decision shall apply from 1 October 1993.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 12 May 1993.
For the Commission
René STEICHEN
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ No L 303, 31. 10. 1990, p. 6.
(2) OJ No L 268, 14. 9. 1992, p. 54.
(3) OJ No L 268, 24. 9. 1991, p. 35.
(4) OJ No L 62, 15. 3. 1993, p. 1.
(5) OJ No L 167, 22. 6. 1992, p. 1.
(6) OJ No L 260, 5. 9. 1992, p. 1.
DEFINITIONS OF ‘AVIAN INFLUENZA’ AND ‘NEWCASTLE DISEASE’ CHAPTER I Avian influenza ‘Avian influenza’ means an infection of poultry caused by any influenza A virus which has an intravenous pathogenicity index (IVPI) in six-week-old chickens greater than 1,2 or any infection with influenza A virus of H5 or H7 sub-type for which nucleotide sequencing has demonstrated the presence of multiple basic amino acids at the cleavage site of the haemagglutinin.
The IVPI has to be determined according to the following method:
Intravenous pathogenicity index (IVPI)
1. Infective allantoic fluid from the lowest passage level available, preferably from the initial isolation without any selection, is diluted 101 in sterile isotonic saline.
2. 0,1 ml diluted virus is injected intravenously into each of 10 six-week-old chickens (specific pathogen free birds should be used).
3. Birds are examined at 24 hour intervals for 10 days.
4. At each observation each bird is recorded normal (O), sick (1), severely sick (2) or dead (3).
5. Record results and calculate index as shown in this example:
/* Tables: see OJ */
CRITERIA FOR RECOGNISED VACCINES 1. General criteria
A. Vaccines have to be registered by the competent authorities of the third country concerned before being allowed to be distributed and used. For this registration the competent authorities have to rely on a complete file containing data about efficacy and innocuity; for imported vaccines the competent authorities can rely on data checked by the competent authorities of the country where the vaccine is produced, as far as these checks have been carried out in conformity with internationally accepted standards.
B. Furthermore importation or production and distribution of the vaccines have to be controlled by the competent authorities of the third country concerned.
C. Before distribution is allowed, each batch of vaccines has to be tested on innocuity, in particular regarding attenuation or inactivation and absence of undesired contaminating agents, and on efficacy on behalf of the competent authorities.
2. Specific criteria
A. Live attenuated Newcastle disease vaccines shall be prepared from a Newcastle disease virus strain for which the master seed has been tested and shown to have an intracerebral pathogenicity index (ICPI) of:
(i) less than 0,4 if not less than 107 EID50 are administered to each bird in the ICPI test;
(ii) less than 0,5 if not less than 108 EID50 are administered to each bird in the ICPI test.
B. Inactivated Newcastle disease vaccines shall be prepared form a Newcastle disease virus strain with an intracerebral pathogenicity index (ICPI) in one-day-old chicks of less than 0,7 if not less than 108 EID50 are administered to each bird in the ICPI test.
MINIMAL MEASURES TO BE TAKEN WHEN SANITARY SLAUGHTER IS PRACTISED TO ELIMINATE OUTBREAKS OF AVIAN INFLUENZA OR NEWCASTLE DISEASE 1. In case of suspicion the holding concerned shall be placed under official supervision. This shall in particular mean that:
(a) all necessary samples shall be taken without delay and sent to a laboratory approved by the competent authorities for diagnosis;
(b) a record shall be made of all categories of poultry kept on the holding showing number of dead and diseased animals; this record shall be kept up-to-date and should be checked at each official visit;
(c) all poultry shall be kept isolated and, whenever possible, in their living quarters;
(d) no poultry is allowed to enter or to leave the holding;
(e) all movements of persons, vehicles, materials etc. onto and from the holding shall be subject to official authorization;
(f) table eggs can leave the holding after adequate disinfection or can be sent directly to an installation where they receive an adequate heat treatment;
(g) appropriate means of disinfection have to be used at the entrances of buildings housing poultry and of the holding itself;
(h) an epizootiological inquiry has to be carried out to discover the source of infection and its possible spread;
(i) possibly infected contact premises, i. e. these known from the inquiry meant in point (g) have to be put also under official surveillance.
2. As soon as the presence of the disease is officially confirmed on a holding, the following measures shall be taken in addition of those mentioned under point 1:
(a) all poultry on the holding shall be killed on the spot without any delay; their carcasses and eggs shall be destroyed; these operations have to be carried out in a way which minimizes the risk of spreading disease;
(b) any substance or waste liable to be contaminated shall be destroyed or treated in a way to ensure destruction of any virus present;
(c) the meat of poultry slaughtered during the presumed incubation period should be traced and destroyed;
(d) hatching eggs laid during the presumed incubation period should be traced and destroyed; poultry which hatched from such eggs shall be placed under official surveillance;
(e) after carrying out killing and destruction operations the premises shall be thoroughly cleansed and desinfected;
(f) no poultry shall be reintroduced onto the holding until at least 21 days after the end of the disinfection operations.
3. The operations mentioned in point 2 may be restricted to parts of holdings which form an epizootiological unit as far as the necessary guarantees exist to avoid spread of the disease to the non-infected units of the holding.
4. Around confirmed outbreaks of disease a protection zone with a minimum radius of 3 km and a surveillance zone with a minimum radius of 10 km shall be implemented. In these zones stand-still measures and controlled movements of poultry shall be in force until at least 21 days after the end of the disinfection operations on the infected holding. Before lifting the measures in these zones the authorities shall carry out the necessary inquiries and sampling of the poultry holdings to confirm that disease is no longer present in the region concerned.
5. The operations mentioned in this Annex have to be carried out by or under the supervision of the official veterinary authorities.
ADDITIONAL GUARANTEES TO BE INCLUDED IN THE ANIMAL HEALTH CERTIFICATE FOR IMPORT OF FRESH POULTRY MEAT INTO THE COMMUNITY FROM THIRD COUNTRIES WHERE ARTICLE 4 (3) OF DECISION 93/342/EEC APPLIES The slaughter poultry flock from which the meat is issued,
(a) (i) either has not been vaccinated with vaccines against Newcastle disease which do not fulfil the specific requirements of Annex B point 2 of Decision 93/342/EEC (1)();
(ii) or has been vaccinated with vaccines which do not fulfil the specific requirements of Annex B point 2 of Decision 93/342/EEC, not less than 30 days before slaughter (*); and
(b) has undergone at slaughter, on the basis of an at random sample of cloacal swabs of at least 60 birds of each flock concerned, a virus isolation test for Newcastle disease in which no avian paramyxoviruses with an intracerebral pathogenicity index (ICPI) of more than 0,4 have been found; and
(c) has not been in contact during the period of 30 days preceding slaughter with poultry which do not fulfil the guarantees mentioned under (a) and (b).
(1)() Delete the unnecessary reference.
ADDITIONAL GUARANTEES TO BE INCLUDED IN THE ANIMAL HEALTH CERTIFICATE FOR IMPORT OF LIVE POULTRY OR HATCHING EGGS INTO THE COMMUNITY FROM THIRD COUNTRIES WHERE ARTICLE 4 (4) OF DECISION 93/342/EEC APPLIES Although the use of vaccines against Newcastle disease which do not fulfil the specific requirements of point 2 of Annex B of Decision 93/342/EEC, is not prohibited in ……………….. (*), the
– live poultry (1)(),
– breeding poultry from which the hatching eggs (**)/one-day-old chicks (**) are issued (**)
(a) (i) either have not been vaccinated for at least 12 months with such vaccines (**),
(ii) or have been vaccinated with such vaccines within 12 months but not less than 60 days before consignment (**) or collection of hatching eggs (**), in which case the poultry of the flock of origin has undergone during the 14 days preceding consignment or collecting of eggs, on the basis of an at random sample of cloacal swabs of at least 60 birds of each flock concerned, a virus isolation test for Newcastle disease in which no avian paramyxoviruses with an Intracerebral Pathogenicity Index (ICPI) of more than 0,4 have been found (**); and
(b) have not been in contact during the periods of respectively 12 months or 60 days mentioned in (a) (i) or (a) (ii) with poultry which do not fulfil the guarantees mentioned respectively under (a) (i) or (a) (ii); and
(c) have been isolated under official surveillance on the holding of origin during the 14 days period mentioned in (a) (ii); and
(d) when it concerns export of one-day-old chicks, the hatching eggs from which they hatched have not been in contact in the hatchery or during transport with eggs or poultry which do not fulfil the abovementioned guarantees.
(1)() Name of the country of origin.
(2)() Delete the unnecessary reference.
ADDITIONAL GUARANTEES TO BE INCLUDED IN THE ANIMAL HEALTH CERTIFICATE FOR IMPORT OF FRESH POULTRY MEAT INTO THE COMMUNITY FROM THIRD COUNTRIES WHERE ARTICLE 4 (4) OF DECISION 93/342/EEC APPLIES Although the use of vaccines against Newcastle disease which do not fulfil the specific requirements of Point 2 of Annex B of Decision 93/342/EEC, is not prohibited in ……………….. (*), the slaughter poultry from which the meat is issued
(a) (i) either have not been vaccinated for at least 12 months with such vaccines (**);
(ii) or have been vaccinated with such vaccines within 12 months but not less than 30 days before slaughter in which case the poultry of the flock of origin has undergone at slaughter, on the basis of an at random sample of cloacal swabs of at least 60 birds of each flock concerned, a virus isolation test for Newcastle disease in which no avian paramyxoviruses with an ICPI of more that 0,4 have been found (**); and
(b) have not been in contact during the periods of respectively 12 months or 30 days mentioned in (a) (i) or (a) (ii) with poultry which do not fulfil the guaranees mentioned respectively under (a) (i) or (a) (ii).

