1999/312/EC: Council Decision of 29 April 1999 amending Decision 93/383/EEC on reference laboratories for the monitoring of marine biotoxins
Date: 1999-04-29
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: health control, marine environment, marine life, research body, toxic substance

8. 5. 1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 120/37

COUNCIL DECISION

of 29 April 1999

amending Decision 93/383/EEC on reference laboratories for the monitoring of
marine biotoxins

(1999/312/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,

Article 1

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),

Decision 93/383/EEC is hereby amended as follows:

1. Article 3 shall be replaced by the following:

Having regard to the opinions of the European Parlia-
ment (2),

‘Article 3

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee (3),

(1) Whereas Article 3 of Decision 93/383/EEC (4)
establishes the national reference laboratory for the
monitoring of marine biotoxins; whereas the said
laboratory has changed its name; whereas it
is
therefore necessary to amend Article 3 accordingly;

(2) Whereas Decision 93/383/EEC does not include a
procedure for speedy revision of its Annex; whereas
provision should therefore be made for the poss-
ibility of the Commission to revise this Annex
following a notification made by a Member State;

(3) Whereas the Annex to Decision 93/383/EEC estab-
lishes the list of national reference laboratories
designated by
the
each Member
monitoring of marine biotoxins;

State

for

(4) Whereas the laboratories originally designated by
Belgium, Finland, Germany, Greece, Spain, Italy,
the United Kingdom and Sweden as national refer-
ence laboratories for the monitoring of marine
biotoxins no longer fulfil the functions for which
they were designated or have in the meantime
changed their name; whereas
the Annex to
Decision 93/383/EEC should be amended accord-
ingly to take account of notifications submitted by
the Member States concerning national reference
laboratories,

(1) OJ C 331, 6.11.1996, p. 12 and OJ C 189, 20.6.1997, p. 9.
(2) OJ C 200, 30.6.1997, p. 257 and opinion of 13 April 1999

(not yet published in the Official Journal).

(3) OJ C 66, 3.3.1997, p. 47.
(4) OJ L 166, 8.7.1993, p. 31.

The “Laboratorio de biotoxinas marinas del Area de
Sanidad”
the
Community reference laboratory for the monitoring of
marine biotoxins.'

in Vigo is hereby designated as

2. The following indent shall be added to Article 4:

‘(cid:190) helping the national

to
implement an appropriate system of quality assur-
ance based on the principles of good laboratory
practice (GLP) and the EN 45 000 criteria;'.

reference laboratories

3. The following Article shall be inserted after Article 5:

‘Article 5a

The Commission shall amend the Annex to this
Decision where necessary following any notification
submitted to it by a Member State concerning its
national reference laboratory for the monitoring of
marine biotoxins.

The Commission shall publish the list of the national
reference laboratories and any updates to it in the
Official Journal of the European Communities.'

Article 2

The Annex to Decision 93/383/EEC shall be replaced by
the text in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its
publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities.

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This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 4

Done at Luxembourg, 29 April 1999.

For the Council

The President

W. M(cid:154)LLER

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX

Belgium and Luxembourg:

Ireland:

(cid:190) Minist(cid:138)re des Affaires Sociales, de la Sant(cid:130) Publique et de

(cid:190) Fisheries Research Center

l’Environnement
Institut Scientifique de la Sant(cid:130) Publique (cid:190) Louis Pasteur
Section “Denr(cid:130)es alimentaires”
D(cid:130)partement “Pharmaco-Bromatologie”
Rue Juliette Wytsman 14
B-1050 Bruxelles

Denmark:

(cid:190) The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration

Institute of Food Research and Nutrition
Mørkhøj Bygade 19
DK-2860 Søborg

Germany:

(cid:190) Bundesinstitut f(cid:129)r gesundheitlichen

Verbraucherschutz und Veterin(cid:132)rmedizin
Postfach 330013
D-14191 Berlin

Greece:

(cid:190) Imstito(cid:151)to Ucieim(cid:147)r Tqov(cid:148)lym Hessakom(cid:148)jgr

28gr Ojtybq(cid:148)ou 80
GR-54627 Hessakom(cid:148)jg

Spain:

(cid:190) Laboratorio de Biotoxinas Marinas

Area de Sanidad
Estaci(cid:155)n Mar(cid:146)tima s/n
E-36271 Vigo

France:

(cid:190) Laboratoire central d’hygi(cid:138)ne alimentaire

43, rue de Dantzig
F-75015 Paris

Abbotstown
IRL-Dublin 15

Italy:

(cid:190) Centro Ricerche Marine

Viale Vespucci 2
I-47042 Cesenatico (FO)

Netherlands:

(cid:190) Postbus 1

R¶ksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieuhygi(cid:137)ne (RIVM)
NL-3720 BA Bilthoven

Portugal:

(cid:190) Laborat(cid:155)rio do Instituto Nacional de Investiga(cid:135)ao das Pescas

(INIP)
Av. Bras(cid:146)lia s/n
P-1400 Lisbon

Finland:

(cid:190) Tullilaboratorio/Tullaboratoriet

PL/PB 53
FIN-02151 Espoo/Esbo

Sweden:

(cid:190) Institutionen f(cid:148)r klinisk bakteriologi

G(cid:148)teborgs universitet
S-41124 G(cid:148)teborg

United Kingdom:

(cid:190) Marine Laboratory
P.O. Box 101,
Victoria Road
UK Aberdeen AB11 9DB'