# Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules (repealed) EU Regulation No 882/2004 ยท adopted 29 April 2004 Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules (repealed) ## Introductory text Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules (repealed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title I: SUBJECT MATTER, SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS ## 1 Subject matter and scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title II: OFFICIAL CONTROLS BY MEMBER STATES ### Chapter I: GENERAL OBLIGATIONS ## 3 General obligations with regard to the organisation of official controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter II: COMPETENT AUTHORITIES ## 4 Designation of competent authorities and operational criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Delegation of specific tasks related to official controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Staff performing official controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Transparency and confidentiality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Control and verification procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Control activities, methods and techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter III: SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS ## 11 Methods of sampling and analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Official laboratories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter IV: CRISIS MANAGEMENT ## 13 Contingency plans for feed and food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter V: OFFICIAL CONTROLS ON THE INTRODUCTION OF FEED AND FOOD FROM THIRD COUNTRIES ## 14 Official controls on feed and food of animal origin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Official controls on feed and food of non-animal origin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Types of checks on feed and food of non-animal origin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Points of entry and prior notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Action in case of suspicion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Action following official controls on feed and food from third countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Special treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Re-dispatch of consignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Approval of pre-export checks by third countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Competent authorities and customs services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Implementing measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter VI: FINANCING OF OFFICIAL CONTROLS ## 26 General principle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Fees or charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Expenses arising from additional official controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Level of expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter VII: OTHER PROVISIONS ## 30 Official certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Registration/approval of feed and food business establishments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title III: REFERENCE LABORATORIES ## 32 Community reference laboratories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 National reference laboratories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title IV: ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE AND COOPERATION IN THE AREAS OF FEED AND FOOD ## 34 General principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Liaison bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Assistance on request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Assistance without request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Assistance in the event of non-compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Relations with third countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Coordinated assistance and follow-up by the Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title V: CONTROL PLANS ## 41 Multi-annual national control plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 Principles for the preparation of multi-annual national control plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Guidelines for multi-annual national control plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 Annual reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title VI: COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES ### Chapter I: COMMUNITY CONTROLS ## 45 Community controls in Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 46 Community controls in third countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter II: IMPORT CONDITIONS ## 47 General import conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48 Specific import conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 49 Equivalence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 50 Support for developing countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter III: TRAINING OF CONTROL STAFF ## 51 Training of control staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter IV: OTHER COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES ## 52 Third-country controls in Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 53 Coordinated control plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title VII: ENFORCEMENT MEASURES ### Chapter I: NATIONAL ENFORCEMENT MEASURES ## 54 Action in case of non-compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 55 Sanctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter II: COMMUNITY ENFORCEMENT MEASURES ## 56 Safeguard measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title VIII: ADAPTATION OF COMMUNITY LEGISLATION ## 57 Amendment of Directive 96/23/EC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 58 Amendment of Directive 97/78/EC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 59 Amendment of Directive 2000/29/EC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 60 Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 61 Repeal of Community acts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title IX: GENERAL PROVISIONS ## 62 Committee procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 63 Implementing and transitional measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 64 Amendment of Annexes and references to European standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 65 Report to the European Parliament and the Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 66 Community financial support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title X: FINAL PROVISION ## 67 Entry into force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex I: TERRITORIES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2(15) ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 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25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex II: COMPETENT AUTHORITIES ## I: SUBJECT MATTER FOR THE TRAINING OF STAFF PERFOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## II: SUBJECT AREAS FOR CONTROL PROCEDURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex III CHARACTERISATION OF METHODS OF ANALYSIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex IV: ACTIVITIES AND MINIMUM RATES FOR FEES OR CHARGES RELATED TO OFFICIAL CONTROLS IN RELATION TO COMMUNITY ESTABLISHMENTS ## A: ACTIVITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## B: MINIMUM RATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## I Minimum rates for fees or charges applicable to slaughter inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## II Minimum rates for fees or charges applicable