# 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 4

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

Each Member State must be prepared to immediately establish a functional national disease control centre in the event of an outbreak, which shall coordinate the implementation of all decisions taken in the central decision-making unit. A permanently operational coordinator shall be appointed to guarantee the prompt establishment of the centre.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2003/85/annex/XVII/division/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2003-85/annex-XVII/division-4
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