Commission Regulation (EC) No 433/2006 of  15 March 2006  amending Regulation (EEC) No 1538/91 as regards the reference laboratories for monitoring water content in poultrymeat
Date: 2006-03-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, food inspection, poultrymeat, research body

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 433/2006

of 15 March 2006

amending Regulation (EEC) No 1538/91 as regards the reference laboratories for monitoring water
content in poultrymeat

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(6)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1906/90 of 26
June 1990 on certain marketing standards for poultrymeat (1),
and in particular to Article 9 thereof,

Whereas:

Paragraphs 10, 12 and 12a of Article 14a of
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1538/91 of 5 June
implementing
1991 introducing detailed rules
Council Regulation (EEC) No 1906/90 on certain
for poultrymeat (2) provide for
marketing standards
detailed guidelines regarding the levels of controls and
actions to be undertaken by reference laboratories for
monitoring water content in poultrymeat.

for

The Community Reference Laboratory ‘Het Spelderholt’
provided for in Article 14a(14) of Regulation (EEC) No
1538/91 is no longer in a position to continue its work.

Annex VIII to Regulation (EEC) No 1538/91 contains the
names and addresses of all reference laboratories. Several
Member States have informed the Commission of a
change of
their national reference laboratories. Malta
has sent the name and address of the Maltese National
Reference Laboratory in a neighbouring Member State. It
is therefore necessary to update the name and address of
certain Reference Laboratories and introduce the name
and address of the Maltese Reference Laboratory.

Annex IX to Regulation (EEC) No 1538/91 contains the
to be performed by the Community
specific tasks
Reference Laboratory and by the national
reference
laboratories. The change in organisational structure of
reference laboratories for monitoring water content in
poultrymeat should be laid down in Annex IX.

Regulation (EEC) No 1538/91 should be amended
accordingly.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,

(7)

(8)

(9)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

shown that

Experience with the work of the reference laboratories
has
there is no need for a separate
Community Reference Laboratory any more. Instead it
appears sufficient to establish a coordinating board for
testing activities by national reference laboratories.

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 1538/91 is amended as follows:

The coordinating board should consist of representatives
of the Directorate-General Joint Research Centre (JRC) —
Institute
and Measurements
(IRMM), of the Directorate-General for Agriculture and
Rural Development and of
reference
laboratories.

for Reference Materials

three national

1. Article 14a is amended as follows:

(a)

In paragraph 12a, the second subparagraph is replaced
by the following:

(5)

The representative of IRMM should be the chairperson of
the board and should appoint
the national reference
laboratories on rotational basis.

(1) OJ L 173, 6.7.1990, p. 1. Regulation last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1101/98 (OJ L 157, 30.5.1998, p. 12).

(2) OJ L 143, 7.6.1991, p. 11. Regulation last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 81/2006 (OJ L 14, 19.1.2006, p. 8).

‘The national reference laboratories shall forward these
data to the board of experts referred to in paragraph 14
for
further evaluation and discussion with national
reference laboratories before 1 July each year. The
findings
to the Management
Committee for consideration in accordance with Article
18 of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75.’

be presented

shall

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

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(b) Paragraph 14 is replaced by the following:

2. Annex VIII is replaced by the text in Annex I to this Regu-

lation.

‘14.
A board of experts in monitoring water content
in poultrymeat shall act as a coordinating body for
testing activities of national reference laboratories.
It
shall consist of representatives of the Commission and
national reference laboratories. Tasks of the board and of
national reference laboratories, as well as the organisa-
in
tional
Annex IX.’

the board are provided for

structure of

3. Annex IX is replaced by the text in Annex II to this Regu-

lation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day
Journal of the
following that of its publication in the Official
European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 15 March 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

‘ANNEX VIII

LIST OF NATIONAL REFERENCE LABORATORIES

Belgium

Instituut voor Landbouw- en Visserijonderzoek (ILVO)
Eenheid Technologie en Voeding
Productkwaliteit en voedselveiligheid
Brusselsesteenweg 370
BE-9090 Melle

Czech Republic

Státní veterinární ústav Jihlava
laboratoř pro mikrobiologické,
referenční
Národní
chemické a senzorické analýzy masa a masných výrobků
Rantířovská 93
CZ-586 05 Jihlava

Denmark

Fødevarestyrelsen
Fødevareregion Øst
Afdeling for Fødevarekemi
Søndervang 4
DK-4100 Ringsted

Germany

Bundesforschungsanstalt für Ernährung und Lebensmittel
Standort Kulmbach
EC-Baumann-Straße 20
D-95326 Kulmbach

Estonia

Veterinaar- ja Toidulaboratoorium
Kreutzwaldi 30
EE-51006 Tartu

Greece

Ministry of Rural Development & Food
Veterinary Laboratory of Larisa
7th km Larisa-Trikalon st.
EL-411 10 Larisa

