1.[F4Scientific experts or official laboratories, who are assisting the reference laboratory,] are responsible for assisting the reference laboratory in the preparation of evaluation reports by sending comments to the reference laboratory within 20 days of the reception of the initial report.
2.[F5A scientific expert or official laboratory, who, or which, is assisting the reference laboratory,] must communicate to the reference laboratory by 30 January each year an estimate of the number of applications for which the [F6scientific expert or official] laboratory considers itself able to carry out the tasks for that year. The reference laboratory must make available annually to all the [F7scientific experts or official] laboratories a compilation of the estimates provided.]
Textual Amendments
F2Art. 9 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Feed (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/654), regs. 1, 71; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Words in Art. 9 heading substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2022) by The Food and Feed (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1351), regs. 1(1), 10(4)(a)
F4Words in Art. 9(1) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2022) by The Food and Feed (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1351), regs. 1(1), 10(4)(b)
F5Words in Art. 9(2) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2022) by The Food and Feed (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1351), regs. 1(1), 10(4)(c)(i)
F6Words in Art. 9(2) inserted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2022) by The Food and Feed (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1351), regs. 1(1), 10(4)(c)(ii)
F7Words in Art. 9(2) inserted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2022) by The Food and Feed (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1351), regs. 1(1), 10(4)(c)(iii)
Textual Amendments
F1Word in Ch. 2 heading omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Animal Feed (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/654), regs. 1, 68; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)