CELEX: 51991PC0314
Language: en
Date: 1991-09-05
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION DESIGNATING THE COMMUNITY REFERENCE LABORATORIES FOR TESTING FOR RESIDUES OF CERTAIN SUBSTANCES

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                 C0M(91)314   final
                                                 Brussels, 5   September 1991
                                   Proposal for a
                                  COUNCIL DECISION
                   designating the Community reference   laboratories
                    for testing for residues of certain substances
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                             EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
On    16 September 1986,      the   Council     adopted      Directive 86/469/EEC1
concerning the examination of animals and fresh meat for the presence
of residues.
Article 8(2) provides      for   both  the designation       for    each    residue or
group of residues of a Community reference laboratory responsible for
coordinating     inspections,    to   be   selected    from     among     the   various
national reference laboratories, and the determining of its powers and
conditions of operation.
Council Decision 89/187/EEC2 of 6 March 1989 determines the powers and
the conditions of operation of the abovementioned Community reference
 laboratories.
The laboratories listed in the draft proposal fulfil all the conditions
necessary to be designated as a Community reference laboratory.
 It should   be noted    that   these Community     reference      laboratories may
receive Community     aid   in accordance with      the conditions set out           in
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Article 28    of    Council    Decision     90/424/EEC       of    26 June 1990      on
expenditure in the veterinary field.
The   future   financial    impact  of    the  draft   proposal       for    a Council
Decision has already been taken into consideration and will be defined
in   the   implementing    decision    to   be   taken    on    the    basis   of   the
abovementioned Article 28.
1    0J No L 275, 26.9.1986, p. 36.
2    OJ No L 66, 10.3.1990, p. 37.
3    OJ No L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19.
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                                COUNCIL DECISION
                               of
               designating the Community reference laboratories
                for testing for residues of certain substances
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having   regard    to  Council     Directive 86/469/EEC   of   16 September 1986
concerning the examination of animals and fresh meat for the presence of
residues1, and in particular Article 8(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas    coordination   between      the  national    reference    laboratories
responsible in the Member States for the examination of animals and their
meat for the presence of residues must be assigned to highly specialized
laboratories possessing the installations and equipment necessary for this
type of analysis;
Whereas   the   Council,   in   its   Decision   89/187/EEC  of   6 March 1989 2 ,
determined   the  powers   and   conditions   of  operation   of  the   Community
reference laboratories provided for in Directive 86/469/EEC concerning the
examination of animals and fresh meat for the presence of residues;
Whereas,  in accordance with Article 8(2) of Directive 86/469/EEC3,         it is
important to designate at this point the Community reference        laboratories
for testing for residues of certain substances,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
1  OJ No L 275, 26.9.1986, p. 36.
2  OJ No L 66, 10.3.1989, p. 37.
3  OJ No L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19.
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                                    Art icle 1
The  following   laboratories are hereby     designated   as Community  reference
laborator ies:
(a)    for  the  residues   included    in Annex I, groups    A.I  and   A.I I, of
      Direct ive 86/469/EEC:
      Rijksinstituut voor de Volksgezondheid en Mi I ieuhygiene
      Antonie van Leeuwenhoeklaan 9
      3720 BILTHOVEN
      NETHERLANDS
(b)    for   the   residues    included     in   Annex I,   group   A.I I I.a,   of
      Directive 86/469/EEC, with the exception of sulphonamides:
      Laboratoire des Médicaments vétérinaires
       (CNEVA-LMV)
      La Haute Marché, Javené
       35133 FOUGERES
      FRANCE
(c)    for   the   residues    included     in   Annex I,   group   A.lll.b,    of
      Directive 86/469/EEC,     and     the   residues   of   beta-agonists    and
      sulphonamides:
      Bundesgesundhe i tsamt
      Thielallee 88
      1000 BERLIN 33
      FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
(d)   for the residues    included   in Annex I, groups B.I I.a and B.ll.b, of
      Direct ive 86/469/EEC:
       Istituto Superiore di Sanità
      via Regina Elena 299
      00161 ROMA
      ITALY
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                                 Art icle 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States
Done at Brussels,
                                                For the CounciI
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