
Article 1 

1. The Pirbright Institute, of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) in the United Kingdom, is designated as the EU reference laboratory for foot-and-mouth disease.
2. The rules setting out the functions and duties of the EU reference laboratory referred to in paragraph 1 are laid down in Annex XVI to Directive 2003/85/EC.
Article 2 
Decision 2006/393/EC is repealed.
References to the repealed Decision shall be construed as references to this Decision.
Article 3 
This Decision shall apply from 7 June 2011.
Article 4 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 7 December 2012.
For the Commission
Tonio BORG
Member of the Commission