Pending: 31993D0074

January 15, 2026
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Directive 91/67/EEC concerning the animal health conditions governing the placing on the market of aquaculture animals and products (1), and in particular Article 5 thereof, Whereas Member States can obtain for one or more continental and coastal zones, the status of approved zone, free of certain diseases affecting fish or molluscs; Whereas, to that effect, Denmark, by letter dated 9 September 1992, has submitted the appropriate justifications for granting, as far as infectious hematopoietic necrosis (IHN) is concerned, the status of approved zone to its territory, and as far as viral haemorrhagic septicemia is concerned, the status of approved zone to a part of its territory, as well as the national rules ensuring compliance with the conditions to be respected for the maintenance of the approved status; Whereas, after scrutiny, this information allows, as far as IHN is concerned, the granting of the status of approved continental and coastal zone to Denmark, and as far as VHS is concerned, the granting of the status of approved continental and coastal zone to a part of the territory of Denmark; Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1
Denmark is recognized as approved continental zone and approved coastal zone for fish with regard to infectious hematopoietic necrosis.

Article 2
The part of Denmark composed of the water catchment to areas contained in the Annex, and the coastal areas belonging thereto, is recognized as approved continental zone and approved coastal zone for fish with regard to viral haemorrhagic septicemia.

Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 21 December 1992.
For the Commission
Ray MAC SHARRY
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ No L 46, 19. 2. 1991, p. 1.
PARARTIMA ANEXO – BILAG – ANHANG – – ANNEX – ANNEXE – ALLEGATO – BIJLAGE – ANEXO
Hovmoelle AA
Villestrup AA
Lindenborg AA
Hasseris AA
Binderup AA
Bjoernsholm AA
Lerkenfeld AA
Loennerup med tilloeb
Bredkaer Baek
Vandloeb til Kilen
Resenkaer AA
Klostermoelle AA
Hvidbjerg AA

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Directive 91/67/EEC concerning the animal health conditions governing the placing on the market of aquaculture animals and products (1), and in particular Article 5 thereof, Whereas Member States can obtain for one or more continental and coastal zones, the status of approved zone, free of certain diseases affecting fish or molluscs; Whereas, to that effect, Denmark, by letter dated 9 September 1992, has submitted the appropriate justifications for granting, as far as infectious hematopoietic necrosis (IHN) is concerned, the status of approved zone to its territory, and as far as viral haemorrhagic septicemia is concerned, the status of approved zone to a part of its territory, as well as the national rules ensuring compliance with the conditions to be respected for the maintenance of the approved status; Whereas, after scrutiny, this information allows, as far as IHN is concerned, the granting of the status of approved continental and coastal zone to Denmark, and as far as VHS is concerned, the granting of the status of approved continental and coastal zone to a part of the territory of Denmark; Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Denmark is recognized as approved continental zone and approved coastal zone for fish with regard to infectious hematopoietic necrosis.
The part of Denmark composed of the water catchment to areas contained in the Annex, and the coastal areas belonging thereto, is recognized as approved continental zone and approved coastal zone for fish with regard to viral haemorrhagic septicemia.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 21 December 1992.
For the Commission
Ray MAC SHARRY
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ No L 46, 19. 2. 1991, p. 1.
PARARTIMA ANEXO – BILAG – ANHANG – – ANNEX – ANNEXE – ALLEGATO – BIJLAGE – ANEXO
Hovmoelle AA
Villestrup AA
Lindenborg AA
Hasseris AA
Binderup AA
Bjoernsholm AA
Lerkenfeld AA
Loennerup med tilloeb
Bredkaer Baek
Vandloeb til Kilen
Resenkaer AA
Klostermoelle AA
Hvidbjerg AA

Pending: 31993D0053

January 15, 2026
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas within the framework of Community protection of designations of origin and geographical indications, registration thereof may involve examining problems concerning the generic nature of a name and the factors to be taken into account when defining the designation of origin and geographical indication for agricultural products and foodstuffs, on the one hand, and the application of criteria regarding fair competition in commercial transactions and the danger of confusing consumers within the meaning of Articles 13 and 14 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 (1) in cases where there is a conflict between the designation of origin or geographical indication and the trademark, homonyms or existing products which are legally marketed, on the other hand; Whereas within the framework of Community protection of certificates of specific character, registration thereof may involve examining problems concerning assessment of the traditional nature of agricultural products and foodstuffs; Whereas the search for solutions to such problems requires the assistance of highly qualified experts with legal or agricultural backgrounds, and particularly with knowledge of intellectual property rights; Whereas it is therefore appropriate to set up a scientific committee to assist the Commission, HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1
A scientific committee, hereinafter called ‘the Committee’, is hereby established to assist the Commission.

Article 2
The task of the Committee shall be to examine, at the request of the Commission, all technical problems relating to the application of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 and Council Regulation (EEC) No 2082/92 (2) with regard to the registration of names of agricultural products and foodstuffs and cases of conflict between Member States, in particular:
1. the factors to be taken into account when defining geographical indications and designations of origin and exceptions thereto, particularly exceptional reputation and renown;
2. generic nature;
3. the assessment of traditional nature;
4. the assessment of criteria regarding fair competition in commercial transactions and the risk of confusing consumers in cases of conflict between the designation of origin or geographical indication and the trademark, homonyms or existing products which are legally marketed.

Article 3
1. The members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Commission from among highly-qualified experts with competence in the fields referred to in Article 2.
2. The Committee shall consist of seven members and seven alternate members authorized to participate in the meetings.

Article 4
1. The Committee shall elect a Chairman and a Vice-Chairman from among its members.
They shall be elected on the basis of a simple majority.
2. The Commission shall provide the secretariat of the Committee.

Article 5
The Committee’s proceedings shall be valid only when all its members are present. The Committee shall give a favourable opinion when votes in favour exceed votes against. Where votes in favour and against are equal, abstention shall be considered as a vote in favour.

Article 6
1. Members shall be appointed for a term of five years, which term shall be renewable. However, the terms of office of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman shall be of two years. They may not be re-elected immediately after having performed their duties for two consecutive two-year periods. Members shall not be remunerated for their services.
2. Upon the expiry of the period of five years or two years, as the case may be, the members, Chairman and Vice-chairman shall remain in office until they are replaced or their appointments are renewed.
3. Where a member, Chairman or Vice-Chairman is unable to carry out his duties or in the event of his resignation, he shall be replaced for the remaining period of his term of office, in accordance with the procedure provided for in Articles 3 and 4, as the case may be.

Article 7
1. The Committee shall meet at the request of a representative of the Commission.
2. The Commission’s representative and officials and other servants of the Commission concerned shall attend the meetings of the Committee.
3. The Commission’s representative may invite leading figures with special qualifications in the subjects under study to attend these meetings.

Article 8
1. The proceedings of the Committee shall relate to matters on which the Commission has requested an opinion.
The Commission may specify a period within which such opinion must be delivered.
2. Where the opinion requested is the subject of unanimous agreement by the members of the Committee, they shall establish their joint conclusions. Failing unanimity, the various positions adopted during the proceedings shall be entered in a report drawn up under the responsibility of the Committee’s secretariat.

Article 9
Where the Commission’s representative informs members of the Committee that the opinion requested relates to a subject of a confidential nature, such members shall be under an obligation not to disclose information which has come to their knowledge through the work of the Committee.
Done at Brussels, 21 December 1992.
For the Commission
Ray MAC SHARRY
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ No L 208, 24. 7. 1992, p. 1.
(2) OJ No L 208, 24. 7. 1992, p. 9.

