2000/198/EC: Commission Decision of 25 February 2000 amending Decision 94/652/EC establishing the inventory and distribution of tasks to be undertaken within the framework of cooperation by Member States in the scientific examination of questions relating to food (notified under document number C(2000) 498) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2000-02-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, food inspection, foodstuff, foodstuffs legislation, public health, scientific cooperation

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 25 February 2000

amending Decision 94/652/EC establishing the inventory and distribution of tasks to be undertaken
within the framework of cooperation by Member States in the scientific examination of questions
relating to food

(notified under document number C(2000) 498)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2000/198/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

(5)

Member States and in particular, within the institutes
which will be participating in the scientific cooperation.

The measures provided for by this Decision are in
accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee
on Food,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Annex to Decision 94/652/EC establishing the inventory
and distribution of tasks to be undertaken within the frame-
work of cooperation by Member States in the scientific exam-
ination of questions relating to food is hereby replaced by the
Annex to this Decision.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 25 February 2000.

For the Commission

Erkki LIIKANEN

Member of the Commission

Having regard to Council Directive 93/5/EEC of 25 February
1993 on assistance to the Commission and cooperation by the
Member States in the scientific examination of questions
relating to food (1), and in particular Article 3 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Commission Decision 94/458/EC (2) has laid down rules
on the administrative management of cooperation in the
scientific examination of questions relating to food.

Commission Decision 94/652/EC (3) has established the
inventory and distribution of tasks to be undertaken
within the framework of cooperation by Member States
in the scientific examination of questions relating to
food. Whereas Article 3 of Directive 93/5/EEC provides
for the updating at least every six months of the inven-
tory and distribution of tasks.

tasks

The inventory of
should be established and
updated having regard to the need for the protection of
public health within the Community and the require-
ments of Community legislation in the foodstuffs sector.

The tasks should be distributed having regard to the
scientific expertise and resources available within the

(1) OJ L 52, 4.3.1993, p. 18.
(2) OJ L 189, 23.7.1994, p. 84.
(3) OJ L 253, 29.9.1994, p. 29.

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ANNEX

Inventory of tasks to be undertaken by Member States within the framework of cooperation by the Member
States in the scientific examination of questions relating to food

Subject, nature and extent of the task

Member States to which
the task is distributed

Time limit for
completion

1.

Flavouring substances

1.1.

Chemically defined flavouring substances as listed in the register in the Annex
to Commission Decision 1999/217/EC (1)

— to prepare reports for the safety evaluation of chemically defined
flavouring substances according to the evaluation programme referred
to in article 4 of European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No
2232/96 (2)

— to establish and maintain a physical and electronic archive of the
available toxicological and exposure data for the substances concerned

Denmark (coordinator)

31 December 2004

Germany, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy,
Netherlands, Sweden, United
Kingdom

3.

Contaminants

3.1.

General questions

3.1.1. Unscheduled and urgent questions

to coordinate the collection of data in the Member States required for risk
assessment by the Scientific Committee for Food in response to unsched-
uled and urgent questions related to food contaminants

Italy, United Kingdom
(joint coordinators)

All the Member States (3)

31 December 2000

3.2.

Specific questions

3.2.5. Preparation of a working document in support of an EU risk evaluation of
dioxins and related PCBs as food contaminants, covering the estimated
dietary intakes in individual Member States

3.2.6. Provision of validated methods to support
regarding 3-monochloropropanediol
protein (HVP) and other foods

(3-MCPD)

the SCF recommendations
in hydrolised vegetable

Netherlands, Sweden
(joint coordinators)

31 March 2000

Belgium, Denmark, Germany, France,
Italy, Finland, United Kingdom (3)

United Kingdom (coordinator)

30 June 2000

Denmark, Germany, Greece, Spain,
Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Austria (3)

3.2.7. Assessment of dietary intake of ochratoxin A by the population of EU

Italy (coordinator)

31 December 2000

Member States

Denmark, Germany, Spain, France,
Ireland, Netherlands, Portugal,
Finland, Sweden, United Kingdom (3)

7.

Nutrition, allergies and health

7.3.

Collection of data on products intended for use in very low calorie diets

Netherlands (coordinator)

31 December 2000

7.4.

Study of the enzymes used in foodstuffs and collation of data on their
safety

8.

Packaging materials

8.1.

Preparation of summary data sheets or reports for the risk assessment of
the substances used for or present in food contact materials

Belgium, Denmark, Germany, France,
Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Finland,
Sweden, United Kingdom (3)

France (coordinator)

31 March 2000

Denmark, Germany, Greece, Spain,
Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal,
Finland, United Kingdom

Netherlands (coordinator)

31 December 2002

Denmark, Germany, France, Ireland,
Italy, Finland, Sweden, United
Kingdom (3)

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Subject, nature and extent of the task

Member States to which
the task is distributed

Time limit for
completion

9.

9.1.

Official food control

Preparation of a working document in support of the uniform inter-
pretation of
legislative standards and the laboratory quality standards
prescribed under Council Directive 93/99/EEC (4)

United Kingdom (coordinator)

31 December 2000

Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece,
Spain, France, Ireland, Italy,
Netherlands, Austria, Portugal,
Finland, Sweden (3)

(1) OJ L 84, 27.3.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 299, du 23.11.1996, p. 1.
(3) Norway participates in this task.
(4) OJ L 290, du 29.11.1993, p. 14.