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Minister of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and Rural Affairs and Minister of Public Service, State Reform and Land Management,
In light of amended Act No. 83-634 of 13 July 1983 on the rights and obligations of civil servants, together with amended Act No. 84-16 of 11 January 1984 on statutory provisions relating to the public service of the State;
In light of Decree No. 2002-22 of 22 February 2002 on the special status of the body of veterinary public health inspectors,
Stop:
The contest for the internal recruitment of veterinary public health inspectors referred to in Article 8, II, of the above-mentioned Decree of 22 February 2002 is organized in accordance with the terms and conditions defined by this Order.
The competition includes an eligibility phase and an admission phase.
The eligibility phase includes the following two written tests:
1. Drafting a brief on a subject related to veterinary public health (duration: four hours); coefficient 2);
2. Drafting a summary note based on documents relating to subjects of veterinary sciences or integrating veterinary knowledge (duration: three hours); coefficient 2).
The admission phase includes the following practical and oral tests:
A. - Practical evidence:
Test #1: response to a series of practical technical questions (multiple-choice questions - diagnoses - identification of entry grounds - tests) in the field of veterinary sciences (duration: one hour; coefficient 1);
Test 2: diagnosis and proposal for a conduct to be conducted from a concrete case study in the field of veterinary public health (test preparation time: 30 minutes; duration: fifteen minutes; coefficient 1);
B. Oral evidence:
1. A presentation on the candidate's previous activity, publications and works, followed by a discussion with the jury regarding his future duties (duration: 30 minutes); coefficient 1);
2. A conference, on a theme defined by the jury, lasting up to twenty minutes after three hours of preparation made with notes and documents (coefficient 3);
3. An optional foreign language test consisting of a commentary to text in this language on a subject relevant to the veterinary scientific field or the technical and economic field of animal or agri-food productions, followed by a conversation in that same language. The following languages may be presented: English, German, Spanish, Italian. Only the points obtained above the average (10 out of 20) at this test are taken into account for admission after written and oral examinations (duration: 30 minutes; coefficient 1).
Each test is rated from 0 to 20.
At the end of the written examinations of eligibility, the jury shall determine, in alphabetical order, the list of candidates admitted to the admission phase of this competition. Only candidates who have obtained an average of 10 for all two written eligibility tests can be listed on this list.
At the end of the admission examinations, the jury determines, in order of merit, the list of candidates admitted within the limits of the positions to be filled. To be admitted, any candidate must have obtained a rating equal to or greater than 10 out of 20 at the conference test and have obtained a general average of at least 12 out of 20 on all tests.
The programme of the examinations shall be annexed to this Order.
The closing dates of the registrations, the opening date of the examinations and the composition of the jury are fixed by order of the Minister for Agriculture.
The Director General of the Administration is responsible for the execution of this Order, which will be published in the Official Journal of the French Republic.
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PROGRAMME OF CONCOURS
I. - Institutions and the law:
- rights and obligations of civil servants;
- general organisation of state services.
II. - Health data:
- principles of prevention and precaution;
- Codex Alimentarius;
- International Office of Epizooties;
- Community directives and regulations;
- control methodologies;
- risk assessment and management;
- identification of animals;
- zoonoses;
- veterinary pharmacy;
- environmental protection;
- molecular biology and biotechnology;
- agricultural and alimmentary production lines.
III. - Technical texts of reference:
- veterinary public health (rural code);
- the custody and circulation of animals and animal products;
- the fight against animal diseases;
- animal feeding;
- watering.
The French Food Safety Agency.
IV. - Regulatory texts:
- Decree No. 67-295 of 31 March 1967 concerning the organization and operation of the health and quality inspection of living animals and animal or animal products;
- Decree No. 71-636 of 21 July 1971 concerning the sanitary and qualitative inspection of living animals and animal or animal products and texts of application.
Done in Paris, 17 December 2002.
Minister of Agriculture, Food,
and Rural Affairs,
For the Minister and by delegation:
By preventing the Director General
of the administration:
The Deputy Director,
P. de Chazeaux
The Minister of Public Service,
of State Reform
and landscaping,
For the Minister and by delegation:
By preventing the Director General
Administration and Public Service:
Territorial administrator,
N. Herman