Establishments or plants whose operations have already been approved in accordance with Community legislation on food hygiene should not be required to be approved or registered under this Regulation, as approvals or registrations under that Community legislation already take into account the objectives of this Regulation.

The examination shall be carried out by a body which is independent from the paying agency to be accredited and shall include, in particular, the arrangements regarding the authorisation and execution of payments, the safeguarding of the Community budget, the security of informationsystems, the maintenance of accounting records, the division of duties and the adequacy of internal and external controls, in respect of transactions financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD).

The Council wants to allow a maximum period of five years for developing a strategy for moving towards a single Community safety certificate.

This Directive follows the approach of Community legislation adopted in respect of direct insurance by carrying out the harmonisation which is essential, necessary and sufficient to ensure the mutual recognition of authorisations and prudential control systems, thereby making it possible to grant a single authorisation valid throughout the Community and apply the principle of supervision by the home Member State.

In the case of the modification of the Directive on the common rules and standards for organisations which classify, inspect and examine ships on behalf of the maritime administration, from the outset, the parliamentary amendments to Commission’s original proposal focussed, above all, on the practical aspects of the application of the classification system, on improving the transparency of the information relating to the quality of inspections, on the periodic auditing of those organisations and the withdrawal of their Community recognition in the event of serious accidents, as well as the financial liability of those organisations for d ...[+++]amages and accidents where is has been proved that that there has been negligence in inspections.

The qualitative criteria to be met by the technical organisations in order to be recognised at Community level and to maintain such a recognition shall include provisions to ensure that only exclusive surveyors can carry out the statutory tasks for which the organisation is authorised .