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of18November1985
introducingCommunitymeasuresforthecontroloffoot-and-mouthdisease
(85/511/EEC)
(OJ L 315, 26.11.1985, p. 11)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Council Directive 90/423/EEC of 26 June 1990 L 224 13 18.8.1990
►M2Commission Decision 92/380/EEC of 2 July 1992 L 198 54 17.7.1992
►M3Commission Decision 2003/11/EC of 10 January 2003 L 7 82 11.1.2003
Amended by:
►A1Act of Accession of Austria, Sweden and Finland C241 21 29.8.1994
(adapted by Council Decision 95/1/EC, Euratom, ECSC) L 1 1 1.1.1995
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C1Corrigendum, OJ L 14, 18.1.1986, p. 19 (85/511/EEC)
►C2Corrigendum, OJ L 296, 27.10.1990, p. 66 (90/423/EEC)
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COUNCILDIRECTIVE
of18November1985
introducing Community measures for the control of foot-and-
mouthdisease
(85/511/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community, and in particular Articles 43 and 100 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee (3),
Whereas one of the Community's tasks in the veterinary field is to
improve the state of health of livestock, thereby increasing the profit-ability of stockfarming;
Whereas an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease can quickly take on
epizootic proportions, causing mortality and disturbances on a scaleliable to reduce sharply the profitability of farming of pigs and rumi-nants as a whole;
Whereas action must be taken as soon as the presence of the disease is
suspected so that immediate and effective control measures can beimplemented as soon as its presence is confirmed; whereas suchmeasures must be modulated by the competent authorities to takeaccount of whether or not a country carries out a prophylactic vaccina-
tion programme on all or part of its territory; whereas, under certain
conditions, the Member States which practise such a policy mayauthorize animals having sufficent immunization protection against thefoot-and-mouthvirus to be exempted from slaugh ter;
Whereas it is necessary to prevent any spread of the disease as soon as
an outbreak occurs, by carefully monitoring movements of animals andthe use of products liable to be contaminated, and, where appropriate,by vaccination;
Whereas diagnosis of the disease and identification of the relevant
virus must be carried out under the auspices of responsible laboratoriesthe coordination of which must be ensured by a reference laboratoryappointed by the Community;
Whereas the vaccine used for emergency vaccination must be verified
bothfor efficacy and safety, withcoordination being carried out by aspecialized institute appointed by the Community; whereas, further-
more, special coordinated measures must be implemented where virus
types or variants are detected against which the vaccines usually usedin the Community do not provide sufficient protection; whereas itproves necessary, to this end, to make provision for the Member Stateswhich vaccinate to draw up multiannual vaccination plans which will
be examined and, where appropriate, be the subject of Community
coordination;
Whereas provision must be made for a procedure for close cooperation
between the Member States and the Commission;
Whereas the arrangements introduced by this Directive are of an
experimental nature and whereas they will have to be reviewed inkeeping withdevelopments in th e situation,1985L0511 — EN — 11.01.2003 — 004.001 — 2
(1) OJ No C 248, 22. 9. 1982, p. 3.
(2) OJ No C 242, 12. 9. 1983, p. 128.
(3) OJ No C 77, 21. 3. 1983, p. 5.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
Article 1
This Directive defines the Community control measures to be applied
in the event of outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease, whatever the typeof virus concerned.
Article 2
For the purposes of this Directive, the definitions given in Article 2 of
Directive 64/432/EEC (
1) shall apply as appropriate.
The following definitions shall also apply:
(a) ‘animal of a susceptible species’ means any domestic or wild rumi-
nant or swine present on a holding;
(b) ‘receptive animal’ means any animal of a susceptible species which
is not vaccinated, or which is vaccinated but whose immunization
cover is considered to be inadequate by the competent authority;
(c) ‘infected animal’ means any animal of a susceptible species:
— in which clinical symptoms or post-mortem lesions which may
arise from foot-and-mouthdisease h ave been ascertained,
or
— in which the presence of foot-and-mouth disease has been offi-
cially ascertained following a laboratory examination;
(d) ‘animal suspected of being infected’ means any animal of a suscep-
tible species showing clinical symptoms or post-mortem lesionswhich are such that the presence of foot-and-mouth disease mayreeasonably be suspected;
(e) ‘animal suspected of being contaminated’ means any animal of a
suspectible species which may — according to the epizootiologicalinformation collected — have been directly or indirectly exposed to
the foot-and-mouth virus.
