New Regulation on Official Controls - current status
Josef ŠVAŘÍČEKCentral Institute for Supervising and Testing in AgriculturePPPs Division, Brno, Czech Republic
CEUREG Forum XX., BRNO, 11th October 2016
Proposal for a
REGULATION OF THE EUROPEANPARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
on official controls and other official activities performed to ensurethe application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health, plant reproductive material, plant protection products
and amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, 1829/2003, 1831/2003, 1/2005, 396/2005, 834/2007, 1099/2009, 1069/2009, 1107/2009, Regulations (EU) No 1151/2012, [….]/2013 [Office of Publications, please insert number of Regulation laying down provisions for the management of expenditure relating to the food chain, animal health and animal welfare, and relating to plant health and plant reproductive material], and Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC, 2008/120/EC and 2009/128/EC
(Official Controls Regulation)
Current version: st10755.en
Codecision Procedure (1)(Article 251 of the EC Treaty)
JOINT DECLARATION (of the European Parliament, the Council and
the Commission) ON PRACTICAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CODECISION PROCEDURE
(Article 251 of the EC Treaty)(2007/C 145/02) Official Journal of the European Union, OJ C 145, 30th June 2007
Cooperation between these three EU institutions in the context of codecision often takes the form of tripartitemeetings (hereinafter ‘trilogues’).
Codecision Procedure (2)(Article 251 of the EC Treaty)
As the codecision procedure in trilogues isvery complicated (parallel work in the institutions, three phases, three readings) forbetter understanding there was developed
CO-DECISION GUIDE
• 30 pages
• containing 3 flow charts (YES/NO „pathways“)
• containing 6 Annexes
New Regulation on Official Controls (1)
Current situation
10/10/2016 - Council of the European Union - Council ofthe Ministers of Agriculture of the EU MSs
- formal acceptance of political agreement
Next steps
08/11/2016 - legal and linguistic finalization of the text
xx/11/2016 - European Parliament - to adopt text in the 1st reading ?
31/12/2016 - publication in the EU Official Journal?
Entry into force - 2017 ? Shall apply + 3 year - 2020 ?!!
New Regulation on Official Controls (2)
Very important Articles
Article 25 Delegation by the competent authorities of certain official control tasks
Article 34 Second expert opinion
Article 35 Sampling of animals and goods offered forsale by means of distance communication
Article 42 Official controls on animals and goods otherthan those subject to official controls atborder control posts under Section II
Article 48 Certificates and documents accompanying consignments and split consignments
New Regulation on Official Controls (3)
Very important Articles (ctnd.)
Article 50 Details of documentary, identity andphysical checks
Article 64 Measures to be taken in cases of non-compliant consignments entering the Union
Article 73 Cooperation amongst authorities in relation to consignments entering the Union from third countries
Title IV Administrative assistance and cooperation(Articles 100-106)
Article 130 Information management system for officialcontrols (IMSOC)
Title VII Enforcement action (Articles 134-137)
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