ANNEX A U.K.COMMMUNITY REFERENCE LABORATORY FOR DISEASES OF BIVALVE MOLLUSCS

IFREMER

Boîte Postale 133

17390 La Tremblade

France

ANNEX B U.K.FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES OF THE COMMUNITY REFERENCE LABORATORY FOR DISEASES OF BIVALVE MOLLUSCS

The function and duties of the Community reference laboratory shall be:

1.

to coordinate, in consultation with the Commission, the methods employed in Member States for diagnosing diseases of bivalve molluscs, specifically by:

(a)

building up and retaining a collection of histological slides, strains or isolates of the relevant pathogens and making these available to approved laboratories in the Member States;

(b)

organizing periodic comparative tests of diagnostic procedures at Community level;

(c)

collecting and collating data and information on the methods of diagnosis used and the results of tests carried out in the Community;

(d)

characterizing isolates of pathogens by the most up-to-date and appropriate methods to allow greater understanding of the epizootiology of the disease;

(e)

keeping abreast of developments in the surveillance, epizootiology and prevention of the relevant diseases throughout the world;

(f)

retaining expertise on relevant disease pathogens to enable rapid differential diagnosis;

2.

to assist actively in the diagnosis of disease outbreaks in Member States by receiving pathogen isolates for confirmatory diagnosis, characterization and epizootic studies;

3.

to facilitate the training or retraining of experts in laboratory diagnosis with a view to the harmonization of diagnostic techniques throughout the Community;

4.

to collaborate as regards methods of diagnosing exotic diseases, with the competent laboratories in third countries where those diseases are prevalent.

[F1 ANNEX C U.K.

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).

NATIONAL REFERENCE LABORATORIES FOR DISEASES OF BIVALVE MOLLUSCS

AT	—
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 Boddenblick 5a 17493 Greifswald-Insel Riems Tel.: [phone] Fax: [phone]
DK	Danish Institute for Fisheries Research, Dpt. for Marine Ecology and Aquaculture, Fish Disease Laboratory, Stigboejlen 4, DK-1870 Frederiksberg C
EE	Veterinaar- ja Toidulaboratoorium Kreutzwaldi 30, 51006 Tartu, Estonia Tel.: [phone] Faks: [phone] E-post: [e-mail]
ES	Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas CSIC Eduardo Cabello, 6 E-36208 Vigo Tel.: [phone] Fax: [phone] E-mail: [e-mail]
FI	Danish Institute for Fisheries Research, Dpt. for Marine Ecology and Aquaculture, Fish Disease Laboratory, Stigboejlen 4, DK-1870 Frederiksberg C
FR	Laboratoire de génétique et pathologie IFREMER Ronce-les-bains 17390 La Tremblade
GB	Cefas Weymouth Laboratory Barrack Road The nothe Weymouth Dorset DT4 8UB UK FRS Marine Laboratory PO Box 101 375 Victoria Road Torry Aberdeen AB11 9DB
GR	Centre of Thessaloniki Veterinary Institutions, Department of Pathology of Aquatic Organisms, 80, 26th October Street, GR-54627 Thessaloniki Tel: [phone]
HU	—
IE	The Marine Institute Rinville Oranmore Co. Galway
IT	Centro di referenza nazionale per lo studio e la diagnosi delle malattie dei pesci, molluschi e crostacei c/o Istituto zooprofilattico sperimentale delle Venezie, V.le dell'Università, 10-35020 Legnaro (Pd)
LT	National Veterinary Laboratory (Nacionalinė veterinarijos laboratorija) J.J. Kairiūkščio 10 LT-08409 Vilnius
LU	CODA — CERVA — VAR Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre Groeselenberg 99 B-1180 Brussels
LV	—
MT	—
NL	Centraal Instituut voor DierziekteControle CIDC-Lelystad Hoofdvestiging: Houtribweg 39 Nevenvestiging: Edelhertweg 15 Postbus 2004 8203 AA Lelystad
PL	Laboratory Departement of Hygiene of Food of Animal Origin Państwowy Instytut Weterynaryjny – Państwowy Instytut Badawczy Al. Partyzantów 57, 24-100 Puławy Tel.: [phone] Fax: [phone] E-mail: [e-mail]
PT	IPIMAR Instituto de Investigação das Pescas e do Mar Av. Brasília P-1449-006 Lisboa
SE	Statens Veterinärmedicinska Anstalt Department of Wildlife, Fish and Environment 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 a potravinový ústav, Jánoškova 1611/58, 026 80 Dolný Kubín]

[F2 ANNEX D U.K.

Textual Amendments

F2 Substituted by Commission Decision of 13 November 2006 amending Annex D to Council Directive 95/70/EC as regards the list of exotic mollusc diseases subject to harmonised Community control measures (notified under document number C(2006) 5309) (Text with EEA relevance) (2006/775/EC).

Disease	Susceptible host species
Infection with Bonamia exitiosa	Australian mud oyster ( Ostrea angasi ) and Chilean flat oyster ( O. chilensis )
Infection with Perkinsus marinus	Pacific oyster ( Crassostrea gigas ) and Eastern oyster ( C. virginica )
Infection with Microcytos mackini	Pacific oyster ( Crassostrea gigas ), Eastern oyster ( C. virginica ), Olympia flat oyster ( Ostrea conchaphila ) and European flat oyster ( O. edulis )]