Article 3
Member States shall ensure that the presence, or suspected presence, of
foot-and-mouthdisease is compulsorily and immediately notifiable tothe competent authority, in accordance with Directive 82/894/EEC (
2).
Article 4
1. Member States shall ensure that, where a holding contains one or
more animals suspected of being infected or of being contaminatedwithfoot-and-mouthdisease, official means of investigation to confirmor rule out the presence of the disease are set in motion immediatelyand, in particular, that the official veterinarian takes the necessarysamples, or has them taken, for laboratory examination.
As soon as the suspected infection is notified, the competent authority
shall have the holding placed under official surveillance and shall inparticular order that:
— a census be made of all categories of animals of susceptible species
and that, in respect of each of these categories, the number ofanimals already dead, infected or liable to be infected or contami-nated be recorded; the census must be kept up to date to takeaccount of animals born or dying during the period of suspicion;
the information in the census must be produced on request and
may be checked at each visit;
— all animals of susceptible species on the holding be kept in their
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— no animals of susceptible species enter or leave the holding;
— no animals of other species enter or leave the holding without the
authorization of the competent authority;
— all movement from the holding of meat or carcases of animals of
susceptible species or of animal feed, utensils, objects or othersubstance, suchas wool or waste or rejected matter, liable totransmit foot-and-mouth disease be prohibited, unless authorized
by the competent authority;
— the movement of milk from the holding be prohibited; in the event
of difficulties in storing the milk on the holding, the competentauthority may authorize the milk to be moved from the holdingunder veterinary supervision to a treatment establishment in order
that it may be given heat treatment ensuring the destruction of the
foot-and-mouthvirus;
— the movement of persons to or from the holding be made subject to
authorization by the competent authority;
— the entry or exit of vehicles to or from the holding be made subject
to authorization by the competent authority which shall lay downthe conditions necessary in order to avoid propagation of the foot-and-mouthvirus;
— appropriate means of disinfection be used at the entrances and exits
of buildings housing animals of susceptible species and of the
holding itself;
— an epizootiological inquiry be carried out in accordance withArti-
cles 7 and 8.
2. The competent authority may extend the measures provided for in
paragraph 1 to adjoining holdings should their location, their configura-tion, or contacts with animals from the holding where the disease issuspected give reason to suspect possible contamination.
3. The measures referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not be with-
drawn until the suspicion of foot-and-mouth disease has been officiallyruled out.
Article 5
As soon as it has been confirmed that one or more of the animals
defined in Article 2 (c) are on a holding, the competent authority shallintroduce the following measures:
1) the official veterinarian takes adequate samples or has them taken
for examination by the laboratory referred to in Annex I, wherethese samples and examinations have not been taken or carried outduring the period of suspicion in accordance with the first subpara-
graphof Article 4 (1);
2) in addition to the measures listed in Article 4 (1), the following
measures are taken without delay:
— all animals of susceptible species on the holding shall be
slaughtered on the spot under official supervision in such a
way as to avoid all risk of spreading the foot-and-mouthvirus;
— after being slaughtered, the aforementioned animals shall be
destroyed under official supervision in such a way that there
is no risk of spreading the foot-and-mouth virus;
— meat of animals of susceptible species coming from the
holding and slaughtered during the period between the prob-able introduction of the disease to the holding and theimplementation of official measures shall, wherever possible,
be traced and destroyed under official supervision in sucha
way as to avoid any risk of spreading the foot-and-mouthvirus;
— the carcases of animals of susceptible species which have
died on the holding shall be destroyed under official super-1985L0511 — EN — 11.01.2003 — 004.001 — 4
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vision in sucha way as to avoid any risk of spreading th e
foot-and-mouthvirus;
— any substance referred to in Article 4 (1), seond subpara-
graph, fifth indent shall be destroyed or treated in such a
way as to ensure the destruction of any foot-and-mouth viruspresent; all treatment must be carried out in accordance withthe instructions of the official veterinarian;
— milk and milk products shall be destroyed in such a way as
to avoid any risk of spreading the foot-and-mouth virus;
— after elimination of the animals of susceptible species and of
the substances referred to in Article 4 (1), second subpara-
graph, fifth indent, the buildings used for housing, theirsurroundings and the vehicles used for their transport andall equipment likely to be contaminated shall be cleanedand disinfected in accordance withArticle 10;
— no animals of susceptible species shall be reintroduced to the
holding until at least 21 days after completion of the
cleaning and disinfection operations carried out in accor-
dance withArticle 10;
— an epizootiological inquiry shall be carried out in accordance
withArticles 7 and 8;
3) the provisions of paragraph 1 ►M1need not apply ◄in the case
of appearance of a secondary source which is linked epidemiologi-
cally with a primary source for which samples have already been
taken;
4. the competent authority may extend the measures provided for in
paragraph 1 to adjoining holdings should their location, their config-
uration, or contacts with animals from the holding where the diseasehas been recorded give reason to suspect possible contamination.
