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| 14.10.2004 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 315/47 |

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 8 October 2004

amending Decision 2004/233/EC as regards the list of laboratories authorised to check the effectiveness of vaccination against rabies in certain domestic carnivores

(notified under document number C(2004) 3686)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2004/693/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Decision 2000/258/EC of 20 March 2000 designating a specific institute responsible for establishing the criteria necessary for standardising the serological tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines [(1)](#ntr1-L_2004315EN.01004701-E0001), and in particular Article 3 thereof,

Whereas:

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| (1) | Decision 2000/258/EC designated the laboratory of the Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des aliments de Nancy (the AFSSA laboratory, Nancy), France as the institute responsible for establishing the criteria necessary for standardising the serological tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines. That Decision also provides for the AFSSA laboratory, Nancy to send to the Commission the list of Community laboratories to be authorised to carry out those serological tests. Accordingly, the AFSSA laboratory, Nancy operates the established proficiency testing procedure to appraise laboratories for authorisation to perform the serological tests. |

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| (2) | Commission Decision 2004/233/EC of 4 March 2004 authorising laboratories to check the effectiveness of vaccination against rabies in certain domestic carnivores [(2)](#ntr2-L_2004315EN.01004701-E0002) established a list of approved laboratories in the Member States on the grounds of the results of the proficiency tests communicated by the AFSSA laboratory, Nancy. |

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| (3) | Three laboratories, respectively in the Netherlands, Poland and Portugal, have been approved by the AFSSA laboratory, Nancy, in compliance with Decision 2000/258/EC. |

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| (4) | Accordingly, it is appropriate to add those three laboratories to the list of approved laboratories in the Member States as established in the Annex to Decision 2004/233/EC. |

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| (5) | In addition, following the request of Germany, certain amendments should be made to the addresses of two German laboratories. |

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| (6) | Furthermore, following the request of Slovenia, the name of the diagnostic laboratory in that Member State should be amended. |

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| (7) | Decision 2004/233/EC should therefore be amended accordingly. |

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| (8) | 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

Annex I to Decision 2004/233/EC is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 8 October 2004.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

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[(1)](#ntc1-L_2004315EN.01004701-E0001)  
[OJ L 79, 30.3.2000, p. 40](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2000_079_R_TOC). Decision as amended by Commission Decision 2003/60/EC ([OJ L 23, 28.1.2003, p. 30](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2003_023_R_TOC)).

[(2)](#ntc2-L_2004315EN.01004701-E0002)  
[OJ L 71, 10.3.2004, p. 30](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2004_071_R_TOC). Decision as amended by Decision 2004/448/EC ([OJ L 155, 30.4.2004, p. 84](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2004_155_R_TOC), as corrected in [OJ L 193, 1.6.2004, p. 64](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2004_193_R_TOC)).

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

NAMES OF LABORATORIES

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| (AT) AUSTRIA | | | --- | | Österreichische Agentur für Gesundheit und Ernährungssicherheit GmbH | | Veterinärmedizinische Untersuchungen Mödling | | Robert-Koch-Gasse 17 | | A-2340 Mödling | |

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| (BE) BELGIUM | | | --- | | Institut Pasteur de Bruxelles | | 642, rue Engeland | | B-1180 Bruxelles | |

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| (DE) GERMANY | | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1. | | | | --- | | Institut für Virologie, Fachbereich Veterinärmedizin | | Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen | | Frankfurter Straße 107 | | D-35392 Gießen | | | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2. | | | | --- | | Eurovir Hygiene-Institut | | Im Biotechnologiepark | | D-14943 Luckenwalde | | | | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 3. | | | | --- | | Bayrisches Landesamt für Gesundheit und Lebensmittelsicherheit | | Dienststelle Oberschleißheim | | Veterinärstraße 2 | | D-85764 Oberschleißheim | | | | | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 4. | | | | --- | | Landesamt für Verbraucherschutz Sachsen-Anhalt | | Fachbereich 4 | | Veterinäruntersuchungen und -epidemiologie | | Haferbreiter Weg 132-135 | | D-39576 Stendal | | | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 5. | | | | --- | | Staatliches Veterinäruntersuchungsamt | | Zur Taubeneiche 10-12 | | D-59821 Arnsberg | | | | | | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 6. | | | | --- | | Institut für epidemiologische Diagnostik | | Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut | | Bundesforschungsinstitut für Tiergesundheit | | Standort Wusterhausen | | Seestraße 155 | | D-16868 Wusterhausen | | | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 7. | | | | --- | | Landesuntersuchungsanstalt für das Gesundheits- und Veterinärwesen Sachsen | | Zschopauer Straße 186 | | D-09126 Chemnitz | | |

