
Article 1 
The following consortium shall be designated as a European Union Reference Centre for Animal Welfare responsible for supporting horizontal activities of the Commission and of the Member States in the area of welfare requirements for animals:NameConsortium led by Wageningen Livestock Research and also composed of Aarhus University and Friedrich-Loeffler-InstitutAddressDrevendaalsesteeg 46708 PB WageningenNEDERLAND
The designation shall be reviewed every 5 years from the day of application of this Regulation.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 29 April 2018.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 5 March 2018.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER