Commission Decision 2004/448/EC of 29 April 2004 amending Decision 2004/233/EC as regards the list of approved laboratories for checking the effectiveness of vaccination against rabies in certain domestic carnivores
Date: 2004-04-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: domestic animal, rabies, research body, testing, vaccination

L 155/80 

EN 

Official Journal of the European Union 

30.4.2004 

COMMISSION DECISION 

Of 29 April 2004 

amending Decision 2004/233/EC as regards the list of approved laboratories for 
checking the effectiveness of vaccination against 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  and  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  criteria  necessary  for  standardising  the  serological 
tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines1, and in particular Article 3 thereof, 

Whereas: 

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

1 

2 

Council  Decision  2000/258/EC  of  20  March  2000  designating  a  specific  institute 
responsible for establishing the criteria necessary 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. 

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  States  on  the  ground  of  the  results  of  the 
proficiency tests communicated by AFSSA Nancy. 

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. 

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.). 
OJ L 71, 10.3.2004, p. 30. 

 
 
                                                 
(4) 

(5) 

(6) 

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. 

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. 

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: 

Annex I to Decision 2004/233/EC is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision. 

Article 1 

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,  Cyprus,  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 Gesundheit 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. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

6. 

7. 

Institut  für  Virologie,  Fachbereich  Veterinärmedizin,  Justus-Liebig-Universität 
Giessen 
Frankfurter Straße 107 
D-35392 Giessen 

Eurovir Hygiene-Institut 
Im Biotechnologiepark 
D-14943 Lukenwalde 

Landesuntersuchungsamt für das Gesundheitswesen Südbayern 
Veterinärstraße 2 
D-85764 Oberschleißheim 

Landesveterinär-und Lebensmitteluntersuchungsamt Sachsen-Anhalt 
Außenstelle Stendal 
Haferbreiter Weg 132-135 
D-39576 Stendal 

Staatliches Veterinäruntersuchungsamt 
Zur Taubeneiche 10-12 
D-59821 Arnsberg 

Institut für epidemiologische Diagnostik 
Bundesforschungsanstalt für Viruskrankheiten der Tiere 
Seestraße 155 
D-16868 Wusterhausen 

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. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

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

Laboratoire Vétérinaire Départemental de la Haute-Garonne 
78, rue Boudou 
F-31140 Launaguet 

Laboratoire Départemental de la Sarthe 
128, rue de Beaugé 
F-72018 Le Mans CEDEX 2 

Laboratoire départemental d'analyses du Pas-de-Calais 
Parc des Bonnettes 
2, rue du Genévrier 
F-62022 Arras Cedex 

  
 
(GB) UNITED KINGDOM 

1. 

2. 

Veterinary Laboratories Agency 
Virology Department 
Woodham Lane, 
New Haw 
Addlestone 
Surrey KT15 3NB 
United Kingdom 

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. 

2. 

3. 

Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie 
Via Romea 14/A 
I-35020 Legnaro (PD) 

Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise 
Via Campio Boario 
I-64100 Teramo 

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