Commission Decision
of 16 August 2005
amending Annex XI to Council Directive 2003/85/EC with regard to national laboratories in certain Member States
(notified under document number C(2005) 3121)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2005/615/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 2003/85/EC of 29 September 2003 on Community measures for the control of foot-and-mouth disease repealing Directive 85/511/EEC and Decisions 89/531/EEC and 91/665/EEC and amending Directive 92/46/EEC, and in particular Article 67(2) thereof,
OJ L 306, 22.11.2003, p. 1.
Whereas:
(1) For security reasons it is important to maintain the list of national laboratories authorised to handle live foot-and-mouth disease virus updated.
(2) The competent authorities of Denmark, Germany and Poland have officially informed the Commission on changes relating to their national reference laboratory for foot-and-mouth disease.
(3) The competent authorities of Slovakia officially informed the Commission of arrangements they have made in accordance with Article 68(2) of the Directive.
(4) For clarity it appears appropriate to list the Member States in the order of the ISO country code.
(5) It is necessary to adapt the list of national laboratories authorised to handle live foot-and-mouth disease virus and to amend Part A of Annex XI to Directive 2003/85/EC 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 The list of National laboratories authorised to handle live foot-and-mouth disease virus in Part A of Annex XI to Directive 2003/85/EC is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2 The Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 16 August 2005.
For the Commission
Markos Kyprianou
Member of the Commission
ANNEX The list of national laboratories authorised to handle live foot-and-mouth disease virus in Part A of Annex XI to Directive 2003/85/EC is replaced by the following:

‘National laboratories authorised to handle live foot-and-mouth disease virus
Member State where laboratory is situated		Laboratory	Member States using the services of laboratory
ISO-code	Name		
AT	Austria	Österreichische Agentur für Gesundheit und Ernährungssicherheit Veterinärmedizinische Untersuchungen Mödling	Austria
BE	Belgium	Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre CODA-CERVA-VAR Uccle	Belgium Luxembourg
CZ	Czech Republic	Statní veterinární ústav Praha, Praha	Czech Republic
DE	Germany	Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut Bundesforschungsinstitut für Tiergesundheit, Greifswald — Insel Riems	Germany Slovakia
DK	Denmark	Danmarks Fødevareforskning, Afdeling for Virologi, Lindholm	Denmark Finland Sweden
ES	Spain	Laboratorio Central de Sanidad Animal, Madrid	Spain
FR	France	Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des aliments (AFSSA) Laboratoire d’études et de recherches en pathologie bovine et hygiène des viandes, Lyon Laboratoire d’études et de recherches en pathologie animale et zoonoses, Maison-Alfort	France
GB	United Kingdom	Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright	United Kingdom Estonia Finland Ireland Malta Sweden
GR	Greece	Ινστιτούτο αφθώδους πυρετού, Αγία Παρασκευή Αττικής	Greece
HU	Hungary	Országos Állategészségügyi Intézet (OÁI), Budapest	Hungary
IT	Italy	Istituto zooprofilattico sperimentale della Lombardia e dell'Emilia Romagna, Brescia	Italy Cyprus
LT	Lithuania	Nacionalinė veterinarijos laboratorija, Vilnius	Lithuania
LV	Latvia	Valsts veterinārmedicīnas diagnostikas centrs, Rīga	Latvia
NL	Netherlands	CIDC-Lelystad Central Institute for Animal Disease Control Lelystad	Netherlands
PL	Poland	Zakład Pryszczycy Państwowego Instytutu Weterynaryjnego – Państwowego Instytutu Badawczego, Zduńska Wola	Poland
SI	Slovenia	Nacionalni veterinarski inštitut, Lubljana	Slovenia’