Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1099 of 1 August 2018 amending Annex XI to Council Directive 2003/85/EC as regards the list of laboratories authorised to handle live foot-and-mouth disease virus and amending Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/136 as regards the denomination of the designated European Union reference laboratory for foot-and-mouth disease (notified under document C(2018) 4987)Text with EEA relevance.

Article 1 of Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/136 is replaced by the following:

Article 1

The consortium ANSES & SCIENSANO set up by the Laboratory for Animal Health of the Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES), Maisons-Alfort, France, and the Laboratory for Exotic Viruses and Particular Diseases of the federal research centre Sciensano, Uccle, Belgium, is hereby designated as the European Union reference laboratory for foot-and-mouth disease for an undetermined period.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 1 August 2018.

For the Commission

Vytenis Andriukaitis

Member of the Commission

Annex

ANNEX

Annex XI to Directive 2003/85/EC is replaced by the following:

Annex

ANNEX XI

PART A

National laboratories authorised to handle live foot-and-mouth disease virus

Use of services in accordance with Article 68(2) until 29 March 2019.

Member State where laboratory is locatedLaboratoryMember States using the services of laboratoryISO codeNameATAustria

Österreichische Agentur für Gesundheit und Ernährungssicherheit

Veterinärmedizinische Untersuchungen Mödling

AustriaBEBelgiumLaboratory for Exotic Viruses and Particular Diseases of the federal research centre Sciensano, Uccle

Belgium

Luxembourg

CZCzech RepublicStátní veterinární ústav Praha, PrahaCzech RepublicDEGermany

Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut

Bundesforschungsinstitut für Tiergesundheit,

Greifswald — Insel Riems

Germany

Slovakia

DKDenmark

Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, Veterinærinstituttet, Afdeling for Virologi, Lindholm

Danish Technical University, Veterinary Institute, Department of Virology, Lindholm

Denmark

Finland

Sweden

ELGreeceΔιεύθυνση Κτηνιατρικού Κέντρου Αθηνών, Τμήμα Μοριακής Διαγνωστικής, Αφθώδους Πυρετού, Ιολογικών, Ρικετσιακών και Εξωτικών Νοσημάτων, Αγία Παρασκευή ΑττικήςGreeceESSpain

Laboratorio Central de Sanidad Animal, Algete, Madrid

Centro de Investigación en Sanidad Animal (CISA), Valdeolmos, Madrid

SpainFRFranceAgence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), Laboratoire de santé animale de Maisons-AlfortFranceHUHungaryNemzeti Élelmiszerlánc-biztonsági Hivatal, Állategészségügyi Diagnosztikai Igazgatóság (NÉBIH-ÁDI), BudapestHungaryITItalyIstituto zooprofilattico sperimentale della Lombardia e dell'Emilia-Romagna, Brescia

Italy

Cyprus

NLNetherlandsWageningen Bioveterinary Research (WBVR), LelystadNetherlandsPLPolandZakład Pryszczycy Państwowego Instytutu Weterynaryjnego — Państwowego Instytutu Badawczego, Zduńska WolaPoland

RORomaniaInstitutul de Diagnostic și Sănătate Animală, BucureștiRomaniaUKUnited KingdomThe Pirbright Institute

United Kingdom

Bulgaria

Croatia

Estonia

Finland

Ireland

Latvia

Lithuania

Malta

Portugal

Slovenia

Sweden

PART B

Laboratories authorised to handle live foot-and-mouth disease virus for vaccine production

Applicable until 29 March 2019

Member State where laboratory is locatedLaboratoryISO codeNameDEGermanyIntervet International GmbH/MSD Animal Health, KölnNLNetherlandsBoehringer-Ingelheim Animal Health Netherlands BV, LelystadUKUnited KingdomMerial, S.A.S., Pirbright Laboratory, Pirbright