Council Directive 2005/94/ECShow full title

Council Directive 2005/94/EC of 20 December 2005 on Community measures for the control of avian influenza and repealing Directive 92/40/EEC

Article 51U.K.Reference laboratories

1.The laboratory named in Annex VII(1) shall be the Community reference laboratory for avian influenza (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Community reference laboratory’).

Without prejudice to Decision 90/424/EEC, the Community reference laboratory shall carry out the functions and duties listed in Annex VII(2).

[F12. Member States shall designate a national reference laboratory and shall make the details thereof, and any subsequent changes, available to the other Member State and to the public in a manner that may be specified in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 64(2).]

3.Member States shall ensure that the national reference laboratories:

(a)carry out the functions and duties set out in Annex VIII;

(b)are responsible for co-ordinating standards and methods of diagnosis in each Member State in accordance with Annex VIII and liasing with the Community reference laboratory.

4.The Community reference laboratory shall maintain close cooperation and contact with the OIE and FAO reference laboratory for avian influenza and, as appropriate, with other internationally recognised laboratories within the Community in order to ensure training, excellence and support to national reference laboratories in Member States and Third Countries.

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