
Article 1 
Annexes XI, XII, XV and XVI to Directive 2003/85/EC are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2 
The Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 27 November 2009.
For the Commission
Androulla VASSILIOU
Member of the Commission
ANNEX

Annexes XI, XII, XV and XVI are amended as follows:

1.. Annex XI is amended as follows:

((a)) in Part A, the entry for France is replaced by the following:
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FR France Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des aliments (AFSSA), Laboratoire d’études et de recherches en pathologie animale et zoonoses, Maisons-Alfort France'
((b)) in Part A, the entry for the Netherlands is replaced by the following:
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NL Netherlands Centraal Veterinair Instituut, Lelystad (CVI-Lelystad) Netherlands'
((c)) in Part B, the following entry for France is deleted:
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FR France Merial, SAS, Laboratoire IFFA, Lyon'
((d)) in Part B, the entry for the Netherlands is replaced by the following:
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NL Netherlands Lelystad Biologicals BV, Lelystad Netherlands'
2.. in Annex XII, point 1 is replaced by the following:
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1. The laboratories and establishments handling live foot-and-mouth disease virus must operate at least according to the “Minimum standards for laboratories working with foot-and-mouth disease virus in vitro and in vivo” in Appendix 10 to the Report adopted by the 38th General Session of the European Commission for the control of foot-and-mouth disease (EuFMD) on 29 April 2009 in Rome (bio-security standards).
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3.. in Annex XV, point 1 is replaced by the following:
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1. All national laboratories handling live foot-and-mouth disease virus must operate at least according to the bio-security standards referred to in point 1 of Annex XII.
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4.. in Annex XVI, point 7 is replaced by the following:
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7. The Community Reference Laboratory must operate at least according to the bio-security standards referred to in point 1 of Annex XII.
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