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Official Journal of the European Union
28.6.2012
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 563/2012
of 27 June 2012
amending Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the
Council as regards the list of EU reference laboratories
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
was launched. RIKILT – Institute of Food Safety was
selected as fulfilling all the required criteria and should
be designated as such.
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Union,
(5)
Due to the importance of the substances in the Groups A
(1) to A (4) in Annex I to Directive 96/23/EC and the
fact that RIKILT – Institute of Food Safety was selected as
Having regard to Regulation (EC) 882/2004 of the European
fulfilling all the required criteria, it should be designated
Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on official
as the competent EU reference laboratory for residues of
controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance
veterinary medicines and contaminants in food of animal
with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare
origin, for residues listed in Annex I, Group A (1), (2),
rules ( 1 ), and in particular Article 32(5) thereof,
(3), (4), Group B (2)(d) and Group B (3)(d) to Directive
96/23/EC as of 1 January 2012. This Regulation should
apply with retroactive effect from 1 January 2012.
Whereas:
(6) Part
I
of
Annex
VII
to
Regulation
(EC)
No
882/2004
should therefore be amended accordingly.
(1) Regulation
(EC)
No
882/2004
lays
down
the
general
tasks, duties and requirements for European Union (EU)
reference laboratories for food and feed and for animal
health and live animals. EU reference laboratories for
(7) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
are
in
food and feed are listed in Part I of Annex VII to that
accordance with the opinion of the Standing
Regulation.
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
(2) Council
Directive
96/23/EC
of
29
April
1996
on HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
measures to monitor certain substances and residues
thereof in live animals and animal products and
repealing Directives 85/358/EEC and 86/469/EEC and
Article 1
Decisions 89/187/EEC and 91/664/EEC ( 2 ) lays down
measures to monitor the substances and groups of
In Part I of Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004, point
residues listed in Annex I to that Directive.
12(a) is replaced by the following:
'
(3) Following
a
reorganisation
of
laboratory
activities
in
the
(a) For the residues listed in Annex I, Group A (1), (2), (3)
Netherlands, all functions, including all infrastructure and
and (4), Group B (2)(d) and Group B (3)(d) to Directive
staff, of the Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en
96/23/EC
Milieu (RIVM), currently listed as the EU reference
laboratory for residues of veterinary medicines and
contaminants in food of animal origin, for residues
RIKILT – Institute for Food Safety, part of Wageningen
listed in Annex I, Group A (1), (2), (3), (4), Group B
UR
(2)(d) and Group B (3)(d) to Directive 96/23/EC, were
Wageningen
transferred to RIKILT – Institute of Food Safety. The
The Netherlands'
tasks performed by RIVM were assigned to RIKILT
under a framework contract which ended on
31 December 2011.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European
(4) Since
the
contract
of
RIVM
was
coming
to
an
end
a
call
for selection for an EU reference laboratory to replace it
Union.
( 1 ) OJ L 165, 30.4.2004, p. 1.
( 2 ) OJ L 125, 23.5.1996, p. 10.
It shall apply from 1 January 2012.

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EN
28.6.2012 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
168/25
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 27 June 2012.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO

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