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas within the framework of Community protection of designations of origin and geographical indications, registration thereof may involve examining problems concerning the generic nature of a name and the factors to be taken into account when defining the designation of origin and geographical indication for agricultural products and foodstuffs, on the one hand, and the application of criteria regarding fair competition in commercial transactions and the danger of confusing consumers within the meaning of Articles 13 and 14 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 (1) in cases where there is a conflict between the designation of origin or geographical indication and the trademark, homonyms or existing products which are legally marketed, on the other hand; Whereas within the framework of Community protection of certificates of specific character, registration thereof may involve examining problems concerning assessment of the traditional nature of agricultural products and foodstuffs; Whereas the search for solutions to such problems requires the assistance of highly qualified experts with legal or agricultural backgrounds, and particularly with knowledge of intellectual property rights; Whereas it is therefore appropriate to set up a scientific committee to assist the Commission, HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
A scientific committee, hereinafter called ‘the Committee’, is hereby established to assist the Commission.
The task of the Committee shall be to examine, at the request of the Commission, all technical problems relating to the application of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 and Council Regulation (EEC) No 2082/92 (2) with regard to the registration of names of agricultural products and foodstuffs and cases of conflict between Member States, in particular:
1. the factors to be taken into account when defining geographical indications and designations of origin and exceptions thereto, particularly exceptional reputation and renown;
2. generic nature;
3. the assessment of traditional nature;
4. the assessment of criteria regarding fair competition in commercial transactions and the risk of confusing consumers in cases of conflict between the designation of origin or geographical indication and the trademark, homonyms or existing products which are legally marketed.
1. The members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Commission from among highly-qualified experts with competence in the fields referred to in Article 2.
2. The Committee shall consist of seven members and seven alternate members authorized to participate in the meetings.
1. The Committee shall elect a Chairman and a Vice-Chairman from among its members.
They shall be elected on the basis of a simple majority.
2. The Commission shall provide the secretariat of the Committee.
The Committee’s proceedings shall be valid only when all its members are present. The Committee shall give a favourable opinion when votes in favour exceed votes against. Where votes in favour and against are equal, abstention shall be considered as a vote in favour.
1. Members shall be appointed for a term of five years, which term shall be renewable. However, the terms of office of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman shall be of two years. They may not be re-elected immediately after having performed their duties for two consecutive two-year periods. Members shall not be remunerated for their services.
2. Upon the expiry of the period of five years or two years, as the case may be, the members, Chairman and Vice-chairman shall remain in office until they are replaced or their appointments are renewed.
3. Where a member, Chairman or Vice-Chairman is unable to carry out his duties or in the event of his resignation, he shall be replaced for the remaining period of his term of office, in accordance with the procedure provided for in Articles 3 and 4, as the case may be.
1. The Committee shall meet at the request of a representative of the Commission.
2. The Commission’s representative and officials and other servants of the Commission concerned shall attend the meetings of the Committee.
3. The Commission’s representative may invite leading figures with special qualifications in the subjects under study to attend these meetings.
1. The proceedings of the Committee shall relate to matters on which the Commission has requested an opinion.
The Commission may specify a period within which such opinion must be delivered.
2. Where the opinion requested is the subject of unanimous agreement by the members of the Committee, they shall establish their joint conclusions. Failing unanimity, the various positions adopted during the proceedings shall be entered in a report drawn up under the responsibility of the Committee’s secretariat.
Where the Commission’s representative informs members of the Committee that the opinion requested relates to a subject of a confidential nature, such members shall be under an obligation not to disclose information which has come to their knowledge through the work of the Committee.
Done at Brussels, 21 December 1992.
For the Commission
Ray MAC SHARRY
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ No L 208, 24. 7. 1992, p. 1.
(2) OJ No L 208, 24. 7. 1992, p. 9.

Pending: 31992D0167

January 15, 2026
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas, in the context of the completion of the internal energy market, the Commission has the objective of facilitating energy transfers by promoting the transit of electricity between grids within the meaning of Article 2 of Council Directive 90/547/EEC of 29 October 1990 on the transit of electricity through transmission grids (1); Whereas, to this end, it is desirable for the Commission to be advised by a committee of experts on matters relating to the smooth functioning of transit and related economic, technical, legal and social factors; Whereas the entities responsible for the grids should be represented on that committee; whereas provision should also be made for the participation of particularly qualified persons capable of providing specific knowledge in the field of electricity transit; Whereas it would be appropriate for the committee of experts also to act as the conciliation body provided for in Article 3 (4) of Directive 90/547/EEC; Whereas, for the sake of the efficiency of the conciliation procedure, the committee of experts should meet in an ad hoc composition to consider any request for conciliation, HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1
The Committee of Experts on Transit of Electricity between Grids, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Committee’, is hereby set up under the auspices of the Commission.

Article 2
Responsibilities
The tasks of the Committee shall be:
– to advise the Commission, at the latter’s request,
– to propose conciliation compromises, at the request of the negotiating parties, in the event of specific requests for transit.

Article 3
Provision of advice
As part of its role of providing advice, the Committee:
(a) shall examine more specifically:
– the technical, financial and legal conditions of transit, taking into account economic and social factors,
– measures to promote the development of electricity transfers and the improvement of infrastructures,
– the possibilities of cooperation with entities in non-member countries;
(b) shall assist the Commission in connection with:
– the drafting of an annual report on the implementation of Directive 90/547/EEC,
– the revision of the Annex to Directive 90/547/EEC.

Article 4
Composition
1. The Committee shall comprise 17 members, namely:
– 12 representatives of the high-voltage grids operating in the Community (one representative per Member State),
– three independent experts whose professional experience and competence in the field of electricity transit in the Community are widely recognized,
– one representative of Eurelectric,
– one Commission representative.
2. The members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Commission. The 12 representatives of the grids and the Eurelectric representative shall be appointed after consultation of the circles concerned from a list containing at least two proposals for each post.

Article 5
Publication
The list of members shall be published by the Commission in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Article 6
Term of office
1. The term of office of members of the Committee shall be four years.
2. Their term of office shall not be renewable.
3. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2, the term of office of half of the members appointed on the setting-up of the Committee shall be two years and shall be renewable for a further four-year period.
4. On expiry of their term of office, the members of the Committee shall remain in office until they are replaced.
5. Where the term of office of a member ends before the expiry of the four-year period, as a result of his resignation or death or for any other reasons, he shall be replaced for the remainder of his term of office in accordance with Article 4 (2).
6. The Commission may bring to an end the term of office of a member after consulting the circles concerned referred to in Article 4 (2) and to replace him in accordance with that provision.
7. The office of member of the Committee shall be unpaid.

Article 7
1. The Committee shall be chaired by the Commission representative.
2. Representatives of the Commission departments concerned shall attend meetings of the Committee as observers.
3. Secretariat services for the Committee shall be provided by the Commission departments.
4. The chairman may invite any person with particular competence in respect of an item included on the agenda to take part in the deliberations as an expert. Experts shall take part in the deliberations only for the item for which they have been invited to attend.
5. The Committee shall adopt its own rules of procedure.
6. The Committee shall meet at least once a year.

Article 8
Conciliation
1. Only the parties to a dispute relating to a specific request for transit may refer a matter to the Committee.
2. The Committee shall meet in an ad hoc composition to consider any request for conciliation.
3. The Committee in its conciliation composition shall comprise the chairman and six members:
– the Eurelectric representative,
– two experts chosen by and from among the three experts who asre members of the Committee,
– three representatives of the grids not involved in the negotiations relating to the specific request for transit on which conciliation has been requested, chosen by and from among the twelve representatives of the grids which are members of the Committee.
The chairman shall not vote.
4. Any conciliation request must be acted upon.
5. The Committee in its conciliation composition shall designate a rapporteur from among its members.
6. The representatives of the grids involved in the negotiations on a specific request for transit on which conciliation by the Committee has been requested shall be invited to present their points of view.
7. After discussion by the Committee in its conciliation composition, the rapporteur shall formulate a conciliation compromise on which there is likely to be a consensus among the five other members of the Committee. In the event of disagreement, the rapporteur shall formulate a conciliation compromise on which there is likely to be agreement among a majority of the five other members. In that event, the opinions of the minority members shall be put on record.
8. The chairman shall submit the conciliation compromise to the parties, accompanied by any minority opinions, within three months of the date on which the request for conciliation by the Committee was submitted.
9. The outcome of the conciliation procedure shall not have binding force.
10. Representatives of the Member States concerned by a request for transit may take part in the conciliation procedure as observers.

Article 9
Confidentiality
Members of the Committee and, where appropriate, the experts referred to in Article 7 (4), shall be required not to disclose information brought to their knowledge through the work of the Committee, where the Commission informs them that the opinion requested or the question raised relates to a confidential matter.

Article 10
This Decision shall take effect on 4 March 1992.
Done at Brussels, 4 March 1992.
For the Commission
António CARDOSO E CUNHA
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ No L 313, 13. 11. 1990, p. 30.

