Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/140 of 26 January 2017 designating the EU reference laboratory for diseases caused by capripox viruses (lumpy skin disease and sheep and goat pox), laying down additional responsibilities and tasks for this laboratory and amending Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance. )

Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre — CODA-CERVA, Brussels, Belgium is hereby designated as the Union (EU) reference laboratory in the field of diseases caused by capripox viruses (lumpy skin disease and sheep and goat pox). The additional responsibilities and tasks for that laboratory are laid down in the Annex.

In Section II of Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004, the following point 19 is added: ‘19. EU reference laboratory for diseases caused by capripox viruses (lumpy skin disease and sheep and goat pox) Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre — CODA-CERVA Operational Directorate Viral Diseases Unit Vesicular and Exotic Diseases Groeselenberg 99 1180 Brussels Belgium’.

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