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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-91/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2011/91",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 10 February 2011 authorising a laboratory in the Republic of Korea to carry out serological tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines (notified under document C(2011) 656) (Text with EEA relevance) (2011/91/EU)",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Decision\nof 10 February 2011\nauthorising a laboratory in the Republic of Korea to carry out serological tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines\n(notified under document C(2011) 656)\n(Text with EEA relevance)\n(2011/91/EU)\nTHE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,\nHaving regard to Council Decision 2000/258/EC of 20 March 2000 designating a specific institute responsible for establishing the criteria necessary for standardising the serological tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines, and in particular Article 3(2) thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nDecision 2000/258/EC designates the laboratory of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail (ANSES) in Nancy (previously Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des aliments (AFSSA)) as the specific institute responsible for establishing the criteria necessary for standardising the serological tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines. That Decision also lays down the duties of that laboratory.\n(2)\nIn particular, ANSES, Nancy, is to appraise the laboratories in Member States and third countries in order to decide whether to authorise the laboratories to carry out serological tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines.\n(3)\nThe competent authority of South Korea has submitted an application for approval of a laboratory in that third country to perform such serological tests.\n(4)\nANSES, Nancy has carried out an appraisal of that laboratory and provided the Commission with a favourable report of that appraisal on 6 September 2010.\n(5)\nThat laboratory should therefore be authorised to carry out serological tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines in dogs, cats and ferrets.\n(6)\nThe measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 79, 30.3.2000, p. 40."
    }
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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