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31-Jan-01		Plant Protection Products Review report for the active substance quintozene - Finalised in the Standing Committee on Plant Health at its meeting on 13 July 2000 in support of a decision concerning the non-inclusion of quintozene in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC and the withdrawal of authorisations for plant protection products containing this active substance (17KB)
		Plant Protection Products Review report for the active substance chlozolinate - Finalised in the Standing Committee on Plant Health on 30 November 1999 in support of a decision concerning the non-inclusion of chlozolinate as active substance in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC and the withdrawal of authorisations for plant protection products containing this active substance (12KB)
		Plant Protection Products Review report for the active substance lindane - Finalised in the Standing Committee on Plant Health at its meeting on 13 July 2000 in support of a decision concerning the non-inclusion of lindane in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC and the withdrawal of authorisations for plant protection products containing this active substance (13KB)
		Plant Protection Products Review report for the active substance tecnazene - Finalised in the Standing Committee on Plant Health on 12 April 2000 in support of a decision concerning the non-inclusion of tecnazene as active substance in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC and the withdrawal of authorisations for plant protection products containing this active substance (13KB)
		Plant Protection Products Review report for the active substance permethrin - Finalised in the Standing Committee on Plant Health at its meeting on 13 July 2000 in support of a decision concerning the non-inclusion of permethrin as active substance in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC and the withdrawal of authorisations for plant protection products containing this active substance (11KB)
		Plant Protection Products Review report for the active substance lambda-cyhalothrin - Finalised in the Standing Committee on Plant Health at its meeting on 19 October 2000 in view of the inclusion of lambda-cyhalothrin in Annex I of Directive 91/414/EEC (252KB)
		Plant Protection Products Review report for the active substance esfenvalerate - Finalised in the Standing Committee on Plant Health at its meeting on 13 July 2000 in view of the inclusion of esfenvalerate in Annex I of Directive 91/414/EEC (85KB) updated
		Plant Protection Products Review report for the active substance bentazone - Finalised in the Standing Committee on Plant Health at its meeting on 13 July 2000 in view of the inclusion of bentazone in Annex I of Directive 91/414/EEC ( 87KB) updated
		Plant Protection Products Review report for the active substance triasulfuron - Finalised in the Standing Committee on Plant Health at its meeting on 12 July 2000 in view of the inclusion of triasulfuron in Annex I of Directive 91/414/EEC ( 118KB) updated
		Press Release Outcome of the Agriculture Council, 29 January 2001
29-Jan-01		Veterinary Inspections Final report of a mission carried out in Italy from 22 to 26 May 2000 in order to evaluate the operation of control over the production of rabbit meat, farmed and wild game meat (1005/2000)
		Standing Committee on Foodstuffs Agenda of the 80th meeting - Brussels the 15th and 16th of February 2001
		Scientific Committee on Plants Minutes of the Twenty third meeting - Brussels, 30 November 2000
		Phytosanitary Inspections Report of a mission carried out in Portugal from 15 to 19 May 2000 in order to assess the application of the Commission Decision 2000/58/EC and the measures of eradication of the outbreak of Bursaphelenchus Xylophilus (1116/2000)
		Phytosanitary Inspections Rapport final sur une mission de suivi réalisée au Portugal du 24 au 27 octobre 2000 dans le but de vérifier l'application de la Directive de la Commission 2000/58/EC et les mesures d'éradication du foyer de Bursaphelenchus Xylophilus (1297/2000)
		Press Release Report on Implementation of Latest BSE Control Measures in the Member States
26-Jan-01		Veterinary Inspections Final report of a mision carried out in Austria from 19 to 23 June 2000 in order to evaluate competent authority inspections of animal welfare standards on pig and calf holdings and some aspects of the control of animal transportation (1099/2000) updated
		Plant Protection Products Indicative list of active substances on the market in plant protection products on 25 July 1993 (Article 4 of Council Directive 91/414/EEC) and their present authorizations in the Member States (87 KB) updated
		Plant Protection Products Guidance Document on Voluntary Mutual Recognition of Minor Use Authorizations (170kb)
25-Jan-01		Plant Protection Products Updated list of active substances and notifiers for which a notification in accordance with Article 10 (2) (b) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 451/2000 has been submitted (42 KB)
		Plant Protection Products List of addresses and contact persons for notifications in accordance with Article 10(2) (b) of Commission Regulation (EC) N° 451/2000 (88 KB)
24-Jan-01		BSE Evolution du nombre de cas de ESB par pays, 1987-2001 - mis au jour le 15 janvier 2001 (+/- 10KB)