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas, in the context of the completion of the internal energy market, the Commission has the objective of facilitating energy transfers by promoting the transit of electricity between grids within the meaning of Article 2 of Council Directive 90/547/EEC of 29 October 1990 on the transit of electricity through transmission grids (1); Whereas, to this end, it is desirable for the Commission to be advised by a committee of experts on matters relating to the smooth functioning of transit and related economic, technical, legal and social factors; Whereas the entities responsible for the grids should be represented on that committee; whereas provision should also be made for the participation of particularly qualified persons capable of providing specific knowledge in the field of electricity transit; Whereas it would be appropriate for the committee of experts also to act as the conciliation body provided for in Article 3 (4) of Directive 90/547/EEC; Whereas, for the sake of the efficiency of the conciliation procedure, the committee of experts should meet in an ad hoc composition to consider any request for conciliation, HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
The Committee of Experts on Transit of Electricity between Grids, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Committee’, is hereby set up under the auspices of the Commission.
Responsibilities
The tasks of the Committee shall be:
– to advise the Commission, at the latter’s request,
– to propose conciliation compromises, at the request of the negotiating parties, in the event of specific requests for transit.
Provision of advice
As part of its role of providing advice, the Committee:
(a) shall examine more specifically:
– the technical, financial and legal conditions of transit, taking into account economic and social factors,
– measures to promote the development of electricity transfers and the improvement of infrastructures,
– the possibilities of cooperation with entities in non-member countries;
(b) shall assist the Commission in connection with:
– the drafting of an annual report on the implementation of Directive 90/547/EEC,
– the revision of the Annex to Directive 90/547/EEC.
Composition
1. The Committee shall comprise 17 members, namely:
– 12 representatives of the high-voltage grids operating in the Community (one representative per Member State),
– three independent experts whose professional experience and competence in the field of electricity transit in the Community are widely recognized,
– one representative of Eurelectric,
– one Commission representative.
2. The members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Commission. The 12 representatives of the grids and the Eurelectric representative shall be appointed after consultation of the circles concerned from a list containing at least two proposals for each post.
Publication
The list of members shall be published by the Commission in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
Term of office
1. The term of office of members of the Committee shall be four years.
2. Their term of office shall not be renewable.
3. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2, the term of office of half of the members appointed on the setting-up of the Committee shall be two years and shall be renewable for a further four-year period.
4. On expiry of their term of office, the members of the Committee shall remain in office until they are replaced.
5. Where the term of office of a member ends before the expiry of the four-year period, as a result of his resignation or death or for any other reasons, he shall be replaced for the remainder of his term of office in accordance with Article 4 (2).
6. The Commission may bring to an end the term of office of a member after consulting the circles concerned referred to in Article 4 (2) and to replace him in accordance with that provision.
7. The office of member of the Committee shall be unpaid.
1. The Committee shall be chaired by the Commission representative.
2. Representatives of the Commission departments concerned shall attend meetings of the Committee as observers.
3. Secretariat services for the Committee shall be provided by the Commission departments.
4. The chairman may invite any person with particular competence in respect of an item included on the agenda to take part in the deliberations as an expert. Experts shall take part in the deliberations only for the item for which they have been invited to attend.
5. The Committee shall adopt its own rules of procedure.
6. The Committee shall meet at least once a year.
Conciliation
1. Only the parties to a dispute relating to a specific request for transit may refer a matter to the Committee.
2. The Committee shall meet in an ad hoc composition to consider any request for conciliation.
3. The Committee in its conciliation composition shall comprise the chairman and six members:
– the Eurelectric representative,
– two experts chosen by and from among the three experts who asre members of the Committee,
– three representatives of the grids not involved in the negotiations relating to the specific request for transit on which conciliation has been requested, chosen by and from among the twelve representatives of the grids which are members of the Committee.
The chairman shall not vote.
4. Any conciliation request must be acted upon.
5. The Committee in its conciliation composition shall designate a rapporteur from among its members.
6. The representatives of the grids involved in the negotiations on a specific request for transit on which conciliation by the Committee has been requested shall be invited to present their points of view.
7. After discussion by the Committee in its conciliation composition, the rapporteur shall formulate a conciliation compromise on which there is likely to be a consensus among the five other members of the Committee. In the event of disagreement, the rapporteur shall formulate a conciliation compromise on which there is likely to be agreement among a majority of the five other members. In that event, the opinions of the minority members shall be put on record.
8. The chairman shall submit the conciliation compromise to the parties, accompanied by any minority opinions, within three months of the date on which the request for conciliation by the Committee was submitted.
9. The outcome of the conciliation procedure shall not have binding force.
10. Representatives of the Member States concerned by a request for transit may take part in the conciliation procedure as observers.
Confidentiality
Members of the Committee and, where appropriate, the experts referred to in Article 7 (4), shall be required not to disclose information brought to their knowledge through the work of the Committee, where the Commission informs them that the opinion requested or the question raised relates to a confidential matter.
This Decision shall take effect on 4 March 1992.
Done at Brussels, 4 March 1992.
For the Commission
António CARDOSO E CUNHA
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ No L 313, 13. 11. 1990, p. 30.

Pending: 31991D0666

January 15, 2026
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Directive 85/511/EEC of 18 November 1985 introducing Community measures for the control of foot-and-mouth disease (1), as amended by Decision 90/423/EEC (2), and in particular Article 14 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas by 1 January 1992 all Member States must have discontinued routine vaccination against foot-and-mouth disease in their territory; Whereas, however, in view of the high density of susceptible species in some parts of the Community, it is necessary to provide for the possibility of emergency vaccination in a limited area, in circumstances where slaughter of the entire herd may not be sufficient to eliminate the virus; Whereas Community reserves of foot-and-mouth disease vaccine should be established, based on stocks of concentrated inactivated antigen capable of being quickly converted into vaccine for emergency use; Whereas the antigen should be stored at four separate locations; whereas facilities for formulation, bottling and distribution must also be provided; Whereas the criteria for the supply and storage of antigen and its conversion into vaccine should be established; Whereas the national institutes responsible for maintaining the reserve of antigen should cooperate with the Community Coordinating Institute for foot-and-mouth disease vaccines designated by Decision 91/665/EEC (3) in order to ensure the potency, safety and stability of the antigen, and vaccines produced therefrom, and to ensure that the quantity and sub-types kept are appropriate to the risk, on the basis, in particular, of information supplied by the reference laboratory for the identification of foot-and-mouth disease virus designated by Decision 89/531/EEC (4); Whereas Article 14 of Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (5), as amended by Decision 91/133/EEC (6), provides that the establishment of a Community reserve of foot-and-mouth disease vaccines may be eligible for Community aid,

Article 1
The establishment of Community reserves of foot-andmouth disease vaccine shall consist of:
– the supply of concentrated inactivated antigen by establishments designated by Member States,
– the storage, in reserves, of the antigen referred to in the first indent,
– the guarantee of rapid formulation, bottling and distribution by establishments designated by Member States.

Article 2
For the purposes of this Decision the following definitions shall apply:
1. antigen banks: appropriate premises, such as those designated in Article 3 (1), for the storage of Community reserves of concentrated inactivated antigen for the production of foot-and-mouth disease vaccine;
Community Coordinating Institute for foot-andmouth disease vaccine (CCI): the institute designated by Decision 91/665/EEC.

Article 3
1. Antigen banks shall be established at:
– the Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright (United Kingdom),
– the Laboratoire de pathologie bovine du centre national d’études vétérinaires et alimentaires, Lyon (France),
– Bayer AG, Cologne (Germany),
– the Istituto Zooprofilatico Sperimentale di Brescia (Italy).
2. The amounts and sub-types of antigen to be held in the antigen banks shall be as laid down in Annex I.
3. The antigen shall be distributed between the antigen banks in such a way as to ensure that, in the event of technical problems which result in deterioration of the antigen in one of the said banks, the availability of antigen for vaccine production is guaranteed by the other antigen banks.

Article 4
The functions and duties of the antigen banks shall be:
(a) to store the Community reserves of concentrated inactivated foot-and-mouth disease virus antigens in such a way as to maintain their usefulness for the production of a safe and potent vaccine for emergency use against foot-and-mouth disease, including the keeping of adequate records of the conditions under which the antigen is stored;
(b) to liaise with the CCI for the purposes of:
(i) checking incoming batches of antigen for stability, potency and safety;
testing batches of stored antigen for stability, potency and safety at intervals to be determined under the procedure laid down in Article 10, following an opinion from the Scientific Veterinary Committee;
advising on the need for replacement of an antigen if tests indicate that its potency is inadequate;
to deliver concentrated inactivated antigen to establishments designated for the formulation, bottling and distribution of the vaccine, at the request of the Commission or a Member State under the conditions provided for in the second and third subparagraphs of Article 13 (3) of Directive 85/511/EEC, for use in the Member State or third country in which the vaccine is to be used.

