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►B COMMISSIONDECISION
of3September1998
establishingthelistofnationalreference laboratories forthedetectionofresidues
(notified under document number C(1998) 2487)
(TextwithEEArelevance)
(98/536/EC)
(OJ L 251, 11.9.1998, p. 39)
Corrected by:
►C1Corrigendum, OJ L 18, 23.1.1999, p. 68 (98/536/EC)
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COMMISSIONDECISION
of3September1998
establishingthelistofnationalreferencelaboratoriesforthedetec-
tionofresidues
(notified under document number C(1998) 2487)
(TextwithEEArelevance)
(98/536/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 96/23/EC of 29 April 1996 on
measures to monitor certain substances and residues thereof in live
animals and animal products and repealing Directives 85/358/EEC and86/469/EEC and Decisions 89/187/EEC and 91/664/EEC (
1), and in
particular Article 14(1) thereof,
Whereas Article 14(1) of Directive 96/23/EC stipulates that at least one
national reference laboratory is to be designated in each Member Statefor the detection of certain substances and residues so that each residueor group of residues is not assigned to more than one national referencelaboratory; whereas in this connection, until 31 December 2000 theMember States may continue to entrust testing for the same residue or
residue group to several national laboratories which they designated
prior to the date of adoptionof that Directive;
Whereas Article 14(1) of Directive 96/23/EC lays downthe tasks of
such national reference laboratories for the detection of residues and
provides that the Commission is to draw up the list of such national
reference laboratories;
Whereas the Annex to this Decision must be reviewed by 31 December
2000 at the latest;
Whereas, for reasons of legal clarity, certain provisions of Commission
Decision 93/257/EEC of 15 April 1993 laying down the referencemethods and the list of national reference laboratories for detectingresidues (
2) should be repealed;
Whereas the measures provided for inthis Decisionare inaccordan ce
with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The national reference laboratories for the detection of residues desig-
nated pursuant to Article 14 of Directive 96/23/EC shall be as listed in
the Annex hereto.
Article 2
Article 4 of Decision 93/257/EEC and the Annex thereto are hereby
repealed.
Article 3
This Decisionshall be reviewed by 31 December 2000 at the latest.
Article 4
This Decisionis addressed to the Member States.1998D0536 — EN — 04.09.1998 — 000.001 — 2
(1) OJ L 125, 23. 5. 1996, p. 10.
(2) OJ L 118, 14. 5. 1993, p. 75.
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ANNEX
NATIONALREFERENCELABORATORIES
Member
StateReference laboratories Group of residues
Belgium Institut scientifique de la santé publique — Louis
Pasteur
Rue J. Wytsman14
B-1050 BruxellesAll groups
Denmark Veterinær- og Fødevaredirektoratet
Institut for Fødevareundersøgelser og Ernæring
Afdelingen for Kemiske Forureninger (IFEF)
Mørkhøj Bygade 19
DK-2860 SøborgGroup B2
Group B3 (except ochra-
toxine A)
and carbodox and
olaquindox
Veterinær- og Fødevaredirektoratet
Institut for Fødevareundersøgelser og Ernæring
Afdelingen for Fødevareanalyser (IFEF)
Odinsvej 4
Postboks 93
4100 RingstedGroup A
Group B1 (except
carbodox and olaquindox)
Germany Bundesinstitut für gesundheitlichen Verbraucherschutz
und Veterinärmedizin
Thielallee 88-92
14195 BerlinAll groups
Greece Institute of Food Hygiene
Neapoleos 25 Aghia Paraskevi
153 10 AthensA2, A5, B1, B2d, B3a
(PCB), B3b, B3e
Institute of Biochemistry, Toxicology and Nourish-
ment of Animals
Neapoleos 25 Aghia Paraskevi
153 10 AthensB3c, B3d
Institute of Food Hygiene
26 Octobriou 66
