Union Inspection Committee
Article 16
1. The Union Inspection Committee (‘the Committee’) shall be responsible for carrying out on-the-spot inspections covering: (a) the application of the Union scales for the classification of beef, pig and sheep carcasses; (b) the recording of market prices according to those classification scales; (c) the classification, identification and marking of products within the framework of the buying-in under public intervention in the beef and veal sector. 2. The Committee shall be composed of at most: (a) three Commission experts, one of whom shall act as chairman of the Committee; (b) one expert from the Member State concerned; (c) eight experts from other Member States. The Member States shall appoint experts on the basis of their independence and ability, particularly in matters of classification of carcasses and recording of market prices and of the specific nature of the work to be carried out. Experts shall not under any circumstances use for personal purposes or divulge information obtained in connection with the work of the Committee. 3. Travel and subsistence expenses of members of the Committee linked to the on-the-spot inspections shall be borne by the Commission in accordance with the rules applicable to the reimbursement of travel and subsistence expenses of persons unconnected with the Commission who are called upon by it to act as experts.