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24.7.2013 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
199/3
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 702/2013
of 22 July 2013
on transitional measures for the application of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European
Parliament and of the Council as regards the accreditation of official laboratories carrying out
official testing for Trichinella and amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 1162/2009
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
(EC) No 882/2004. The report indicates that difficulties
still exist in relation to the accreditation of in-house
slaughterhouse laboratories.
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European

Union,
(5) Those
difficulties
need
to
be
addressed
by
a
review
of
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European
Regulation (EC) No 882/2004. Accordingly, an impact
Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on official
assessment, accompanying such a review was launched
controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance
immediately after the publication of the report.
with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare
rules ( 1 ), and in particular the second subparagraph of 63(1)
thereof,
(6) On
6
May
2013,
the
Commission
adopted
a
proposal
for
a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the
Whereas:
Council on official control and other official activities
performed to ensure the application of food and feed
law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health,
(1) Regulation
(EC)
No
882/2004
provides
for
significant
plant reproductive material, plant protection products ( 4 ).
changes to the rules and procedures for official
That proposal provides for the repeal of Regulation (EC)
controls. It applies from 1 January 2006. However, the
No 882/2004 and provides for a possible derogation on
application of a number of those rules and procedures
accreditation of official laboratories whose sole activity is
with immediate effect from that date would have
the detection of Trichinella in meat.
presented practical difficulties in certain cases.
(2) Regulation
(EC)
No
882/2004
requires
laboratories (7) In
addition,
experience
has
shown
that
laboratories
carrying out an analysis of samples taken during
carrying out official testing for Trichinella and located in
official controls to be accredited in accordance with
slaughterhouses or game handling establishments require
certain European standards referred to therein.
additional time to obtain full accreditation, since accredi
However, Commission Regulation (EC) No 1162/2009
tation is a complex and laborious process. Accordingly,
of 30 November 2009 laying down transitional
this Regulation should provide for further transitional
measures for the implementation of Regulations (EC)
measures pending the adoption of that new Regulation
No 853/2004, (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC) No
by the European Parliament and by the Council.
882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Coun
cil ( 2 ) lays down certain transitional measures, including a
derogation from that requirement for laboratories in
(8) Provision
should
therefore
be
made
for
a
further
transi
order to permit a smooth transition to the full imple
tional period during which the transitional measures
mentation of the new rules and procedures. Regulation
currently laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1162/2009
(EC) No 1162/2009 applies until 31 December 2013.
should continue to apply. In the interest of clarity, Regu
lation (EC) No 1162/2009 should be amended accord
ingly.
(3) The
Report
of
28
July
2009
from
the
Commission
to
the
European Parliament and the Council on the experience
gained from the application of the hygiene Regulations
(9) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
are
in
(EC) No 852/2004, (EC) No 853/2004 and (EC) No
accordance with the opinion of the Standing
854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Council of 29 April 2004 ( 3 ) ‘aims at presenting
factually the experience gained, including the difficulties
encountered, in 2006, 2007 and 2008 from the imple
mentation of the hygiene package by all interested actors’
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
(‘the report’).
Article 1
(4) The
report
includes
experiences
on
the
transitional
measures, including those provided for in Regulation
This Regulation lays down transitional measures for the appli
cation of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 for a transitional period
from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2016.
( 1 ) OJ L 165, 30.4.2004, p. 1.
( 2 ) OJ L 314, 1.12.2009, p. 10.
( 3 ) COM(2009) 403 final.
( 4 ) COM(2013) 265 final.

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Article 2
Member States applying this transitional measure shall report to
the Commission on the progress in accrediting any such
By way of derogation from Article 12(2) of Regulation (EC) No
designated laboratories by the 31 December each year.
882/2004, the competent authority may designate a laboratory
carrying out official testing for Trichinella and located in a
slaughterhouse or a game handling establishment provided
that, although not accredited in accordance with the European
Article 3
standards referred to in point (a) of that paragraph, the
Chapter IV of Regulation (EC) No 1162/2009 is deleted.
laboratory:
(a) demonstrates that it has initiated and is pursuing the
Article 4
necessary accreditation procedures in accordance with
Article 12(2)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004;
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European
(b) provides the competent authority with satisfactory guar
Union.
antees that quality control schemes for the analyses of
samples it conducts for the purpose of official controls
are in place.
It shall apply from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2016.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 22 July 2013.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO

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