22.4.2006 Official Journal of the European Union L 109/3 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 627/2006 of 21 April 2006 implementing Regulation (EC) No 2065/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards quality criteria for validated analytical methods for sampling, identification and characterisation of primary smoke products THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 2065/2003 of the European Parliament and the Council of 10 November 2003 on smoke flavourings used or intended for use in or on foods (1) and in particular Article 17(3) thereof, Whereas: (1) Regulation (EC) No 2065/2003 lays down provisions for the establishment of a list of primary products authorised for use as such in or on foods and for the production of smoke flavourings for use in or on foods within the Community. This list shall, among other things, contain a clear description and characterisation of each primary product. (2)  Detailed information about the qualitative and quanti- tative chemical composition of the primary product is necessary for the scientific evaluation. The portions which have not been identified, ie. the amount of substances whose chemical structure is not known, should be as small as possible. (3) It is therefore necessary to establish minimum performance criteria, in this context referred to as quality criteria, to which the method of analysis shall comply in order to ensure that laboratories use methods with the necessary level of performance. (4)  Smoked foods in general give rise to health concerns, especially with respect to the possible presence of poly- cyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). (5)  The person who intends to place primary products on the market should submit all the information necessary for the safety assessment. This information should () O L 309, 26.11.2003, p. 1. contain a proposed validated method for sampling, iden- tification and characterisation of the primary product. (6)  Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and the Council of 29 April 2004 on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules (%), lays down general requirements for methods of sampling and analysis. (7)  The Scientific Committee on Food (SCF) named 15 PAHs as potentially genotoxic and carcinogenic to humans in an opinion on the risks to human health of PAH in food, expressed on 4 December 2002 (}). They represent a priority group in the assessment of the risk of long- term adverse health effects following dietary intake of PAHs. Their presence in primary products should — as a consequence — be analysed. (8)  The Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements (IRMM) of the Commission Directorate General Joint Research Centre carried out collaborative studies for analysing the chemical composition of primary products and for quantifying the concentration of the 15 PAHs therein. The results of these trials are in part published in the Report on the Collaborative Trial for Validation of two Methods for the Quantification of Poly- cyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Primary Smoke Condensates (%). (9)  To describe the precision of the method the repeatability standard deviation as defined in ISO 5725-1 (%) is required. It should be estimated using data from a single-laboratory ~ validation exercise giving S; as described in the Harmonized Guidelines for Single- Laboratory Validation of Methods of Analysis (®) or a collaborative trial giving S, and Sy as described in the Protocol for the design, conduct and interpretation of method-performance studies (7). 2) O] L 191, 28.5.2004, p. 1. ) (®) SCF/CS/CNTM/PAH/29 Final, 4 December 2002. () EU-Report LA-NA-21679-EN-C, ISBN 92-894-9629-0. (°) 1SO5725-1: Accuracy (trueness and precision) of measurement methods and results — Part 1: General principles and definitions. 1994: Geneva. (°) Thompson, M., S.L.R. Ellison, and R. Wood, Harmonized Guidelines for Single-Laboratory Validation of Methods of Analysis. Pure and Applied Chemistry, 2002. 74(5): pp. 835-855. (’) Horwitz, W., Protocol for the design, conduct and interpretation of method-performance  studies. Pure and Applied Chemistry, 1995. 67(2): pp. 331-343.