Commission Decision
of 22 December 2006
approving monitoring plans for the detection of residues or substances in live animals and animal products pursuant to Council Directive 96/23/EC as submitted by Bulgaria and Romania
(notified under document number C(2006) 6815)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2007/15/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMUNITIES,
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 residues 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 particular the second subparagraph of Article 8(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Directive 96/23/EC lays down the measures to monitor certain substances and residues thereof in live animals and animal products and provides that Member States are to submit their monitoring plans for the detection of residues or substances) to the Commission for approval (‘monitoring plans’).
(2) As Bulgaria and Romania are due to accede to the Community on 1 January 2007, they have submitted monitoring plans to the Commission for approval.
(3) Those monitoring plans comply with the requirements of Directive 96/23/EC and should therefore be approved.
(4) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
OJ L 125, 23.5.1996, p. 10. Directive as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 191, 28.5.2004, p. 1).