# Council Directive 2003/85/EC of 29 September 2003 on Community measures for the control of foot-and-mouth disease repealing Directive 85/511/EEC and Decisions 89/531/EEC and 91/665/EEC and amending Directive 92/46/EEC (Text with EEA relevance), Division 1.2: Virus isolation

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

The standards for foot-and-mouth disease virus detection shall be established in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 89(2) after consultation of the Community Reference Laboratory.
Isolates of foot-and-mouth disease virus are available from the WRL.
National Laboratories shall ensure that the tissue culture systems in use for foot-and-mouth virus isolation are sensitive to the full range of serotypes and strains for which the laboratory maintains a diagnostic capacity.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2003/85/annex/XIII/part/B/division/1/division/1.2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2003-85/annex-XIII/part-B/division-1/division-1.2
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