2004D0233 — EN — 14.10.2004 — 001.001

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►B COMMISSION DECISION of 4 March 2004 authorising laboratories to check the effectiveness of vaccination against rabies in certain domestic carnivores (notified under document number C(2004) 646) (Text with EEA relevance) (2004/233/EC) (OJ L 071, 10.3.2004, p.30)

Amended by:









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COMMISSION DECISION

of 4 March 2004

authorising laboratories to check the effectiveness of vaccination against rabies in certain domestic carnivores

(notified under document number C(2004) 646)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2004/233/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 ), and in particular Article 3 thereof, Whereas: (1) Commission Decision 2001/296/EC of 29 March 2001 authorising laboratories to check the effectiveness of vaccination against rabies in certain domestic carnivores ( 2 ) has been substantially amended several times ( 3 ). In the interests of clarity and rationality the said Decision should be codified. (2) Council Directive 92/65/EEC of 13 July 1992 laying down animal health requirements governing trade in and imports into the Community of animals, semen, ova and embryos not subject to animal health requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A(I) to Directive 90/425/EEC ( 4 ) provides for an alternative system to quarantine for the entry of certain domestic carnivores into the territory of certain Member States free from rabies. That system requires checks on the effectiveness of the vaccination of those animals by titration of antibodies. (3) The AFSSA Laboratory in Nancy, France, was designated by Decision 2000/258/EC as the institute responsible for establishing the criteria necessary for standardising the serological tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccination. (4) A proficiency testing procedure has been established for rabies antibody titration of vaccinated domestic carnivores in the context of alternative measures to quarantine. (5) The AFSSA Laboratory, Nancy, has to operate the established proficiency testing procedure to appraise laboratories for approval to perform serological tests on certain carnivores vaccinated against rabies. (6) Several Member States have submitted applications for approval of laboratories to perform analyses to check the effectiveness of vaccination against rabies in certain domestic carnivores. (7) The AFSSA Laboratory, Nancy, has made an appraisal of the applications received from the Member States and sent the result of this appraisal to the Commission. (8) The Commission can draw up a list, based on appraisal results, of laboratories authorised to carry out serological titration on carnivores vaccinated against rabies. (9) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health, Whereas: HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:







Article 1

The laboratories presented by Member States and authorised to perform analyses to check the effectiveness of vaccination against rabies in certain domestic carnivores are listed in Annex I.

Article 2

Decision 2001/296/EC is repealed.

References to the repealed Decision shall be construed as references to this Decision and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex III.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

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ANNEX I

NAMES OF LABORATORIES

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

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

(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

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

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

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

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

(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

(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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(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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ANNEX II







Repealed decision with its successive amendments Commission Decision 2001/296/EC (OJ L 102, 12.4.2001, p. 58) Commission Decision 2001/808/EC (OJ L 305, 22.11.2001, p. 30) Commission Decision 2002/341/EC (OJ L 117, 4.5.2002, p. 13)









ANNEX III







Correlation table Decision 2001/296/EC This Decision Article 1 Article 1 — Article 2 Article 2 Article 3 Annex Annex I — Annex II — Annex III