[F31.The reference laboratory is to be assisted by [F4scientific experts or official] laboratories for the duties and tasks set out in 2.2, 2.4 and 3 of Annex 2 to Regulation (EC) No. 1831/2003.]
[F52.For the purposes of paragraph 1, scientific experts or official laboratories must comply with the requirements set out in Annex I.]
3.The [F6scientific experts or official laboratories], including the [F7reference laboratory], shall enter into a contract to define the relations between them, particularly in financial matters. In particular, the contract may provide that the [F7reference laboratory] is to distribute a share of the fees it receives to the [F8scientific experts or official laboratories]. Subject to this contract, the [F7reference laboratory] may issue guidance F9... as provided for in Article 12.
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F2Word in Art. 6 heading omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Animal Feed (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/654), regs. 1, 69(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Art. 6(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Feed (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/654), regs. 1, 69(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Words in Art. 6(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(3)(a)
F5Art. 6(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(3)(b)
F6Words in Art. 6(3) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2022) by The Food and Feed (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1351), regs. 1(1), 10(3)(c)(i)
F7Words in Art. 6 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Feed (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/654), regs. 1, 69(d); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F8Words in Art. 6(3) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2022) by The Food and Feed (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1351), regs. 1(1), 10(3)(c)(ii)
F9Words in Art. 6(3) omitted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2022) by virtue of The Food and Feed (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1351), regs. 1(1), 10(3)(c)(iii)
F10Art. 6(4) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Animal Feed (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/654), regs. 1, 69(e); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
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F11Art. 7 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Animal Feed (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/654), regs. 1, 70; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
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F12Art. 8 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Animal Feed (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/654), regs. 1, 70; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
1.[F15Scientific 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.[F16A 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 [F17scientific 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 [F18scientific experts or official] laboratories a compilation of the estimates provided.]
Textual Amendments
F13Art. 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)
F14Words 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)
F15Words 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)
F16Words 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)
F17Words 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)
F18Words 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)