{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-752/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2012/752",
  "legislation_title": "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)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-752",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Implementing Decision\nof 4 December 2012\nauthorising a laboratory in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to carry out serological tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines\n(notified under document C(2012) 8757)\n(Text with EEA relevance)\n(2012/752/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 Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des aliments (AFSSA) in Nancy, France (integrated since 1 July 2010 into the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail, ANSES), as the specific institute responsible for establishing the criteria necessary for standardising the serological tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines.\n(2)\nThat Decision also provides that the ANSES is to document the appraisal of laboratories in third countries that have applied to carry out serological tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines.\n(3)\nThe competent authority of the former Yugoslav 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 by the ANSES dated 3 September 2012 of the appraisal of that laboratory.\n(4)\nThat laboratory should therefore be authorised to carry out serological tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines in dogs, cats and ferrets.\n(5)\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",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "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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