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| 28.6.2011 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 168/16 |
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28.6.2011

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 168/16

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION

of 27 June 2011

amending Part A of Annex XI to Council Directive 2003/85/EC as regards the list of national laboratories authorised to handle live foot-and-mouth disease virus

(notified under document C(2011) 4385)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2011/378/EU)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to Council Directive 2003/85/EC of 29 September 2003 on Community measures for the control of foot-and-mouth disease repealing Directive 85/511/EEC and Decisions 89/531/EEC and 91/665/EEC and amending Directive 92/46/EEC (1), and in particular Article 67(2) thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | Directive 2003/85/EC sets out minimum control measures to be applied in the event of an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease and certain preventive measures aimed at increasing the awareness and preparedness of the competent authorities and the farming community concerning that disease. |
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(1)

Directive 2003/85/EC sets out minimum control measures to be applied in the event of an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease and certain preventive measures aimed at increasing the awareness and preparedness of the competent authorities and the farming community concerning that disease.

| (2) | Those preventive measures include an obligation on Member States to ensure that the handling of live foot-and-mouth disease virus for research and diagnosis is carried out only in the approved laboratories listed in Part A of Annex XI to Directive 2003/85/EC. |
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(2)

Those preventive measures include an obligation on Member States to ensure that the handling of live foot-and-mouth disease virus for research and diagnosis is carried out only in the approved laboratories listed in Part A of Annex XI to Directive 2003/85/EC.

| (3) | Spain has officially informed the Commission that the Centro de Investigación en Sanidad Animal (CISA), Valdeolmos, Madrid, complies with the requirements laid down in Article 65 of Directive 2003/85/EC. Spain requested that the CISA be added to the list of national laboratories, authorised to handle the live foot-and-mouth disease virus, set out in Part A of Annex XI to that Directive. |
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(3)

Spain has officially informed the Commission that the Centro de Investigación en Sanidad Animal (CISA), Valdeolmos, Madrid, complies with the requirements laid down in Article 65 of Directive 2003/85/EC. Spain requested that the CISA be added to the list of national laboratories, authorised to handle the live foot-and-mouth disease virus, set out in Part A of Annex XI to that Directive.

| (4) | Accordingly, it is necessary to replace the entry for Spain in the list of national laboratories set out in Part A Annex XI to Directive 2003/85/EC. |
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(4)

Accordingly, it is necessary to replace the entry for Spain in the list of national laboratories set out in Part A Annex XI to Directive 2003/85/EC.

| (5) | Part A of Annex XI to Directive 2003/85/EC should therefore be amended accordingly. |
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(5)

Part A of Annex XI to Directive 2003/85/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.

| (6) | The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health, |
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(6)

The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

In Part A of Annex XI to Directive 2003/85/EC, the entry for Spain is replaced by the following:

| ‘ES | Spain | — | Laboratorio Central de Sanidad Animal, Algete, Madrid |
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‘ES

Spain

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Laboratorio Central de Sanidad Animal, Algete, Madrid

| — | Centro de Investigación en Sanidad Animal (CISA), Valdeolmos, Madrid |
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Centro de Investigación en Sanidad Animal (CISA), Valdeolmos, Madrid

Spain’

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 27 June 2011.

For the Commission

John DALLI

Member of the Commission

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(1)  
  OJ L 306, 22.11.2003, p. 1.

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