Council Directive 2003/85/ECShow full title

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 (Text with EEA relevance)

1.The laboratories and establishments handling live foot-and-mouth disease virus must meet or exceed the minimum requirements laid down in the ‘Minimum standards for Laboratories working with foot-and-mouth virus in vitro and in vivo’ established by the European Commission for the control of foot-and-mouth disease, 26th session, Rome, April 1985, as modified in 1993.U.K.