2000/669/EC: Commission Decision of 18 October 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) 3034) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2000-10-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, foodstuff, foodstuffs legislation, human nutrition, public health, scientific cooperation

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 18 October 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) 3034)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2000/669/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
for 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, 18 October 2000.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

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. Article 3 of Directive 93/5/EEC provides for the
updating at least every six months of the inventory 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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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

ANNEX

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 of 23 February 1999
— to prepare reports for the safety evaluation of
chemically
substances
according to the evaluation programme referred
to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 2232/96;
— to establish and maintain a physical and elec-
tronic archive of the available toxicological and
exposure data for the substances concerned

flavouring

defined

Denmark (coordinator)
Germany, Spain France, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Austria,
Finland, Sweden, United Kingdom

31 May 2005

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
unscheduled and urgent questions related to food
contaminants

3.2.

Specific questions

Italy, United Kingdom (joint coordinators)
All the Member States (*)

31 December 2000

3.2.6. Provision of validated methods to support the SCF
recommendations
regarding 3-monochlorpropane-
diol (3-MCPD) in hydrolised vegetable protein (HVP)
and other foods

United Kingdom (coordinator)
Denmark, Germany, Greece, Spain, Ireland, Italy, Nether-
lands, Austria (*)

31 August 2000

3.2.7. Assessment of dietary intake of ochratoxin A by the

population of EU Member States

Italy (coordinator)
Denmark, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Ireland, Nether-
lands, Portugal, Finland, Sweden, United Kingdom (*)

31 December 2000

3.2.8. Assessment of dietary intake of patulin by the popu-

lation of EU Member States

Germany (coordinator)
Belgium, Denmark, Spain, France,
Austria, Portugal, Sweden, United Kingdom (*)

Italy, Netherlands,

30 June 2001

3.2.9. Collection and collation of data on levels of 3-mono-
chlorpropanediol (3-MCPD) and related substances in
foodstuffs

Sweden, United Kingdom (joint coordinator)
Denmark, Germany, France, Ireland, Netherlands, Austria,
Finland (*)

31 December 2001

7.

Nutrition, allergies and health

7.3.

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

Netherlands (coordinator)
Belgium, Denmark, Germany,
Portugal, Finland, Sweden, United Kingdom (*)

France,

Ireland,

31 May 2001

Italy,

7.4.

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

France (coordinator)
Denmark, Germany, Greece, Spain, Ireland, Italy, Nether-
lands, Portugal, Finland, United Kingdom

30 September 2000

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Subject, nature and extent of the task

Member States to which the task is distributed

Time limit for completion

8.

8.1.

9.

9.1.

Packaging materials

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

Netherlands (coordinator)
Denmark, Germany, France, Ireland, Italy, Finland, Sweden
United Kingdom (*)

31 December 2002

Official Food Control

Preparation of a working document in support of the
uniform interpretation of legislative standards and the
laboratory
under
standards
quality
Directive 93/99/EEC

prescribed

United Kingdom (coordinator)
Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Spain, France,
Ireland,
Italy, Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Finland,
Sweden (*)

31 December 2000

(*) Norway participates in this task.