2008/339/EC: Commission Decision of 25 April 2008 amending Annex XI to Council Directive 2003/85/EC as regards the list of laboratories authorised to handle live foot-and-mouth disease virus (notified under document number C(2008) 1577) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-04-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, disease prevention, foot-and-mouth disease, research body, veterinary inspection, veterinary legislation

29.4.2008

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 25 April 2008

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

(notified under document number C(2008) 1577)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/339/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

should therefore bee deleted from the list in Part A of
Annex XI to Directive 2003/85/EC.

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

to

regard

Council Directive

of
Having
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:

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 live foot-and-mouth disease virus for
research, diagnosis or manufacture is carried out only in
approved laboratories
to that
Directive.

listed in Annex XI

to Directive 2003/85/EC lists
Part A of Annex XI
national laboratories authorised to handle live foot-and-
mouth disease virus for research and diagnostic purposes.

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

The Netherlands have officially informed the Commission
of changes
their national
reference laboratory for foot-and-mouth disease.

relating to the name of

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

Accordingly, it is necessary to replace the list of labora-
tories authorised to handle live foot-and-mouth disease
virus in Part A 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 A is replaced by the
text in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

The Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Denmark has officially informed the Commission of
changes relating to the administration of
its national
reference laboratory for foot-and-mouth disease.

Done at Brussels, 25 April 2008.

Slovenia have officially

and
Latvia
Commission that
laboratories are no longer considered to meet
security standards

the
reference
the
laid down in Article 65(d) and

respective national

informed

their

For the Commission

Androulla VASSILIOU
Member of the Commission

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

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

2006/104/EC (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 352).

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29.4.2008

ANNEX

‘PART A

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

Member State where laboratory is located

ISO code

Name

Laboratory

Member States
using the services of
laboratory

AT

BE

BG

CZ

DE

DK

EL

ES

FR

HU

IT

LT

NL

PL

RO

UK

Austria

Belgium

Bulgaria

Österreichische Agentur für Gesundheit und Ernährungssi-
cherheit
Veterinärmedizinische Untersuchungen Mödling

Austria

Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre CODA-
CERVA-VAR Uccle

Belgium
Luxembourg

диагностичен

научноизследователски

Национален
ветер-
инарно-медицински институт Проф. д-р Георги Павлов,
Национална референтна лаборатория Шап и везикулозна
болест по свинете
(National Diagnostic Veterinary Research Institute Prof. Dr.
Georgi Pavlov, National Reference Laboratory for Foot-and-
Mouth Disease and Swine Vesicular Diseases)

Bulgaria

Czech Republic

Statní veterinární ústav Praha, Praha

Czech Republic

Germany

Denmark

Greece

Spain

France

Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Bundesforschungsinstitut für Tiergesundheit,
Greifswald - Insel Riems

Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, Veterinærinstituttet
Afdeling for Virologi, Lindholm
Danish Technical University, Veterinary Institute,
Department of Virology, Lindholm

Ινστιτούτο αφθώδους πυρετού,
Αγία Παρασκευή Αττικής

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, Maisons-Alfort

Germany
Slovakia

Denmark
Finland
Sweden

Greece

Spain

France

Hungary

Országos Állategészségügyi Intézet (OÁI), Budapest

Hungary

Italy

Istituto zooprofilattico sperimentale della Lombardia
dell'Emilia-Romagna, Brescia

e

Italy
Cyprus

Lithuania

Nacionalinė veterinarijos laboratorija, Vilnius

Lithuania

Netherlands

Central Veterinary Institute of Wageningen UR, Lelystad

Netherlands

Poland

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

Poland

Romania

Institutul de Diagnostic și Sănătate Animală, București

Romania

United Kingdom Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright

United Kingdom
Estonia
Finland
Ireland
Latvia
Malta
Slovenia
Sweden’