(a) the infected animals and any things that have been exposed to the disease have been treated or disposed of in a manner that satisfies a veterinary inspector that the disease has been eliminated from the eradication area or part of it, and the result of an epidemiological examination satisfies the veterinary inspector in charge of the examination that the disease has been eradicated from the eradication area or part of it; or

The European Commission may send veterinary experts to carry out on-the-spot checks with the assistance of the national inspectors.

6. The obligations of operators set out in this Article shall also apply in cases where official controls and other official activities are performed by official veterinarians, official plant health officers, delegated bodies, control authorities and natural persons to which certain official control tasks or certain tasks related to other official activities have been delegated.

2. Where, in accordance with Article 90 of Directive 2001/82/EC, the Commission is informed of serious differences of opinion between Member States as to whether the holder of the marketing authorisation for the veterinary medicinal product or a manufacturer or importer established within the Community satisfies the requirements referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission may, after consultation with the Member States concerned, request an inspector from the supervisory authority to undertake a new inspection of the holder of the marketing authorisation, the manufacturer or the importer; the inspector in question shall be accompanied by ...[+++]two inspectors from Member States which are not party to the dispute and/or by two experts nominated by the Committee for Medicinal Products for Veterinary Use.

19. Criticises sharply the evidence in the Commission's special report on the recommendations on BSE of 30 January 1998 of the totally unacceptable conduct of Member States, which have refused to inform the Commission, as part of its efforts to step up veterinary controls in the EU, how many food and veterinary inspectors they have and in which areas they work;

3. Veterinary inspection The Commission will be sending veterinary inspectors to Spain in the near future to study the veterinary situation as regards pigmeat at the present time, with a view to considering future prospects for exports of these products from certain regions of that country.