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Ares(2019)1399096 - 01/03/2019 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ...............................................................................................................3 SUMMARY.........................................................................................................................4 1 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS OF REGULATION (EC) NO 882/2004 ......................................5 Designation of Competent Authorities ........................................................................5 Resources for performing controls ............................................................................13 Organisation and implementation of official controls ...............................................15 Enforcement measures...............................................................................................20 Verification and review of official controls and procedures .....................................23 2 COMPETENT AUTHORITIES AND DISTRIBUTION OF RESPONSIBILITIES IN RELATION TO INDIVIDUAL CONTROL SYSTEMS .................................................................................................................29 2.1 Control system for animal health.....................................................................29 2.2 Control system for food of animal origin ........................................................33 2.3 Control system for imports of animals and food of animal origin...................35 2.4 Control system for feedingstuffs and animal nutrition ....................................37 2.5 Control system for TSE and Animal By-Products (ABP) ...............................40 2.6 Control system for veterinary medicinal products (VMP) and residues..........43 2.7 Control system for foodstuffs and food hygiene..............................................46 2.8 Control system for imports of food of plant origin..........................................49 2.9 Control system for plant protection products (PPP) and residues ...................54 2.10 Control system for animal welfare..................................................................60 2.11 Control system for plant health.......................................................................62 2.12 Quality labelling..............................................................................................65 ANNEX I – STAFF RESOURCES ...................................................................................72 ANNEX II — ACRONYMS, ABBREVIATIONS AND SPECIAL TERMS..................76 2 DG(SANTE)2017-6055 Final Version date: February 2019 INTRODUCTION This overview has been drawn up by the Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety of the European Commission. It is based on information supplied by Greece. The aim is to present, in summary form, the latest information on how control systems for food and feed safety, animal health, animal welfare, plant health and quality labelling are organised in Greece. Chapter 1 describes the overall organisation of the Greek authorities and the responsibilities of the ministries and government agencies for the different components of the control system. It includes a chart to show the inter-relationships between the different bodies’ responsibilities. Chapter 2 gives a more detailed description, also with charts, of the main responsibilities of each of the twelve separate systems that form the complete range of control systems in Greece, covering the whole chain of plant, animal and food production. Annex I provides details of the number of control staff in Greece. The statistics on staff resources are provided on a non-standardised basis. This overview was updated after the most recent general follow-up audit in December 2017 and will be updated at regular intervals on the basis of information from the Competent Authorities (CAs). Acronyms are used extensively throughout this overview for the sake of brevity. A list of acronyms, abbreviations and special terms is given in Annex II as a guide for the reader. 3 DG(SANTE)2017-6055 Final Version date: February 2019 SUMMARY Greece underwent an administrative reorganisation under the Kallikratis Law, approved in July 2010. As part of this process the former prefectures have been replaced by thirteen larger Regions and seven Decentralised Administrations. These administrative changes have direct consequences on the organisation and implementation of official controls. Overall responsibility for the organisation and implementation of control systems for food and feed safety, animal health, animal welfare and plant health in Greece lies with the Ministry of Rural Development and Food (MRDF). Two more Ministries, namely the Ministry of Health (ΜΗ), the Ministry of the Interior and Administrative Reconstruction (MIAR) as well as the Independent Authority for Public Revenue are also involved in the implementation of the relevant control systems. Additionally, the Ministry of Environment & Energy (MEE) coordinates the implementation of plant health legislation of forestry services. The Ministries mainly have responsibility for policy co-ordination, while the implementation of controls is decentralised to services at regional level (13 administrative regions). MRDF underwent a reorganization through PD 97/2017.. MRDF and EFET have been appointed under Joint Ministerial Decision (JMD) No 088/06, for the implementation of the provisions of Regulations (EC) No 178/2002, 852/2004, 853/2004, 854/2004, and 882/2004 to carry out official controls on feed, food, animal health and welfare and plant health. 4 DG(SANTE)2017-6055 Final Version date: February 2019 1 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS OF REGULATION (EC) NO 882/2004 Designation of Competent Authorities Ministry of Rural Development and Food (MRDF) MRDF underwent reorganization through PD 97/2017. More details for the structure and responsibilities of the central and decentralized services of MRDF are presented in MANCP 2015-2019. The new organization chart of the MRDF can be found on the following website: http://www.minagric.gr/images/stories/en_docs/ministry/organogramma_apostolou23021 7_eng.pdf The Directorate General of Veterinary Services (DGVS) is responsible for implementing horizontal and vertical legislation on official controls for live animals, animal products, animal diseases, zoonoses, food safety up to the first processing (depending on the sector) and animal welfare, animal identification, registration, marketing and use of veterinary medicines and additives, and animal by-products. It has the following five Directorates and one Division: Directorate of Animal Welfare, Veterinary Drugs and Veterinary Applications (DAWVDVA) Directorate of Animal Health (DAH) Directorate of Veterinary Public Health (DVPH) Directorate of Veterinary Center of Athens (DVCA) Directorate of Veterinary Center of Thessaloniki (DVCT) Planning and Coordination of Laboratory Testing Division (DiPCLT) DAWVDVA has four departments: a) Department of Livestock and Laboratory Animals Welfare, b) Department of Pet Animals and Other Animals Welfare c) Department of Identification and Registration of Animals and Artificial Insemination, and d) Department of Veterinary Medicines and Residues. DAH is responsible for the co-ordination, planning and control/eradication of animal health programmes jointly with the DAWVD and for contingency planning and epizootic disease control when the local authorities have insufficient resources or when a number of local authorities are involved. It has the following Departments: a)Department of Imports- Exports and Intracommunity Trade of Live Animals, and of Products of Animal Origin b)Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases c)Department of Zoonoses d)Department of Avian Pathology, of Aquatic Animals, Bees and Other Animals ‘s pathology e) Department of BIP of Piraeus (Including BIP of Piraeus, BIP of Athens National airport and BIP of Astakos-Aetoliaacarnania-) f) Department of BIP of Thessaloniki (Including BIPs of Thessaloniki port, Thessaloniki “Macedonia” Airport, Efzonoi of Kilkis, Kakavia of Ioannina, Neos Kafkasos in Florina) g) Department BIP of Evros. 5 DG(SANTE)2017-6055 Final Version date: February 2019 DVPH is responsible for legislation covering animal products, food safety up to the first processing (depending on the sector) and animal by-products, co-ordinates and monitors implementation of legislation. To this end, it issues circulars, organises meetings, and establishes committees and working parties. It is also responsible for granting approval numbers. It has three Departments: a) Department of Slaughterhouses b) Department of Fisheries, Milk, Eggs and other Foodstuffs and c) Department of Animal By Products. The Directorate-General of Agriculture (DGΑ) is responsible for implementing horizontal and vertical legislation concerning the plant health and plant protection products, livestock infrastructures, animal genetic resources, Animal Husbandry Systems, feed, conformity checks (marketing standards) and safety of fresh agricultural plant products at primary production including the stage of first processing at internal market, intercommunity trade and import/export stage. It has the following Directorates: Directorate of Propagating Material of Cultivated Plant Species and Plant Genetic Resources Directorate of Cultivating Systems and Plant Production Products Directorate of Plant Production Protection (DPPP) Directorate of Animal Genetic Resources and livestock
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