TITLE IX

The Commission shall be assisted by the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health instituted by Article 58 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 or, where dealing with matters mainly relating to plant health, by the Standing Committee on plant health set up by Council Decision 76/894/EEC OJ L 340, 9.12.1976, p. 25. . Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 3 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 5 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof. The period laid down in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be three months. The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure. Implementing and transitional measures necessary to ensure the uniform application of this Regulation may be laid down in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 62(3). This applies in particular to: the delegation of control tasks to control bodies referred to in Article 5, where these control bodies were already in operation before the entry into force of this Regulation; any modification with regard to the standards referred to in Article 12(2); the non-compliance referred to in Article 28 which gives rise to expenses arising from additional official controls; expenditure incurred pursuant to Article 54; rules on microbiological, physical and/or chemical analysis in official controls, in particular in case of suspicion of risk and including the surveillance of the safety of products imported from third countries; defining what feed is to be considered as feed of animal origin for the purpose of this Regulation. In order to take account of the specificity of Regulations (EEC) No 2092/91, (EEC) No 2081/92 and (EEC) No 2082/92, specific measures to be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 62(3) may provide for the necessary derogations from and adjustments to the rules laid down in this Regulation. In accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 62(3): the Annexes to this Regulation may be updated, except for Annex I, Annex IV and Annex V, without prejudice to Article 27(3), in particular in order to take account of administrative changes and scientific and/or technological progress; the references to the European Standards referred to in this Regulation may be updated in the event that CEN amends these references. The Commission shall, not later than Three years after the entry into force of this Regulation. , submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council. The report shall, in particular, review the experience gained from the application of this Regulation and consider in particular the following issues: re-evaluating the scope, in relation to animal health and animal welfare; ensuring that other sectors contribute to the financing of official controls by extending the list of activities referred to in Annex IV, section A and in Annex V, section A, and taking into account in particular the impact of the Community feed and food hygiene, legislation after its adoption; setting updated minimum rates for fees referred to in Annex IV, section B and in Annex V, section B, taking into account in particular risk factors. The Commission shall, if appropriate, accompany the report with relevant proposals. The appropriations required for: the travel and subsistence expenses that Member States' experts incur as a result of the Commission appointing them to assist its experts as provided for in Articles 45(1) and 46(1); the training of control staff provided for in Article 51; the financing of other measures necessary to ensure the application of this Regulation, shall be authorised each year in the framework of the budgetary procedure. The measures referred to in paragraph 1(c) shall include in particular the organisation of conferences, the establishment of databases, the publication of information, the organisation of studies and the organisation of meetings to prepare the sessions of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health. Technical support and a financial contribution from the Community for the organisation of the activities referred to in Article 50 may be granted within the limits of the human and financial. resources available to the Commission.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-01 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.