# Commission Decision of 27 November 2009 amending Annexes XI, XII, XV and XVI to Council Directive 2003/85/EC as regards the list of and minimum security standards applicable to laboratories authorised to handle live foot-and-mouth disease virus (notified under document C(2009) 9094) (Text with EEA relevance) (2009/869/EC), Annex

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Annexes XI, XII, XV and XVI are amended as follows:
1.. Annex XI is amended as follows:
(a) in Part A, the entry for France is replaced by the following:
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FR
France
Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des aliments (AFSSA), Laboratoire d’études et de recherches en pathologie animale et zoonoses, Maisons-Alfort
France
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(b) in Part A, the entry for the Netherlands is replaced by the following:
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NL
Netherlands
Centraal Veterinair Instituut, Lelystad (CVI-Lelystad)
Netherlands
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(c) in Part B, the following entry for France is deleted:
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FR
France
Merial, SAS, Laboratoire IFFA, Lyon
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(d) in Part B, the entry for the Netherlands is replaced by the following:
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NL
Netherlands
Lelystad Biologicals BV, Lelystad
Netherlands
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2.. in Annex XII, point 1 is replaced by the following:
‘1.
The laboratories and establishments handling live foot-and-mouth disease virus must operate at least according to the “Minimum standards for laboratories working with foot-and-mouth disease virus in vitro and in vivo” in Appendix 10 to the Report adopted by the 38th General Session of the European Commission for the control of foot-and-mouth disease (EuFMD) on 29 April 2009 in Rome (bio-security standards).’;
3.. in Annex XV, point 1 is replaced by the following:
‘1.
All national laboratories handling live foot-and-mouth disease virus must operate at least according to the bio-security standards referred to in point 1 of Annex XII.’;
4.. in Annex XVI, point 7 is replaced by the following:
‘7.
The Community Reference Laboratory must operate at least according to the bio-security standards referred to in point 1 of Annex XII.’.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2009/869/annex (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2009-869/annex
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