2001/288/EC: Commission Decision of 3 April 2001 amending Council Directive 93/53/EEC introducing minimum Community measures for the control of certain fish diseases, in relation to the list of national reference laboratories for fish diseases (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 1012)
Date: 2001-04-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, animal disease, fish, health legislation, research body

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 3 April 2001

amending Council Directive 93/53/EEC introducing minimum Community measures for the control
of certain fish diseases, in relation to the list of national reference laboratories for fish diseases

(notified under document number C(2001) 1012)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/288/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 93/53/EEC of 24 June
introducing minimum Community measures for the
1993,
control of certain fish diseases (1), as last amended by Directive
2000/27/EC (2), and in particular Article 18, second paragraph,
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Article 12(1) of Directive 93/53/EEC lays down that
Member States shall ensure that in each Member State a
national reference laboratory is designated, with facilities
and expert personnel enabling it to show at all times,
and especially when the disease in question first appears,
the type, subtype and variant of the relevant pathogen
and to confirm results obtained by regional diagnostic
laboratories.

The list of national
fish
diseases is set out in Annex A to Directive 93/53/EEC.

reference laboratories

for

(3)

(4)

This list needs to be updated.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex A to Directive 93/53/EEC is hereby replaced by the
Annex hereto.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 3 April 2001.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 175, 19.7.1993, p. 23.
(2) OJ L 114, 13.5.2000, p. 28.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX A

NATIONAL REFERENCE LABORATORIES FOR FISH DISEASES

CODA — Centrum voor Onderzoek in Diergeneeskunde en Agrochemie
CERVA — Centre d'étude et de recherches vétérinaires et agrochimiques
Groeselenberg 99
B-1180 Brussel/Bruxelles.

Statens Veterinære Serumlaboratorium
Fødevareministeriet
Hangøvej 2
DK-8200 Århus N.

Bundesforschungsanstalt für Viruskrankheiten der Tiere
Boddenblick 5a
D-17498 Insel Riems.

Laboratory of Fish Pathology and Bio-Pathology of Aquatic Organisms
Centre of Athens Veterinary Institutes, Institute of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases
25 Neapoleos ST.
GR-153 10 Ag. Paraskevi Attiki.

Laboratorio Central de Veterinaria de Algete
Madrid.

Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des aliments (AFSSA)
Laboratoire d'études et de recherches en pathologie des poissons (LERPP)
Technopôle Brest Iroise — BP 70
F-29280 Plouzane.

Fisheries Research Centre Abbotstown
Castleknock
Dublin15
Ireland.

Istituto zooprofilattico sperimentale delle Venezie
Via Romea 14/A
I-35020 Legnaro, Padova

CODA — Centrum voor Onderzoek in Diergeneeskunde en Agrochemie
CERVA — Centre d'étude et de recherches vétérinaires et agrochimiques
Groeselenberg 99
B-1180 Brussel/Bruxelles.

Fish Diseases Laboratory
ID-Lelystad
Institute for Animal Science and Health
Edelhertweg 15
PO Box 65
8200 AB Lelystad
Nederland.

Institut für Hydrobiologie, Fisch- und Bienenkunde
Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien
Veterinärplatz 1
A-1210 Wien.

Laboratório Nacional de Investigação Veterinária
Estrada de Benfica 701
P-1500 Lisboa.

Eläinlääkintä- ja elintarvikelaitos (EELA)
PL 368
FIN-00231 Helsinki.

Statens Veterinärmedicinska Anstalt (SVA)
S-751 89 Uppsala.

Belgium:

Denmark:

Germany:

Greece:

Spain:

France:

Ireland:

Italy:

Luxembourg:

Netherlands:

Austria:

Portugal:

Finland:

Sweden:

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United Kingdom:

CEFAS Weymouth Laboratory
Barrack Road
Weymouth DT4 8UB
United Kingdom.

The Marine Laboratory
PO box 101
Victoria Road
Aberdeen AB9 8DB
United Kingdom.’