COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
C0M(91)314 final 
Brussels, 5 September 1991 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL DECISION 
I.-: " designating the Community reference laboratories 
for testing for residues of certain substances 
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
On 16 September 1986, the Council adopted Directive 86/469/EEC1 
concerning the examination of animals and fresh meat for the presence 
of residues. 
Article 8(2) provides for both the designation for each residue or 
group of residues of a Community reference laboratory responsible for 
coordinating inspections, to be selected from among the various 
national reference laboratories, and the determining of its powers and 
conditions of operation. 
Council Decision 89/187/EEC2 of 6 March 1989 determines the powers and 
the conditions of operation of the abovementioned Community reference 
laboratories. 
The laboratories listed in the draft proposal fulfil all the conditions 
necessary to be designated as a Community reference laboratory. 
It should be noted that these Community reference laboratories may 
receive Community aid in accordance with the conditions set out in 
Article 28 of Council Decision 90/424/EEC3 of 26 June 1990 on 
expenditure in the veterinary field. 
The future financial impact of the draft proposal for a Council 
Decision has already been taken into consideration and will be defined 
in the implementing decision to be taken on the basis of the 
abovementioned Article 28. 
1 0J No L 275, 26.9.1986, p. 36. 
2 OJ No L 66, 10.3.1990, p. 37. 
3 OJ No L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19. 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL DECISION 
of 
designating the Community reference laboratories 
for testing for residues of certain substances 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, 
Having regard to Council Directive 86/469/EEC of 16 September 1986 
concerning the examination of animals and fresh meat for the presence of 
residues1, and in particular Article 8(2) thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas coordination between the national reference laboratories 
responsible in the Member States for the examination of animals and their 
meat for the presence of residues must be assigned to highly specialized 
laboratories possessing the installations and equipment necessary for this 
type of analysis; 
Whereas the Council, in its Decision 89/187/EEC of 6 March 19892, 
determined the powers and conditions of operation of the Community 
reference laboratories provided for in Directive 86/469/EEC concerning the 
examination of animals and fresh meat for the presence of residues; 
Whereas, in accordance with Article 8(2) of Directive 86/469/EEC3, it is 
important to designate at this point the Community reference laboratories 
for testing for residues of certain substances, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: 
1 OJ No L 275, 26.9.1986, p. 36. 
2 OJ No L 66, 10.3.1989, p. 37. 
3 OJ No L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19. 
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Art icle 1 
The following laboratories are hereby designated as Community reference 
laborator ies: 
(a) for the residues included in Annex I, groups A.I and A.I I, of 
Direct ive 86/469/EEC: 
Rijksinstituut voor de Volksgezondheid en Mi I ieuhygiene 
Antonie van Leeuwenhoeklaan 9 
3720 BILTHOVEN 
NETHERLANDS 
(b) for the residues included in Annex I, group A.I I I.a, of 
Directive 86/469/EEC, with the exception of sulphonamides: 
Laboratoire des Médicaments vétérinaires 
(CNEVA-LMV) 
La Haute Marché, Javené 
35133 FOUGERES 
FRANCE 
(c) for the residues included in Annex I, group A.lll.b, of 
Directive 86/469/EEC, and the residues of beta-agonists and 
sulphonamides: 
Bundesgesundhe i tsamt 
Thielallee 88 
1000 BERLIN 33 
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY 
(d) for the residues included in Annex I, groups B.I I.a and B.ll.b, of 
Direct ive 86/469/EEC: 
Istituto Superiore di Sanità 
via Regina Elena 299 
00161 ROMA 
ITALY 
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Art icle 2 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States 
Done at Brussels, 
For the CounciI 

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