As regards the evidence that the agricultural products originate in the geographical area, the purpose of the amendments is to specify that, in addition to the requirement that plot registers be kept at the municipalities concerned, producers must keep production registers and declare the quantities produced.

Mr Staes ran into the European Parliament in Brussels – it was 9.55 p.m. on a Monday evening – and he ran up the stairs so as to arrive in time to sign the attendance register, to prove that he had arrived in Brussels before 10 p.m. However, I am afraid to say that he did not make it in time and, in the dream, he said to me: ‘Mr Fatuzzo, please, please vote against my Paragraph No 104 on page 28, which expresses concern at the extension of the opening hours of the central signature register from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Indeed, I believe it would be better for us Members to arrive in good time rather than having to run, as I have had to in this ...[+++] dream’.

Any national registers should take account of this, and indeed it may be more efficient for Member States to operate two separate registers.

Such persons must maintain detailed records of all dealings in substances which may be used in the manufacture of veterinary medicinal products and keep these records available for inspection by the competent authorities for a period of at least three years.

(13a) Member States are not obliged to maintain a single central register, and may maintain various registers for different categories of intermediaries provided that these registers are readily available for public consultation.

Such persons must maintain detailed records of all dealings in substances which may be used in the manufacture of veterinary medicinal products and keep these records available for inspection by the competent authorities for a period of at least three years .