CELEX: 32011R0208
Language: en
Date: 2011-03-02 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EU) No 208/2011 of 2 March 2011 amending Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulations (EC) No 180/2008 and (EC) No 737/2008 as regards lists and names of EU reference laboratories  Text with EEA relevance

3.3.2011   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 58/29
            
         COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 208/2011
   of 2 March 2011
   amending Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulations (EC) No 180/2008 and (EC) No 737/2008 as regards lists and names of EU reference laboratories
   (Text with EEA relevance)
   THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
   Having regard to Council Directive 90/426/EEC of 26 June 1990 on animal health conditions governing the movement and import from third countries of equidae (1), and in particular Article 19(iv) thereof,
   Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules (2), and in particular Article 32(5) thereof,
   Having regard to Council Directive 2006/88/EC of 24 October 2006 on animal health requirements for aquaculture animals and products thereof, and on the prevention and control of certain diseases in aquatic animals (3), and in particular Article 55(1) thereof,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 lays down the general tasks, duties and requirements for Community reference laboratories for food and feed and for animal health and live animals. The Community reference laboratories for food and feed are listed in Part I and those for animal health and live animals in Part II of Annex VII to that Regulation.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               By Commission Regulation (EC) No 180/2008 of 28 February 2008 concerning the Community reference laboratory for equine diseases other than African horse sickness and amending Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4), the Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des Aliments (AFSSA) with its research laboratories for animal pathology and zoonoses and for equine pathology and diseases, situated in France, was designated as the Community reference laboratory for equine diseases other than African horse sickness.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               By Commission Regulation (EC) No 737/2008 of 28 July 2008 designating the Community reference laboratories for crustacean diseases, rabies and bovine tuberculosis, laying down additional responsibilities and tasks for the Community reference laboratories for rabies and bovine tuberculosis and amending Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (5), the Laboratoire d’études sur la rage et la pathologie des animaux sauvages of the Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des Aliments (AFSSA), Nancy, France, was designated as the Community reference laboratory for rabies.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               France and Denmark have officially informed the Commission of changes relating to the name of laboratories referred to in those Regulations. In addition, after the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon, the laboratories listed in Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004, previously referred to as ‘Community reference laboratories’ should now be referred to as ‘European Union (EU) reference laboratories’.
            
         
               (5)
            
            
               It is important to keep the list of EU reference laboratories set out in Regulations (EC) No 882/2004, (EC) No 180/2008 and No 737/2008 updated. Those Regulations should therefore be amended accordingly.
            
         
               (6)
            
            
               The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.
   Article 2
   In Regulation (EC) No 180/2008, Article 1 is replaced by the following:
   
      ‘Article 1
      1.   Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail (ANSES) with its laboratories for animal health and equine diseases, France, is hereby designated as the EU Reference Laboratory for equine diseases other than African horse sickness from 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2013.
      2.   The functions, tasks and procedures regarding collaboration with laboratories responsible for diagnosing infectious diseases of equidae in the Member States of the EU Reference Laboratory referred to in paragraph 1 are set out in the Annex to this Regulation.’
   
   Article 3
   In Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 737/2008, the first paragraph is replaced by the following:
   
      ‘The Laboratoire de la rage et de la faune sauvage de Nancy of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail (ANSES), France, is hereby designated as the EU reference laboratory for rabies from 1 July 2008 until 30 June 2013.’
   
   Article 4
   This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
   
      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
      Done at Brussels, 2 March 2011.
      
         
            For the Commission
         
         
            The President
         
         José Manuel BARROSO
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 42.
   
      (2)  OJ L 165, 30.4.2004, p. 1.
   
      (3)  OJ L 328, 24.11.2006, p. 14.
   
      (4)  OJ L 56, 29.2.2008, p. 4.
   
      (5)  OJ L 201, 30.7.2008, p. 29.
   
      ANNEX
      Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 is replaced by the following:
      
         
            ‘ANNEX VII
            
               EUROPEAN UNION (EU) REFERENCE LABORATORIES
            
            
               (Previously referred to as “COMMUNITY REFERENCE LABORATORIES”)
            
            I.   EU REFERENCE LABORATORIES FOR FEED AND FOOD
            1.   EU reference laboratory for milk and milk products
            
            
                        ANSES — Laboratoire de sécurité des aliments
                     
                  
                        Maisons-Alfort
                     
                  
                        France
                     
                  2.   EU reference laboratories for the analysis and testing of zoonoses (salmonella)
            
            
                        Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (RIVM)
                     
                  
                        Bilthoven
                     
                  
                        The Netherlands
                     
                  3.   EU reference laboratory for the monitoring of marine biotoxins
            
            
                        Agencia Española de Seguridad Alimentaria (AESA)
                     
                  
                        Vigo
                     
                  
                        Spain
                     
                  4.   EU reference laboratory for monitoring the viral and bacteriological contamination of bivalve molluscs
            
            
                        The laboratory of the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas)
                     
                  
                        Weymouth
                     
                  
                        United Kingdom
                     
                  5.   EU reference laboratory for Listeria monocytogenes
               
            
            
