Food Import Control Ján Štulc Ján Štulc State Veterinary and Food Administration of the Slovak Republic of the Slovak Republic

New 10 members states  Estonia  Latvia  Lithuania  Poland  Czech Republic  Slovakia  Hungary  Slovenia  Malta  Cyprus

Organization structure of State Veterinary and Food Administration of the Slovak Republic

 Headquarter - Bratislava  8 Regional Veterinary and Food Administration  40 District Veterinary and Food Administration  5 State Veterinary and Food Institute  3 Border Inspection Posts

Border Inspection Posts  Border with Ukraine - road Vyšné Nemecké - road Vyšné Nemecké - railway Čierna nad Tisou - railway Čierna nad Tisou - airport Bratislava (project) - airport Bratislava (project)

DIRECTOR District State Veterinary Officier secretary Economic division Animal health department Food supervision and food hygiene department Animal health and animal welfare division Feedstuffs hygiene, ecology and veterinary pharmacy division Division of commodities of animal origin Division of commodities of plant origin Informatics sector Organizational chart District Veterinary and Food Administration

Legislation  The amendment of the Act No. 152/1995 Coll. on foodstuffs as No. 472/2003 – date of entry into force : 1st December 2003  § 23 art. 6 – Authorities of State Veterinary and Food Administration inspect import of the foodstuffs of plant origin on approved border crossings pursuant to the legislation of the European Communities

Legislation  The State Veterinary and Food Administration of the Slovak Republic (SVFA) prepared methodological instruction for RVFAs and DVFAs for the control of specific imported foodstuffs from third countries on the borders  Agreement between SVFA and Custom Services for the control of specific imported foodstuffs from third countries

Methodological instruction  Definitions - regular controls of food from third countries not covered by Directive 97/78/EC - regular controls of food from third countries not covered by Directive 97/78/EC  From 1st May 2004 two point of entry of the goods  Communications between Custom Services and DVFAs  Documentary check include an examination of the commercial documents  Identity checks include a check by visual inspection

Methodological instruction 2. part  Physical checks  Results of the controls - accepted for import - accepted for import - non- compliance: be detained, destroyed or submitted to a special treatment - non- compliance: be detained, destroyed or submitted to a special treatment  Re- despatch  Costs  Responsibilities of importers

Methodological instruction 3. part  Communication with RASFF - contact with DVFAs and BIPs - contact with DVFAs and BIPs  Exceptions from the control  Council Regulation (EEC) No. 339/93 on check for conformity with the rules on product safety - toys - toys - pharmaceuticals - pharmaceuticals - products for veterinary medicine - products for veterinary medicine - foodstuffs - foodstuffs

Slovak Republic

Training of inspectors  Training of trainers - PHARE Twinning Project – 3 days training on the practical approach on BIPs inspections - PHARE Twinning Project – 3 days training on the practical approach on BIPs inspections - TAIEX seminar on „Import control of foodstuffs of non-animal origin“ on 22. March 2004 in Brussels - TAIEX seminar on „Import control of foodstuffs of non-animal origin“ on 22. March 2004 in Brussels  National training programme in SR – „Import control of foodstuffs“ in Košice – 48 inspectors

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