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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)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►A1 Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the
Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia,
the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic ofMalta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the SlovakRepublic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the EuropeanUnion is foundedL 236 33 23.9.2003
Corrected by:
►C1 Corrigendum, 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 liveanimals 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 State
for the detection of certain substances and residues so that each residue
or 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 orresidue group to several national laboratories which they designated
prior to the date of adoption of that Directive;
Whereas Article 14(1) of Directive 96/23/EC lays down the tasks of
such national reference laboratories for the detection of residues andprovides that the Commission is to draw up the list of such nationalreference 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 reference
methods and the list of national reference laboratories for detecting
residues (
2) should be repealed;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance
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 inthe Annex hereto.
Article 2
Article 4 of Decision 93/257/EEC and the Annex thereto are hereby
repealed.
Article 3
This Decision shall be reviewed by 31 December 2000 at the latest.
Article 4
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.1998D0536 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 001.001 — 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. Wytsman 14
B-1050 BruxellesAll groups
Czech
RepublicNational Reference Laboratory for residues of Veter-
inary Drugs
Ústav pro státní kontrolu veterinárních biopreparát ůa
léčiv
Hudcova 56 A
621 00 BrnoGroup A1, A2, A3, A4,
A5, A6, B2a, B2b, B2c,
B2e, B2d, B2f
National Reference Laboratory for Mycotoxins and
other natural Toxins, Dyes and Antibacterial
substances
Státní veterinární ústav Jihlava
Rantí řovská 93
586 05 JihlavaGroup B1, B3e, B3d
National Reference Laboratory for Pesticides and
PCB's
Státní veterinární ústav Praha
Sídlištní 136/24
165 03 Praha 6 – LysolajeGroup B3a, B3b
National Reference Laboratory for Chemical elements
Státní veterinární ústav Olomouc
Jakoubka ze St říbra 1
779 00 OlomoucGroup B3c
National Reference Laboratory for Determination of
Radioactive Substances in Food and Food Chains
Státní veterinární ústav Praha
Sídlištní 136/24
165 03 Praha 6 – LysolajeGroup B3f
Denmark Veterinær- og Fødevaredirektoratet
Institut for Fødevareundersøgelser og Ernæring
Afdelingen for Kemiske Forureninger (IFEF)
Mørkhøj Bygade 19
DK-2860 SøborgGroup B2
Group B3 (exceptochra-
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 groups1998D0536 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 001.001 — 3
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Member
StateReference laboratories Group of residues
Estonia Veterinaar- ja Toidulaboratoorium
Väike-Paala 3
11415 TallinnGroup A
Groups B1, B2
Tervisekaitseinspektsiooni Tartu Keemialaboratoorium
Põllu 1a
50303 TartuGroups B3a, B3b
Veterinaar- ja Toidulaboratoorium
Kreutzwaldi 30
51006 TartuGroup B3c
Taimse Materjali Kontrolli Keskus
Teaduse 6
75501 Saku, HarjumaaGroup B3d
Veterinaar- ja Toidulaboratoorium
Väike-Paala 3
11415 TallinnGroups B3e, B3f
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-
mentof 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
acción farmacológicaA6, B3f1998D0536 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 001.001 — 4
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Member
StateReference laboratories Group of residues
France Laboratoire des dosages hormonaux ENV Nantes
BP 5070744307 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
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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
Dublin 15Group B2a, B2c
Marine Institute
Fisheries Research Centre
Abbotstown
Castleknock
Dublin 15Group B1, B2, B3
(only for aquaculture
products)
Italy Istituto superiore di sanità
Viale Regina Elena 299
I-00161 RomaAll groups
Cyprus Εθνικό Έργαστήριο Αναφοράς για τον έλεγχο
των υπολειµµάτων
Γενικό Χηµείο του Κράτους
Κίµωνος 44
1451Λευκωσία
National Reference Laboratory for the Control of
Residues
General State Laboratory
Kimonos 44
1451 , NicosiaAll groups
Latvia Valsts veterin ārmedic īnas diagnostikas centrs
Lejupes iela 3
Rīga,
LV-1076All groups
Lithuania Nacionalin ėveterinarijos laboratorija
J. Kairi ūkščio g. 10
LT-2021 VilniusAll groups
Luxembourg Institut scientifique de la santé publique — Louis
Pasteur
Rue J. Wytsman 14
B-1050 BruxellesAll groups1998D0536 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 001.001 — 5
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Member
StateReference laboratories Group of residues
Hungary Országos Élelmiszervizsgáló Intézet (OÉVI)
Pf. 1740. Mester u. 81.
