
COMMISSION DECISION of 8 October 2004 amending Decision 2004/233/EC as regards the list of laboratories authorised to check the effectiveness of vaccination against rabies in certain domestic carnivores (notified under document number C(2004) 3686) (Text with EEA relevance) (2004/693/EC) 

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 2000/258/EC of 20 March 2000 designating a specific institute responsible for establishing the criteria necessary for standardising the serological tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines, and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas:

(1) Decision 2000/258/EC designated the laboratory of the Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des aliments de Nancy (the AFSSA laboratory, Nancy), France as the institute responsible for establishing the criteria necessary for standardising the serological tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines. That Decision also provides for the AFSSA laboratory, Nancy to send to the Commission the list of Community laboratories to be authorised to carry out those serological tests. Accordingly, the AFSSA laboratory, Nancy operates the established proficiency testing procedure to appraise laboratories for authorisation to perform the serological tests.

(2) Commission Decision 2004/233/EC of 4 March 2004 authorising laboratories to check the effectiveness of vaccination against rabies in certain domestic carnivores established a list of approved laboratories in the Member States on the grounds of the results of the proficiency tests communicated by the AFSSA laboratory, Nancy.

(3) Three laboratories, respectively in the Netherlands, Poland and Portugal, have been approved by the AFSSA laboratory, Nancy, in compliance with Decision 2000/258/EC.

(4) Accordingly, it is appropriate to add those three laboratories to the list of approved laboratories in the Member States as established in the Annex to Decision 2004/233/EC.

(5) In addition, following the request of Germany, certain amendments should be made to the addresses of two German laboratories.

(6) Furthermore, following the request of Slovenia, the name of the diagnostic laboratory in that Member State should be amended.

(7) Decision 2004/233/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.

(8) 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 
Annex I to Decision 2004/233/EC is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 8 October 2004.
For the Commission
David BYRNE
Member of the Commission
ANNEX


ANNEX I NAMES OF LABORATORIES 


 (AT) AUSTRIA
Österreichische Agentur für Gesundheit und Ernährungssicherheit GmbHVeterinärmedizinische Untersuchungen MödlingRobert-Koch-Gasse 17A-2340 Mödling
 (BE) BELGIUM
Institut Pasteur de Bruxelles642, rue EngelandB-1180 Bruxelles
 (DE) GERMANY
1.. Institut für Virologie, Fachbereich VeterinärmedizinJustus-Liebig-Universität GießenFrankfurter Straße 107D-35392 Gießen
2.. Eurovir Hygiene-InstitutIm BiotechnologieparkD-14943 Luckenwalde
3.. Bayrisches Landesamt für Gesundheit und LebensmittelsicherheitDienststelle OberschleißheimVeterinärstraße 2D-85764 Oberschleißheim
4.. Landesamt für Verbraucherschutz Sachsen-AnhaltFachbereich 4Veterinäruntersuchungen und -epidemiologieHaferbreiter Weg 132-135D-39576 Stendal
5.. Staatliches VeterinäruntersuchungsamtZur Taubeneiche 10-12D-59821 Arnsberg
6.. Institut für epidemiologische DiagnostikFriedrich-Loeffler-InstitutBundesforschungsinstitut für TiergesundheitStandort WusterhausenSeestraße 155D-16868 Wusterhausen
7.. Landesuntersuchungsanstalt für das Gesundheits- und Veterinärwesen SachsenZschopauer Straße 186D-09126 Chemnitz
 (DK) DENMARK
Danish Institute for Food and Veterinary ResearchLindholmDK-4771 Kalvehave
 (EL) GREECE
Centre of Athens Veterinary Institutions Virus Department25, Neapoleos StrGR-153 10 Ag. Paraskevi, Athens
 (ES) SPAIN
Laboratorio Central de Veterinaria de Santa FeCamino del Jau s/nE-18320 Santa Fe (Granada)
 (FI) FINLAND
National Veterinary and Food Research InstitutePL 45FIN-00581 Helsinki
 (FR) FRANCE
1.. AFSSA NancyDomaine de PixérécourtB.P. 9F-54220 Malzeville
2.. Laboratoire vétérinaire départemental de la Haute-Garonne78, rue BoudouF-31140 Launaguet
3.. Laboratoire départemental de la Sarthe128, rue de BeaugéF-72018 Le Mans Cedex 2
4.. Laboratoire départemental d'analyses du Pas-de-CalaisParc des Bonnettes2, rue du GenévrierF-62022 Arras Cedex
 (IT) ITALY
1.. Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle VenezieVia Romea 14/AI-35020 Legnaro (PD)
2.. Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del MoliseVia Campio BoarioI-64100 Teramo
3.. Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Lazio e della ToscanaVia Appia Nuova 1411I-00178 Roma Capannelle
 (NL) NETHERLANDS
Central Institute for Animal Disease Control (CIDC) LelystadP.O. Box 20048203 AA LelystadNederland
 (PL) POLAND
National Veterinary Research InstituteAl. Partyzantow 5724-100 PulawyPoland
 (PT) PORTUGAL
Laboratório Nacional de Investigação Veterinária (LNIV)Estrada de Benfica No 701P-1500 Lisboa
 (SE) SWEDEN
National Veterinary Institute(Department of Virology)S-751 89 Uppsala
 (SI) SLOVENIA
National Veterinary InstituteGerbiceva 601000 LjubljanaSlovenia
 (SK) SLOVAKIA
State Veterinary InstitutePod drahami 918960 86 ZvolenSlovakia
 (UK) UNITED KINGDOM
1.. Veterinary Laboratories AgencyVirology DepartmentWoodham Lane,New HawAddlestoneSurrey KT15 3NBUnited Kingdom
2.. BiobestPentlands Science ParkBush LoanPenicuikMidlothianEH26 0PZUnited Kingdom
Nota: Regularly updated details of contact persons, fax and telephone numbers and e-mail addresses concerning the above laboratories can be found onhttp://europa.eu.int/comm/food/animal/liveanimals/pets/approval_en.htm.
