Amended proposal for a European Parliament and Council Decision amending Decision 93/383/EEC of 14 June 1993 on reference laboratories for the monitoring of marine biotoxins
Date: 1997-05-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United Kingdom, mollusc, public health, research body, toxic substance

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

Brussels,  12.05.1997 
COM(97) 210 final 

96/0234  (COD) 

Amended proposal  for a 

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND COUNCIL DECISION 

amending Decision 93/383/EEC of 14 June 1993 on reference laboratories for the 

monitoring of marine biotoxins 

(presented by the Commission pursuant to Article  189 a (2) 
of the EC-Treaty) 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

On  25  September  1996  the  Commission  presented  a  proposal  for  a  Council  Decision 
amending Decision 93/383/EEC of  14 June  1993 on reference  laboratories for  monitoring 
marine  biotoxins.  That  proposal,  COM(96)  464  final,  amends  the  Annex  to  Decision 
93/383/EEC  as regards the UK national reference  laboratory which is replaced by another 
laboratory  designated  by  the  UK  authorities  and  adds  an  Article  empowering  the 
Commission  to  make  further  amendments  to  the  Annex.  The  proposal  has  not  yet  been 
adopted by the Council. 

Following  the  undertaking  made  by  the  Commission  to  Parliament  to  introduce  the 
codecision  procedure  provided  for  by  Article  100a  of  the  Treaty  for  all  proposals 
concerning public health, the Commission  is amending its initial proposal.. The legal basis 
of Article 43 of the Treaty is thus replaced by Article  100a, the title, citations and recitals 
being amended as a consequence. 

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Amended proposal  for à 

EUROPEAN  PARLIAMENT  AND COUNCIL  DECISION 

amending Decision 93/383/EEC of  14 June  1993 on reference laboratories for the 

monitoring of marine biotoxins 

On 25 September  1996, the Commission presented to the Council a proposal to amend 

Decision 93/383/EEC of 14 June  1993 on reference  laboratories for the monitoring of 

marine biotoxins. The proposal was based on Article 43 of the Treaty. As a result of a 

Commission review, the initial proposal  is amended as follows: 

The following points are added to Article  1 : 

(3) 

The title is replaced by: 

"European Parliament and Council Decision amending Decision 93/383/EEC of 

14 June 1993 on reference  laboratories for the monitoring of marine biotoxins" 

(4) 

the Decision citations are replaced by: 

"THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE 

EUROPEAN UNION 

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in 

particular Article  100a thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from  the Commission1, 

1 OJNoC33l,  6.11.1996, p.12. 

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic  and Social  Committee2, 

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article  189b of the 

Treaty3," 

(5) 

An extra recital is added before the other recitals: 

"whereas implementation  of the single market requires, for the purposes of health 

protection in the veterinary and plant health sectors harmonized monitoring  of 

product health; whereas this requirement applies in particular to marine biotoxins; 

(6) 

At the end of the recitals the words "HAS ADOPTED  THIS DECISION" are 

replaced by "HAVE ADOPTED  THIS DECISION" 

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