Article 6
1. In the case of holdings which consist of two or more separate
production units, the competent authority may derogate from the
requirements of ►
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regards healthy production units of a holding which is infected,provided that the official veterinarian has confirmed that the structureand size of these units and the operations carried out there are suchthat they are completely separate as regards housing, keeping and
feeding, so that the virus cannot spread from one to another.
The same measures and the possibility of derogating from the require-
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be extended to holdings producing milk, provided that, in addition,milking in eachunit is carried out quite separately.
2. When recourse is had to paragraph 1, Member States shall apply
the measures specified in Commission Decision 88/397/EEC (
1).
3. It may be decided, in accordance withth e procedure laid down in
Article 16, that the measures laid down in paragraph 2 shall beamended in order to ensure the coordination thereof with those adoptedby the Member States.1985L0511 — EN — 11.01.2003 — 004.001 — 5
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Article 7
The epizootiological inquiry shall deal with:
— the length of time during which the foot-and-mouth disease may
have existed on the holding before being notified or suspected;
— the possible origin of the foot-and-mouth disease on the holding
and the identification of other holdings on which there are anmalsof susceptible species which may have become infected or contami-nated from the same source;
— the movement of persons, vehicles and substances referred to in
Article 4 (1), second subparagraph, fifth indent, likely to havecarried the foot-and-mouth virus to or from the holdings in ques-
tion.
Article 8
1. (a) Where the official veterinarian finds, or considers on the basis
of confirmed data, that foot-and-mouth disease could have beenintroduced from other holdings on to the holding referred to in
Article 4, or from the latter holding on to other holdings as a
result of the movement of persons, animals or vehicles or inany other way, those other holdings shall be placed under offi-cial surveillance in accordance withArticle 4 and th issurveillance shall not be lifted until the suspected presence offoot-and-mouth disease on the holding referred to in Article 4
has been officially ruled out;
(b) where the official veterinarian finds, or considers on the basis of
confirmed data, that foot-and-mouth disease could have beenintroduced on to the holding referred to in Article 5 from otherholdings as a result of the movement of persons, animals or
vehicles or in any other way, those other holdings shall be
placed under official surveillance in accordance withArticle 4;
(c) where the official veterinarian finds, or considers on the basis of
confirmed data, that foot-and-mouth disease could have beenintroduced from the holding referred to in Article 5 on to otherholdings as a result of the movement of persons, animals or
vehicles or in any other way, those other holdings shall become
subject to the provisions of Article 4.
2. When a holding holding has been subject to the provisions of
paragraph 1, the competent authority shall prohibit removal of animalsfrom the holding other than for transport directly to a slaughterhouseunder official supervision for the purpose of emergency slaughterduring a 15-day period in the case of holdings referred to in 1 (a) and
(b) and a 21-day period in the case of holdings referred to in 1 (c)
respectively. Prior to granting such authorization, the official veteri-narian must have carried out an examination of the herd andconfirmed that none of the animals is suspected of being infected.
3. Where it considers that conditions permit, the competent authority
may limit the measures provided for in paragraph 1 (a) and (b) to apart of the holding and the animals contained therein, provided thatthe animals there have been housed, kept and fed completely sepa-
rately.
