Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/755 of 6 May 2021 designating a European Union reference centre for animal welfare for ruminants and equines in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2021) 3009) (Text with EEA relevance)

1 The following consortium is hereby designated as the European Union reference centre for animal welfare responsible for supporting horizontal activities of the Commission and of the Member States in the area of welfare requirements for ruminants and equines: NameConsortium led by the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and the Swedish Centre for Animal Welfare (Sweden), and also composed of the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (Austria), the Ellinikos Georgikos Organismos-Dimitra/Veterinary Research Institute (Greece), the National Institute for Agriculture, Food, and Environment (France), the University College Dublin (Ireland) and the Instituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Molise “G. Caporale” (Italy)Address P.O. Box 7068 750 07 Uppsala SWEDEN

2 The designation shall be reviewed every five years from the date of application of this Decision.

This Decision shall apply from 1 June 2021.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.