546 27 ThessalonikiA6 (Nitrofurans)
Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Serres
Terma Omonias
621 10 SerresA1, A3, A4, B3a
(organochlorine
compounds)
Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Larissa
7th km E.O. Larossas
411 10 LarissaB2a and B2b
Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Tripolis
Pelagos Arkadias
221 00 TripolisA6 (chloramphenicol)
Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Patras
Notara 15
264 42 PatrasB2c and B2e
Spain Centro Nacional de Alimentación
Carretera Pozuelo-Majadahonda, km 6,2 Majadahonda
(Madrid)A1, A3, A4, A5, B1, B3c
(only for aquaculture
products), B3d, B3e
Laboratorio de Sanidad y Producción Animal
Santa Fe (Granada)B2a, B2b, B2c, B2f, B2e
Laboratorio de Sanidad y Producción Animal
Algete (Madrid)A2, B2d
Laboratorio Arbitral del Ministerio de Agricultura,
Pesca y Alimentación
Carretera de La Coruña, km 10,7 (Madrid)B3a, B3b, B3c
(only for aquaculture
products)
Laboratorios anteriormente mencionados según su
acciónfarmacológicaA6, B3f1998D0536 — EN — 04.09.1998 — 000.001 — 3
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Member
StateReference laboratories Group of residues
France Laboratoire des dosages hormonaux ENV Nantes
BP 50707
44307 Nantes Cedex 3A1, A2, A3, A4, A5
CNEVA Fougères
Laboratoire des médicaments vétérinaires (LMV)
La haute Marche-Javéné
35133 FougèresA6, B1, B2a, B2b, B3e,
B2d, B2e, B2f
CNEVA Sophia Antipolis
BP 111
06902 Sophia Antipolis CedexAll groups
for honey
CNEVA Paris
10, rue Pierre Curie
94700 Maisons AlfortB2c
B3a, B3b, B3c, B3d
Ireland Central Meat Control Laboratory
Abbotstown
Castleknock
County DublinGoup A
Group B1
Group►C1 ◄
B2d, B2f
Group B3c
State Laboratory
Abbotstown
Castleknock
County DublinGroup A1, A3, A4, A5
Group B1
Group B2b, ►C1B2e◄
Group B3a, B3b, B3d
Teagasc (National Food Centre)
Dunsinea
Castleknock
Dublin15Group B2a, B2c
Marine Institute
Fisheries Research Centre
Abbotstown
Castleknock
Dublin15Group B1, B2, B3
(only for aquaculture
products)
Italy Istituto superiore di sanità
Viale Regina Elena 299
I-00161 RomaAll groups
Luxembourg Institut scientifique de la santé publique — Louis
Pasteur
Rue J. Wytsman14
B-1050 BruxellesAll groups
Netherlands Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieuhygiëne
Antonie van Leeuwenhoeklaan 9
Bilthoven
Postbus 1
3720 BA BilthovenAll groups
Rijkskwaliteitsinstituut voor land- en tuinbouwpro-
ducten
Bornsesteeg 45
6708 PD WageningenAll groups
Austria Bundesanstalt für Tierseuchenbekämpfung in Mödling
Robert-Koch-Gasse 17
2340 MödlingLive animals and fresh
meat
All groups
Bundesanstalt für Lebensmitteluntersuchung und -
forschung
Kinderspitalgasse 15
1095 WienMilk, eggs and honey
All groups
Portugal Laboratório Nacional de Investigação Veterinária
Estrada de Benfica 701
P-1500 LisboaAll groups
Instituto de Investigação das Pescas e do Mar-IPIMAR
Avenida de Brasília
P-1400 LisboaGroup B3c
(only for aquaculture
products)1998D0536 — EN — 04.09.1998 — 000.001 — 4
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Member
StateReference laboratories Group of residues
Finland Eläinlääkintä- ja elintarvikelaitos
(National Veterinary and Food Research Institute)
Hämeentie 57, Box 368, FIN-00231 HelsinkiAll groups
SwedenStaten s Livsmedelsverk
Box 622
751 26 UppsalaAll groups
United
KingdomCentral Veterinary Laboratory
New Haw, Addlestone
Surrey KT15 3NBA1, A2, A3, B1
Food Science Laboratory
Colney Lane
Norwich NR4 7UAA3, B1, B2
Veterinary Research Laboratories
Stormont
Belfast BT4 3SDA1a, A1c, A2, A3, B1, B2
Food and Agricultural Chemistry Research Division
Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland
Newforge Lane
Belfast BT9 SPXA1b, A3, B1, B21998D0536 — EN — 04.09.1998 — 000.001 — 5