2001/296/EC: Commission Decision of 29 March 2001 authorising laboratories to check the effectiveness of vaccination against rabies in certain domestic carnivores (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 951)
Date: 2001-03-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, product quality, rabies, research body, testing, vaccine

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 29 March 2001

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

(notified under document number C(2001) 951)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/296/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 estab-
lishing the criteria necessary for standardising the serological
tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines (1), and in
particular Article 5(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Council Directive 92/65/EEC (2) provides for an alter-
native 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.

The AFSSA Laboratory in Nancy, France, by Decision
2000/258/EC was designated as the institute responsible
for establishing the criteria necessary for standardising
the serological
tests to monitor the effectiveness of
rabies vaccination.

A proficiency testing procedure has been established for
rabies antibody titration of vaccinated domestic carni-
vores in the context of alternative measures to quaran-
tine.

The AFSSA Laboratory, Nancy, has to operate the estab-
lished proficiency testing procedure to appraise labora-
tests on
to perform serological
tories for approval
certain carnivores vaccinated against rabies.

Several Member States have submitted applications for
approval of laboratories to perform analyses to check

(6)

(7)

(8)

the effectiveness of vaccination against rabies in certain
domestic carnivores.

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.

The Commission can draw up a list, based on appraisal
results, of laboratories authorised to carry out serological
titration on carnivores vaccinated against rabies.

The measures provided for in this Decision are in
accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary
Committee,

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 the
Annex.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 29 March 2001.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 79, 30.3.2000, p. 40.
(2) OJ L 268, 14.9.1992, p. 54.

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ANNEX

NAMES OF LABORATORIES

Belgium

Institut Pasteur de Bruxelles
642 Rue Engeland
B-1180 Bruxelles

Denmark

Danish Veterinary Institute for Virus Research
Lindholm
DK-4771 Kalvehave

Germany

1. Institut für Virologie, Fachbereich Veterinärmedizin, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen

Frankfurter Straße 107
D-35392 Giessen

2. Eurovir Hygiene-Institut

Dr. Thraenhart
Biotechnologiepark
D-14943 Luchenwalde

3. Landesuntersuchungsamt für das Gesundheitswesen Südbayern

Veterinärstraße 2
D-85764 Oberschleißheim

Greece

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

Spain

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

France

1. AFSSA Nancy

Domaine de Pixérécourt
B.P. 9
F-54220 Malzeville

2. Laboratoire Vétérinaire Départemental de Haute Garonne

78 rue Boudou
F-31140 Launaguet

3. Laboratoire Départemental de la Sarthe

128 rue de Beaugé
F-72018 Le Mans CEDEX 2

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

Austria

Bundesanstalt für Veterinärmedizinische Untersuchung Mödling
Robert-Koch-Gasse 17
A-2340 Mödling

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Finland

National Veterinary and Food Research Institute
PL 368 (Hämeentie 57)
FIN-00231 Helsinki

Sweden

National Veterinary Institute
BMC, Box 585
S-751 23 Uppsala

United Kingdom

Veterinary Laboratories Agency
Virology Department
Woodaan Lane, New Haw, Addelstone
Surrey, KT15 3NB
United Kingdom