Having regard to Council Directive 2003/85/EC of 29 September 2003 on Community measures for the control of foot-and-mouth disease repealing Directive 85/511/EEC and Decisions 89/531/EEC and 91/665/EEC and amending Directive 92/46/EEC(1), and in particular Article 67(2) thereof,

28.6.2011 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 168/16 ---|---|---|--- * * * COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION of 27 June 2011 amending Part A of Annex XI to Council Directive 2003/85/EC as regards the list of national laboratories authorised to handle live foot-and-mouth disease virus (notified under document C(2011) 4385) (Text with EEA relevance) (2011/378/EU) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Council Directive 2003/85/EC of 29 September 2003 on Community measures for the control of foot-and-mouth disease repealing Directive 85/511/EEC and Decisions 89/531/EEC and 91/665/EEC and amending Directive 92/46/EEC (1), and in particular Article 67(2) thereof, Whereas: (1) | Directive 2003/85/EC sets out minimum control measures to be applied in the event of an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease and certain preventive measures aimed at increasing the awareness and preparedness of the competent authorities and the farming community concerning that disease. ---|--- (2) | Those preventive measures include an obligation on Member States to ensure that the handling of live foot-and-mouth disease virus for research and diagnosis is carried out only in the approved laboratories listed in Part A of Annex XI to Directive 2003/85/EC. ---|--- (3) | Spain has officially informed the Commission that the Centro de Investigación en Sanidad Animal (CISA), Valdeolmos, Madrid, complies with the requirements laid down in Article 65 of Directive 2003/85/EC. Spain requested that the CISA be added to the list of national laboratories, authorised to handle the live foot-and-mouth disease virus, set out in Part A of Annex XI to that Directive. ---|--- (4) | Accordingly, it is necessary to replace the entry for Spain in the list of national laboratories set out in Part A Annex XI to Directive 2003/85/EC. ---|--- (5) | Part A of Annex XI to Directive 2003/85/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 In Part A of Annex XI to Directive 2003/85/EC, the entry for Spain is replaced by the following: ‘ES | Spain | | — | Laboratorio Central de Sanidad Animal, Algete, Madrid ---|--- — | Centro de Investigación en Sanidad Animal (CISA), Valdeolmos, Madrid ---|--- Spain’ Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 27 June 2011. For the Commission John DALLI Member of the Commission * * * (1) OJ L 306, 22.11.2003, p. 1. * * *