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26.1.2013 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union
L
26/9
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 72/2013
of 25 January 2013
amending Regulations (EC) No 180/2008 and (EC) No 737/2008 as regards the period of designation
of certain laboratories as EU reference laboratories
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
important that the designated EU reference laboratories
for equine diseases other than African horse sickness and
for crustacean diseases continue to carry out their
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
activities for another five year period.
Union,
Having regard to Council Directive 2006/88/EC of 24 October
(4) The
period
for
which
those
laboratories
were
designated
2006 on animal health requirements for aquaculture animals
as EU reference laboratories should therefore be
and products thereof, and on the prevention and control of
extended.
certain diseases in aquatic animals
( 1 ), and in particular
Article 55(1) thereof,
(5)
After the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon, the
laboratories listed in Regulation (EC) No 737/2008
Having regard to Council Directive 2009/156/EC of
previously referred to as ‘Community reference labor
30 November 2009 on animal health conditions governing
atories’ should now be referred to as ‘European Union
the movement and importation from third countries of equi
(EU) reference laboratories’.
dae ( 2 ), and in particular Article 19(d) thereof,
Whereas:
(6)
Regulations (EC) No 180/2008 and (EC) No 737/2008
should therefore be amended accordingly.
(1) By
Commission
Regulation
(EC)
No
180/2008
of
28 February 2008 concerning the Community reference
laboratory for equine diseases other than African horse
(7) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
are
in
sickness and amending Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No
accordance with the opinion of the Standing
882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Coun
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
cil ( 3 ), the Commission designated ANSES with its labora
tories for animal health and equine diseases, France, as
the EU reference laboratory for equine diseases other
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
than African horse sickness for a period of five years
from 1 July 2008 and set up its functions, tasks and
procedures regarding collaboration with laboratories
responsible for diagnosing infectious diseases of equidae
Article 1
in the Member States.
In Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 180/2008, the date
‘30 June 2013’ is replaced by the date ‘30 June 2018’.
(2) By
Commission
Regulation
(EC)
No
737/2008
of
28
July
2008 designating the Community reference laboratories
for crustacean diseases, rabies and bovine tuberculosis,
Article 2
laying down additional responsibilities and tasks for the
Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 737/2008 is replaced by the
Community reference laboratories for rabies and bovine
following:
tuberculosis and amending Annex VII to Regulation (EC)
No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the
Council ( 4 ), the Commission designated the Centre for
Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas),
‘Article 1
Weymouth Laboratory, United Kingdom, as the EU
reference laboratory for crustacean diseases for a period
The Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science
of five years from 1 July 2008.
(Cefas), Weymouth Laboratory, United Kingdom, is hereby

designated as the EU reference laboratory for crustacean
diseases from 1 July 2008 until 30 June 2018.’
(3) In
order
to
ensure
a
high
quality
and
uniformity
of
analytical and diagnostic results in the Union, it is
Article 3
( 1 ) OJ L 328, 24.11.2006, p. 14.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day
( 2 ) OJ L 192, 23.7.2010, p. 1.
( 3 ) OJ L 56, 29.2.2008, p. 4.
following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
( 4 ) OJ L 201, 30.7.2008, p. 29.
European Union.

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 25 January 2013.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO

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