		Veterinary Inspections Final report of a mision carried out in Austria from 19 to 23 June 2000 in order to evaluate competent authority inspections of animal welfare standards on pig and calf holdings and some aspects of the control of animal transportation (1099/2000)
		Speeches Commissioner Byrne’s speech to the Agricultural Committee of the European Parliament on the latest developments in relation to BSE, Brussels, 23 January 2001
23-Jan-01		Scientific Committee for Toxicity, Ecotoxicity and the Environment Opinion on the results of the Risk Assessment of: 4-CHLORO-2-METHYLPHENOL - CAS N° : 1570-64-5 - EINECS N : 216-381-3. Report version : Final, June 29, 1998 carried out in the framework of Council Regulation (EEC) 793/93 on the evaluation and control of the risks of existing substances. Opinion expressed at the 19th CSTEE plenary meeting, Brussels, 9 November 2000 updated
		Scientific Committee for Toxicity, Ecotoxicity and the Environment Opinion on the results of the Risk Assessment of: Methacrylic acid - CAS N° : 79-41-4 - EINECS N°: 201-204-4. Report version : Draft of 13.04.2000 carried out in the framework of Council Regulation (EEC) 793/93 on the evaluation and control of the risks of existing substances. Opinion expressed at the 19th CSTEE plenary meeting, Brussels, 9 November 2000 updated
		Scientific Committee for Toxicity, Ecotoxicity and the Environment Opinion on the results of the Risk Assessment of: 1,4-DICHLOROBENZENE - CAS N° : 106-46-7 - EINECS N°: 203-400-5. Report version : Draft of March 1999 carried out in the framework of Council Regulation (EEC) 793/93 on the evaluation and control of the risks of existing substances. Opinion expressed at the 19th CSTEE plenary meeting, Brussels, 9 November 2000 updated
		Scientific Committee for Toxicity, Ecotoxicity and the Environment Opinion on the results of the Risk Assessment of: ACETONITRILE - CAS N° : 75-05-8 - EINECS N°: 200-835-2 carried out in the framework of Council Regulation (EEC) 793/93 on the evaluation and control of the risks of existing substances. Opinion expressed at the 19th CSTEE plenary meeting, Brussels, 9 November 2000 updated
		Scientific Committee for Toxicity, Ecotoxicity and the Environment Opinion on the results of the Risk Assessment of: 1,4-DIOXANE - CAS N° : 123-91-1 - EINECS N°: 204-661-8. Report version : Final Version, 5 November 1999 carried out in the framework of Council Regulation (EEC) 793/93 on the evaluation and control of the risks of existing substances. Opinion expressed at the 19th CSTEE plenary meeting, Brussels, 9 November 2000 updated
		Food of Non-Animal Origin Inspections Report on a mission carried out in Italy from 15 to 19 May 2000 - Application of Coucil Resolution (EEC) 2092/91 on organic farming in Italy (1052/2000)
22-Jan-01		BSE Evolution du nombre de cas de ESB par pays, 1987-2001 - mis au jour le 15 janvier 2001 (10KB)
		Scientific Steering Committee List of members updated
		Veterinary Inspections Final report of a mission to the United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) carried out from 14 to 17 August 2000 concerning the implementation of Commission Decisions 98/272/EC and 94/381/EC, Council Regulation 820/97/EC and Commission Regulation 716/96/EC (1279/2000)
		Phytosanitary Inspections Report on a mission carried out in Denmark from 4 to 8 September 2000 in order to audit the plant health system in the potato sector (1119/2000)
		Animal Welfare Ongoing initiatives on animal welfare at slaughter updated
19-Jan-01		BSE Commission Decision 2001/2/EC of 27 December 2000 regulating the use of material presenting risks as regards transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (inclusion of bovine intestines) (+/- 95KB)
		BSE Commission Decision 2001/8/EC of 29 December 2000 on the testing of bovine animals for the presence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (+/- 105KB)
		BSE Commission Decision 2001/9/EC of 29 December 2000 concerning certain protection measures with regard to transmissible spongiform encephalopathies and the feeding of animal protein (+/- 180KB)
		Scientific Committee on Plants Draft agenda of the 24th plenary meeting - Brussels, 26 January 2001 starting at 8:00 hrs at the Centre Borschette, rue Froissart 36
		Food and Veterinary Office Food and Veterinary Office Annual Report (1999) (182KB)
		Scientific Committee for Toxicity, Ecotoxicity and the Environment Draft agenda of the 21st plenary meeting, 30 January 2001
18-Jan-01		BSE Commission Decision 2001/25/EC of December 27, 2000 prohibiting the use of certain animal by-products in animal feed (+/- 120KB)
		Animal Welfare Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the welfare of intensively kept pigs in particularly taking into account the welfare of sows reared in varying degrees of confinement and in groups (+/- 160KB)
		Animal Welfare Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 91/630/EEC laying down minimum standards for the protection of pigs (+/- 25KB)
17-Jan-01		Press Release BSE: Scientific Steering Committee publishes replies to safety questions
		Scientific Steering Committee Minutes of the Scientific Steering Committee Meeting of 7-8 December 2000
16-Jan-01		Press Release Commission proposes improvements in welfare conditions of pigs
		Animal Welfare Ongoing initiatives on animal welfare on the farm updated
		Animal Welfare Ongoing initiatives on animal welfare at slaughter updated
