L 155/80 Official Journal of the European Union 30.4.2004 
 EN 
COMMISSION DECISION 
Of 29 April 2004 
amending Decision 2004/233/EC as regards the list of approved laboratories for 
checking the effectiveness of vaccination agai nst rabies in certain domestic carnivores 
(Text with EEA relevance) 
 
(2004/448/EC) 
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, 
Having regard to the Treaty of accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, 
Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia a nd Slovakia and in particular Article 2 (3) 
thereof, 
Having regard to the Act of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, 
Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia , and in particular Article 57 
thereof, 
Having regard to Council Decision 2000/258/EC of 20 March 2000 designating a specific 
institute responsible for establishing the criter ia necessary for standardising the serological 
tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines1, and in particular Article 3 thereof, 
Whereas: 
(1) Council Decision 2000/258/EC of 20 March 2000 designating a specific institute 
responsible for establishing the criteria nece ssary for standardising the serological tests 
to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines, has designated the AFSSA Laboratory, 
Nancy, France as the institute responsible for the proficiency tests necessary to the 
approval of the laboratories willing to perform those tests. 
(2) Commission Decision 2004/233/EC authorising laboratories to check the effectiveness 
of vaccination against rabies in certain domestic carnivores2, has established a list of 
approved laboratories in the Member Stat es on the ground of the results of the 
proficiency tests communicated by AFSSA Nancy. 
(3) Two laboratories, respectively in Slovakia and Slovenia, had been approved by 
AFSSA Laboratory , Nancy in compliance with the procedure applying to third 
countries as laid down in Decision 2000/258/EC. 
                                                 
1 OJ L 79, 30.3.2000, p. 40. Decision as amended by Commission Decision 2003/60/EC (OJ L 23, 
28.1.2003, p. 30.). 
2 OJ L 71, 10.3.2004, p. 30. 
   (4) It is appropriate to add those two laboratories to the list of approved laboratories in 
theMember States as established in Annex to Decision 2004/233/EC. 
(5) In addition, following the request of Germany and on the basis of the favourable result 
of the proficiency test performed by AFSSA Nancy, a new laboratory is added to the 
list of approved laboratories for Germany. 
(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 
Annex I to Decision 2004/233/EC is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision. 
Article 2 
This Decision shall apply subject to and from the date of the entry into force of the Treaty of 
Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cypr us, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, 
Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia. 
Article 3 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 29 April 2004. 
 For the Commission 
 David BYRNE 
 Member of the Commission 
   ANNEX  
“ANNEX I  
NAMES OF LABORATORIES 
(AT)  AUSTRIA  
Österreichische Agentur für Gesund heit 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 Lukenwalde 
3. Landesuntersuchungsamt für das Gesundheitswesen Südbayern 
Veterinärstraße 2 
D-85764 Oberschleißheim 
4. Landesveterinär-und Lebensmitteluntersuchungsamt Sachsen-Anhalt 
Außenstelle Stendal 
Haferbreiter Weg 132-135 
D-39576 Stendal 
5. Staatliches Veterinäruntersuchungsamt 
Zur Taubeneiche 10-12 
D-59821 Arnsberg 
6. Institut für epidemiologische Diagnostik 
Bundesforschungsanstalt für Viruskrankheiten der Tiere Seestraße 155 
D-16868 Wusterhausen 
7. Landesuntersuchungsanstalt für das Gesundheits-und Veterinärwesen Sachsen 
Zschopauer Str 186 
D-09126 Chemnitz 
   (DK)  DENMARK  
Danish Institute for Food and Veterinary Research 
Lindholm 
DK-4771 Kalvehave 
(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 Dépa rtemental de la Haute-Garonne 
78, rue Boudou F-31140 Launaguet 
3. Laboratoire Départem ental 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 
   (GB)  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 
(GR)
 GREECE  
Centre of Athens Veterinary Institutions Virus Department 
25, Neapoleos Str 
GR-153 10 Ag. Paraskevi, Athens 
(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 
(SE)
 SWEDEN  
National Veterinary Institute 
(Department of Virology) 
S-751 89 Uppsala 
(SI)  SLOVENIA  
University of Ljubljana/Veterinary faculty 
Gerbiceva 60 
1000 Ljubljana. 
   (SK)  SLOVAKIA  
State Veterinary Institute 
Pod drahani 918 
960 86 Zvolen