98/493/EC: Commission Decision of 22 July 1998 approving the monitoring plan for the detection of residues or substances in live animals and animal products presented by the Federal Republic of Germany (notified under document number C(1998) 2166/2) (Only the German text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance)
L 223/8 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 11. 8. 98 COMMISSION DECISION of 22 July 1998 approving the monitoring plan for the detection of residues or substances in live animals and animal products presented by the Federal Republic of Germany (notified under document number C(1998) 2166/2) (Only the German text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (98/493/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Directive 96/23/EC of 29 April 1996 on measures to monitor certain substances and res- idues thereof in live animals and animal products and repealing Directives 85/358/EEC and 86/469/EEC and Decisions 89/187/EEC and 91/664/EEC (1), and in par- ticular the first and second subparagraphs of Article 8(1) thereof, Whereas the Federal Republic of Germany forwarded to the Commission, in a document dated 8 January 1998, a plan specifying the national measures to be implemented during 1998 for the detection of certain substances and residues thereof in live animals and animal products; whereas that plan was amended by a document dated 23 April 1998, in accordance with the Commission’s request, bringing it into line with the requirements of Directive 96/23/EC; Whereas examination of it complies with Directive 96/23/EC, and in particular Articles 5 and 7 thereof; this plan has shown that Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee, Article 1 The monitoring plan for the detection of the residues and substances referred to in Annex I to Directive 96/23/EC in live animals and animal products presented by the Federal Republic of Germany is hereby approved. Article 2 The Federal Republic of Germany shall adopt the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to implement the plan referred to in Article 1. Article 3 This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany. Done at Brussels, 22 July 1998. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 125, 23. 5. 1996, p. 10