{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-793/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2017/793",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/793 of 10 May 2017 amending Regulation (EC) No 180/2008 as regards extending the period of designation of the EU Reference Laboratory for equine diseases other than African horse sickness (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-793",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/793\nof 10 May 2017\namending Regulation (EC) No 180/2008 as regards extending the period of designation of the EU Reference Laboratory for equine diseases other than African horse sickness\n(Text with EEA relevance)\nTHE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,\nHaving regard to Council Directive 2009/156/EC of 30 November 2009 on animal health conditions governing the movement and importation from third countries of equidae, and in particular Article 19(d) thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nCommission Regulation (EC) No 180/2008 designated the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES) with its laboratories for animal health and equine diseases, France, as the EU reference laboratory for equine diseases other than African horse sickness, and the Annex thereto sets outs its functions, tasks and procedures regarding collaboration with the laboratories responsible for diagnosing infectious diseases of equidae in the Member States.\n(2)\nRegulation (EC) No 180/2008, as adopted by the Commission in 2008, designated Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des aliments (AFSSA) as the EU reference laboratory for equine diseases other than African horse sickness for an initial period of five years expiring on 30 June 2013. Commission Regulation (EU) No 208/2011 updated Regulation (EC) No 180/2008 as regards the name of the institution, i.e. Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES). Regulation (EC) No 180/2008, as amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 72/2013, extended the period of designation of ANSES for a further period of five years expiring on 30 June 2018.\n(3)\nFor more than eight years, ANSES has fulfilled its functions, tasks and procedures, and thus significantly improved the capabilities of the national reference laboratories for the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of particular equine diseases.\n(4)\nIn order to ensure a high quality and uniformity of analytical and diagnostic results in the Union, it is important that ANSES continues to carry out its activities as the EU reference laboratory for equine diseases other than African horse for a further five-year period.\n(5)\nRegulation (EC) No 180/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly.\n(6)\nThe measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 192, 23.7.2010, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 180/2008 of 28 February 2008 concerning the Community reference laboratory for equine diseases other than African horse sickness and amending Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 56, 29.2.2008, p. 4)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 208/2011 of 2 March 2011 amending Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulations (EC) No 180/2008 and (EC) No 737/2008 as regards lists and names of EU reference laboratories (OJ L 58, 3.3.2011, p. 29)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 72/2013 of 25 January 2013 amending Regulations (EC) No 180/2008 and (EC) No 737/2008 as regards the period of designation of certain laboratories as EU reference laboratories (OJ L 26, 26.1.2013, p. 9)."
    }
  ],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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