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,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
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 listed in Annex XI to that Directive.
Part A of Annex XI to Directive 2003/85/EC lists national laboratories authorised to handle live foot-and-mouth disease virus for research and diagnostic purposes.
Denmark has officially informed the Commission of changes relating to the administration of its national reference laboratory for foot-and-mouth disease.
Latvia and Slovenia have officially informed the Commission that their respective national reference laboratories are no longer considered to meet the security standards laid down in Article 65(d) and should therefore bee deleted from the list in Part A of Annex XI to Directive 2003/85/EC.
The Netherlands have officially informed the Commission of changes relating to the name of their national reference laboratory for foot-and-mouth disease.
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 laboratories 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 in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
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.
Done at Brussels, 25 April 2008.
For the Commission
Androulla Vassiliou
Member of the Commission
ANNEX
‘PART ANational laboratories authorised to handle live foot-and-mouth disease virus
Member State where laboratory is located
Laboratory
Member States using the services of laboratory
ISO code
Name
AT
Austria
Österreichische Agentur für Gesundheit und Ernährungssicherheit
Veterinärmedizinische Untersuchungen Mödling
Austria
BE
Belgium
Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre CODA-CERVA-VAR Uccle
Belgium
Luxembourg
BG
Bulgaria
Национален диагностичен научноизследователски ветеринарно-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
CZ
Czech Republic
Statní veterinární ústav Praha, Praha
Czech Republic
DE
Germany
Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Bundesforschungsinstitut für Tiergesundheit,
Greifswald - Insel Riems
Germany
Slovakia
DK
Denmark
Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, Veterinærinstituttet
Afdeling for Virologi, Lindholm
Danish Technical University, Veterinary Institute,
Department of Virology, Lindholm
Denmark
Finland
Sweden
EL
Greece
Ινστιτούτο αφθώδους πυρετού,
Αγία Παρασκευή Αττικής
Greece
ES
Spain
Laboratorio Central de Sanidad Animal, Madrid
Spain
FR
France
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
France
HU
Hungary
Országos Állategészségügyi Intézet (OÁI), Budapest
Hungary
IT
Italy
Istituto zooprofilattico sperimentale della Lombardia e dell'Emilia-Romagna, Brescia
Italy
Cyprus
LT
Lithuania
Nacionalinė veterinarijos laboratorija, Vilnius
Lithuania
NL
Netherlands
Central Veterinary Institute of Wageningen UR, Lelystad
Netherlands
PL
Poland
Zakład Pryszczycy Państwowego
Instytutu Weterynaryjnego – Państwowego
Instytutu Badawczego, Zduńska Wola
Poland
RO
Romania
Institutul de Diagnostic și Sănătate Animală, București
Romania
UK
United Kingdom
Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright
United Kingdom
Estonia
Finland
Ireland
Latvia
Malta
Slovenia
Sweden’