Article 5
1. The establishments which are to supply the quantities and sub-types of antigens mentioned in Annex I and, without prejudice to Article 13 of Directive 85/511/EEC, those which are to ensure the formulation, production, bottling and distribution of the foot-and-mouth disease vaccine produced from the antigen shall be designated in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 10 of this Decision.
2. For the purposes of paragraph 1, the Commission shall issue a call for tenders, taking into account the following criteria in particular:
(a) the technical requirements concerning the supply of antigens, in accordance with Annex II;
the supply and delivery of the specified quantity to the antigen bank in a form suitable for long-term storage in liquid nitrogen, or other storage methods recognized, under the procedure laid down in Article 10 after obtaining the opinion of the Scientific Veterinary Committee, as giving at least equivalent stability, including the provision of separate replicates suitable for routine testing;
a guarantee that any antigen supplied will meet the safety and stability requirements defined for vaccine by the European Pharmacopoeia, as well as the required potency (6 PD 50/dose) when tested as specified for vaccine;
the reagents and materials to be used in the formulation of the vaccine;
a guarantee that the vaccine supplied complies fully with the European Pharmacopoeia;
supply of the vaccine, within a given time and at a guaranteed rate of delivery, in bottles of suitable size, labelled in the language or languages of the country in which the vaccine is to be used;
compliance by the establishment which supplies an antigen with the ‘minimum standards for laboratories working with foot-and-mouth disease virus in vitro and in vivo` – European Commission for the control of foot-and-mouth disease – 26th session, Rome, April 1985, on the basis, where necessary, of a report by experts acting under the procedure laid down in Article 10;
quoted costs for the supply of the antigen or the provision of the service, as appropriate.

Article 6
The antigen banks, the establishments supplying the antigen and the establishments carrying out formulation and bottling shall operate under strict conditions of hygiene and safety, in accordance with the generally accepted standards for good manufacturing practice in Europe, which shall be monitored by the CCI.

Article 7
Detailed arrangements for the implementation of this Decision shall be adopted under the procedure laid down in Article 10, in particular as regards:
– the distribution of antigen reserves between antigen banks,
– general procedures for replacing antigen reserves,
– the rules to be followed, should Decision 90/424/EEC be invoked, in making available to third countries vaccines produced from antigens to be replaced in accordance with the second indent,
– any derogations, after obtaining the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee, from the figure of 6 PD 50/dose laid down in Article 5 (2) (c) for new vaccines.

Article 8
Commission veterinary experts may, in collaboration with the competent authorities of the Member States, carry out on-the-spot inspections to verify whether or not the establishments and antigen banks are operating in accordance with this Decision.
The Commission shall inform the Member States of the outcome of such inspections.
The Member State in whose territory the inspections are carried out shall provide the experts with all the assistance required for the accomplishment of their task.
General rules for the application of this Article shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 10.

Article 10
1. Where the procedure laid down in this Article is to be followed, the chairman of the Standing Veterinary Committee set up by Decision 68/361/EEC (1), hereinafter referred to as ‘the Committee`, shall refer the matter without delay to the Committee either on his own initiative or at the request of the representative of a Member State.
2. The representative of the Commission shall submit to the Committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The Committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a time limit which the chairman may lay down according to the urgency of the matter. The opinion shall be delivered by the majority laid down in Article 148 (2) of the Treaty in the case of decisions which the Council is required to adopt on a proposal from the Commission. The votes of the representatives of the Member States within the Committee shall be weighted in the manner set out in that Article. The chairman shall not vote.
3. The Commission shall adopt the measures envisaged if they are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee.
4. If the measures envisaged are not in accordance with the opinion of the Committee, or if no opinion is delivered, the Commission shall without delay submit to the Council a proposal relating to the measures to be taken. The Council shall act by a qualified majority.
If, within 15 days of the date of referral to the Council, the Council has not acted, the proposed measures shall be adopted by the Commission, except where the Council has decided against the measures by a simple majority.

Article 11
The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission, shall review this Decision before 1 January 1995.

Article 12
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 11 December 1991.
For the Council
The President
(1) OJ N° L 315, 26. 11. 1985, p. 11.
(2) OJ N° L 224, 18. 8. 1990, p. 13.
(3) See page 19 of this Official Journal.
(4) OJ N° L 279, 28. 9. 1989, p. 32.
(5) OJ N° L 224, 18. 8. 1990, p. 19.
(6) OJ N° L 66, 13. 3. 1991, p. 18.
(1) OJ N° L 255, 18. 10. 1968, p. 23.