Ireland

National Food Centre
Teagasc
Dunsinea
Castleknock
Dublin 15
Ireland

Italy

Ministero Politiche Agricole e Forestali
Ispettorato Centrale Repressione Frodi — Laboratorio di
Modena
Via Jacopo Cavedone n. 29
IT-41100 Modena

Cyprus

Agricultural Laboratory
Department of Agriculture
Loukis Akritas Ave; 14
CY-Lefcosia (Nicosia)

Latvia

Pārtikas un veterinārā dienesta
Nacionālais diagnostikas centrs
Lejupes iela 3,
LV-1076 Rīga

Lithuania

Nacionalinė veterinarijos laboratorija
J. Kairiūkščio g. 10
LT-2021 Vilnius

Luxembourg

Laboratoire National de Santé
Rue du Laboratoire, 42
LU-1911 Luxembourg

Spain

Hungary

Laboratorio Arbitral Agroalimentario
Carretera de La Coruña, km 10,700
ES-28023 Madrid

Országos Élelmiszervizsgáló Intézet
Budapest 94. Pf. 1740
Mester u. 81.
HU-1465

France

Unité hygiène et qualité des produits avicoles
Laboratoire central de recherches avicoles et porcines
Centre National d'études vétérinaires et alimentaires
Beaucemaine — B.P. 53
FR-22400 Ploufragan

Malta

CE.FI.T S.r.l.
Sede Centrale e Laboratori
Viale Lido 108 A
IT-96012 Avola (SR)

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Netherlands

RIKILT — Instituut voor Voedselveiligheid
Bornsesteeg 45, gebouw 123
NL-6708 AE Wageningen

Austria

Österreichische Agentur für Gesundheit und Ernährungs-
sicherheit GmbH
Institut für Lebensmitteluntersuchung Wien
Abteilung 6 — Fleisch und Fleischwaren
Spargelfeldstraße 191
AT-1226 Wien

Poland

Centralne Laboratorium Głównego Inspektoratu Jakości
Handlowej Artykułów Rolno-Spożywczych
ul. Reymonta 11/13
PL-60-791 Poznań

Portugal

Slovenia

Univerza v Ljubljani
Veterinarska fakulteta
Nacionalni veterinarski inštitut
Gerbičeva 60
SI-1115 Ljubljana

Slovakia
Štátny veterinárny a potravinový ústav
Botanická 15
SK-842 52 Bratislava

Finland

Elintarviketurvallisuusvirasto Evira
Mustialankatu 3
FIN-00710 Helsinki

Sweden

Livsmedelsverket
Box 622
SE-75126 Uppsala

United Kingdom

Autoridade de Segurança Alimentar e Económica —
ASAE
Laboratório Central da Qualidade Alimentar — LCQA
Av. Conde Valbom, 98
PT 1050-070 LISBOA

Laboratory of the Government Chemist
Queens Road
Teddington
United Kingdom
TW11 0LY’

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ANNEX II

‘ANNEX IX

Tasks and organisational structure of the board of experts in monitoring water content in poultrymeat

The board of experts referred to in Article 14a(14) is responsible for the following tasks:

(a) supplying information on analytical methods and comparative testing regarding the water content of poultrymeat to

the national reference laboratories,

(b) coordinating the application by the national reference laboratories of the methods referred to in (a), by organising

comparative testing, and proficiency testing in particular,

(c) supporting the national reference laboratories in proficiency testing by providing scientific support for statistical data

evaluation and reporting,

(d) coordinating the development of new analytical methods and informing the national reference laboratories of

progress made in this area,

(e) providing scientific and technical assistance to the Commission, especially in cases where the results of analyses are

contested between Member States.

The board of experts referred to in Article 14a(14) shall be organised as follows:

The board of experts in monitoring water content in poultrymeat shall consist of representatives of the Directorate-
General Joint Research Centre (JRC) — Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements (IRMM), of the Directorate-
General for Agriculture and Rural Development and of three national reference laboratories. The representative of IRMM
shall act as the chairperson of the board and shall appoint the national reference laboratories on rotational basis. The
Member States’ authorities responsible for the national reference laboratory selected shall subsequently appoint individual
experts in monitoring water content in food to serve on the board. Through annual rotation, one participating national
reference laboratory shall be replaced at a time, so as to ensure a degree of continuity on the board. Expenses incurred by
the Member States’ experts and/or the national reference laboratories in the exercise of their functions under this
paragraph shall be borne by the respective Member States.

Tasks of national reference laboratories

The national reference laboratories listed in Annex VIII are responsible for the following tasks:

(a) coordinating the activities of the national

laboratories responsible for analyses of water content in poultrymeat,

(b) assisting the competent authority in the Member State to organise the system for monitoring water content in

poultrymeat,

(c) participating in comparative testing (proficiency testing) between the various national laboratories referred to in (a),

(d) ensuring that the information supplied by the board of experts is disseminated to the competent authority in the

relevant Member State and to the national laboratories referred to in (a),

(e) collaborate with the board of experts and in case of appointment to join the board of experts, to prepare the

necessary test samples, including homogeneity testing, and to arrange appropriate shipping.’