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Date: 1988-12-08
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION fixing the powers and conditions of operation of the Community reference laboratories for residue testing (presented by the Commission)

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                                       COM(88 ) 720 final
                                       Brussels , 8 December 1988
                             Proposai for a
                            COUNCIL DECISION
         fixing the powers and conditions of operation of the
                 Community reference laboratories for
                             residue testing
                     ( presented by the Commission )
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 ---pagebreak---                                      EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
  On 16 September 1986 the Council of the European Communities adopted Directive
  86 / 469 / EEC ( 1 ) concerning the examination of animals and fresh meat for the
  presence of residues .
  Article 8(2 ) of this Directive provides that the Council , acting by a
  qualified majority , must determine the powers and conditions of operation of
  the Community reference laboratories to be responsible for testing for
  residues .
  The powers and conditions of operation of such laboratories should be
  determined before they are desingnated , and their functions and conditions of
  eligibility for selection should therefore be specified .
  This proposai fulfils these objectives .
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   ( 1 ) OJ No L 275 , 26.09.1986 , p. 36
 ---pagebreak---                                     Proposai for a
                                    COUNCIL DECISION
                     fixing the powers and conditions of operation
             of the Community reference laboratories for residue testing
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
Having regard to Council Directive 86 / 469 / EEC ( 1 ) of 16 September 1986
concerning the examination of animals and fresh meat for the presence of
residues , and in particular Article 8(2 ) thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas Article 8(2 ) of Directive 86 / 469 / EEC provides that the Council must
determine the powers and conditions of operation of the Community reference
laboratories to be responsible for testing for residues ;
Whereas , prior to designation of Community reference laboratories , the powers and
conditions of operation of those laboratories must be laid down in order to
inform candidates in advance of the functions they will be required to fulfil ;
Whereas details should be given of the circumstances in which the laboratories
will operate and their functions specified ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
( 1 ) OJ No L 275 , 26.09.1986 , p. 36
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                                       Article 1
The functions of Community reference laboratories shall be :
(a)    to monitor the application of the rules designed to promote good
       laboratory practice within the various national reference laboratories ;
( b)   to provide national reference laboratories with the necessary details on
       methods of analysis and the comparative tests to be conducted , as well as
       the results of such tests ;
(c)    to provide , at the request of national reference laboratories , technical
       advice in connection with the field of analysis for which they have been
       designated Community reference laboratories ;
(d)    to store and distribute reference standards for the substances to be
       tested for and their metabolites , in the interests of ensuring uniform
       methods of analysis throughout the Community ;
( e ) to organize comparative tests between the Member States' laboratories at
       least once every two years ;
 ( f ) to inform national reference laboratories of advances in analytical
       apparatus and techniques ;
 ( g ) to identify and determine the concentration of residues in cases where
       the results of an analysis give rise to a disagreement between Member States ;
 ( h ) to conduct initial and further training courses in residue analysis for
        experts ;
 ( i ) provide the Community authorities , including the Community Reference
        Bureau , with support in the form of advice and analytical and technical
        back-up .
  (j ) to compile an annual report on each year 's work and transmit it to the
        Commission .
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                                      Article 2
In order to perform the functions specified in Article 1 , Community reference
laboratories must :
( a) possess qualified staff who are adequately trained in the methods of
     analysis used for the residues for which they have been designated
     Community reference laboratories ;
(b)  possess the equipment , substances and materials needed to carry out the
     analyses concerned ;
(c)  have the necessary administrative infrastructure ;
(d)  have sufficient data-processing capacity to produce statistics based on
     their findings and to enable rapid communication of tho~e statistics and
     other information to national reference laboratories and the Commission ;
(e)  be able , where required , to preserve the confidentiality of certain
     issues , results or communications ;
(f)  have sufficient knowledge of international rules applying to the methods
     they use .
                                      Article 3
This Decision   is addressed to the Member States .
Done at Brussels ,
                                                        For The Council