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Directive 85/511/EEC of 18 November 1985 introducing Community measures for the control of foot-and-mouth disease (1), as amended by Decision 90/423/EEC (2), and in particular Article 14 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas by 1 January 1992 all Member States must have discontinued routine vaccination against foot-and-mouth disease in their territory; Whereas, however, in view of the high density of susceptible species in some parts of the Community, it is necessary to provide for the possibility of emergency vaccination in a limited area, in circumstances where slaughter of the entire herd may not be sufficient to eliminate the virus; Whereas Community reserves of foot-and-mouth disease vaccine should be established, based on stocks of concentrated inactivated antigen capable of being quickly converted into vaccine for emergency use; Whereas the antigen should be stored at four separate locations; whereas facilities for formulation, bottling and distribution must also be provided; Whereas the criteria for the supply and storage of antigen and its conversion into vaccine should be established; Whereas the national institutes responsible for maintaining the reserve of antigen should cooperate with the Community Coordinating Institute for foot-and-mouth disease vaccines designated by Decision 91/665/EEC (3) in order to ensure the potency, safety and stability of the antigen, and vaccines produced therefrom, and to ensure that the quantity and sub-types kept are appropriate to the risk, on the basis, in particular, of information supplied by the reference laboratory for the identification of foot-and-mouth disease virus designated by Decision 89/531/EEC (4); Whereas Article 14 of Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (5), as amended by Decision 91/133/EEC (6), provides that the establishment of a Community reserve of foot-and-mouth disease vaccines may be eligible for Community aid,
The establishment of Community reserves of foot-andmouth disease vaccine shall consist of:
– the supply of concentrated inactivated antigen by establishments designated by Member States,
– the storage, in reserves, of the antigen referred to in the first indent,
– the guarantee of rapid formulation, bottling and distribution by establishments designated by Member States.
For the purposes of this Decision the following definitions shall apply:
1. antigen banks: appropriate premises, such as those designated in Article 3 (1), for the storage of Community reserves of concentrated inactivated antigen for the production of foot-and-mouth disease vaccine;
Community Coordinating Institute for foot-andmouth disease vaccine (CCI): the institute designated by Decision 91/665/EEC.
1. Antigen banks shall be established at:
– the Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright (United Kingdom),
– the Laboratoire de pathologie bovine du centre national d’études vétérinaires et alimentaires, Lyon (France),
– Bayer AG, Cologne (Germany),
– the Istituto Zooprofilatico Sperimentale di Brescia (Italy).
2. The amounts and sub-types of antigen to be held in the antigen banks shall be as laid down in Annex I.
3. The antigen shall be distributed between the antigen banks in such a way as to ensure that, in the event of technical problems which result in deterioration of the antigen in one of the said banks, the availability of antigen for vaccine production is guaranteed by the other antigen banks.
The functions and duties of the antigen banks shall be:
(a) to store the Community reserves of concentrated inactivated foot-and-mouth disease virus antigens in such a way as to maintain their usefulness for the production of a safe and potent vaccine for emergency use against foot-and-mouth disease, including the keeping of adequate records of the conditions under which the antigen is stored;
(b) to liaise with the CCI for the purposes of:
(i) checking incoming batches of antigen for stability, potency and safety;
testing batches of stored antigen for stability, potency and safety at intervals to be determined under the procedure laid down in Article 10, following an opinion from the Scientific Veterinary Committee;
advising on the need for replacement of an antigen if tests indicate that its potency is inadequate;
to deliver concentrated inactivated antigen to establishments designated for the formulation, bottling and distribution of the vaccine, at the request of the Commission or a Member State under the conditions provided for in the second and third subparagraphs of Article 13 (3) of Directive 85/511/EEC, for use in the Member State or third country in which the vaccine is to be used.
1. The establishments which are to supply the quantities and sub-types of antigens mentioned in Annex I and, without prejudice to Article 13 of Directive 85/511/EEC, those which are to ensure the formulation, production, bottling and distribution of the foot-and-mouth disease vaccine produced from the antigen shall be designated in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 10 of this Decision.
2. For the purposes of paragraph 1, the Commission shall issue a call for tenders, taking into account the following criteria in particular:
(a) the technical requirements concerning the supply of antigens, in accordance with Annex II;
the supply and delivery of the specified quantity to the antigen bank in a form suitable for long-term storage in liquid nitrogen, or other storage methods recognized, under the procedure laid down in Article 10 after obtaining the opinion of the Scientific Veterinary Committee, as giving at least equivalent stability, including the provision of separate replicates suitable for routine testing;
a guarantee that any antigen supplied will meet the safety and stability requirements defined for vaccine by the European Pharmacopoeia, as well as the required potency (6 PD 50/dose) when tested as specified for vaccine;
the reagents and materials to be used in the formulation of the vaccine;
a guarantee that the vaccine supplied complies fully with the European Pharmacopoeia;
supply of the vaccine, within a given time and at a guaranteed rate of delivery, in bottles of suitable size, labelled in the language or languages of the country in which the vaccine is to be used;
compliance by the establishment which supplies an antigen with the ‘minimum standards for laboratories working with foot-and-mouth disease virus in vitro and in vivo` – European Commission for the control of foot-and-mouth disease – 26th session, Rome, April 1985, on the basis, where necessary, of a report by experts acting under the procedure laid down in Article 10;
quoted costs for the supply of the antigen or the provision of the service, as appropriate.
The antigen banks, the establishments supplying the antigen and the establishments carrying out formulation and bottling shall operate under strict conditions of hygiene and safety, in accordance with the generally accepted standards for good manufacturing practice in Europe, which shall be monitored by the CCI.
Detailed arrangements for the implementation of this Decision shall be adopted under the procedure laid down in Article 10, in particular as regards:
– the distribution of antigen reserves between antigen banks,
– general procedures for replacing antigen reserves,
– the rules to be followed, should Decision 90/424/EEC be invoked, in making available to third countries vaccines produced from antigens to be replaced in accordance with the second indent,
– any derogations, after obtaining the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee, from the figure of 6 PD 50/dose laid down in Article 5 (2) (c) for new vaccines.
Commission veterinary experts may, in collaboration with the competent authorities of the Member States, carry out on-the-spot inspections to verify whether or not the establishments and antigen banks are operating in accordance with this Decision.
The Commission shall inform the Member States of the outcome of such inspections.
The Member State in whose territory the inspections are carried out shall provide the experts with all the assistance required for the accomplishment of their task.
General rules for the application of this Article shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 10.
1. Where the procedure laid down in this Article is to be followed, the chairman of the Standing Veterinary Committee set up by Decision 68/361/EEC (1), hereinafter referred to as ‘the Committee`, shall refer the matter without delay to the Committee either on his own initiative or at the request of the representative of a Member State.
2. The representative of the Commission shall submit to the Committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The Committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a time limit which the chairman may lay down according to the urgency of the matter. The opinion shall be delivered by the majority laid down in Article 148 (2) of the Treaty in the case of decisions which the Council is required to adopt on a proposal from the Commission. The votes of the representatives of the Member States within the Committee shall be weighted in the manner set out in that Article. The chairman shall not vote.
3. The Commission shall adopt the measures envisaged if they are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee.
4. If the measures envisaged are not in accordance with the opinion of the Committee, or if no opinion is delivered, the Commission shall without delay submit to the Council a proposal relating to the measures to be taken. The Council shall act by a qualified majority.
If, within 15 days of the date of referral to the Council, the Council has not acted, the proposed measures shall be adopted by the Commission, except where the Council has decided against the measures by a simple majority.
The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission, shall review this Decision before 1 January 1995.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 11 December 1991.
For the Council
The President
(1) OJ N° L 315, 26. 11. 1985, p. 11.
(2) OJ N° L 224, 18. 8. 1990, p. 13.
(3) See page 19 of this Official Journal.
(4) OJ N° L 279, 28. 9. 1989, p. 32.
(5) OJ N° L 224, 18. 8. 1990, p. 19.
(6) OJ N° L 66, 13. 3. 1991, p. 18.
(1) OJ N° L 255, 18. 10. 1968, p. 23.
Quantities and sub-types of antigen to be held in the antigen banks
Potent, well-tested vaccine strains corresponding to:
European strain
Middle East strain
European strain
South American strain
Middle East strain
European strain
A recent type A strain like A/87 Argentina should be included in the collection of strains.
The above strains shall be kept in quantities sufficient to provide at least five million doses of each sub-type. Each dose should have an observed potency of 6 PD50 in cattle, when tested according to the European Pharmacopoeia.
Technical requirements for supply of concentrated inactivated monovalent foot-and-mouth disease virus antigen and its formulation into vaccine
1. Availability of concentrated inactivated antigen suitable for storage in liquid nitrogen, or by a method giving at least equivalent stability.
2. Availability of antigen corresponding to each of the sub-types specified in Annex I. The antigen must also be suitable for the preparation of oil emulsion vaccines for pigs, in which case ;/6 of a dose volume must protect at least 5 out of 10 pigs if challenged by intrapodal injection of 1 000 ID50.
3. Full information should be provided on the tests conducted by the producer on seed virus, cells and other materials used in the production.
Samples of each master seed virus must be submitted to the CCI for confirmatory tests of identity and purity.
Samples of the cells used to produce the virus should be submitted to the CCI.
The manufacture and quality of antigen must be consistent with the generally accepted standards for good manufacturing practice in Europe.
The vaccines to be produced on the basis of the antigen must comply with the requirements of the European Pharmacopoeia. In addition:
(a) the antigen shall have been inactivated before concentration using a first order inactivant. For each batch of antigen the kinetics of inactivation must be followed and documented by the producer. The range of inactivation must be such that the batch as a whole is free from infective virus, and the safety margin should be in the range of about 3 log10 (based on extrapolation); and
the mixture of virus preparation/inactivant must have been transferred to a second sterile container when half of the inactivation time has elapsed in such a manner as to prevent contamination; an equivalent method could, however, be acceptable; and
subsequent processing of the antigen should be carried out in a non-contaminated environment (FMD virus free). Polyethyleneglycol (PEG) precipitation, polyethyleneoxide (PEO) precipitation, ultrafiltration or a combination of these are permitted methods for the concentration of inactivated antigen; and
before and during the performance of innocuity tests, the inactivated antigen should be stored in a sealed container, in a quarantine area, outside the restricted (high-security) area; and
the concentrated product containing the inactivated antigen should be in a volume at least 100 times less than that used for formulation of conventional vaccines. The producer must indicate the number of vaccine doses per volume unit of concentrated material; and
the main bulk of the inactivated antigen should be supplied in containers suitable for storage over liquid nitrogen and divided into volumes to be agreed between the producer and the CCI.
In consultation with, and under the supervision of, the CCI, the producer must also provide 20 representative samples containing at least 1 mg each of concentrated 146S antigen for periodic in vitro and in vivo tests; and
the producer must provide relevant information about the antigen and its formulation into vaccine for consideration by the CCI.
On receipt, each batch of concentrated inactivated antigen will be checked by the CCI for possible residual infective virus in vitro and in cattle using the method prescribed for vaccine in the European Pharmacopoeia; and
potency of the vaccines prepared from the concentrated antigen will be tested by the CCI. Vaccines will be formulated according to the prescription of the producer. Vaccines for pigs will be formulated as oil emulsions. For cattle, aluminium-hydroxide-, saponin- or oil-adjuvanted vaccines may be used. Any batches found to be unsatisfactory when tested immediately upon reconstitution following deposit in the antigen bank will be rejected and be replaced at the producer’s expense. The cost of testing the replacement batch will be met by the producer;
components of the concentrated antigen must not interfere with the preparation and stability of the oil-emulsion vaccines.
The antigen as provided by the producer should have an expected stability of at least five years.
The concentration and quality of the vaccine adjuvants will be agreed with the CCI.
The producer should also specify the expected shelf-life of the product after formulation into vaccine. This shelf-life should be at least four months.
Vaccines which have exceeded their expiry date must not be used; this date can be checked and if necessary reviewed by the CCI.
Formulated vaccines must be kept under cool temperature conditions as specified in the European Pharmacopoeia. Care should be taken to maintain the correct temperature during distribution, until administered.

Pending: 31989D0631

January 15, 2026
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3), Whereas the common fisheries policy, which guarantees the long-term existence of fishery stocks and thus employment in this sector, can achieve its objectives only if its rules are complied with absolutely and thus if enforcement is effective; Whereas the Member States, in ensuring compliance with the conservation and control rules of the common fisheries policy within their fishery zones and on their territory, are carrying out an obligation of Community interest; Whereas for some Member States the scale of the enforcement task is unrelated to budgetary capacity or relative prosperity and may in certain cases constitute a disproportionate burden; Whereas it is therefore appropriate to provide for a contribution by the Community towards certain enforcement expenditure incurred by certain of those Member States; Whereas the total Community contribution should remain within the limits of a budgetary provision of ECU 22 million per annum over an initial period of five years and the corresponding financial resources will be entered as annual appropriations in the general budget of the European Communities; Whereas any such contribution should be conditional on the attainment, by the Member States which are beneficiaries, of a satisfactory standard of enforcement both at sea and on land, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1
1. The Community shall, under the conditions laid down in the Annex, contribute to the financing of the expenditure incurred by Member States in enforcing the Community arrangements for the conservation and management of fishery resources.
Pending the adoption of Community rules for the conservation and management of fishery resources applicable in Mediterranean waters, the Community shall, on a provisional basis until 31 December 1991, contribute under the same conditions as those set out in this Decision to the financing of the expenditure incurred by the Member States concerned to ensure compliance with the applicable rules. Member States which wish to benefit from this contribution shall notify such rules to the Commission and justify their merits.
2. The Community contribution shall relate to eligible expenditure incurred by Member States from 1 January 1991 to 31 December 1995.
3. For any Member States in any year, the Community contribution shall not be lower than 35 % or higher than 50 % of the eligible expenditure.
4. The Community may grant advances up to a maximum of 50 % of its contribution.
5. The Council, acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 43 of the Treaty and on the basis of a Commission report on the application of this Decision, shall decide before 30 June 1995 on the provisions for Community participation which might apply from 1 January 1996.

