89/187/EEC: Council Decision of 6 March 1989 determining the powers and conditions of operation of the Community reference laboratories provided for by Directive 86/469/EEC concerning the examination of animals and fresh meat for the presence of residues

• Published date: 10 March 1989
• Subject Matter: Veterinary legislation
• Official Gazette Publication: Official Journal of the European Communities, L 66, 10 March 1989

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89/187/EEC: Council Decision of 6 March 1989 determining the powers and conditions of operation of the Community reference laboratories provided for by Directive 86/469/EEC concerning the examination of animals and fresh meat for the presence of residues

Official Journal L 066 , 10/03/1989 P. 0037 - 0038
Finnish special edition: Chapter 3 Volume 28 P. 0173
Swedish special edition: Chapter 3 Volume 28 P. 0173

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COUNCIL DECISION

of 6 March 1989

determining the powers and conditions of operation of the Commuity reference laboratories provided for by Directive 86/469/EEC concerning the examination of animals and fresh meat for the presence of residues

(89/187/EEC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 86/469/EEC of 16 September 1986 concerning the examination of animals and fresh meat for the presence of residues (1), and in particular Article 8 (2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas Article 8 (2) of the aforementioned Directive provides that the Council shall designate Community reference laboratories which shall be responsible for coordinating inspections for residues and shall determine the powers and conditions for the activities of such laboratories;

Whereas it is appropriate to define such powers and conditions at this stage while informing the laboratories, which will be designated later, of the functions they will be required to fulfil and of the minimum requirements which they will have to satisfy,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The functions of Community reference laboratories shall be:

(a) to coordinate the application, within the various national reference laboratories, of good laboratory practice, in accordance with Directives 87/18/EEC (2) and 88/320/EEC (3);

(b) to provide national reference laboratories with details of analytical methods and the comparative tests to be conducted, and to inform them of the results of such tests;

(c) to provide national reference laboratories, at their request, with technical advice on the analysis of the substances for which they have been designated the Community reference laboratory;

(d) to distribute blank samples and samples containing known amounts of analyte to be analysed blind in comparative tests to be carried out by...