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6.12.2012 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
334/47
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 4 December 2012
authorising a laboratory in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to carry out serological
tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines
(notified under document C(2012) 8757)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2012/752/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
(5) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Decision
are
in
accordance with the opinion of the Standing
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Union,
Having regard to Council Decision 2000/258/EC of 20 March
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
2000 designating a specific institute responsible for establishing
the criteria necessary for standardising the serological tests to
Article 1
monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines ( 1 ), and in particular
Article 3(2) thereof,
In accordance with Article 3(2) of Decision 2000/258/EC, the
following laboratory is authorised to perform the serological
Whereas:
tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines in dogs,
cats and ferrets:
(1) Decision
2000/258/EC
designates
the Agence franaise de
sécurité sanitaire des aliments (AFSSA) in Nancy, France
Laboratory for Rabies of the Veterinary Institute
(integrated since 1 July 2010 into the Agence nationale
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du
Lazar Pop-Trajkov 5-7
travail, ANSES), as the specific institute responsible for
1000 Skopje
establishing the criteria necessary for standardising the
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
serological tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies
vaccines.
Article 2
(2) That Decision also provides that the ANSES is to
document the appraisal of laboratories in third
This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2013.
countries that have applied to carry out serological
tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines.
Article 3
(3) The
competent
authority
of
the
former
Yugoslav This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Republic of Macedonia has submitted an application for
approval of the laboratory for rabies of the Veterinary
Institute in that third country to perform such serological
tests. That application is supported by a favourable report
Done at Brussels, 4 December 2012.
by the ANSES dated 3 September 2012 of the appraisal
of that laboratory.
For the Commission
(4) That
laboratory
should
therefore
be
authorised
to
carry
out serological tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies
Tonio BORG
vaccines in dogs, cats and ferrets.
Member of the Commission
( 1 ) OJ L 79, 30.3.2000, p. 40.

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