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| 8.1.2011 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 5/27 |
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8.1.2011

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 5/27

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 7 January 2011

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

(notified under document C(2010) 9592)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2011/7/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 foot-and-mouth disease virus for research and diagnosis is carried out only in the authorised national 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 foot-and-mouth disease virus for research and diagnosis is carried out only in the authorised national laboratories listed in Part A of Annex XI to Directive 2003/85/EC.

| (3) | France has officially informed the Commission that the name of its national laboratory listed in Part A of Annex XI to Directive 2003/85/EC situated in France has changed. |
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(3)

France has officially informed the Commission that the name of its national laboratory listed in Part A of Annex XI to Directive 2003/85/EC situated in France has changed.

| (4) | For legal certainty, it is important to keep the list of laboratories set out in Part A of that Annex updated. Therefore, it is necessary to replace the entry for France in the list of laboratories set out in Part A of Annex XI to Directive 2003/85/EC. |
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(4)

For legal certainty, it is important to keep the list of laboratories set out in Part A of that Annex updated. Therefore, it is necessary to replace the entry for France in the list of laboratories set out in Part A of Annex XI to Directive 2003/85/EC.

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

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 France is replaced by the following:

| ‘FR | France | Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail (ANSES), Laboratoire de santé animale de Maisons-Alfort | France’ |
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‘FR

France

Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail (ANSES), Laboratoire de santé animale de Maisons-Alfort

France’

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 7 January 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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