                        ANSES — Laboratoire de sécurité des aliments
                     
                  
                        Maisons-Alfort
                     
                  
                        France
                     
                  6.   EU reference laboratory for Coagulase positive Staphylococci, including Staphylococccus aureus
               
            
            
                        ANSES — Laboratoire de sécurité des aliments
                     
                  
                        Maisons-Alfort
                     
                  
                        France
                     
                  7.   EU reference laboratory for Escherichia coli, including Verotoxigenic E. coli (VTEC)
            
            
                        Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS)
                     
                  
                        Roma
                     
                  
                        Italy
                     
                  8.   EU reference laboratory for Campylobacter
               
            
            
                        Statens Veterinärmedicinska Anstalt (SVA)
                     
                  
                        Uppsala
                     
                  
                        Sweden
                     
                  9.   EU reference laboratory for parasites (in particular Trichinella, Echinococcus and Anisakis)
            
            
                        Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS)
                     
                  
                        Roma
                     
                  
                        Italy
                     
                  10.   EU reference laboratory for antimicrobial resistance
            
            
                        Fødevareinstituttet
                     
                  
                        Danmarks Tekniske Universitet
                     
                  
                        København
                     
                  
                        Denmark
                     
                  11.   EU reference laboratory for animal proteins in feedingstuffs
            
            
                        Centre wallon de recherches agronomiques (CRA-W)
                     
                  
                        Gembloux
                     
                  
                        Belgium
                     
                  12.   EU reference laboratories for residues of veterinary medicines and contaminants in food of animal origin
            
            
                        (a)
                     
                     
                        For the residues listed in Annex I, Group A (1), (2), (3) and (4), Group B (2)(d) and Group B (3)(d) to Directive 96/23/EC
                        
                                    Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (RIVM)
                                 
                              
                                    Bilthoven
                                 
                              
                                    The Netherlands
                                 
                              
                  
                        (b)
                     
                     
                        For the residues listed in Annex I, Group B (1) and B (3)(e) to Directive 96/23/EC and carbadox and olaquindox
                        ANSES – Laboratoire de Fougères
                        France
                     
                  
                        (c)
                     
                     
                        For the residues listed in Annex I, Group A (5) and Group B (2)(a), (b), (e) to Directive 96/23/EC
                        
                                    Bundesamt für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit (BVL)
                                 
                              
                                    Berlin
                                 
                              
                                    Germany
                                 
                              
                  
                        (d)
                     
                     
                        For the residues listed in Annex I, Group B(3)(c) to Directive 96/23/EC
                        
                                    Instituto Superiore di Sanità
                                 
                              
                                    Roma
                                 
                              
                                    Italy
                                 
                              
                  13.   EU reference laboratory for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs)
            
            The laboratory referred to in Annex X, Chapter B of Regulation (EC) No 999/2001
            
                        The Veterinary Laboratories Agency
                     
                  
                        Addlestone
                     
                  
                        United Kingdom
                     
                  14.   EU reference laboratory for additives for use in animal nutrition
            
            The laboratory referred to in Annex II of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on additives for use in animal nutrition (1):
            
                        The Joint Research Centre of the European Commission
                     
                  
                        Geel
                     
                  
                        Belgium
                     
                  15.   EU reference laboratory for genetically modified organisms (GMOs)
            
            The laboratory referred to in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on genetically modified food and feed (2):
            
                        The Joint Research Centre of the European Commission
                     
                  
                        Ispra
                     
                  
                        Italy
                     
                  16.   EU reference laboratory for material intended to come into contact with foodstuffs
            
            
                        The Joint Research Centre of the European Commission
                     
                  
                        Ispra
                     
                  
                        Italy
                     
                  17.   EU reference laboratories for residues of pesticides
            
            
                        (a)
                     
                     
                        Cereals and feedingstuffs
                        
                                    Fødevareinstituttet
                                 
                              
                                    Danmarks Tekniske Universitet
                                 
                              
                                    København
                                 
                              
                                    Denmark
                                 
                              
                  
                        (b)
                     
                     
                        Food of animal origin and commodities with high fat content
                        
                                    Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt (CVUA) Freiburg
                                 
                              
                                    Freiburg
                                 
                              
                                    Germany
                                 
                              
                  
                        (c)
                     
                     
                        Fruits and vegetables, including commodities with high water and high acid content
                        
                                    Laboratorio Agrario de la Generalitat Valenciana (LAGV)
                                 
                              
                                    Burjassot-Valencia
                                 
                              
                                    Spain
                                 
                              
                                    Grupo de Residuos de Plaguicidas de la Universidad de Almería (PRRG)
                                 
                              
                                    Almería
                                 
                              
                                    Spain
                                 
                              
                  
                        (d)
                     
