2001/773/EC: Commission Decision of 26 October 2001 amending Commission 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 (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 3213)
Date: 2001-10-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: foodstuff, foodstuffs legislation, public health, scientific cooperation

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 26 October 2001

amending Commission 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 exam-
ination of questions relating to food

(notified under document number C(2001) 3213)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/773/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, 26 October 2001.

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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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.

1.1.

Flavouring substances

Chemically defined flavouring substances as
listed in the register in the Annex to Commis-
sion Decision 1999/217/EC

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

flavouring

defined

Denmark (coordinator)

31 May 2005

Germany, Spain, France,
Austria, Finland, Sweden, United Kingdom

Ireland,

Italy, Netherlands,

To establish and maintain a physical and elec-
tronic archive of the available toxicological and
exposure data for the substances concerned

3.

3.1.

Contaminants

General questions

3.1.1. Unscheduled and urgent questions

Italy, United Kingdom (joint coordinators)

30 April 2002

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

All the Member States (*)

3.2.

Specific questions

3.2.8. Assessment of dietary intake of patulin by the

Germany (coordinator)

31 January 2002

population of EU Member States

Belgium, Denmark, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Neth-
erlands, Austria, Portugal, Sweden, United Kingdom (*)

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

Sweden, United Kingdom (joint coordinators)

31 July 2002

Denmark, Germany, Spain, France,
lands, Austria, Finland (*)

Ireland, Nether-

3.2.10. Collection of occurrence data of fusarium toxins
in food and assessment of dietary intake by the
population of EU Member States

Germany (coordinator)

31 December 2002

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

3.2.11. Assessment of

the dietary exposure to lead,
cadmium, mercury and arsenic of the population
of the EU Member States

Italy, Sweden (joint coordinators)

31 October 2002

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

3.2.12. Collection of occurrence data on polynuclear

France (coordinator)

30 April 2003

aromatic hydrocarbons in food

Denmark, Germany, Greece, Spain, Ireland, Italy, Neth-
erlands, Austria, Portugal, Finland, United Kingdom (*)

3.2.13. Assessment of the dietary exposure to organotin
compounds of the population of the EU Member
States

Italy (coordinator)

31 October 2002

Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, France, Nether-
lands, United Kingdom (*)

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Subject, nature and extent of the task

Member States to which the task is distributed

Time limit for completion

7.

7.3.

8.

8.1.

9.

9.1.

Nutrition, allergies and health

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

Packaging materials

Netherlands (coordinator)

15 October 2001

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

Italy,

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,
United Kingdom (*)

Italy, Finland, Sweden,

31 December 2002

Official food control

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

United Kingdom (coordinator)

15 October 2001

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

(*) Norway participates in this task.