Article 21 U.K.Amendments to Directive 2001/89/EC

Directive 2001/89/EC is hereby amended as follows:

1.

in Article 17(1), point (b) shall be replaced by the following:

‘(b)

a national laboratory is responsible for coordinating standards and methods of diagnosis in each Member State in accordance with the provisions of Annex III.

Member States shall make the details of their national laboratory, and any subsequent changes, available to the other Member States and to the public in a manner that may be specified in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 26(2).’;

2.

Annex III shall be amended as follows:

(a)

the title shall be replaced by the following:

‘Duties of national laboratories for classical swine fever’;

(b)

point 1 shall be deleted.