# Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/624 of 8 February 2019 concerning specific rules for the performance of official controls on the production of meat and for production and relaying areas of live bivalve molluscs in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance), Article 13: Specific minimum requirements for the official veterinarian, the official auxiliary and the staff designated by the competent authorities

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. Official veterinarians performing tasks provided for in Article 18 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 shall comply with the minimum specific requirements set out in Chapter I of Annex II to this Regulation.
By way of derogation from the rules laid down in points 1 to 6 of Chapter I of Annex II, the appropriate authority may make regulations prescribing specific rules for:
(a) official veterinarians working on a part-time basis who are responsible for inspecting small businesses or only carrying out official controls at primary production, in particular controls in milk production holdings and ante-mortem inspections outside slaughterhouses; and
(b) veterinary students having successfully passed an exam on the subjects referred to in point 3 of Chapter I of Annex II and who are temporarily working at a slaughterhouse in the presence of an official veterinarian.
2. Veterinarians already appointed as official veterinarians before the date of application of this Regulation shall have adequate knowledge of the subjects referred to in point 3 of Chapter I of Annex II to this Regulation. Where necessary, the competent authority shall ensure that such knowledge is obtained through continuing training activities.
3. Official auxiliaries performing the tasks provided for in Article 18 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 shall comply with the minimum specific requirements set out in Chapter II of Annex II to this Regulation.
4. Staff designated by the competent authorities performing the tasks provided for in Article 18 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 shall comply with the minimum specific requirements set out in Chapter III of Annex II to this Regulation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/624/article/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-624/article-13
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