Article 2
1. Member States wishing to benefit from the Community contribution to the financing of expenditure shall forward to the Commission, on the first occasion before 30 June 1990 and subsequently before 30 June of each year, a schedule containing the information specified in paragraph 2 of the Annex.
2. The Commission shall decide, on the first occasion before 31 December 1990 and subsequently before 31 December of each year, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 14 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 170/83 of 25 January 1983 establishing a Community system for the conservation and management of fishery resources (1), as amended by the 1985 Act of Accession, on the Community contribution, the eligibility of planned expenditure and any conditions to which the contribution may be subject.
3. The European Parliament and the Council shall be informed by the Commission, by 31 March of the year following the latter’s decision, of the actions undertaken in accordance with this Decision and the improvementsnoted in the supervision of fishing activities by the Member States.

Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 27 November 1989.
For the Council
The President
(1) OJ No C 152, 20. 6. 1989, p. 5.
(2) OJ No C 120, 16. 5. 1989, p. 235.
(3) OJ No C 139, 5. 6. 1989, p. 36.
(1) OJ No L 24, 27. 1. 1983, p. 1.

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3), Whereas the common fisheries policy, which guarantees the long-term existence of fishery stocks and thus employment in this sector, can achieve its objectives only if its rules are complied with absolutely and thus if enforcement is effective; Whereas the Member States, in ensuring compliance with the conservation and control rules of the common fisheries policy within their fishery zones and on their territory, are carrying out an obligation of Community interest; Whereas for some Member States the scale of the enforcement task is unrelated to budgetary capacity or relative prosperity and may in certain cases constitute a disproportionate burden; Whereas it is therefore appropriate to provide for a contribution by the Community towards certain enforcement expenditure incurred by certain of those Member States; Whereas the total Community contribution should remain within the limits of a budgetary provision of ECU 22 million per annum over an initial period of five years and the corresponding financial resources will be entered as annual appropriations in the general budget of the European Communities; Whereas any such contribution should be conditional on the attainment, by the Member States which are beneficiaries, of a satisfactory standard of enforcement both at sea and on land, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
1. The Community shall, under the conditions laid down in the Annex, contribute to the financing of the expenditure incurred by Member States in enforcing the Community arrangements for the conservation and management of fishery resources.
Pending the adoption of Community rules for the conservation and management of fishery resources applicable in Mediterranean waters, the Community shall, on a provisional basis until 31 December 1991, contribute under the same conditions as those set out in this Decision to the financing of the expenditure incurred by the Member States concerned to ensure compliance with the applicable rules. Member States which wish to benefit from this contribution shall notify such rules to the Commission and justify their merits.
2. The Community contribution shall relate to eligible expenditure incurred by Member States from 1 January 1991 to 31 December 1995.
3. For any Member States in any year, the Community contribution shall not be lower than 35 % or higher than 50 % of the eligible expenditure.
4. The Community may grant advances up to a maximum of 50 % of its contribution.
5. The Council, acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 43 of the Treaty and on the basis of a Commission report on the application of this Decision, shall decide before 30 June 1995 on the provisions for Community participation which might apply from 1 January 1996.
1. Member States wishing to benefit from the Community contribution to the financing of expenditure shall forward to the Commission, on the first occasion before 30 June 1990 and subsequently before 30 June of each year, a schedule containing the information specified in paragraph 2 of the Annex.
2. The Commission shall decide, on the first occasion before 31 December 1990 and subsequently before 31 December of each year, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 14 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 170/83 of 25 January 1983 establishing a Community system for the conservation and management of fishery resources (1), as amended by the 1985 Act of Accession, on the Community contribution, the eligibility of planned expenditure and any conditions to which the contribution may be subject.
3. The European Parliament and the Council shall be informed by the Commission, by 31 March of the year following the latter’s decision, of the actions undertaken in accordance with this Decision and the improvementsnoted in the supervision of fishing activities by the Member States.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 27 November 1989.
For the Council
The President
(1) OJ No C 152, 20. 6. 1989, p. 5.
(2) OJ No C 120, 16. 5. 1989, p. 235.
(3) OJ No C 139, 5. 6. 1989, p. 36.
(1) OJ No L 24, 27. 1. 1983, p. 1.
1. The eligible expenditure of Member States may relate to the acquisition or modernization of:
– vessels, aircraft and land vehicles employed in the monitoring and supervision of fishing activities, including their equipment,
– systems for the detection and recording of fishing activities (including equipment installed on fishing vessels),
– systems (including land-based systems) for recording and transmitting catch data and other relevant information.
2. The schedule referred to in Article 2 (1) shall state the expenditure falling under paragraph 1 envisaged for the following years. It shall specify in particular:
– the technical features and cost of the equipment and the method of payment envisaged,
– the timetable for the expenditure envisaged,
– the use planned for the equipment, including the date of entry into service,
– in the case of vessels or aircraft or equipment to be installed on vessels or aircraft, the proposed programme of operations for the monitoring and supervision of fishing activities by such vessels or aircraft.
Member States shall give a precise account of their present organization, activities, problems and achievements in the field of fisheries enforcement at sea and on land and explain how the expenditure envisaged will improve performance.
To this end, the Member States shall set specific objectives in accordance with their own priorities.
3. The Commission shall consider each Member State’s application by reference to the following criteria in particular:
– in the case of expenditure on the purchase of vessels, aircraft or land vehicles, the amount of time which they will devote to fisheries enforcement,
– the approximate relative size of the enforcement burden of the Member State on land and at sea, having regard in particular to the volume of fishing activity in its fishery zone, the extent of the latter, the nember and the volume of landings in its ports, the length of its coastline, the number of its fishing ports and the geographical distribution of the activities of its fleet,
– the use made by a Member State of any financial contribution granted under this Decision in any previous year,
– the improvement in the Member State’s performance in fisheries enforcement at sea and on land in the period preceding the application and the improvement likely to result from the expenditure envisaged.
4. In considering a Member State’s enforcement performance the Commission shall have regard to the following considerations in particular:
– the prevention, discovery and pursuit of infringements against the conservation and control rules,
– the presence in national legislation and the application in practice of penalties that are commensurate with the seriousness of infringements and effectively discourage further infringements of the same kind,
– the reliability of the catch figures forwarded by the Member State to the Commission and the Member State’s ability to prevent the ovefishing of its quotas,
– the amount and the effectiveness of the human and material resources devoted by the Member State concerned to fisheries enforcement,
– the diversity of the fishing activity in the fishery zone of the said State,
– the degree of cooperation in fisheries enforcement between that Member State and other Member States and the Commission,
– in appropriate cases, that Member State’s contribution to fisheries enforcement in areas governed by international conventions to which the Community is a Contracting Party and the scale and effectiveness of this enforcement. 5. Member States shall submit their applications for reimbursement before 30 April of the year following that in which the expenditure was incurred.
The reimbursement of expenditure and the payment of advances shall be made only if the provisions of the directives coordinating procedures for the award of public works and supply contracts have been complied with, in the sense that the certificates for payment must make reference to the notices on the award of public contracts, published in the Official Journal of the European Communities. In case of non-publication of the notices in the Official Journal of the European Communities, the beneficiary shall certify that the public contracts have been awarded in conformity with Community legislation.
The Commission may request any information which it considers necessary for judging whether Community legislation on public contracts has been respected.
6. Member States shall supply the Commission with any information which it may request for the performance of its duties under this Decision.
Should the Commission consider that monitoring and supervision facilities partly financed by the Community under this Decision are not being used for the intended purpose or in accordance with the conditions defined under this Decision, it shall inform the Member State concerned accordingly. The Member State shall then conduct an administrative inquiry in which Commission officials may participate. The Member State shall inform the Commission of the progress and results of the inquiry and provide the Commission with a copy of the report of the inquiry and the principal data used in the preparation of the report.
The Commission may carry out checks on the fulfilment of their duties under this Decision by the Member States, which shall provide assistance to the staff appointed by the Commission for this purpose.
The provisions of this paragraph shall be without prejudice to Article 12 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2241/87 of 23 July 1987 establishing certain control measures for fishing activities (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3483/88 (2).
(1) OJ No L 207, 29. 7. 1987, p. 1.
(2) OJ No L 306, 11. 11. 1988, p. 2.

