2005/615/EC: Commission Decision of 16 August 2005 amending Annex XI to Council Directive 2003/85/EC with regard to national laboratories in certain Member States (notified under document number C(2005) 3121)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-08-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, foot-and-mouth disease, research body, veterinary inspection

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Official Journal of the European Union

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 16 August 2005

amending Annex XI to Council Directive 2003/85/EC with regard to national laboratories in certain
Member States

(notified under document number C(2005) 3121)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2005/615/EC)

(5)

(6)

It is necessary to adapt the list of national laboratories
authorised to handle live foot-and-mouth disease virus
and to amend Part A of Annex XI
to Directive
2003/85/EC accordingly.

The measures provided for
accordance with
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The list of National laboratories authorised to handle live foot-
and-mouth disease virus in Part A of Annex XI to Directive
2003/85/EC is replaced by the text
in the Annex to this
Decision.

Article 2

The Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 16 August 2005.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

to

regard

Council Directive

Having
of
29 September 2003 on Community measures for the control
of foot-and-mouth disease repealing Directive 85/511/EEC and
Decisions 89/531/EEC and 91/665/EEC and amending Directive
92/46/EEC (1), and in particular Article 67(2) thereof,

2003/85/EC

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

For security reasons it is important to maintain the list of
national laboratories authorised to handle live foot-and-
mouth disease virus updated.

The competent authorities of Denmark, Germany and
Poland have officially informed the Commission on
changes relating to their national reference laboratory
for foot-and-mouth disease.

The competent authorities of Slovakia officially informed
the Commission of arrangements they have made in
accordance with Article 68(2) of the Directive.

For clarity it appears appropriate to list
States in the order of the ISO country code.

the Member

(1) OJ L 306, 22.11.2003, p. 1.

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ANNEX

The list of national laboratories authorised to handle live foot-and-mouth disease virus in Part A of Annex XI to Directive
2003/85/EC is replaced by the following:

‘National laboratories authorised to handle live foot-and-mouth disease virus

Member State where laboratory is
situated

ISO-code

Name

AT

Austria

Laboratory

Member States using
the services of
laboratory

Österreichische Agentur
sicherheit
Veterinärmedizinische Untersuchungen Mödling

für Gesundheit und Ernährungs-

Austria

BE

Belgium

Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre CODA-CERVA-
VAR Uccle

Belgium
Luxembourg

CZ

DE

Czech Republic

Statní veterinární ústav Praha, Praha

Czech Republic

Germany

Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Bundesforschungsinstitut
Insel Riems

für Tiergesundheit, Greifswald —

Germany
Slovakia

DK

Denmark

Danmarks Fødevareforskning, Afdeling for Virologi, Lindholm Denmark

ES

FR

Spain

France

Laboratorio Central de Sanidad Animal, Madrid

Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des aliments (AFSSA)
— Laboratoire d’études et de recherches en pathologie

bovine et hygiène des viandes, Lyon

— Laboratoire d’études et de recherches en pathologie

animale et zoonoses, Maison-Alfort

GB

United Kingdom

Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright

GR

Greece

Ινστιτούτο αφθώδους πυρετού,
Αγία Παρασκευή Αττικής

Finland
Sweden

Spain

France

United Kingdom
Estonia
Finland
Ireland
Malta
Sweden

Greece

HU

IT

LT

LV

NL

PL

Hungary

Országos Állategészségügyi Intézet (OÁI), Budapest

Hungary

Italy

Lithuania

Latvia

Netherlands

Poland

Istituto zooprofilattico sperimentale della
dell'Emilia Romagna, Brescia

Lombardia

e

Nacionalinė veterinarijos laboratorija, Vilnius

Valsts veterinārmedicīnas diagnostikas centrs, Rīga

CIDC-Lelystad
Central Institute for Animal Disease Control Lelystad

Italy
Cyprus

Lithuania

Latvia

Netherlands

Zakład Pryszczycy Państwowego Instytutu Weterynaryjnego –
Państwowego
Instytutu Badawczego, Zduńska Wola

Poland

SI

Slovenia

Nacionalni veterinarski inštitut, Lubljana

Slovenia’