Commission Decision of 23 July 2001 on additional guarantees in intra-Community trade of pigs relating to Aujeszky's disease, criteria to provide information on this disease and repealing Decisions 93/24/EEC and 93/244/EEC (notified under document number C(2001) 2236) (Text with EEA relevance) (2001/618/EC) (repealed)

2. Standardisation, sensitivity and specificity of the test. U.K.

(a)

The sensitivity of the test must be of such a level that the following Community reference sera are scored positive:

• Community reference serum ADV 1 at 1:8 dilution,

• Community reference serum ADV-gE A,

• Community reference serum ADV-gE B,

• Community reference serum ADV-gE C,

• Community reference serum ADV-gE D,

• Community reference serum ADV-gE E,

• Community reference serum ADV-gE F.

(b)

The specificity of the test must be of such a level that the following Community reference sera are scored negative:

• Community reference serum ADV-gE G,

• Community reference serum ADV-gE H,

• Community reference serum ADV-gE J,

• Community reference serum ADV-gE K,

• Community reference serum ADV-gE L,

• Community reference serum ADV-gE M,

• Community reference serum ADV-gE N,

• Community reference serum ADV-gE O,

• Community reference serum ADV-gE P,

• Community reference serum ADV-gE Q.

(c)

For batch control, Community reference serum ADV 1 must be scored positive at 1:8 dilution and one of the Community reference serum sera from ADV-gE G to ADV-gE Q, as listed in point (b), must be scored negative.

For batch control of ADV-gB and ADV-gD kits, Community reference serum ADV 1 must be scored positive at the dilution of 1:2 and Community reference serum Q referred to in (b) should be scored negative.

(d)

[F1 The institutes listed below will, in addition, be responsible for checking the quality of the ELISA method in each Member State, and in particular for producing and standardising national reference sera according to the Community reference sera.

AT	AGES: Österreichische Agentur für Gesundheit und Ernährungssicherheit GmbH — Institut für veterinärmedizinische Untersuchungen Mödling (Austrian Agency for Health and Consumer Protection-Institute for veterinary investigations Mödling) Robert Koch-Gasse 17 A-2340 Mödling Tel.: [phone] Fax: [phone] E-mail: [e-mail]
BE	CODA — CERVA — VAR Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre Groeselenberg 99 B-1180 Brussels
CY	State Veterinary Laboratory Veterinary Services 1417 Athalassa Nicosia
CZ	—
DE	Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut Bundesforschungsinstitut für Tiergesundheit Standort Wusterhausen Seestraße 55 16868 Wusterhausen Tel.: [phone] Fax: [phone]
[F2 DK	National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark Lindholm DK-4771 Kalvehave]
EE	Veterinaar- ja Toidulaboratoorium Kreutzwaldi 30, 51006 Tartu, Estonia Tel.: [phone] Faks: + 372 7 386 102 E-post: [e-mail]
ES	Laboratorio Central de Sanidad Animal de Algete Carretera de Algete, km 8 Algete 28110 (Madrid) Tel.: [phone] Fax: [phone] E-mail: [e-mail]
FI	Finnish Food Safety Authority Animal Diseases and Food Safety Research Mustialankatu 3 FI-00790 Helsinki, Finland E-mail: [e-mail] Tel: [phone] (exchange) Fax: [phone]
FR	Laboratoire d’études et de recherches avicoles, porcines et piscicoles AFSSA site de Ploufragan/Brest — LERAPP BP 53 22440 Ploufragan
GB	Veterinary Laboratories Agency New Haw, Addlestone, Weybridge Surrey KT15 3NB, UK Tel. [phone] Fax [phone]
GR	Centre of Athens Veterinary Institutes 25 Neapoleos Street, GR-153 10 Agia Paraskevi Attiki Tel.: [phone]
[F2 HU	Mezőgazdasági Szakigazgatási Hivatal Központ, Állat-egészségügyi Diagnosztikai Igazgatóság Central Agricultural Office, Veterinary Diagnostic Directorate Address: 1149 Budapest, Tábornok u. 2. Mailing Address: 1581 Budapest, 146. Pf. 2. Tel.: [phone] Fax: [phone] E-mail: [e-mail]]
IE	Virology Division Central Veterinary Research Laboratory Department of Agriculture and Food Laboratories Backweston Campus Stacumny Lane Celbridge Co. Kildare
IT	Centro di referenza nazionale per la malattia di Aujeszky — Pseudorabbia c/o Istituto zooprofilattico sperimentale della Lombardia e dell'Emilia Romagna, Via Bianchi, 9; 25124 Brescia
LT	National Veterinary Laboratory (Nacionalinė veterinarijos laboratorija) J. Kairiūkščio 10 LT-08409 Vilnius
LU	CODA — CERVA — VAR Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre Groeselenberg 99 B-1180 Brussels
LV	Nacionālais diagnostikas centrs (National Diagnostic Centre) Lejupes iela 3, Rīga, LV-1076 Tel.: [phone] Fax: [phone] E-mail: [e-mail]
MT	—
NL	Centraal Instituut voor DierziekteControle CIDC-Lelystad Hoofdvestiging: Houtribweg 39 Nevenvestiging: Edelhertweg 15 Postbus 2004 8203 AA Lelystad
PL	Laboratory Departement of Swine Diseases Państwowy Instytut Weterynaryjny – Państwowy Instytut Badawczy Al. Partyzantów 57, 24-100 Puławy Tel.: [phone] Fax: [phone] E-mail: [e-mail]
PT	Laboratório Nacional de Investigação Veterinária (LNIV) Estrada de Benfica, 701 P-1549-011 Lisboa
SE	Statens Veterinärmedicinska Anstalt Department of Virology SE-751 89 Uppsala Tel [phone] Fax [phone]
SI	Univerza v Ljubljani Veterinarska fakulteta Nacionalni veterinarski inštitut Gerbičeva 60, SI-1000 Ljubljana
SK	Štátny veterinárny ústav, Pod dráhami 918, 960 86 Zvolen]

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Decision of 5 December 2006 amending Council Directives 64/432/EEC, 90/539/EEC, 92/35/EEC, 92/119/EEC, 93/53/EEC, 95/70/EC, 2000/75/EC, 2001/89/EC, 2002/60/EC and Decision 2001/618/EC as regards lists of national reference laboratories and State institutes (notified under document number C(2006) 5856) (Text with EEA relevance) (2006/911/EC).

F2 Substituted by Commission Decision of 7 November 2007 amending Council Directives 64/432/EEC, 90/539/EEC, 92/35/EEC, 92/119/EEC, 93/53/EEC, 95/70/EC, 2000/75/EC, 2001/89/EC, 2002/60/EC, and Decisions 2001/618/EC and 2004/233/EC as regards lists of national reference laboratories and State institutes (notified under document number C(2007) 5311) (Text with EEA relevance) (2007/729/EC).