Commission Decision of 27 November 2009 amending Annexes XI, XII, XV and XVI to Council Directive 2003/85/EC as regards the list of and minimum security standards applicable to laboratories authorised to handle live foot-and-mouth disease virus (notified under document C(2009) 9094) (Text with EEA relevance) (2009/869/EC)

ANNEXU.K.

Annexes XI, XII, XV and XVI are amended as follows:

1.

Annex XI is amended as follows:

(a)

in Part A, the entry for France is replaced by the following:

‘FRFranceAgence française de sécurité sanitaire des aliments (AFSSA), Laboratoire d’études et de recherches en pathologie animale et zoonoses, Maisons-AlfortFrance’
(b)

in Part A, the entry for the Netherlands is replaced by the following:

‘NLNetherlandsCentraal Veterinair Instituut, Lelystad (CVI-Lelystad)Netherlands’
(c)

in Part B, the following entry for France is deleted:

‘FRFranceMerial, SAS, Laboratoire IFFA, Lyon’
(d)

in Part B, the entry for the Netherlands is replaced by the following:

‘NLNetherlandsLelystad Biologicals BV, LelystadNetherlands’
2.

in Annex XII, point 1 is replaced by the following:

‘1.The laboratories and establishments handling live foot-and-mouth disease virus must operate at least according to the “Minimum standards for laboratories working with foot-and-mouth disease virus in vitro and in vivo” in Appendix 10 to the Report adopted by the 38th General Session of the European Commission for the control of foot-and-mouth disease (EuFMD) on 29 April 2009 in Rome (bio-security standards).’;

3.

in Annex XV, point 1 is replaced by the following:

‘1.All national laboratories handling live foot-and-mouth disease virus must operate at least according to the bio-security standards referred to in point 1 of Annex XII.’;

4.

in Annex XVI, point 7 is replaced by the following:

‘7.The Community Reference Laboratory must operate at least according to the bio-security standards referred to in point 1 of Annex XII.’.