
Article 1 
In Chapter IV of Section IV of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004, Part B is replaced by the following:
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B.  1. 

((a)) visual inspection of the head and throat; visual inspection of the mouth, fauces and tongue;
((b)) visual inspection of the lungs, trachea and oesophagus;
((c)) visual inspection of the pericardium and heart;
((d)) visual inspection of the diaphragm;
((e)) visual inspection of the liver and the hepatic and pancreatic lymph nodes (Lnn. portales);
((f)) visual inspection of the gastro-intestinal tract, the mesentery, the gastric and mesenteric lymph nodes (Lnn. gastrici, mesenterici, craniales and caudales);
((g)) visual inspection of the spleen;
((h)) visual inspection of the kidneys;
((i)) visual inspection of the pleura and peritoneum;
((j)) visual inspection of the genital organs (except for the penis, if already discarded);
((k)) visual inspection of the udder and its lymph nodes (Lnn. supramammarii);
((l)) visual inspection of the umbilical region and joints of young animals.
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((a)) the checks and analysis of the food chain information carried out in accordance with Part A of Chapter II of Section I;
((b)) the findings of the ante-mortem inspection carried out in accordance with Part B of Chapter II of Section I and Part A of this Chapter;
((c)) the results of the verifications concerning compliance with animal welfare rules carried out in accordance with Part C of Chapter II of Section I;
((d)) the findings of post-mortem inspection carried out in accordance with Part D of Chapter II of Section I and point 1 of this part;
((e)) additional epidemiological data or other data from the holding of provenance of the animals.
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((a)) incision and examination of the submaxillary lymph nodes (Lnn. mandibulares);
((b)) palpation of the lungs and the bronchial and mediastinal lymph nodes (Lnn. bifurcationes, eparteriales and mediastinales). The trachea and the main branches of the bronchi must be opened lengthwise and the lungs must be incised in their posterior third, perpendicular to their main axes; those incisions are not necessary where the lungs are excluded from human consumption;
((c)) incision of the heart lengthwise so as to open the ventricles and cut through the interventricular septum;
((d)) palpation of the liver and its lymph nodes;
((e)) palpation and, if necessary, incision of the gastric and mesenteric lymph nodes;
((f)) palpation of the spleen;
((g)) incision of the kidneys and the renal lymph nodes (Lnn. renales);
((h)) incision of the supramammary lymph nodes;
((i)) palpation of the umbilical region and joints of young animals and, if necessary, incision of the umbilical region and opening of the joints.
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Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 June 2014.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 7 March 2014.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO