2001/808/EC: Commission Decision of 14 November 2001 amending Decision 2001/296/EC as regards the list of approved laboratories for checking the effectiveness of vaccination against rabies in certain domestic carnivores (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 3478)
Date: 2001-11-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: domestic animal, health control, rabies, research body, vaccination

L 305/30

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

22.11.2001

COMMISSION DECISION

of 14 November 2001

amending Decision 2001/296/EC as regards the list of approved laboratories for checking the
effectiveness of vaccination against rabies in certain domestic carnivores

(notified under document number C(2001) 3478)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/808/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 3 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Council Directive 92/65/EEC of 13 July 1992 laying
down animal health requirements governing trade in
and imports into the Community of animals, semen, ova
and embryos not subject to animal health requirements
laid down in specific Community rules referred to in
Annex A (I) to Directive 90/425/EEC (2), as last amended
by Commission Decision 2001/298/EC (3), provides for
an alternative system to quarantine for the entry of
certain domestic carnivores into the territory of certain
Member States free from rabies. That system requires
checks performed by officially approved laboratories on
the effectiveness of the vaccination by titration of anti-
bodies.

Pursuant to Decision 2000/258/EC the AFSSA Labora-
tory, Nancy, France, was designated as the institute
responsible for the proficiency tests necessary to the
approval of the laboratories willing to perform these
checks.

Commission Decision 2001/296/EC of 29 March 2001
authorising laboratories to check the effectiveness of
vaccination against rabies in certain domestic carniv-
ores (4) established a list of approved laboratories in the
Member States.

(4)

(5)

Following the request of the United Kingdom and on the
basis of the favourable result of the proficiency test
performed by the AFSSA Laboratory, Nancy, it is appro-
priate to add a new laboratory to that list for the United
Kingdom.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

In the Annex to Decision 2001/296/EC the list concerning the
United Kingdom is amended as follows:

The present text becomes point 1 and the following point 2 is
added:

‘2. Biobest

Pentland Science Park
Bush Loan
Penicuik
Midlothian
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United Kingdom.’

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 14 November 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.
(3) OJ L 102, 12.4.2001, p. 63.
(4) OJ L 102, 12.4.2001, p. 58.