                     
                        Single residue methods
                        
                                    Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt (CVUA) Stuttgart
                                 
                              
                                    Fellbach
                                 
                              
                                    Germany
                                 
                              
                  18.   EU reference laboratory for heavy metals in feed and food
            
            
                        The Joint Research Centre of the European Commission
                     
                  
                        Geel
                     
                  
                        Belgium
                     
                  19.   EU reference laboratory for Mycotoxins
            
            
                        The Joint Research Centre of the European Commission
                     
                  
                        Geel
                     
                  
                        Belgium
                     
                  20.   EU reference laboratory for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH)
            
            
                        The Joint Research Centre of the European Commission
                     
                  
                        Geel
                     
                  
                        Belgium
                     
                  21.   EU reference laboratory for dioxins and PCBs in feed and food
            
            
                        Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt (CVUA) Freiburg
                     
                  
                        Freiburg
                     
                  
                        Germany
                     
                  II.   EU REFERENCE LABORATORIES FOR ANIMAL HEALTH AND LIVE ANIMALS
            1.   EU reference laboratory for classical swine fever
            
            The laboratory referred to in Council Directive 2001/89/EC of 23 October 2001 on Community measures for the control of classical swine fever (3).
            2.   EU reference laboratory for African horse sickness
            
            The laboratory referred to in Council Directive 92/35/EEC of 29 April 1992 laying down control rules and measures to combat African horse sickness (4).
            3.   EU reference laboratory for avian influenza
            
            The laboratory referred to in Council Directive 2005/94/EC of 20 December 2005 on Community measures for the control of avian influenza and repealing Directive 92/40/EEC (5).
            4.   EU reference laboratory for Newcastle disease
            
            The laboratory referred to in Council Directive 92/66/EEC of 14 July 1992 introducing Community measures for the control of Newcastle disease (6).
            5.   EU reference laboratory for swine vesicular disease
            
            The laboratory referred to in Council Directive 92/119/EEC of 17 December 1992 introducing general Community measures for the control of certain animal diseases and specific measures relating to swine vesicular disease (7).
            6.   EU reference laboratory for fish diseases
            
            
                        Veterinærinstituttet
                     
                  
                        Afdeling for Fjerkræ, Fisk og Pelsdyr
                     
                  
                        Danmarks Tekniske Universitet
                     
                  
                        Aarhus
                     
                  
                        Denmark
                     
                  7.   EU reference laboratory for mollusc diseases
            
            
                        Ifremer — Institut français de recherche pour l’exploitation de la mer
                     
                  
                        La Tremblade
                     
                  
                        France
                     
                  8.   EU reference laboratory for monitoring the effectiveness of rabies vaccination
            
            The laboratory referred to in 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 (8).
            9.   EU reference laboratory for bluetongue
            
            The laboratory referred to in Council Directive 2000/75/EC of 20 November 2000 laying down specific provisions for the control and eradication of bluetongue (9).
            10.   EU reference laboratory for African swine fever
            
            The laboratory referred to in Council Directive 2002/60/EC of 27 June 2002 laying down specific provisions for the control of African swine fever and amending Directive 92/119/EEC as regards Teschen disease and African swine fever (10).
            11.   EU reference laboratory for zootechnics
            
            The laboratory referred to in Council Decision 96/463/EC of 23 July 1996 designating the reference body responsible for collaborating in rendering uniform the testing methods and the assessment of the results for pure-bred breeding animals of the bovine species (11).
            12.   EU reference laboratory for foot-and-mouth disease
            
            The laboratory referred to in 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 89/531/EEC and 91/665/EEC and amending Directive 92/46/EEC (12).
            13.   EU reference laboratory for brucellosis
            
            
                        ANSES — Laboratoire de santé animale
                     
                  
                        Maisons-Alfort
                     
                  
                        France
                     
                  14.   EU reference laboratory for equine diseases other than African horse sickness
            
            
                        ANSES — Laboratoire de santé animale/Laboratoire de pathologie équine
                     
                  
                        Maisons-Alfort
                     
                  
                        France
                     
                  15.   EU reference laboratory for crustacean diseases
            
            
                        Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas)
                     
                  
                        Weymouth
                     
                  
                        United Kingdom
                     
                  16.   EU reference laboratory for rabies
            
            
                        ANSES — Laboratoire de la rage et de la faune sauvage de Nancy
                     
                  
                        Malzeville
                     
                  
                        France
                     
                  17.   EU reference laboratory for bovine tuberculosis
            
            
                        VISAVET — Laboratorio de vigilancia veterinaria, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
                     
                  
                        Madrid
                     
                  
                        Spain’
                     
                  
      
      
         (1)  OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 29.
      
         (2)  OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 1.
      
         (3)  OJ L 316, 1.12.2001, p. 5.
      
         (4)  OJ L 157, 10.6.1992, p. 19.
      
         (5)  OJ L 10, 14.1.2006, p. 16.
      
         (6)  OJ L 260, 5.9.1992, p. 1.
      
         (7)  OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 69.
      
         (8)  OJ L 79, 30.3.2000, p. 40.
      
         (9)  OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 74.
      
         (10)  OJ L 192, 20.7.2002, p. 27.
      
         (11)  OJ L 192, 2.8.1996, p. 19.
      
         (12)  OJ L 306, 22.11.2003, p. 1.