http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/eudn/2004/693

Commission Decision

of 8 October 2004

amending Decision 2004/233/EC as regards the list of laboratories authorised to check the effectiveness of vaccination against rabies in certain domestic carnivores

(notified under document number C(2004) 3686)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2004/693/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Decision 2000/258/EC of 20 March 2000 designating a specific institute responsible for establishing the criteria necessary for standardising the serological tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines1, and in particular Article 3 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Decision 2000/258/EC designated the laboratory of the Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des aliments de Nancy (the AFSSA laboratory, Nancy), France as the institute responsible for establishing the criteria necessary for standardising the serological tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines. That Decision also provides for the AFSSA laboratory, Nancy to send to the Commission the list of Community laboratories to be authorised to carry out those serological tests. Accordingly, the AFSSA laboratory, Nancy operates the established proficiency testing procedure to appraise laboratories for authorisation to perform the serological tests.

(2)

Commission Decision 2004/233/EC of 4 March 2004 authorising laboratories to check the effectiveness of vaccination against rabies in certain domestic carnivores2 established a list of approved laboratories in the Member States on the grounds of the results of the proficiency tests communicated by the AFSSA laboratory, Nancy.

(3)

Three laboratories, respectively in the Netherlands, Poland and Portugal, have been approved by the AFSSA laboratory, Nancy, in compliance with Decision 2000/258/EC.

(4)

Accordingly, it is appropriate to add those three laboratories to the list of approved laboratories in the Member States as established in the Annex to Decision 2004/233/EC.

(5)

In addition, following the request of Germany, certain amendments should be made to the addresses of two German laboratories.

(6)

Furthermore, following the request of Slovenia, the name of the diagnostic laboratory in that Member State should be amended.

(7)

Decision 2004/233/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.

(8)

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

Annex I to Decision 2004/233/EC is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 8 October 2004.

For the Commission

David Byrne

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

‘ANNEX INAMES OF LABORATORIES
(AT) AUSTRIA
Österreichische Agentur für Gesundheit und Ernährungssicherheit GmbH
Veterinärmedizinische Untersuchungen Mödling
Robert-Koch-Gasse 17
A-2340 Mödling
(BE) BELGIUM
Institut Pasteur de Bruxelles
642, rue Engeland
B-1180 Bruxelles
(DE) GERMANY
1.
Institut für Virologie, Fachbereich Veterinärmedizin
Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
Frankfurter Straße 107
D-35392 Gießen
2.
Eurovir Hygiene-Institut
Im Biotechnologiepark
D-14943 Luckenwalde
3.
Bayrisches Landesamt für Gesundheit und Lebensmittelsicherheit
Dienststelle Oberschleißheim
Veterinärstraße 2
D-85764 Oberschleißheim
4.
Landesamt für Verbraucherschutz Sachsen-Anhalt
Fachbereich 4
Veterinäruntersuchungen und -epidemiologie
Haferbreiter Weg 132-135
D-39576 Stendal
5.
Staatliches Veterinäruntersuchungsamt
Zur Taubeneiche 10-12
D-59821 Arnsberg
6.
Institut für epidemiologische Diagnostik
Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Bundesforschungsinstitut für Tiergesundheit
Standort Wusterhausen
Seestraße 155
D-16868 Wusterhausen
7.
Landesuntersuchungsanstalt für das Gesundheits- und Veterinärwesen Sachsen
Zschopauer Straße 186
D-09126 Chemnitz
(DK) DENMARK
Danish Institute for Food and Veterinary Research
Lindholm
DK-4771 Kalvehave
(EL) GREECE
Centre of Athens Veterinary Institutions Virus Department
25, Neapoleos Str
GR-153 10 Ag. Paraskevi, Athens
(ES) SPAIN
Laboratorio Central de Veterinaria de Santa Fe
Camino del Jau s/n
E-18320 Santa Fe (Granada)
(FI) FINLAND
National Veterinary and Food Research Institute
PL 45
FIN-00581 Helsinki
(FR) FRANCE
1.
AFSSA Nancy
Domaine de Pixérécourt
B.P. 9
F-54220 Malzeville
2.
Laboratoire vétérinaire départemental de la Haute-Garonne
78, rue Boudou
F-31140 Launaguet
3.
Laboratoire départemental de la Sarthe
128, rue de Beaugé
F-72018 Le Mans Cedex 2
4.
Laboratoire départemental d'analyses du Pas-de-Calais
Parc des Bonnettes
2, rue du Genévrier
F-62022 Arras Cedex
(IT) ITALY
1.
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie
Via Romea 14/A
I-35020 Legnaro (PD)
2.
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise
Via Campio Boario
I-64100 Teramo
3.
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Lazio e della Toscana
Via Appia Nuova 1411
I-00178 Roma Capannelle
(NL) NETHERLANDS
Central Institute for Animal Disease Control (CIDC) Lelystad
P.O. Box 2004
8203 AA Lelystad
Nederland
(PL) POLAND
National Veterinary Research Institute
Al. Partyzantow 57
24-100 Pulawy
Poland
(PT) PORTUGAL
Laboratório Nacional de Investigação Veterinária (LNIV)
Estrada de Benfica N^o 701
P-1500 Lisboa
(SE) SWEDEN
National Veterinary Institute
(Department of Virology)
S-751 89 Uppsala
(SI) SLOVENIA
National Veterinary Institute
Gerbiceva 60
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
(SK) SLOVAKIA
State Veterinary Institute
Pod drahami 918
960 86 Zvolen
Slovakia
(UK) UNITED KINGDOM
1.
Veterinary Laboratories Agency
Virology Department
Woodham Lane,
New Haw
Addlestone
Surrey KT15 3NB
United Kingdom
2.
Biobest
Pentlands Science Park
Bush Loan
Penicuik
Midlothian
EH26 0PZ
United Kingdom
Nota: Regularly updated details of contact persons, fax and telephone numbers and e-mail addresses concerning the above laboratories can be found on
http://europa.eu.int/comm/food/animal/liveanimals/pets/approval_en.htm.’