Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1782

of 5 October 2016

amending Decision 2008/185/EC as regards the inclusion of Lithuania in the list of Member States where an approved national control programme for Aujeszky's disease is in place and updating the list of national institutes in Annex III

(notified under document C(2016) 6288)

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June 1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine1, and in particular Article 9(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Directive 64/432/EEC lays down rules applicable to trade in the Union in bovine animals and swine. In accordance with Article 5(1) of that Directive, swine are to be accompanied during transportation by a health certificate conforming to model 2 set out in Annex F to that Directive (‘model 2’). Article 9(1) of that Directive provides that a Member State which has a compulsory national control programme for the eradication of Aujeszky's disease may submit its programme to the Commission for approval. Article 9(2) lays down criteria for that approval.

(2)
Commission Decision 2008/185/EC2 lays down the additional guarantees for movements of swine between Member States. Those guarantees are linked to the classification of the Member States according to their disease status for Aujeszky's disease. Annex II to that Decision lists Member States or regions thereof where approved national control programmes for the eradication of Aujeszky's disease are in place. Article 7 of Decision 2008/185/EC also specifies the information which is to be inserted in model 2, as regards the references to that Decision.
(3)
Commission Implementing Decision 2014/798/EU3 amended Directive 64/432/EEC, including model 2. As a consequence, it is necessary to amend Article 7 of Decision 2008/185/EC.
(4)

Lithuania has submitted to the Commission supporting documentation concerning its compulsory national control programme for the eradication of Aujeszky's disease in its entire territory and applied for listing in Annex II to Decision 2008/185/EC.

(5)

Following the evaluation of the supporting documentation submitted by Lithuania, that Member State should be listed in Annex II to Decision 2008/185/EC as a Member State or region thereof where approved national control programmes for the eradication of Aujeszky's disease are in place.

(6)

Annex III to Decision 2008/185/EC lists the institutes responsible for evaluating ELISA (Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays) tests and kits, checking the quality of the ELISA method for detecting antibodies to Aujeszky's disease virus in each Member State, and in particular for producing and standardising national reference sera according to the Community reference sera. Certain Member States informed the Commission about relevant changes of the names and addresses of those listed national institutes. Annex III to Decision 2008/185/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.

(7)

Decision 2008/185/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 Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 2008/185/EC is amended as follows:

  1. (1)

    in Article 7, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:

    ‘2.

    For animals of the porcine species destined for Member States or regions listed in Annex I or II, under point II.3.3.1 of Section C of the health certificate set out in model 2 of Annex F to Directive 64/432/EEC accompanying those animals the appropriate article number of this Decision shall be inserted in the empty space to be filled in under that point.’;

  2. (2)

    Annexes II and III are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 5 October 2016.

For the Commission

Vytenis Andriukaitis

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

Annexes II and III to Decision 2008/185/EC are amended as follows:

  1. (1)

    Annex II is replaced by the following:

    ‘ANNEX IIMember States or regions thereof where approved national control programmes for the eradication of Aujeszky's disease are in place

    ISO code

    Member State

    Regions

    ES

    Spain

    All regions

    LT

    Lithuania

    All regions

    PL

    Poland

    All regions’

  2. (2)

    in Annex III, point 2(d) is replaced by the following:

    ‘(d)The institutes listed below will, in addition, be responsible for checking the quality of the ELISA method in each Member State, and in particular for producing and standardising national reference sera according to the Community reference sera.

    AT

    AGES: Österreichische Agentur für Gesundheit und Ernährungssicherheit GmbH — Institut für veterinärmedizinische Untersuchungen Mödling (Austrian Agency for Health and Consumer Protection — Institute for veterinary investigations Mödling)

    Robert Koch-Gasse 17

    A-2340 Mödling

    Tel. +43 (0) 505 55-38112

    Fax +43 (0) 505 55-38108

    Email: vetmed.moedling@ages.at

    BE

    CODA — CERVA — VAR

    Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre

    Groeselenberg 99

    B-1180 Brussels

    CY

    State Veterinary Laboratory

    Veterinary Services

    1417 Athalassa

    Nicosia

    CZ

    Státní veterinární ústav Olomouc

    Jakoubka ze Stříbra 1

    779 00 Olomouc

    Telefon: 585 557 111

    Fax 585 222 394

    email: svuolomouc@svuol.cz

    DE

    Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut

    Bundesforschungsinstitut für Tiergesundheit

    Südufer 10

    D-17493 Greifswald — Insel Riems

    Tel. + 49 38351 7-0

    Fax + 49 38351 7-1219, 7-1151, 7-1226

    DK

    National Veterinary Institute

    Technical University of Denmark

    Lindholm Island

    DK-4774 Kalvehave

    Denmark

    Switchboard: +45 88 60 00

    Fax +45 88 79 01

    Email: vet@vet.dtu.dk

    EE

    Veterinaar- ja Toidulaboratoorium

    Kreutzwaldi 30,

    51006 Tartu,

    Estonia

    Tel. + 372 7 386 100

    Faks: + 372 7 386 102

    Email: info@vetlab.ee

    ES

    Laboratorio Central de Sanidad Animal de Algete

    Carretera de Algete, km 8

    Algete 28110 (Madrid)