		Scientific Steering Committee Opinion on the questions submitted by EC services following a request of 4 December 2000 by the EU Council of Agricultural Ministers regarding the safety with regard to BSE of certain bovine tissues and certain animal-derived products (adopted on 12 January 2001) (41 KB)
		Scientific Steering Committee Report on the Assessment of the Geographical BSE - Risk of Uruguay (72KB)
		Scientific Steering Committee Opinion on the Geographical risk of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (GBR) in Uruguay adopted on 12/01/2001
		Standing Veterinary Committee Short report of the meeting (2000/33) held in Brussels on 30 November 2000
		Biotechnology Development of analytical methods for the identification and determination of genetically modified organisms in food and food ingredients
		Standing Committee on Plant Health Agenda : meeting of Monday 29 and Tuesday 30 January 2001
15-Jan-01		Biotechnology Working document of the Commission services on traceability and labelling of GMOs and products derived from GMOs (+/- 70KB) updated
12-Jan-01		Animal Welfare Ongoing initiatives on animal welfare at slaughter updated
		Scientific Committee on Animal Health and Animal Welfare Meeting of the Scientific Committee on Animal Health and Animal Welfare - 19 January 2001 - Draft Agenda
11-Jan-01		Veterinary Inspections Report of a mission carried out in the Czech Republic from 22 to 26 May 2000 in order to evaluate the operations of control over the production of game (wild and farmed) and rabbit meat (1080/2000)
		Food irradiation Comments on the DG Health & Consumer Protection Consultation of Consumer Organisations, Industry concerned and other interested parties on the strategy for completion of the positive list of food and food ingredients to be authorised for irradiation treatment (annex of Directive 1999/3/EC) updated
		Food and Veterinary Office Programme of Inspections 2001 (36KB)
		Standing Committee on Plant Health Short report of the meeting held on 18 - 19 december 2000 [00/13]
		Food of non-animal Origin Inspections Report of a mission carried out in Turkey from 4 to 8 September 2000 in order to assess the facilities and measures in place for the determination of Aflatoxin levels in hazelnuts, pistachios and dried figs intended for export into the European Union and to assess on whether or not public Aflatoxin exposure from the consumption of these foodstuffs originated in Turkey is within specified European Union limits (1256/2000)
		Standing Committee for Animal Nutrition Short report of the meeting held on 14-15 December 2000
		Scientific Committee on Animal Health and Animal Welfare List of members updated
10-Jan-01		Standing Veterinary Committee Short report of the meeting (2000/32) held in Brussels on 21-22 November 2000
		Veterinary Inspections Report of a mission carried out in the Czech Republic from 22 to 26 May 2000 in order to evaluate the operations of control over the production of game (wild and farmed) and rabbit meat (1080/2000)
		Scientific Committee on Animal Nutrition List of members (42KB) updated
		Scientific Committee on Animal Nutrition 134th SCAN meeting - 24-25 January 2001 (49KB)
		Scientific Committee on Animal Nutrition 132nd SCAN Meeting - 20 October 2000 (31KB)
		Scientific Committees Agenda updated
09-Jan-01		BSE Chronological overview of Community legislation concerning BSE (14KB) Updated January 8, 2001
		Scientific Committee for Cosmetic Products, and Non-Food Products intended for Consumers Opinion concerning Titanium Dioxide, Colipa n° S75 adopted by the SCCNFP during the 14th plenary meeting of 24 October 2000
08-Jan-01		Publications Consumer Voice 2000, n°2
		Scientific Steering Committee List of members updated
		Scientific Committee for Toxicity, Ecotoxicity and the Environment List of members updated
		Safety of Food Products Food Irradiation updated
05-Jan-01		Food irradiation Comments on the DG Health & Consumer Protection Consultation of Consumer Organisations, Industry concerned and other interested parties on the strategy for completion of the positive list of food and food ingredients to be authorised for irradiation treatment (annex of Directive 1999/3/EC) updated
		Standing Veterinary Committee Short report of the meeting (2000/31) held in Brussels on 21 November 2000
04-Jan-01		Speech Remarks by David Byrne to the European Parliament, Committee on Fisheries, Tuesday, 28th November 2000
		Food Safety/Introduction Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Authority, and laying down procedures in matters of food (presented by the Commission) COM(2000) 716 final for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Authority, and laying down procedures in matters of food (presented by the Commission) COM(2000) 716 final (296 KB)
		Food irradiation Comments on the DG Health & Consumer Protection Consultation of Consumer Organisations, Industry concerned and other interested parties on the strategy for completion of the positive list of food and food ingredients to be authorised for irradiation treatment (annex of Directive 1999/3/EC)
		Scientific Committee on Food Minutes of the 125th Plenary Meeting of the Scientific Committee on Food held on 4 December 2000 in Brussels
		Scientific Committee on Food List of members updated
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