1994D0652 — EN — 23.11.2002 — 003.001

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 20 September 1994

establishing the inventory and distribution of tasks to be undertaken within the framework of cooperation by Member States in the scientific examination of questions relating to food

(94/652/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Directive 93/5/EEC of 25 February 1993 on assistance to the Commission and cooperation by the Member States in the scientific examination of questions relating to food ( 1 ), and in particular Article 3 thereof, Whereas Directive 93/5/EEC provides for assistance to the Commission and cooperation by the Member States in the scientific examination of questions relating to food; whereas Commission Decision 94/458/EC ( 2 ) has laid down rules on the administrative management of cooperation in the scientific examination of questions relating to food; Whereas Article 3 of Directive 93/5/EEC provides for the establishment and updating at least every six months of the inventory of tasks to be undertaken within the framework of scientific cooperation and their associated priorities, and for the distribution of these tasks between the Member States; Whereas the inventory of tasks should be established and updated having regard to the needs for the protection of public health within the Community and the requirements of Community legislation in the foodstuffs sector; Whereas the tasks should be distributed having regard to the scientific expertise and resources available within the Member States and in particular, within the institutes which will be participating in the scientific cooperation; Whereas the measures provided for by this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee for Food, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The inventory of tasks to be undertaken within the framework of cooperation by the Member States in the scientific examination of questions relating to food together with the distribution of these tasks between the Member States is set out in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

Each authority or body which has been designated by the Member States in accordance with Article 2 of Directive 93/5/EEC shall forthwith inform the Commission of the names of the institute or institutes which will carry out the tasks referred to in the Annex which have been distributed to it. It shall forthwith inform the Commission of any changes.

Article 3

Not later than 1 January 1995, and every six months thereafter, each authority or body which has been designated by the Member States in accordance with Article 2 of Directive 93/5/EEC shall forward to the Commission a progress report on the accomplishment of the tasks which have been distributed to it.

Article 4

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

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ANNEX



Inventory of tasks to be undertaken by Member States within the framework of cooperation by the Member States in the scientific examination of questions relating to food Subject, nature and extent of the task Member States to which the task is distributed Time limit for completion 1. Flavouring substances 1.1. Chemically defined flavouring substances as listed in the register in the Annex to Commission Decision 1999/217/EC of 23 February 1999: — to prepare reports for the safety evaluation of chemically defined flavouring substances according to the evaluation programme referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 2232/96, — to establish and maintain a physical and electronic archive of the available toxicological and exposure data for the substances concerned. Denmark (coordinator) Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Finland, Sweden, United Kingdom 31 May 2005 3. Contaminants 3.1. General questions 3.1.1. Unscheduled and urgent questions: — to coordinate the collection of data in the Member States required for risk assessment by the Scientific Committee for Food in response to unscheduled and urgent questions related to food contaminants Italy, United Kingdom (joint coordinators) All the Member States (1) 31 December 2002 3.2. Specific questions 3.2.9. Collection and collation of data on levels of 3-monochloropropanediol (3-MCPD) and related substances in foodstuffs. Sweden, United Kingdom (joint coordinators) Denmark, Germany, France, Ireland, Netherlands, Austria, Finland (1) 31 October 2002 3.2.10. Collection of occurrence data of fusarium toxins in food and assessment of dietary intake by the population of EU Member States. Germany (coordinator) Belgium, Denmark, France, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Finland, Sweden, United Kingdom (1) 28 February 2003 3.2.11. Assessment of the dietary exposure to lead, cadmium, mercury and arsenic of the population of the EU Member States. Italy, Sweden (joint coordinators) Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Ireland, Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Finland, United Kingdom (1) 31 December 2002 3.2.12. Collection of occurrence data on polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons in food. France (coordinador) Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Spain, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Finland, United Kingdom (1) 30 April 2003 3.2.13. Assessment of the dietary exposure to organotin compounds of the population of the EU Member States. Italy (coordinador) Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, France, Netherlands (1) 31 December 2002 8. Packaging materials 8.1. Preparation of summary data sheets or reports for the risk assessment of the substances used for or present in food contact materials. Netherlands (coordinator) Denmark, Germany, France, Italy, Finland, Sweden, United Kingdom (1) 31 December 2002 (*) Norway participates in this task.

( 1 ) OJ No L 52, 4. 3. 1993, p. 18.

( 2 ) OJ No L 189, 23. 7. 1994, p. 84.