Commission Regulation (EU) No 208/2011 of 2 March 2011 amending Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulations (EC) No 180/2008 and (EC) No 737/2008 as regards lists and names of EU reference laboratories Text with EEA relevance

Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.

1 Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail (ANSES) with its laboratories for animal health and equine diseases, France, is hereby designated as the EU Reference Laboratory for equine diseases other than African horse sickness from 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2013.

2 The functions, tasks and procedures regarding collaboration with laboratories responsible for diagnosing infectious diseases of equidae in the Member States of the EU Reference Laboratory referred to in paragraph 1 are set out in the Annex to this Regulation.’

In Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 737/2008, the first paragraph is replaced by the following: ‘The Laboratoire de la rage et de la faune sauvage de Nancy of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail (ANSES), France, is hereby designated as the EU reference laboratory for rabies from 1 July 2008 until 30 June 2013.’

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.