
COMMISSION DECISION of 17 May 2005 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(2005) 1439) (Text with EEA relevance) (2005/392/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 of Nancy to send to the Commission the list of Community laboratories to be authorised to carry out those serological tests. Accordingly, the AFSSA Laboratory of 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 of Nancy.

(3) Five laboratories, respectively in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Hungary had been approved by the AFSSA Laboratory of Nancy, in compliance with Decision 2000/258/EC.

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

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

(6) 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 the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 17 May 2005.
For the Commission
Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission
ANNEX


ANNEX I NAMES OF LABORATORIES 
(BE) Belgium 

Institut Pasteur de BruxellesRue Engeland/Engelandstraat 642B-1180 Brussels
(CZ) Czech Republik 

State Veterinary Institute, National Reference Laboratory (NRL) for RabiesU Sila 1139CZ-463 11 Liberec 30
(DK) Denmark 

Danish Institute for Food and Veterinary ResearchLindholmDK-4771 Kalvehave
(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-InstitutStandort WusterhausenSeestraße 155D-16868 Wusterhausen
 7. Landesuntersuchungsanstalt für das Gesundheits- und Veterinärwesen SachsenZschopauer Straße 186D-09126 Chemnitz
(EE) Estonia 

Estonian Veterinary and Food LaboratoryKreutzwaldi 30EE-51 006 Tartu
(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)
(FR) France 
 1. AFSSA NancyDomaine de PixérécourtBP 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 Campo BoarioI-64100 Teramo
 3. Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Lazio e della ToscanaVia Appia Nuova 1411I-00178 Roma
(LV) Latvia 

State Veterinary Medicine Diagnostic CentreFood and Veterinary ServiceLejupes iela 3,LV-1076 Riga
(LT) Lithuania 

National Veterinary Laboratori/Nacionaline Veterinarijos laboratorijaJ. Kairiukscio 10LT-08409 Vilnius
(HU) Hungary 

Central veterinary InstituteVirological DepartmentTabornok utca 2H-1149 Budapest
(NL) Netherlands 

Central Institute for Animal Disease Control (CIDC) LelystadP.O. Box 20048203 AA LelystadNetherlands
(AT) Austria 

Österreichische Agentur für Gesundheit und Ernährungssicherheit GmbHVeterinärmedizinische Untersuchungen MödlingRobert-Koch-Gasse 17A-2340 Mödling
(PL) Poland 

National Veterinary Research Instituteal. Partyzantow 57PL-24-100 Pulawy
(PT) Portugal 

Laboratório Nacional de Investigação Veterinária (LNIV)Estrada de Benfica 701P-1500 Lisboa
(SI) Slovenia 

National Veterinary InstituteGerbičeva 60SLO-1000 Ljubljana
(SK) Slovakia 

State Veterinary InstitutePod drahami 918SK-960 86 Zvolen
(FI) Finland 

National Veterinary and Food Research InstitutePL 45FIN-00581 Helsinki
(SE) Sweden 

National Veterinary Institute(Department of Virology)S-751 89 Uppsala
(UK) United Kingdom 
 1. Veterinary Laboratories AgencyVirology DepartmentWoodham Lane,New HawAddlestoneSurrey KT15 3NBUnited Kingdom
 2. BiobestPentlands Science ParkBush LoanPenicuikMidlothianEH26 0PZUnited Kingdom
Note: Regularly updated details of contacts persons, faxes and telephone number, e-mail addresses concerning the above laboratories can be found on http://europa.eu.int/comm/food/animal/liveanimals/pets/approval_en.htm
