CELEX: 32006R0433
Language: en
Date: 2006-03-15 00:00:00
Title: 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

16.3.2006   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 79/16
            
         
      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,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
   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:
   
               (1)
            
            
               Paragraphs 10, 12 and 12a of Article 14a of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1538/91 of 5 June 1991 introducing detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1906/90 on certain marketing standards for poultrymeat (2) provide for detailed guidelines regarding the levels of controls and actions to be undertaken by reference laboratories for monitoring water content in poultrymeat.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               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.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               Experience with the work of the reference laboratories has shown that 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.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               The coordinating board should 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.
            
         
               (5)
            
            
               The representative of IRMM should be the chairperson of the board and should appoint the national reference laboratories on rotational basis.
            
         
               (6)
            
            
               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.
            
         
               (7)
            
            
               Annex IX to Regulation (EEC) No 1538/91 contains the specific tasks to be performed by the Community 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.
            
         
               (8)
            
            
               Regulation (EEC) No 1538/91 should be amended accordingly.
            
         
               (9)
            
            
               The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   Regulation (EEC) No 1538/91 is amended as follows:
   
               1.
            
            
               Article 14a is amended as follows:
               
                           (a)
                        
                        
                           In paragraph 12a, the second subparagraph is replaced by the following:
                           ‘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 shall be presented to the Management Committee for consideration in accordance with Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75.’
                        
                     
                           (b)
                        
                        
                           Paragraph 14 is replaced by the following:
                           ‘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 organisational structure of the board are provided for in Annex IX.’
                        
                     
         
               2.
            
            
               Annex VIII is replaced by the text in Annex I to this Regulation.
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Annex IX is replaced by the text in Annex II to this Regulation.
            
         Article 2
   This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the 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
         
      
   
   
      (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).
   
      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
                                 
                              
                                    Národní referenční laboratoř pro mikrobiologické, 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
                                 
                              
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        
                           Spain
                        
                        
                                    Laboratorio Arbitral Agroalimentario
                                 
                              
                                    Carretera de La Coruña, km 10,700
                                 
                              
                                    ES-28023 Madrid
                                 
                              
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        
                           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
                                 
                              
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        
                           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
                                 
                              
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        
                           Hungary
                        
                        
                                    Országos Élelmiszervizsgáló Intézet
                                 
                              
                                    Budapest 94. Pf. 1740
                                 
                              
                                    Mester u. 81.
                                 
                              
                                    HU-1465
                                 
                              
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        
                           Malta
                        
                        
                                    CE.FI.T S.r.l.
                                 
                              
                                    Sede Centrale e Laboratori
                                 
                              
                                    Viale Lido 108 A
                                 
                              
                                    IT-96012 Avola (SR)
                                 
                              
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        
                           Netherlands
                        
                        
                                    RIKILT — Instituut voor Voedselveiligheid
                                 
                              
                                    Bornsesteeg 45, gebouw 123
                                 
                              
                                    NL-6708 AE Wageningen
                                 
                              
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        
                           Austria
                        
                        
                                    Österreichische Agentur für Gesundheit und Ernährungssicherheit 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
                        
                        
                                    Autoridade de Segurança Alimentar e Económica — ASAE
                                 
                              
                                    Laboratório Central da Qualidade Alimentar — LCQA
                                 
                              
                                    Av. Conde Valbom, 98
                                 
                              
                                    PT 1050-070 LISBOA
                                 
                              
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        
                           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
                        
                        
                                    Laboratory of the Government Chemist
                                 
                              
                                    Queens Road
                                 
                              
                                    Teddington
                                 
                              
                                    United Kingdom
                                 
                              
                                    TW11 0LY’
                                 
                              
                  
      
   
   
      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.’