PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION DESIGNATING THE COMMUNITY REFERENCE LABORATORIES FOR TESTING FOR RESIDUES OF CERTAIN SUBSTANCES
Date: 1991-09-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: fresh meat, health control, research body, slaughter animal, testing

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

C0M(91)314  final 

Brussels,  5  September  1991 

Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL  DECISION 

designating  the Community  reference  laboratories 

for  testing  for residues of certain  substances 

(presented  by the Commission) 

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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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