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| (DK) DENMARK | | | --- | | Danish Institute for Food and Veterinary Research | | Lindholm | | DK-4771 Kalvehave | |

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| (EL) GREECE | | | --- | | Centre of Athens Veterinary Institutions Virus Department | | 25, Neapoleos Str | | GR-153 10 Ag. Paraskevi, Athens | |

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| (ES) SPAIN | | | --- | | Laboratorio Central de Veterinaria de Santa Fe | | Camino del Jau s/n | | E-18320 Santa Fe (Granada) | |

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| (FI) FINLAND | | | --- | | National Veterinary and Food Research Institute | | PL 45 | | FIN-00581 Helsinki | |

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| (FR) FRANCE | | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1. | | | | --- | | AFSSA Nancy | | Domaine de Pixérécourt | | B.P. 9 | | F-54220 Malzeville | | | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2. | | | | --- | | Laboratoire vétérinaire départemental de la Haute-Garonne | | 78, rue Boudou | | F-31140 Launaguet | | | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 3. | | | | --- | | Laboratoire départemental de la Sarthe | | 128, rue de Beaugé | | F-72018 Le Mans Cedex 2 | | | | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 4. | | | | --- | | Laboratoire départemental d'analyses du Pas-de-Calais | | Parc des Bonnettes | | 2, rue du Genévrier | | F-62022 Arras Cedex | | |

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| (IT) ITALY | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1. | | | | --- | | Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie | | Via Romea 14/A | | I-35020 Legnaro (PD) | | | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2. | | | | --- | | Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise | | Via Campio Boario | | I-64100 Teramo | | | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 3. | | | | --- | | Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Lazio e della Toscana | | Via Appia Nuova 1411 | | I-00178 Roma Capannelle | | |

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| (NL) NETHERLANDS | | | --- | | Central Institute for Animal Disease Control (CIDC) Lelystad | | P.O. Box 2004 | | 8203 AA Lelystad | | Nederland | |

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| (PL) POLAND | | | --- | | National Veterinary Research Institute | | Al. Partyzantow 57 | | 24-100 Pulawy | | Poland | |

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| (PT) PORTUGAL | | | --- | | Laboratório Nacional de Investigação Veterinária (LNIV) | | Estrada de Benfica No 701 | | P-1500 Lisboa | |

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| (SE) SWEDEN | | | --- | | National Veterinary Institute | | (Department of Virology) | | S-751 89 Uppsala | |

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| (SI) SLOVENIA | | | --- | | National Veterinary Institute | | Gerbiceva 60 | | 1000 Ljubljana | | Slovenia | |

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| (SK) SLOVAKIA | | | --- | | State Veterinary Institute | | Pod drahami 918 | | 960 86 Zvolen | | Slovakia | |

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| (UK) UNITED KINGDOM | | | | | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1. | | | | --- | | Veterinary Laboratories Agency | | Virology Department | | Woodham Lane, | | New Haw | | Addlestone | | Surrey KT15 3NB | | United Kingdom | | | | | | | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2. | | | | --- | | Biobest | | Pentlands Science Park | | Bush Loan | | Penicuik | | Midlothian | | EH26 0PZ | | United Kingdom | | |

Nota: Regularly updated details of contact persons, fax and telephone numbers and e-mail addresses concerning the above laboratories can be found on

http://europa.eu.int/comm/food/animal/liveanimals/pets/approval\_en.htm.’

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