ANNEX IRequirements for laboratories assisting the Community reference laboratory for testing and validation of methods for detection, as referred to in Article 6(1)
Laboratories assisting the Community reference laboratory for testing and validating the method for detection, as set out in point 3(d) of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, must:
- (a)
F1be accredited according to EN ISO/IEC 17025 on ‘General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories’, or an equivalent international standard which ensures that the laboratories:
have suitably qualified staff with adequate training in analytical methods used for the detection and identification of GMOs and GM food and feed,
possess the equipment needed to carry out the required analysis,
have an adequate administrative infrastructure,
have sufficient data-processing capacity to produce technical reports and to enable rapid communication with the other laboratories participating in the testing and validation of detection methods;
Laboratories listed in Annex II to this Regulation which are not yet accredited are admitted until 31 December 2014 if the laboratory declares to be in the process of accreditation and provides proof of technical competences to the CRL;
- (b)
provide assurance that their staff respect the confidential nature of subjects, data, results or communications involved in the handling of applications for authorisation, for renewal of authorisations or for modification of authorisations submitted in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 and in particular the confidential information referred to in Article 30 of that Regulation.
Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 120/2014 of 7 February 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 1981/2006 on detailed rules for the implementation of Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and the Council as regards the Community reference laboratory for genetically modified organisms (Text with EEA relevance).