2021/0774/CZ
EC/EFTA
CZ République Tchèque
  • C00A - AGRICULTURE, PECHE ET DENREES ALIMENTAIRES
2022-02-24
2021-11-30

sampling, test method, laboratory sample, additional expert opinion, evaluation of the test result

Draft Decree amending Decree No 231/2016 on the collection, preparation and testing of control samples of food and tobacco products, as amended by Decree No 78/2018.

The proposed draft amendment to the Decree aims in particular at:

- adaptation to Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products, amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) No 1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and Council Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC and 2008/120/EC, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC, 96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council Decision 92/438/EEC (Official Controls Regulation);

- projection of the extension of the enabling provision in § 18(1)(m)(4) of Act No 110/1997 on foodstuffs and tobacco products and amending certain related acts, which is linked to taking into account the results of sample testing for a second expert opinion within the meaning of § 16(7) of Act No 110/1997 on foodstuffs and tobacco products and amending certain related acts;

- the addition of a new annex to the Decree, which regulates the procedure for assessing the outcome of the examination for the second expert opinion;

 - projection of the amended version of §16(6) to (8) of Act No 110/1997 on foodstuffs and tobacco products and amending certain related acts;

- taking into account practical experience with the application of the Decree (for example, circumstances of transport of the sample to the laboratory).

The draft contains a reference to the following European legislation and international guidelines:

- Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products, amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) No 1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and Council Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC and 2008/120/EC, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC, 96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council Decision 92/438/EEC (Official Controls Regulation), as amended.

- Commission Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 of 19 December 2006 setting maximum levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs, as amended.

ČSN EN ISO/IEC 17 025 Conformity assessment - General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories.(Cat. No:504810).