# Commission Regulation (EC) No 543/2008 of 16 June 2008 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards the marketing standards for poultrymeat, Article 19

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

A board of experts in monitoring water content in poultrymeat shall act as a coordinating body for the testing activities of the national reference laboratories. It shall consist of representatives of the Commission and national reference laboratories. The tasks of the board and of national reference laboratories, as well as the organisational structure of the board, are set out in Annex XII.
Financial assistance shall be paid to the reference laboratory under the terms of a contract concluded between the Commission, on behalf of the Community, and that laboratory.
The Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development is authorised to sign the contract on behalf of the Commission.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/543/article/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-543/article-19
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