Pending: 31986D0130

January 15, 2026
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Directive 77/504/EEC of 25 July 1977 on pure bred breeding animals of the bovine species (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular the first indent of Article 6 (1) thereof, Whereas under the first indent of Article 6 (1) of Directive 77/504/EEC it is for the Commission to determine, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 8 of the abovementioned Directive, the performance monitoring methods and methods for assessing cattle’s genetic value; Whereas the methods for performance monitoring and assessing cattle’s genetic value already being applied in the Member States are broadly similar; Whereas it is therefore necessary to align the modalities of these methods more closely so that the results are comparable; Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Zootechnics, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1
The performance monitoring methods and methods for assessing cattle’s genetic value for pure bred breeding animals of the bovine species shall be those as laid down in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 11 March 1986.
For the Commission
Frans ANDRIESSEN
Vice-President
(1) OJ No L 206, 12. 8. 1977, p. 8.

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Directive 77/504/EEC of 25 July 1977 on pure bred breeding animals of the bovine species (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular the first indent of Article 6 (1) thereof, Whereas under the first indent of Article 6 (1) of Directive 77/504/EEC it is for the Commission to determine, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 8 of the abovementioned Directive, the performance monitoring methods and methods for assessing cattle’s genetic value; Whereas the methods for performance monitoring and assessing cattle’s genetic value already being applied in the Member States are broadly similar; Whereas it is therefore necessary to align the modalities of these methods more closely so that the results are comparable; Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Zootechnics, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
The performance monitoring methods and methods for assessing cattle’s genetic value for pure bred breeding animals of the bovine species shall be those as laid down in the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 11 March 1986.
For the Commission
Frans ANDRIESSEN
Vice-President
(1) OJ No L 206, 12. 8. 1977, p. 8.
The genetic merit of a bovine animal may be calculated using one or a combination of the following methods, all the data accruing from the test results shall be accessible:
1. Performance Testing
(i) Performance Testing on a station
(a) The name of the body or of the authority responsible for the station and the name of the competent authority for the calculation and publication of the results shall be given.
(b) The design of the test and the number of animals involved in it shall be stated.
(c) The following items shall be clearly stated:
– conditions for acceptance into the station,
– on farm performance of bulls prior to entry into the station if applicable,
– ownership and maximum age of young bulls entering the station at the time of the test and the range of ages of contemporary bulls in the station,
– length of the adaptation period and test period in the station,
– type of diet and system of feeding.
(d) For traits being recorded; the minimum traits to be recorded must be liveweight. For beef breeds in addition feed intake and muscle assessment.
(e) The method used for estimating genetic merit must be unbiased. The genetic merit of tested bulls must be stated as a breeding value or contemporary comparison for each trait.
(ii) Performance testing on a farm
A performance test may be carried out outside a station providing that at the end of the test a breeding value can be calculated following established zootechnical principles.
2. Milk recording and assessment of the breeding value of females for milk traits
Milk yield records used for the assessment of the breeding value of females must be obtained under an official system of milk recording complying with standards laid down by the International Committee for Recording the Productivity of Milk Animals.
The name of the body or of the authority responsible for the calculation and publication of the results shall be given.
Milk records used in the determination of the breeding value of females must:
– have a standard length of lactation for calculation purposes of 305 days,
– be adjusted for any important environmental influences by appropriate means.
The method used for the estimation of genetic merit must be unbiased and the result expressed as a predicted difference or breeding value with associated accuracy values for all traits concerned.
A detailed description of the method used must be given or referenced. Traits evaluated must be defined, the base reference and standard deviation of the traits must be stated and the date of calculation of the figures must be given.
3. Progeny Testing
(a) The name of the body or of the authority responsible for the station and the name of the competent authority for the calculation and publication of the results shall be given.
(b) The genetic merit of the sire shall be calculated by assessing the qualities of a suitable number of its offspring in relation to:
(i) Dairy characteristics:
– a detailed description of the progeny test method must be given or referenced,
– the daughters should not be selectively procured or selectively treated,
– first lactations must be used and later lactations may be used; lactation records used must have a maximum length of 305 days complying with standards laid down by the International Committee for Recording the Productivity of Milk Animals, – influences other than the genetic merit of the sire must be eliminated by appropriate procedures in the determination of its breeding value or predicted differences,
– the quantity and composition of the milk produced and other relevant data shall be included when calculating breeding values,
– if data are available concerning fertility and the viability of the progeny they shall be published,
– the method used for estimating breeding values or predicted differences must be unbiased,
– results must be published in the form of predicted difference or breeding values with associated accuracy values for the main production traits recorded. Traits evaluated must be defined, the base reference and the standard deviation of the traits must be stated and the date of calculation of the figures must be given.
(ii) Beef characteristics:
– a detailed description of the progeny test method must be given or referenced,
– the progeny should not be selectively procured or selectively treated,
– four types of progeny tests are recognized:
A. central testing in specialized progeny testing units;
B. planned progeny testing in cooperating commercial beef production units;
C. analysis of data from on-farm recording schemes for pedigree and/or commercial herds. The progeny should be distributed amongst herds in such a way that a valid comparison between bulls is possible;
D. survey type data collected on identified progeny at sale or slaughter premises.
In types A and B animals must be selected in a random way at a young age, and brought together into contemporary groups balanced with respect to bulls involved. In types C and D all qualifying records must be used in assessing the breeding value of the bulls
– bulls for progeny testing must be used at random in herds from which it is planned to procure progeny for testing,
– influences other than the genetic merit of the sire must be eliminated by appropriate procedures in the determination of its breeding value,
– the carcase characteristics (where these are part of a selection programme) and its quality and other relevant data shall be included when calculating breeding values,
– if data are available concerning fertility and the viability of the progeny they shall be published,
– the method used for estimating breeding values must be unbiased,
– results must as far as possible be published in the form of predicted difference or breeding values with associated accuracy values for the main traits recorded. Traits evaluated must be defined, the base reference and the standard deviation of the traits must be stated and the date of calculation of the figures must be given.

Pending: 31982D0530

January 15, 2026
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Communities, Having regard to Protocol 3 to the 1972 Act of Accession, and in particular

Article 1
1. In order to limit imports the United Kingdom may authorize the Isle of Man Government to apply a system of special import licences to products of the sheepmeat and beef and veal sectors, falling within subheadings 01.02 A, 02.01 A II, 01.04 and 02.01 A IV of the Common Customs Tariff.
2. This system shall be applied without prejudice to the application of the measures provided for in Title II of Regulations (EEC) No 805/68 and (EEC) No 1837/80.
3. This system shall be applied in such a way as to ensure equality of treatment for all products from whatever source and for all importers of meat, while maintaining as far as possible the traditional patterns of trade and taking account of the Communities’ rules on animal health.
4. The United Kingdom shall inform the Commission of the measures taken in pursuance of paragraph 1.

Article 2
This Decision shall apply until 1 April 1984.
The Commission shall present to the Council, before 1 January 1984, a report on the application of the system, together with any proposals for the retention of, or amendment to, this Decision.

Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom.
Done at Brussels, 19 July 1982.
For the Council
The President
B. WESTH (1) OJ No L 68, 15.3.1973, p. 1. (2) OJ No L 148, 28.6.1968, p. 24. (3) OJ No L 183, 16.7.1980, p. 1.

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Communities, Having regard to Protocol 3 to the 1972 Act of Accession, and in particular
1. In order to limit imports the United Kingdom may authorize the Isle of Man Government to apply a system of special import licences to products of the sheepmeat and beef and veal sectors, falling within subheadings 01.02 A, 02.01 A II, 01.04 and 02.01 A IV of the Common Customs Tariff.
2. This system shall be applied without prejudice to the application of the measures provided for in Title II of Regulations (EEC) No 805/68 and (EEC) No 1837/80.
3. This system shall be applied in such a way as to ensure equality of treatment for all products from whatever source and for all importers of meat, while maintaining as far as possible the traditional patterns of trade and taking account of the Communities’ rules on animal health.
4. The United Kingdom shall inform the Commission of the measures taken in pursuance of paragraph 1.
This Decision shall apply until 1 April 1984.
The Commission shall present to the Council, before 1 January 1984, a report on the application of the system, together with any proposals for the retention of, or amendment to, this Decision.
This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom.
Done at Brussels, 19 July 1982.
For the Council
The President
B. WESTH (1) OJ No L 68, 15.3.1973, p. 1. (2) OJ No L 148, 28.6.1968, p. 24. (3) OJ No L 183, 16.7.1980, p. 1.