
Article 1 
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie (IZSVe), Legnaro, Italy, is hereby designated as the European Union reference laboratory for avian influenza and Newcastle disease.
Article 2 
In Annex VII to Directive 2005/94/EC, point 1 is replaced by the following:
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Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie (IZSVe), Legnaro, Italy.
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Article 3 
This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2019.
Article 4 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 27 April 2018.
For the Commission
Vytenis ANDRIUKAITIS
Member of the Commission