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United Kingdom

Commission Regulation (EC) No 814/2004

of 29 April 2004

adapting Regulation (EEC) No 1538/91 introducing detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1906/90 on certain marketing standards for poultrymeat by reason of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia, and in particular Article 2(3) thereof,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia, and in particular Article 57(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Certain technical amendments are necessary in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1538/91^f1, by reason of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia (hereinafter “the new Member States”) to the European Union.

(2)

Article 14a(7) of Regulation (EEC) No 1538/91 and Annexes I, II and HI thereto contain certain entries in all the languages of the Member States. These provisions should include the language versions of the new Member States.

(3)

Annex VIII to Regulation (EEC) No 1538/91 provides for the list of national reference laboratories for monitoring the water content in poultry meat. It should include the national reference laboratories of the new Member States.

(4)

Regulation (EEC) No 1538/91 should therefore be amended accordingly,

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f1: OJ L 143,7.6.1991, p. 11. Regulation last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1321/2002 (OJ L 194, 23.7.2002, p. 17).