Article 9

1. The border inspection posts must satisfy the requirements of this Article. 2. Border inspection posts must be: ii(i) located in the vicinity of the point of entry into one of the territories referred to in Annex I; i(ii) designated and approved in accordance with paragraph 3; placed under the authority of an official veterinarian, who shall be effectively responsible for the checks. The official veterinariam may be assisted by specially trained auxiliary staff. 3. Before 31 March 1991, and once border posts have been shortlisted by national authorities, acting in conjunction with the Commission departments which will verify their compliance with the minimum requirements set out in Annex II, the Member States shall submit to the Commission the list of border inspection posts that will carry out veterinary checks on products and provide the following information: nature of the border inspection post: port, airport, road checkpoint, rail checkpoint; number of official veterinarians with at least one official veterinarian on duty at all times that the border inspection post is open, number of specially qualified auxiliary staff or assistants; documentary check, physical check, sampling, laboratory for carrying out on the spot the general tests laid down in Article 8 (2) (b), laboratory available for specific tests ordered by the official veterinarian; (b) nature of the products which could be checked at the border inspection post in question given the equipment and veterinary staff available, possibily mentioning any products that cannot be checked at those border inspection posts; (c) staff allocated to veterinary checks: (d) description of the equipment and premises available given the various checks to be carried out for the following operations: (e) capacity of the available premises and cold stores for storing the products pending the test results; (f) nature of the equipment allowing a rapid exchange of information, particularly with other border inspection posts; (g) procedure for handling disputes with third countries; (h) volume of trade (types and quantities of products passing through this border inspection post). 4. Acting in conjunction with the competent national authorities, the Commission shall inspect the border inspection posts designated in accordance with paragraph 3 with a view to ensuring that there is uniform application of the rules on veterinary checks and that the various border inspection posts in fact possess the necessary infrastructures and meet the minimum requirements laid down in Annex II. N° later than 31 December 1991, the Commission shall submit to the Standing Veterinary Committee a report on the outcome of this inspection together with proposals taking into account the conclusions of the report with a view to establishing a Community list of border inspection posts approved in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 24. This report shall cover any problems encountered by certain Member States if the shortlisting referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 3 were to result in a large number of border inspection posts being excluded at 1 January 1992. In accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 23, a period of up to three years may be granted to enable the border inspection posts of the Member States referred to in the previous subparagraph to comply with the requirements of this Directive and in particular those concerning equipment and infrastructure. The Commission shall publish the list of border inspection posts, and any subsequent updates, in the Official Journal of the European Communities. 5. The Commission shall adopt any detailed rules required for implementing this Article in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 24.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-06 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.