Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 576/2011

of 16 June 2011

amending Regulation (EC) No 543/2008 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards the marketing standards for poultrymeat

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation)(1), and in particular Article 121(e), in conjunction with Article 4, thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Annex XI to Commission Regulation (EC) No 543/2008(2) contains the list of national reference laboratories.

(2) The competent authorities of France, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands and Austria have notified the Commission of the new designation of their existing national reference laboratory, respectively.

(3) Regulation (EC) No 543/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1U.K.

Annex XI to Regulation (EC) No 543/2008 is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2U.K.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 16 June 2011.

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel Barroso

ANNEXU.K.

“ANNEX XI LIST OF NATIONAL REFERENCE LABORATORIES