Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific rules for the organisation of official controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumption
Modified by
  • Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 29 April 2004on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rulesCorrigendum to 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(Official Journal of the European Union L 165 of 30 April 2004), 32004R088232004R0882R(01), April 30, 2004
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005of 5 December 2005laying down implementing measures for certain products under Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and for the organisation of official controls under Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, derogating from Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Regulations (EC) No 853/2004 and (EC) No 854/2004(Text with EEA relevance), 32005R2074, December 22, 2005
  • Commission regulation (EC) No 2076/2005of 5 December 2005laying down transitional arrangements for the implementation of Regulations (EC) No 853/2004, (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Regulations (EC) No 853/2004 and (EC) No 854/2004(Text with EEA relevance), 32005R2076, December 22, 2005
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 1663/2006of 6 November 2006amending Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific rules for the organisation of official controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumption(Text with EEA relevance), 32006R1663, November 18, 2006
  • Council Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006of 20 November 2006adapting certain Regulations and Decisions in the fields of free movement of goods, freedom of movement of persons, company law, competition policy, agriculture (including veterinary and phytosanitary legislation), transport policy, taxation, statistics, energy, environment, cooperation in the fields of justice and home affairs, customs union, external relations, common foreign and security policy and institutions, by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania, 32006R1791, December 20, 2006
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 1021/2008of 17 October 2008amending Annexes I, II and III to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific rules for the organisation of official controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumption and Regulation (EC) No 2076/2005 as regards live bivalve molluscs, certain fishery products and staff assisting with official controls in slaughterhouses(Text with EEA relevance), 32008R1021, October 18, 2008
  • Regulation (EC) No 219/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 11 March 2009adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutinyAdaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny — Part Two, 32009R0219, March 31, 2009
  • Commission Regulation (EU) No 505/2010of 14 June 2010amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific rules for the organisation of officials controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumption(Text with EEA relevance), 32010R0505, June 15, 2010
  • Commission Regulation (EU) No 151/2011of 18 February 2011amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards farmed game(Text with EEA relevance), 32011R0151, February 19, 2011
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 739/2011of 27 July 2011amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific rules for the organisation of officials controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumption(Text with EEA relevance), 32011R0739, July 28, 2011
  • Council Regulation (EU) No 517/2013of 13 May 2013adapting certain regulations and decisions in the fields of free movement of goods, freedom of movement for persons, company law, competition policy, agriculture, food safety, veterinary and phytosanitary policy, transport policy, energy, taxation, statistics, trans-European networks, judiciary and fundamental rights, justice, freedom and security, environment, customs union, external relations, foreign, security and defence policy and institutions, by reason of the accession of the Republic of Croatia, 32013R0517, June 10, 2013
  • Commission Regulation (EU) No 218/2014of 7 March 2014amending Annexes to Regulations (EC) No 853/2004 and (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005(Text with EEA relevance), 32014R0218, March 8, 2014
  • Commission Regulation (EU) No 219/2014of 7 March 2014amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the specific requirements for post-mortem inspection of domestic swine(Text with EEA relevance), 32014R0219, March 8, 2014
  • Commission Regulation (EU) No 633/2014of 13 June 2014amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the specific requirements for handling large wild game and for the post-mortem inspection of wild game(Text with EEA relevance), 32014R0633, June 14, 2014
  • Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/2285of 8 December 2015amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific rules for the organisation of official controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumption as regards certain requirements for live bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods and Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 on microbiological criteria for foodstuffs(Text with EEA relevance), 32015R2285, December 9, 2015
  • Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 15 March 2017on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products, amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) No 1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and Council Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC and 2008/120/EC, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC, 96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council Decision 92/438/EEC (Official Controls Regulation)(Text with EEA relevance), 32017R0625, April 7, 2017
  • Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1979of 31 October 2017amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific rules for the organisation of officials controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumption as regard echinoderms harvested outside classified production areas(Text with EEA relevance), 32017R1979, November 1, 2017
Corrected by
  • Corrigendum to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific rules for the organisation of official controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumption, 32004R0854R(01), June 25, 2004
  • Corrigendum to 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, 32004R0882R(01), May 28, 2004
Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 29 April 2004laying down specific rules for the organisation of official controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumption CHAPTER IGENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1Scope1.This Regulation lays down specific rules for the organisation of official controls on products of animal origin.1a.This Regulation shall apply in addition to 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 rulesOJ L 165, 30.4.2004, p. 1..2.It shall apply only in respect of activities and persons to which Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 applies.3.The performance of official controls pursuant to this Regulation shall be without prejudice to food business operators' primary legal responsibility for ensuring food safety, as laid down in Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority, and laying down procedures in matters of food safetyOJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1642/2003 (OJ L 245, 29.9.2003, p. 4)., and any civil or criminal liability arising from the breach of their obligations.
Article 2Definitions1.For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:(a)"official control" means any form of control that the competent authority performs for the verification of compliance with food law, including animal health and animal welfare rules;(b)"verification" means checking, by examination and the provision of objective evidence, whether specified requirements have been fulfilled;(c)"competent authority" means the central authority of a Member State competent to carry out veterinary checks or any authority to which it has delegated that competence;(d)"audit" means a systematic and independent examination to determine whether activities and related results comply with planned arrangements and whether these arrangements are implemented effectively and are suitable to achieve objectives;(e)"inspection" means the examination of establishments, of animals and food, and the processing thereof, of food businesses, and their management and production systems, including documents, finished product testing and feeding practices, and of the origin and destination of production inputs and outputs, in order to verify compliance with the legal requirements in all cases;(f)"official veterinarian" means a veterinarian qualified, in accordance with this Regulation, to act in such a capacity and appointed by the competent authority;(g)"approved veterinarian" means a veterinarian designated by the competent authority to carry out specific official controls on holdings on its behalf;(h)"official auxiliary" means a person qualified, in accordance with this Regulation, to act in such a capacity, appointed by the competent authority and working under the authority and responsibility of an official veterinarian;and(i)"health mark" means a mark indicating that, when it was applied, official controls had been carried out in accordance with this Regulation.2.The definitions laid down in the following Regulations shall also apply as appropriate:(a)Regulation (EC) No 178/2002;(b)the definitions of "animal by-products", "TSEs" (transmissible spongiform encephalopathies) and "specified risk material" laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 October 2002 laying down health rules concerning animal by-products not intended for human consumptionOJ L 273, 10.10.2002, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 813/2003 (OJ L 117, 13.5.2003, p. 22).;(b)(a)Regulation (EC) No 882/2004;(c)Regulation (EC) No 852/2004, except for the definition of "competent authority";and(d)Regulation (EC) No 853/2004.
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