Corrigendum to 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 (OJ L 155, 30.4.2004)
Date: 2004-06-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: domestic animal, rabies, research body, testing, vaccination

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Corrigendum to 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

(Official Journal of the European Union L 155 of 30 April 2004)

Decision 2004/448/EC should read as follows:

COMMISSION DECISION

of 29 April 2004

amending Decision 2004/233/EC as regards the list of approved laboratories for checking the effec-
tiveness 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 Com-
munity,

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 vaccines (1), and in particular
Article 3 thereof,

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Two laboratories, respectively in Slovakia and Slovenia,
had been approved by AFSSA Laboratory, Nancy in
compliance with the procedure applying to third coun-
tries as laid down in Decision 2000/258/EC.

It is appropriate to add those two laboratories to the list
of approved laboratories in the Member States as estab-
lished 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,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

(1)

(2)

Decision 2000/258/EC 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 labora-
tories to check the effectiveness of vaccination against
rabies in certain domestic carnivores (2), has established
a list of approved laboratories in the Member States on
the ground of the results of the proficiency tests commu-
nicated by AFSSA Nancy.

(1) 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).

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

Article 1

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

Article 2

This Decision shall apply subject to and from the date of the
entry into force of
the Czech
Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta,
Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia.

the Treaty of Accession of

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This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 29 April 2004.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

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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

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(FR) France

1. AFSSA Nancy

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

2.

3.

4.

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

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(SI) Slovenia

University of Ljubljana/Veterinary faculty
Gerbiceva 60
1000 Ljubljana

(SK) Slovakia

State Veterinary Institute
Pod drahani 918
960 86 Zvolen”’