HU-1465 BudapestAll groups
Malta Ministry for Agriculture and Fisheries
Food and Veterinary Regulation Division
Public Health and Laboratory Diagnostics Unit
Albertown – Marsa,
MaltaGroups B1, B3c
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e
del Molise – G. Caporale
Campo Boario
64100 Teramo,
ItaliaGroup A Groups B1, B2a,
B2c, B2d, B2e, B2f, B3a,
B3b, B3d, B3e, B3f
Central Science Laboratory – Sand Hutton
York,
United KingdomGroups A6, B2b
Progetto Natura
Via Marradi
59100 Prato,
ItaliaGroups B1, B2b, B2c, B2d,
B3a, B3b
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
Poland Laboratorium Zakładu Higieny Żywno ści Pochodzenia
Zwierz ęcego
Państwowego Instytutu Weterynaryjnego
PL-24-100 Puławy
Al. Partyzantów 57Groups A1, A2, A3, A4
Group B1
Laboratorium Zakładu Farmakologii i Toksykologii
Państwowego Instytutu Weterynaryjnego
PL-24-100 Puławy
Al. Partyzantów 57Groups A5, A6 Groups B1,
B2, B3
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)
Slovenia Nacionalni veterinarski inštitut
Gerbi čeva 60
SI-1000 LjubljanaGroups A1, A3, A4, A5,
A6, B1, B2a, B2b, B2d,
B3a, B3d
Zavod za zdravstveno varstvo Maribor
Prvomajska ulica 1
SI-2000 MariborGroups A2, B2c, B2e, B3-
PCB, B3b, B3c1998D0536 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 001.001 — 6
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▼A1
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▼A1
▼A1
Member
StateReference laboratories Group of residues
Slovakia Štátny veterinárny a potravinový ústav
Akademická 3
SK-949 01 NitraGroups A1, A3, A4, A5
Štátny veterinárny a potravinový ústav
Hlinkova 1/B
SK-040 01 KošiceGroups A2, B2a, B2b,
B2d, B3c, B3d,
Štátny veterinárny a potravinový ústav
Botanická 15
SK-842 52 BratislavaGroups A6, B2c, B2e, B3a,
B3b
Štátny veterinárny a potravinový ústav
Janoškova 1611/58
SK-026 80 Dolný KubínGroups B1, B2f, B3e
Národné referen čné laboratórium pre rádiometriu a
rádioekológiu
Štátny veterinárny a potravinový ústav
Akademická 3
SK-949 01 NitraGroup B3f (radioactivity)
Národné referen čné centrum pre dioxíny a príbuzné
látky
Ústav preventívnej a klinickej medicíny
Limbova 14
SK-833 01 BratislavaGroup B3f (dioxines and
related compounds)
Finland Eläinlääkintä- ja elintarvikelaitos
(National Veterinary and Food Research Institute)Hämeentie 57, Box 368, FIN-00231 HelsinkiAll groups
Sweden Statens 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
BelfastBT4 3SDA1a, A1c, A2, A3, B1, B2
Food and Agricultural Chemistry Research Division
Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland
Newforge Lane
BelfastBT9 SPXA1b, A3, B1, B21998D0536 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 001.001 — 7
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