EN Official Journal of the European Union L 29/1

COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 87/2011

of 2 February 2011

designating the EU reference laboratory for bee health, laying down additional responsibilities and tasks for that laboratory and amending Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules (1), and in particular Article 32(5) and (6) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 lays down the general tasks, duties and requirements for EU reference laboratories for food and feed and for animal health. The EU reference laboratories for animal health and live animals are listed in Part II of Annex VII to that Regulation.

(2) Following the completion of a selection procedure, the successful laboratory, Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail (ANSES), with its research laboratory for bee diseases, Sophia-Antipolis Laboratory, France, should be designated as the EU reference laboratory in the field of bee health, for a period of five years from 1 April 2011.

(3) In addition to the general functions and duties laid down in Article 32(2) of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004, certain specific responsibilities and tasks linked to the characteristics of agents liable to affect bee health should be carried out at Union level to ensure enhanced coordination. Therefore, these additional specific responsibilities and tasks of the EU reference laboratory in the field of bee health should be laid down in this Regulation.

(4) Part II of Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee of the Food Chain and Animal Health,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail (ANSES) with its research laboratory for bee diseases, Sophia-Antipolis Laboratory, France, is hereby designated as the EU reference laboratory in the field of bee health from 1 April 2011 to 31 March 2016.

Certain responsibilities and tasks for that laboratory are set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

In Part II of Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004, the following point 18 is added:

‘18. EU reference laboratory for bee health Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail Sophia-Antipolis Laboratory Les Templiers 105 route des Chappes BP 111 06902 Sophia-Antipolis France.’

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 2 February 2011. For the Commission The President José Manuel BARROSO

(1) OJ L 165, 30.4.2004, p. 1.