Article 9
1. Member States shall ensure that, once the diagnosis of foot-and-
mouth disease has been officially confirmed, the competent authorityestablishes, around the infected holding, a protection zone based on a
minimum radius of 3 km and a surveillance zone based on a minimum
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natural boundaries, supervision facilities and technological progresswhich make it possible to foresee the possible dispersion of the virusby air or any other means and will have to be reviewed, if necessary,in the light of such elements. ◄1985L0511 — EN — 11.01.2003 — 004.001 — 6
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2. (a) The following measures shall be applied in the protection zones:
— a census of all the holdings with animals of susceptible
species must be carried out;
— holdings which are the subject of such a census must peri-
odically undergo a veterinary inspection;
— the movement of animals of susceptible species on public or
private roads, excluding the service roads of holdings, shall
be prohibited;
— animals of susceptible species may not be removed during
the first 15 days from the holding on which they are kept
except to be transported directly under official supervisionfor the purpose of emergency slaughter to a slaughterhouselocated in that zone or, if that zone has no slaughterhouseunder veterinary supervision, to a slaughterhouse designated
by the competent authority. Such movement may be author-
ized by the competent authority only after examination bythe official veterinarian of all the animals of susceptiblespecies on the holding has ruled out the presence ofsuspected animals;
— itinerant service for breeding shall be prohibited;— artificial insemination shall be prohibited during the first 15
days except where it is carried out by the farmer with spermthat is on the farm or with sperm delivered directly by an
insemination centre;
— fairs, markets, shows or other gatherings of susceptible
animals, including collection and distribution, shall be
prohibited;
— without prejudice to the case provided for in the second
sentence of the third indent, the transport of animals ofsusceptible species shall be prohibited, except for transit bymajor highways or mainline railways.
(b) the measures applied in the protection zone shall be maintained
for at least 15 days after elimination of all the animals referredto in Article 5 from the holding and the carrying out on thatholding of preliminary cleaning and disinfection operations inaccordance withArticle 10. However, th e measures described
in paragraph 3 for the surveillance zone shall remain in force
in the protection zone for the period provided for in paragraph3 (b).
3. (a) The following measures shall be applied in the surveillance
zone:
— a census shall be taken of all holdings having animals of
susceptible species;
— the movement of animals of susceptible species on public
roads shall be prohibited except for the purpose of leadingthem to pasture;
— the transport of animals of susceptible species within the
surveillance zone shall be subject to the authorization of thecompetent authority;
— the animals may not be removed from the surveillance zone
during the first 15 days. Between the 15th day and the 30thday the animals may not be removed from the said zone
except to be transported under official supervision directly
to a slaughterhouse for the purpose of emergency slaughter.Such transport may be authorized by the competent authorityonly after the official veterinarian has carried out an exami-nation of all the animals concerned and confirmed that none
of the animals is suspected of being infected;
— itinerant service for breeding shall be prohibited;
— fairs, markets, shows and other gatherings of susceptible
animals shall be prohibited.1985L0511 — EN — 11.01.2003 — 004.001 — 7
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b) The measures in the surveillance zone shall be kept in force for
at least 30 days after the elimination of all the animals referredto in Article 5 from the holding and the carrying out on that
holding of preliminary cleaning and disinfection operations in
accordance withArticle 10.
Article 10
Member States shall ensure that:
— the disinfectants to be used and their concentrations are officially
approved by the competent authority;
— the cleaning and disinfection operations are carried out under offi-
cial supervision, in accordance with the instructions given by theofficial veterinarian.
Article 11
1. Member States shall ensure that:
— laboratory testing to detect the presence of foot-and-mouth diesease
are carried out by a national laboratory indicated in the►
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accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 17. This labora-
tory testing should, if necessary and especially on the first
appearance of the disease, show the type, sub-type or, where appro-priate, the variant of the relevant virus which may be confirmed, ifnecessary, be a reference laboratory designated by the Community;
— one of the national laboratories indicated in ►
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responsible for coordinating standards and methods of diagnosis ineachMember State;
— the national laboratories referred to in the first indent liaise with a
reference laboratory designated by the Community.
2. The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from
the Commission, shall designate, before 1 January 1987, the referencelaboratory referred to in paragraph1 and sh all determine its powers andthe detailed rules for applying the second indent of paragraph 1.
Article 12
Member States shall ensure that:
— when animals of susceptible species are moved out of the holding
on which they are kept, they are identified in such a way as to
enable their holding of origin, or the holding from which they
have come, and their movements to be traced rapidly. However,for certain categories of animals and without prejudice to Article13 of Council Directive 80/217/EEC of 22 January 1980 introdu-cing Community measures for the control of classical swinefever (
1), as last amended by Directive 84/645/EEC (2), the compe-
tent authority may, in certain circumstances and having regard to
the health situation, authorize other ways of rapidly tracing theirholding of origin, or the holding from which they have come, andtheir movements. The arrangements for identifying the animals orfor tracing the holding of origin shall be determined by the compe-
tent authority;
— the owner or keeper of the animals is required to supply the compe-
tent authority, on request by that authority, with information
concerning animals entering or leaving his holding;
— all persons engaged in the transport or marketing of animals of
susceptible species are able to supply the competent authority with
information concerning the movements of animals which they have
transported or marketed and to furnishall th e details concerningsuchinformation.1985L0511 — EN — 11.01.2003 — 004.001 — 8
(1) OJ No L 47, 21. 2. 1980, p. 11.
