2006/393/EC: Commission Decision of  31 May 2006  concerning the designation of the Community reference laboratory for foot-and-mouth disease  (notified under document number C(2006) 2069)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-05-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: foot-and-mouth disease, research body

7.6.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 152/31

COMMISSION DECISION

of 31 May 2006

concerning the designation of the Community reference laboratory for foot-and-mouth disease

(notified under document number C(2006) 2069)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006/393/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

(4)

Having regard to Council Directive 2003/85/EC of 29
September 2003 on Community measures for the control of
foot-and-mouth disease repealing Directive 85/511/EEC and
Decisions
amending
Directive 92/46/EEC (1), and in particular Article 69(1) thereof,

91/665/EEC and

89/531/EEC and

Whereas:

Directive 2003/85/EC provides for the designation of the
foot-and-mouth
Community reference laboratory for
disease. The Commission,
in close collaboration with
the Member States, has carried out a tender for the
selection of
laboratory,
taking into account the criteria of technical and scientific
competence and staff expertise.

that Community

reference

should be designated as
the Community reference
laboratory for foot-and-mouth disease for a period of
five years.

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

1.
The Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright Laboratory, of
the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
(BBSRC)
the
Community reference laboratory for foot-and-mouth disease
for a period of five years following the date of publication of
this Decision in the Official Journal of the European Union.

in the United Kingdom,

is designated as

The rules setting out

2.
the
Community reference laboratory referred to in paragraph 1
are laid down in Annex XVI to Directive 2003/85/EC.

the functions and duties of

Account was also taken of additional requirements for
the designation of official
laboratories laid down in
Article 12(2) of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the
European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April
2004 on official controls performed to ensure the veri-
fication of compliance with feed and food law, animal
health and animal welfare rules (2).

the selection procedure,
the
Following completion of
successful
the Institute for Animal Health,
Pirbright Laboratory sponsored by the Biotechnology
(BBSRC),
and Biological Sciences Research Council

laboratory,

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 31 May 2006.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

(1)

(2)

(3)

(1) OJ L 306, 22.11.2003, p. 1. Directive as amended by Commission

Decision 2005/615/EC (OJ L 213, 18.8.2005, p. 14).

(2) OJ L 165, 30.4.2004, p. 1, corrected by OJ L 191, 28.5.2004, p. 1.
amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No

Regulation as
776/2006 (OJ L 136, 24.5.2006, p. 3).