Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/221 of 15 February 2018 amending Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the European Union reference laboratory for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (Text with EEA relevance. )

In Chapter B of Annex X to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001, point 1 is replaced by the following: ‘1. The EU reference laboratory for TSEs is a consortium between the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta (IZSPLVA) and the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), led by IZSPLVA: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta (IZSPLVA) Via Bologna 148 10154 Torino Italy Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS) Viale Regina Elena 299 00161 Roma Italy’.

In Part I of Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004, point 13 is replaced by the following: ‘13. EU reference laboratory for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) The laboratory referred to in point 1 of Chapter B of Annex X to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001’.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 1 January 2019.