Commission Decision
of 17 May 2005
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(2005) 1439)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2005/392/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 vaccines, and in particular Article 3 thereof,
OJ L 79, 30.3.2000, p. 40. Decision as amended by Commission Decision 2003/60/EC (OJ L 23, 28.1.2003, p. 30).
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 of Nancy to send to the Commission the list of Community laboratories to be authorised to carry out those serological tests. Accordingly, the AFSSA Laboratory of 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 carnivores, 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 of Nancy.
OJ L 71, 10.3.2004, p. 30. Decision as last amended by Decision 2004/693/EC (OJ L 315, 14.10.2004, p. 47).
(3) Five laboratories, respectively in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Hungary had been approved by the AFSSA Laboratory of Nancy, in compliance with Decision 2000/258/EC.
(4) Accordingly, it is appropriate to add those five laboratories to the list of approved laboratories in the Member States as established in the Annex to Decision 2004/233/EC.
(5) Decision 2004/233/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6) 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 the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 17 May 2005.
For the Commission
Markos Kyprianou
Member of the Commission
ANNEX

‘ANNEX I NAMES OF LABORATORIES

(BE) Belgium
Institut Pasteur de Bruxelles
Rue Engeland/Engelandstraat 642
B-1180 Brussels

(CZ) Czech Republik
State Veterinary Institute, National Reference Laboratory (NRL) for Rabies
U Sila 1139
CZ-463 11 Liberec 30

(DK) Denmark
Danish Institute for Food and Veterinary Research
Lindholm
DK-4771 Kalvehave

(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
Standort Wusterhausen
Seestraße 155
D-16868 Wusterhausen
7. Landesuntersuchungsanstalt für das Gesundheits- und Veterinärwesen Sachsen
Zschopauer Straße 186
D-09126 Chemnitz

(EE) Estonia
Estonian Veterinary and Food Laboratory
Kreutzwaldi 30
EE-51 006 Tartu

(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)

(FR) France
1. AFSSA Nancy
Domaine de Pixérécourt
BP 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 Campo Boario
I-64100 Teramo
3. Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Lazio e della Toscana
Via Appia Nuova 1411
I-00178 Roma

(LV) Latvia
State Veterinary Medicine Diagnostic Centre
Food and Veterinary Service
Lejupes iela 3,
LV-1076 Riga

(LT) Lithuania
National Veterinary Laboratori/Nacionaline Veterinarijos laboratorija
J. Kairiukscio 10
LT-08409 Vilnius

(HU) Hungary
Central veterinary Institute
Virological Department
Tabornok utca 2
H-1149 Budapest

(NL) Netherlands
Central Institute for Animal Disease Control (CIDC) Lelystad
P.O. Box 2004
8203 AA Lelystad
Netherlands

(AT) Austria
Österreichische Agentur für Gesundheit und Ernährungssicherheit GmbH
Veterinärmedizinische Untersuchungen Mödling
Robert-Koch-Gasse 17
A-2340 Mödling

(PL) Poland
National Veterinary Research Institute
al. Partyzantow 57
PL-24-100 Pulawy

(PT) Portugal
Laboratório Nacional de Investigação Veterinária (LNIV)
Estrada de Benfica 701
P-1500 Lisboa

(SI) Slovenia
National Veterinary Institute
Gerbičeva 60
SLO-1000 Ljubljana

(SK) Slovakia
State Veterinary Institute
Pod drahami 918
SK-960 86 Zvolen

(FI) Finland
National Veterinary and Food Research Institute
PL 45
FIN-00581 Helsinki

(SE) Sweden
National Veterinary Institute
(Department of Virology)
S-751 89 Uppsala

(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
Note: Regularly updated details of contacts persons, faxes and telephone number, e-mail addresses concerning the above laboratories can be found on http://europa.eu.int/comm/food/animal/liveanimals/pets/approval_en.htm’