2006/552/EC: Commission Decision of  3 August 2006  amending Annex XI to Council Directive 2003/85/EC as regards the list of laboratories authorised to handle live foot-and-mouth disease virus for vaccine production  (notified under document number C(2006) 3447)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-08-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, Germany, United Kingdom, foot-and-mouth disease, pharmaceutical industry, research body, veterinary legislation

8.8.2006

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 217/29

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 3 August 2006

amending Annex XI to Council Directive 2003/85/EC as regards the list of laboratories authorised
to handle live foot-and-mouth disease virus for vaccine production

(notified under document number C(2006) 3447)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006/552/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Member State. Germany has
renewed the necessary
security guarantees for the laboratory situated on its
territory.

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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
amending
Decisions
Directive 92/46/EEC (1), and in particular Article 67(2) thereof,

91/665/EEC and

89/531/EEC and

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Directive 2003/85/EC sets out minimum control
measures to be applied in the event of an outbreak of
foot-and-mouth disease and certain preventive measures
aimed at increasing the awareness and preparedness of
the competent authorities and the farming community
concerning that disease.

The preventive measures set out in Directive 2003/85/EC
include the provision that Member States are to ensure
that the handling of the live foot-and-mouth disease virus
for the manufacturing of either inactivated antigens for
the production of vaccines or vaccines and related
research is carried out only in approved laboratories
listed in Part B of Annex XI to that Directive.

(4)

(5)

(6)

For security reasons it is important to keep the list of
laboratories authorised to handle live foot-and-mouth
disease
vaccine production in Directive
virus
2003/85/EC updated.

for

Accordingly, it is necessary to replace the list of labora-
tories authorised to handle live foot-and-mouth disease
virus for vaccine production in Part B of Annex XI to
Directive 2003/85/EC by the list set out in the Annex to
this Decision.

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

In Annex XI to Directive 2003/85/EC, Part B is replaced by the
text in the Annex to this Decision.

(3)

The competent authorities of Germany have officially
informed the Commission of some changes relating to
manufacturers of foot-and-mouth disease vaccines in this

(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).

This Decision shall apply from 3 July 2006.

Article 2

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This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 3 August 2006.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

ANNEX

In Annex XI to Directive 2003/85/EC, Part B is replaced by the following:

‘Laboratories authorised to handle live foot-and-mouth disease virus for vaccine production

Member State where laboratory is situated

ISO-code

Name

Laboratory

DE

FR

GB

NL

Germany

France

Intervet International GmbH, Köln

Merial, S.A.S., Laboratoire IFFA, Lyon

United Kingdom

Merial, S.A.S., Pirbright Laboratory, Pirbright

Netherlands

CIDC-Lelystad,
Central Institute for Animal Disease Control, Lelystad’