93/384/EEC: Council Decision of 14 June 1993 amending Directive 80/217/EEC introducing Community measures for the control of classical swine fever

COUNCIL DECISION of 14 June 1993 amending Directive 80/217/EEC introducing Community measures for the control of classical swine fever
(93/384/EEC)THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
Whereas Council Directive 80/217/EEC (4) introduced Community measures for the control of classical swine fever;
Whereas the measures provided for in Directive 80/217/EEC require the harmonization of laboratory methods and procedures for diagnosing classical swine fever;
Whereas the antigenes and various substances needed to make such diagnoses should have the same properties in all national laboratories;
Whereas the task of liaising between the laboratories responsible in the Member States for diagnosing classical swine fever was, by Council Decision 81/859/EEC of 19 October 1981 on the designation and operation of a liaison laboratory for classical  swine fever (5), entrusted to the 'Institut fuer Virologie der Tieraerztlichen Hochschule Hannover', Germany;
Whereas Article 5 of Decision 81/859/EEC restricted the task of liaising to a period of five years;
Whereas the duration of the measures established by Decision 81/859/EEC was extended for a further period of five years by Decision 87/65/EEC (6);
Whereas those measures will terminate in February 1993;
Whereas, in order to ensure the continuity of the coordination of the diagnostic work carried out under the auspices of the competent national laboratories, a Community reference laboratory must be designated; whereas the powers and duties of the said  laboratory must be laid down;
Whereas in the light of the experience gained, it is desirable to designate the 'Institut fuer Virologie der Tieraerztlichen Hochschule, Hannover' as the Community reference laboratory, since this laboratory has for some years carried out the duties  entrusted to it in an efficient manner;
Whereas Article 28 of Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (7), applied concerning Community aid to be granted to liaison and reference laboratories;
Whereas the conditions for the treatment of wild game meat coming from hunting areas subject to checks as a result of an epizootic situation are governed by Council Directive 92/45/EEC of 16 June 1992 on public health and animal health problems relating  to the killing of wild game and the placing on the market of wild game meat (8); whereas reference should be made to the provisions laid down in that Directive,