2011/7/EU: Commission Decision of 7 January 2011 amending Annex XI to Council Directive 2003/85/EC as regards the list of laboratories authorised to handle live foot-and-mouth disease virus (notified under document C(2010) 9592) Text with EEA relevance
Published date | 08 January 2011 |
Date of Signature | 01 April 2011 |
Subject Matter | Veterinary legislation |
Official Gazette Publication | Official Journal of the European Union, L 5, 08 January 2011 |
8.1.2011 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 5/27 |
COMMISSION DECISION
of 7 January 2011
amending Annex XI to Council Directive 2003/85/EC as regards the list of laboratories authorised to handle live foot-and-mouth disease virus
(notified under document C(2010) 9592)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2011/7/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
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 (1), and in particular Article 67(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) | Directive 2003/85/EC sets out minimum control measures to be applied in the event of an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease and certain preventive measures aimed at increasing the awareness and preparedness of the competent authorities and the farming community concerning that disease. |
(2) | Those preventive measures include an obligation on Member States to ensure that the handling of foot-and-mouth disease virus for research and diagnosis is carried out only in the authorised national laboratories listed in Part A of Annex XI to Directive 2003/85/EC. |
(3) | France has officially informed the Commission that the name of its national laboratory listed in Part A of Annex XI to Directive 2003/85/EC situated in France has changed. |
(4) | For legal certainty, it is important to keep the list of laboratories set out in Part A of that Annex updated. Therefore, it is necessary to replace the entry for France in the list of laboratories set out in Part A of Annex XI to Directive 2003/85/EC. |
(5) | Annex XI to Directive 2003/85/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
In Part A of Annex XI to Directive 2003/85/EC, the entry for France is replaced by the following:
‘FR | France | Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail (ANSES), Laboratoire de santé animale de Maisons-Alfort | France’ |
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 7 January 2011.
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