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Article 13
1. Member States shall ensure that:
— the use of foot-and-mouth vaccines is prohibited,
— the manipulation of foot-and-mouth virus for research, diagnosis
and/or manufacture of vaccines shall be carried out only inapproved establishments and laboratories listed in Annex A and B,
— the storage, supply, distribution and sale of foot-and-mouth
vaccines on the territory of the Community are carried out under
official control,
— the establishments and laboratories referred to in the second indent
shall be approved only if they fulfil the minimum standards recom-mended by the FAO for laboratories working on foot-and-mouth
virusesin vitroandin vivo.
2. Veterinary experts from the Commission, in collaboration with
the competent authorities of the Member States, shall carry out spot-checks to ascertain whether the security systems applied in the estab-
lishments and laboratories referred to in Annexes A and B comply
withth e FAO's minimum standards.
The Commission shall carry out these checks at least once a year, the
first of these checks being due before 1 January 1992, and shall submit,
also before that date, an initial report to the Standing VeterinaryCommittee. The list of establishments and laboratories in Annexes Aand B may be reviewed in the light of these checks by the Commis-sion, in accordance withth e procedure referred to in Article 17, by 31December 1991. The list will be regularly updated in accordance with
the same procedure.
In accordance withth e same procedure, a decision may be taken to
adopt a uniform code of good conduct for the security systems appliedin the establishments and laboratories listed in Annexes A and B.
3. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1 concerning the use
of foot-and-mouthdisease vaccine, it may be decided, wh en foot-and-mouth disease has been confirmed and threatens to become extensive,that emergency vaccination using technical procedures guaranteeing the
animals' total immunity may be introduced. In this case, the measures
to be taken shall include:
— the extent of the geographical area in which emergency vaccination
is to be carried out,
— the species and the age of the animals to be vaccinated,— the duration of the vaccination campaign,
— a specific standstill of vaccinated animals and their products,
— the special identification and special registration of the vaccinated
animals,
— other matters appropriate to the emergency situation.
The decision to introduce emergency vaccination shall be taken by the
Commission in collaboration withth e Member State concerned, actingin accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 16. This decision
shall have particular regard to the degree of concentration of animals in
certain regions and the need to protect special breeds.
However, by way of derogation from the first subparagraph, the deci-
sion to introduce emergency vaccination around the outbreak may be
taken by the Member State concerned following notification to the
Commission, provided that basic Community interests are not endan-gered. This decision shall be immediately reviewed in the StandingVeterinary Committee in accordance withth e procedure laid down inArticle 16.
Article 14
1. Pending the setting up of Community reserves of foot-and-mouth
disease vaccine, Member States shall be authorized to retain reserves ofantigens in one of the establishments referred to in the Annexes.1985L0511 — EN — 11.01.2003 — 004.001 — 9
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For the purposes of the first subparagraph, contracts between the
Commission and those responsible in the establishments designated bythe Member States shall be concluded; the contracts will in particular
specify the quantities of antigen doses necessary, taking account of
the requirements estimated in the context of the plans referred to inArticle 5 (1) of Directive 90/423/EEC (
1), for a maximum of 10 sero-
types.
After this transitional period, Member States shall be authorized under
Community supervision to retain establishments for the packaging andstorage of ready-to-use vaccines for emergency vaccination.
2. Before 1 April 1991, the Council, acting by a qualfied majority
on a proposal from the Commission, shall designate a specialized insti-
tute for vaccine and cross-immunity checks and shall determine itspowers.
3. Before 1 April 1991, the Commission shall submit to the Council
a report accompanied, where appropriate, by proposals on the rules
relating to the packaging, production, distribution and state of thestocks of anti-foot-and-mouthdisease vaccines in th e Community,together with proposals on the setting up of at least two Communityreserves of anti-foot-and-mouthdisease vaccines.