    Tel. +34 916 290 300

    Fax +34 916 290 598

    Email: lcv@mapya.es

    FI

    Finnish Food Safety Authority

    Animal Diseases and Food Safety Research

    Mustialankatu 3

    FI-00790 Helsinki, Finland

    Email: info@evira.fi

    Tel. +358 20 772 003 (exchange)

    Fax +358 20 772 4350

    FR

    Laboratoire d'études et de recherches avicoles, porcines et piscicoles

    AFSSA site de Ploufragan/Brest —

    LERAPP

    BP 53

    22440 Ploufragan

    UK

    Veterinary Laboratories Agency

    New Haw, Addlestone, Weybridge

    Surrey KT15 3NB, UK

    Tel. (44-1932) 341111

    Fax (44-1932) 347046

    GR

    Centre of Athens Veterinary Institutes

    25 Neapoleos Street,

    GR-153 10 Agia Paraskevi Attiki

    Tel. +30 2106010903

    HU

    Nemzeti Élelmiszerlánc-biztonsági Hivatal, Állat-egészségügyi Diagnosztikai Igazgatóság

    Central Agricultural Office, Veterinary Diagnostic Directorate

    Address: 1149 Budapest, Tábornok u. 2.

    Mailing Address: 1581 Budapest, 146. Pf. 2.

    Tel. +36 1 460-6300

    Fax +36 1 252-5177

    Email: ugyfelszolgalat@nebih.gov.hu

    IE

    Virology Division

    Central Veterinary Research Laboratory

    Department of Agriculture and Food Laboratories

    Backweston Campus

    Stacumny Lane

    Celbridge

    Co. Kildare

    IT

    Centro di referenza nazionale per la malattia di Aujeszky —

    Pseudorabbia c/o Istituto zooprofilattico sperimentale della Lombardia e dell'Emilia Romagna,

    Via Bianchi, 9;

    25124 Brescia

    LT

    National Veterinary Laboratory

    (Nacionalinė veterinarijos laboratorija)

    J. Kairiūkščio 10

    LT-08409 Vilnius

    LU

    CODA — CERVA — VAR

    Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre

    Groeselenberg 99

    B-1180 Brussels

    LV

    Pārtikas drošības, dzīvnieku veselības un vides zinātniskais institūts ‘BIOR’

    (Institute of Food Safety, Animal Health and Environment BIOR)

    Lejupes iela 3,

    Rīga, LV-1076

    Tel. +371 76205 13

    Fax +371 7620434

    Email: bior@bior.lv

    MT

    National Veterinary Laboratory

    Veterinary and Phytosanitary Regulation Department

    Ministry for Sustainable Development, the Environment and Climate Change,

    Abattior Square, Albert Town, Triq Prince Albert,

    Marsa, Malta

    Tel. +356 22925389

    NL

    Centraal Instituut voor Dierziekte Controle

    CIDC-Lelystad

    Hoofdvestiging: Houtribweg 39

    Nevenvestiging: Edelhertweg 15

    Postbus 2004

    8203 AA Lelystad

    PL

    Laboratory Department of Swine Diseases

    Państwowy Instytut Weterynaryjny — Państwowy Instytut

    Badawczy

    al. Partyzantów 57, 24-100 Puławy

    Tel. +48 81 889 30 00

    Fax +48 81 886 25 95

    Email: sekretariat@piwet.pulawy.pl

    PT

    Laboratório Nacional de Investigação Veterinária (LNIV)

    Estrada de Benfica, 701

    P-1549-011 Lisboa

    RO

    Laboratorul Naţional de Referinţă pentru Herpesviroze

    Institutul de Diagnostic şi Sănătate Animală

    Str. Dr Staicovici, nr. 6, cod 050557, sector 5, Bucureşti

    telefon: 0374.322.015

    fax 0214.113.394

    email: office@idah.ro

    SE

    Statens veterinärmedicinska anstalt

    Department of Virology

    S-751 89 Uppsala

    Tel. (46-18) 67 40 00

    Fax (46-18) 67 44 67

    SI

    Univerza v Ljubljani

    Veterinarska fakulteta

    Nacionalni veterinarski inštitut

    Gerbičeva 60,

    SI-1000 Ljubljana

    SK

    Štátny veterinárny ústav

    Pod dráhami 918

    960 86 Zvolen

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