1999/312/EC: Council Decision of 29 April 1999 amending Decision 93/383/EEC on reference laboratories for the monitoring of marine biotoxins
8. 5. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 120/37 COUNCIL DECISION of 29 April 1999 amending Decision 93/383/EEC on reference laboratories for the monitoring of marine biotoxins (1999/312/EC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof, Article 1 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1), Decision 93/383/EEC is hereby amended as follows: 1. Article 3 shall be replaced by the following: Having regard to the opinions of the European Parlia- ment (2), ‘Article 3 Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3), (1) Whereas Article 3 of Decision 93/383/EEC (4) establishes the national reference laboratory for the monitoring of marine biotoxins; whereas the said laboratory has changed its name; whereas it is therefore necessary to amend Article 3 accordingly; (2) Whereas Decision 93/383/EEC does not include a procedure for speedy revision of its Annex; whereas provision should therefore be made for the poss- ibility of the Commission to revise this Annex following a notification made by a Member State; (3) Whereas the Annex to Decision 93/383/EEC estab- lishes the list of national reference laboratories designated by the each Member monitoring of marine biotoxins; State for (4) Whereas the laboratories originally designated by Belgium, Finland, Germany, Greece, Spain, Italy, the United Kingdom and Sweden as national refer- ence laboratories for the monitoring of marine biotoxins no longer fulfil the functions for which they were designated or have in the meantime changed their name; whereas the Annex to Decision 93/383/EEC should be amended accord- ingly to take account of notifications submitted by the Member States concerning national reference laboratories, (1) OJ C 331, 6. 11. 1996, p. 12 and OJ C 189, 20. 6. 1997, p. 9. (2) OJ C 200, 30. 6. 1997, p. 257 and opinion of 13 April 1999 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (3) OJ C 66, 3. 3. 1997, p. 47. (4) OJ L 166, 8. 7. 1993, p. 31. The “Laboratorio de biotoxinas marinas del Area de Sanidad” the Community reference laboratory for the monitoring of marine biotoxins. ' in Vigo is hereby designated as 2. The following indent shall be added to Article 4: ‘ü helping the national to implement an appropriate system of quality assur- ance based on the principles of good laboratory practice (GLP) and the EN 45 000 criteria;'. reference laboratories 3. The following Article shall be inserted after Article 5: ‘Article 5a The Commission shall amend the Annex to this Decision where necessary following any notification submitted to it by a Member State concerning its national reference laboratory for the monitoring of marine biotoxins. The Commission shall publish the list of the national reference laboratories and any updates to it in the Official Journal of the European Communities. ' Article 2 The Annex to Decision 93/383/EEC shall be replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision. Article 3 This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. L 120/38 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 8. 5. 1999 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Article 4 Done at Luxembourg, 29 April 1999. For the Council The President W. MÜLLER 8. 5. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 120/39 ANNEX ‘ANNEX Belgium and Luxembourg: Ireland: ü Ministère des Affaires Sociales, de la Santé Publique et de ü Fisheries Research Center l’Environnement Institut Scientifique de la Santé Publique ü Louis Pasteur Section “Denrées alimentaires” Département “Pharmaco-Bromatologie” Rue Juliette Wytsman 14 B-1050 Bruxelles Denmark: ü The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration Institute of Food Research and Nutrition Mørkhøj Bygade 19 DK-2860 Søborg Germany: ü Bundesinstitut für gesundheitlichen Verbraucherschutz und Veterinärmedizin Postfach 330013 D-14191 Berlin Greece: ü Imstito-to Ucieimôr Tqovölym Hessakomöjgr 28gr Ojtybqöou 80 GR-54627 Hessakomöjg Spain: ü Laboratorio de Biotoxinas Marinas Area de Sanidad Estación Marítima s/n E-36271 Vigo France: ü Laboratoire central d’hygiène alimentaire 43, rue de Dantzig F-75015 Paris Abbotstown IRL-Dublin 15 Italy: ü Centro Ricerche Marine Viale Vespucci 2 I-47042 Cesenatico (FO) Netherlands: ü Postbus 1 R¶ksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieuhygiene (RIVM) NL-3720 BA Bilthoven Portugal: ü Laboratório do Instituto Nacional de Investigaçao das Pescas (INIP) Av. Brasília s/n P-1400 Lisbon Finland: ü Tullilaboratorio/Tullaboratoriet PL/PB 53 FIN-02151 Espoo/Esbo Sweden: ü Institutionen för klinisk bakteriologi Göteborgs universitet S-41124 Göteborg United Kingdom: ü Marine Laboratory P. O. Box 101, Victoria Road UK Aberdeen AB11 9DB'