Article 16
1. Where the procedure laid down in this Article is to be followed,
the matter shall be referred without delay to the Standing VeterinaryCommittee set up by Decision 68/361/EEC (
2) (hereinafter referred to
as ‘the Committee’) by the committee chairman, either on his owninitiative or at the request of a Member State.
2. The representative of the Commission shall submit to the
Committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The Committee shall
deliver its opinion within two days. The opinion shall be delivered bythe majority laid down in Article 148 (2) of the Treaty in the case ofdecisions which the Council is required to adopt on a proposal from theCommission. The votes of the representatives of the Member States
within the Committee shall be weighted in the manner set out in that
Article. The Chairman shall not vote.
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implement them immediately, where they are in accordance with theopinion of the committee. Where they are not in accordance with theopinion of the committee, or if no opinion is delivered, the Commis-sion shall without delay submit to the Council a proposal on the
measures to be taken. The Council shall adopt the measures by a quali-
fied majority.
If the Council has not adopted any measures within 15 days of the date
on which the matter is referred to it, the Commission shall adopt the
proposed measures and shall implement them immediately unless the
Council has voted against the said measures by a simple majority.
Article 17
1. Where the procedure laid down in this Article is to be followed,
the matter shall be referred to the committee without delay by its
chairman, either on his own initiative or at the request of a MemberState.1985L0511 — EN — 11.01.2003 — 004.001 — 10
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2. The representative of the Commission shall submit to the
Committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The Committee shalldeliver its opinion on the draft within a time limit which the Chairman
may lay down according to the urgency of the matter. The opinion
shall be delivered by the majority laid down in Article 148 (2) of theTreaty in the case of decisions which the Council is required to adopton a proposal from the Commission. The votes of the representatives ofthe Member States within the Committee shall be weighted in the
manner set out in that Article. The Chairman shall not vote.
►
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implement them immediately, where they are in accordance with theopinion of the committee. Where they are not in accordance with theopinion of the committee, or if no opinion is delivered, the Commis-sion shall without delay submit to the Council a proposal on the
measures to be taken. The Council shall adopt the measures by a quali-
fied majority.
If the Council has not adopted any measures within three months of the
date on which the matter is referred to it, the Commission shall adoptthe proposed measures and shall implement them immediately unlessthe Council has voted against the said measures by a simple majority.
Article 18
On the basis of a report from the Commission on the experience gained
in the application of this Directive, accompanied by proposals where
appropriate, the Council shall review the situation within two years ofthe adoption of Directive 90/423/EEC (
1).
Article 19
Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and admin-
istrative provisions necessary to comply withth is Directive by 1January 1987 at the latest.
Article 20
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.1985L0511 — EN — 11.01.2003 — 004.001 — 11
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ANNEXA
Commercial laboratories authorised to handle live foot-and-mouth disease virus for vaccine
production
GERMANY Bayer AG, Köln
FRANCE Merial, SAS, Laboratoire IFFA, Lyon
NETHERLANDS CIDC-Lelystad, Central Institute for Animal Disease
Control, Lelystad
UNITED KINGDOM Merial, SAS, Pirbright Laboratory, Pirbright1985L0511 — EN — 11.01.2003 — 004.001 — 12
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ANNEXB
Nationallaboratoriesauthorisedtohandlelivefoot-and-mouthdiseasevirus
BELGIUM Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre
CODA-CERVA-VAR, Uccle
DENMARK DanishVeterinary Institute, Department of Virology,
Lindholm
GERMANY Bundesforschungsanstalt für Viruskrankheiten der Tiere
— Anstaltsteil Tübingen
— Anstaltsteil FriedrichLoeffler Institute, Insel Riems
GREECE Ινστιτούτο Αφθώδους Πυρετού
Αγία Παρασκευή Αττικής
SPAIN Laboratorio Central de Sanidad Animal INIA (CSIA-
INIA), Valdeolmos, Madrid
FRANCE Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des aliments
(AFSSA)
— Laboratoire d'études et de recherches en pathologie
bovine et hygiène des viandes, Lyon
— Laboratoire d'études et de recherches en pathologie
animale et zoonoses, Maison-Alfort
ITALY Istituto zooprofilattico sperimentale della Lombardia e
dell'Emilia Romagna, Brescia
NETHERLANDS CIDC-Lelystad, Central Institute for Animal Disease
Control, Lelystad
AUSTRIA Österreichische Agentur für Gesundheit und Ernäh-
rungssicherheit
Veterinärmedizinische Untersuchungen Mödling
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