18.11.92 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoC301/13
II
(PreparatoryActs)
COMMISSION
ProposalforaCouncilDecisionamendingDirective80/217/EECintroducingCommunity
measuresforthecontrolofclassicalswinefever
(92/C301/07)
COM(92)437final
(SubmittedbytheCommissionon28October1992)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunityand,inparticularArticle43
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropean
Parliament,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEconomicand
SocialCommittee,
WhereasDirective80/217/EEC('),aslastamendedby
Directive91/685/EEC(2),introducedCommunity
measuresforthecontrolofclassicalswinefever;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinDirective
80/217/EECrequiretheharmonization oflaboratory
methodsandproceduresfordiagnosingclassicalswine
fever;
Whereastheantigensandvarioussubstancesneededto
makesuchdiagnosesshouldhavethesamepropertiesin
allnationallaboratories ;
Whereasthetaskofliaisingbetweenthelaboratories
responsibleintheMemberStatesfordiagnosingclassical
swinefeverbyCouncilDecision81/859/EECof19
October1981onthedesignationandoperationofa
liaisonlaboratoryforclassicalswinefever(3)was
entrustedto'InstitutfurVirologiederTierarztlichen
Hochschule',Hannover,Germany;
WhereasArticle5ofDecision81/859/EECrestricted
thetaskofliaisingtoaperiodoffiveyears;Whereasthedurationofthemeasuresestablishedby
Decision81/859/EECwasextendedbyDecision
87/65/EEC(4)forafurtherperiodoffiveyears;
WhereasthesemeasureswillterminateinFebruary1993;
Whereas,inordertoensurethecontinuityofthecoordi­
nationofthediagnosticworkcarriedoutunderthe
auspicesofresponsiblenationallaboratories,a
Communityreferencelaboratoryshallbedesignated;
whereasthepowersanddutiesofthesaidlaboratory
shallbelaiddown;
Whereasinthelightoftheexperiencegained,itis
desirabletodesignate'InstitutfurVirologieder
Tierarztlichen Hochschule',Hannover asthe
Communityreferencelaboratorysincethislaboratory
hasforsomeyearscarriedoutthedutiesentrustedtoit
inanefficientmanner;
WhereasArticle28ofCouncilDecision90/424/EECof
26June1990onexpenditureintheveterinaryfield(5),as
lastamendedbyDecision92/.../EEC,applies
concerningCommunityaidtobegrantedtoliaisonand
referencelaboratories ,
HASADOPTEDTHISDIRECTIVE :
Article1
Directive80/217/EECisherebyamendedasfollows:
1.inArticle11thethirdindentofparagraph 1and
paragraph2shallbereplacedbythefollowing:
'2.Thenationallaboratories referredtointhe
secondindentofparagraph 1shallliaisewiththe
Communityreferencelaboratoryasmentionedin
AnnexVI.Withoutprejudicetotheprovisionsof
Decision90/424/EEC,andinparticularArticle28
thereof,thepowersanddutiesofthelaboratoryshall
bethoseappearinginthesaidAnnex.';
OOJNoL47,21.2.1980,p.11.
OOJNoL377,31.12.1991,p.1.
(3)OJNoL319,7.11.1981,p.20.(4)OJNoL34,5.2.1987,p.54.
(5)OJNoL224,18.8.1990,p.19.

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2.thefollowingAnnexshallbeaddedafterAnnexV:
'ANNEXVI
COMMUNITY REFERENCE LABORATORY FOR
CLASSICAL SWINEFEVER
Nameoflaboratory :
InstituteofVirology,
HannoverVeterinarySchool,
BischofsholerDamm15,
D-3000Hannover 1.
ThefunctionsanddutiesoftheCommunityreference
laboratoryforclassicalswinefevershallbe:
1.tocoordinate,inconsultation withthe
Commission ,themethodsemployedinthe
MemberStatesfordiagnosingclassicalswinefever.
Specificallyby:
(a)storingandsupplyingcellculturesforusein
diagnosis;
(b)typing,storingandsupplyingstrainsof
classicalswinefevervirusforserologicaltests
andthepreparationofanti-serums ;
(c)supplyingstandardized serums,conjugate
serumsandotherreferencereagentstothe
nationallaboratories inordertostandardize
thetestsandreagentsemployedintheMember
States;
(d)buildingupandholdingaclassicalswinefever
viruscollection;
(e)organizingperiodiccomparative testsat
Communitylevel;(f)gatheringdataandinformationonthe
methodsofdiagnosisusedandtheresultsof
testscarriedout;
(g)characterizing virusisolatesbythemost
up-to-datemethodsavailabletoallowgreater
understandingoftheepizootiologyofclassical
swinefever;
(h)keepingabreastofdevelopments inclassical
swinefeversurveillance,epizootiology and
preventionthroughouttheworld;
(i)retainingexpertiseontheviruscausing
classicalswinefeverandotherpertinentviruses
toenablerapiddifferentialdiagnosis;
(j)acquiring,athoroughknowledgeoftheprep­
arationanduseoftheproductsofveterinary
immunologyusedtoeradicateandcontrol
classicalswinefever.
2.Tomakethenecessaryarrangementsfortraining
orre-trainingexpertsinlaboratorydiagnosiswith
aviewtoharmonizingdiagnosingtechniques.
3.Tohavetrainedpersonnelavailableforemergency
situationswithintheCommunity .
4.Toperformresearchactivitiesandwhenever
possiblecoordinateresearchactivitiesdirected
towardsanimprovedcontrolofclassicalswine
fever.'
Article2
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.