to cutting plants controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## III Minimum rates for fees or charges applicable to game processing houses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## IV Minimum rates for fees or charges applicable to milk production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## V Minimum rates for fees or charges applicable to the producing and placing on the market of fishery products and aquaculture products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex V: ACTIVITIES AND MINIMUM RATES FOR FEES OR CHARGES RELATED TO THE OFFICIAL CONTROLS OF GOODS AND LIVE ANIMALS INTRODUCED INTO THE COMMUNITY ## A: ACTIVITIES OR CONTROLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## I Fees applicable to imported meat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## II Fees applicable to imported fishery products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## III Fees or charges applicable to meat products, poultrymeat, wild game meat, rabbit meat, farmed game meat, by-products and feed of animal origin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## IV Fees applicable to transit trought the community of goods and live animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## V Fees applicable to imported live animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex VI CRITERIA TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION FOR THE CALCULATION OF FEES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex VII: EUROPEAN UNION (EU) REFERENCE LABORATORIES ### Division I: EU REFERENCE LABORATORIES FOR FEED AND FOOD ## 1 EU reference laboratory for milk and milk products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 EU reference laboratories for the analysis and testing of zoonoses (salmonella) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 EU reference laboratory for the monitoring of marine biotoxins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 EU reference laboratory for monitoring the viral and bacteriological contamination of bivalve molluscs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 EU reference laboratory for Listeria monocytogenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 EU reference laboratory for Coagulase positive Staphylococci, including Staphylococccus aureus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 EU reference laboratory for Escherichia coli, including Verotoxigenic E. coli (VTEC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 EU reference laboratory for Campylobacter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 EU reference laboratory for parasites (in particular Trichinella, Echinococcus and Anisakis) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 EU reference laboratory for antimicrobial resistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 EU reference laboratory for animal proteins in feedingstuffs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 12: EU reference laboratories for residues of veterinary medicines and contaminants in food of animal origin ## (a) For the residues listed in Annex I, Group A (1), (2), (3) and (4), Group B (2)(d) and Group B (3)(d) to Directive 96/23/EC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (b) For the residues listed in Annex I, Group B (1) and B (3)(e) to Directive 96/23/EC and carbadox and olaquindox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (c) For the residues listed in Annex I, Group A (5) and Group B (2)(a), (b), (e) to Directive 96/23/EC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (d) For the residues listed in Annex I, Group B(3)(c) to Directive 96/23/EC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 EU reference laboratory for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 EU reference laboratory for additives for use in animal nutrition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 EU reference laboratory for genetically modified organisms (GMOs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 EU reference laboratory for material intended to come into contact with foodstuffs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 17: EU reference laboratories for residues of pesticides ## (a) Cereals and feedingstuffs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (b) Food of animal origin and commodities with high fat content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (c) Fruits and vegetables, including commodities with high water and high acid content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (d) Single residue methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 EU reference laboratory for metals and nitrogenous compounds in feed and food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 EU reference laboratory for mycotoxins and plant toxins in feed and food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 EU reference laboratory for processing contaminants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 EU reference laboratory for halogenated persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in feed and food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 EU reference laboratory for foodborne viruses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division II: EU REFERENCE LABORATORIES FOR ANIMAL HEALTH AND LIVE ANIMALS ## 1 EU reference laboratory for classical swine fever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 EU reference laboratory for African horse sickness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 EU reference laboratory for avian influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 EU reference laboratory for Newcastle disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 EU reference laboratory for swine vesicular disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 EU reference laboratory for fish and crustacean diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 EU reference laboratory for mollusc diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 EU reference laboratory for monitoring the effectiveness of rabies vaccination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 EU reference laboratory for bluetongue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 EU reference laboratory for African swine fever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 EU reference laboratory for zootechnics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 EU reference laboratory for foot-and-mouth disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 EU reference laboratory for brucellosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 EU reference laboratory for equine diseases other than African horse sickness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 EU reference laboratory for crustacean diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 EU reference laboratory for rabies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 EU reference laboratory for bovine tuberculosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 EU reference laboratory for bee health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 EU reference laboratory for diseases caused by capripox viruses (lumpy skin disease and sheep and goat pox) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 EU reference laboratory for peste des petits ruminants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 EU reference laboratory for African horse sickness and bluetongue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex VIII IMPLEMENTING RULES THAT REMAIN IN FORCE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 61 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2004/882 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-882 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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