Annexes to COM(1994)401 - Amendment of Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 on the common organization of the market in fishery products and aquaculture

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dossier COM(1994)401 - Amendment of Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 on the common organization of the market in fishery products and aquaculture.
document COM(1994)401 EN
date December 22, 1995
ANNEX A


COMMMUNITY REFERENCE LABORATORY FOR DISEASES OF BIVALVE MOLLUSCS

IFREMER

Boîte Postale 133

17390 La Tremblade

France


ANNEX B


FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES OF THE COMMUNITY REFERENCE LABORATORY FOR DISEASES OF BIVALVE MOLLUSCS

The function and duties of the Community reference laboratory shall be:

1. to coordinate, in consultation with the Commission, the methods employed in Member States for diagnosing diseases of bivalve molluscs, specifically by:

(a) building up and retaining a collection of histological slides, strains or isolates of the relevant pathogens and making these available to approved laboratories in the Member States;

(b) organizing periodic comparative tests of diagnostic procedures at Community level;

(c) collecting and collating data and information on the methods of diagnosis used and the results of tests carried out in the Community;

(d) characterizing isolates of pathogens by the most up-to-date and appropriate methods to allow greater understanding of the epizootiology of the disease;

(e) keeping abreast of developments in the surveillance, epizootiology and prevention of the relevant diseases throughout the world;

(f) retaining expertise on relevant disease pathogens to enable rapid differential diagnosis;

2. to assist actively in the diagnosis of disease outbreaks in Member States by receiving pathogen isolates for confirmatory diagnosis, characterization and epizootic studies;

3. to facilitate the training or retraining of experts in laboratory diagnosis with a view to the harmonization of diagnostic techniques throughout the Community;

4. to collaborate as regards methods of diagnosing exotic diseases, with the competent laboratories in third countries where those diseases are prevalent.


ANNEX C


NATIONAL REFERENCE LABORATORIES FOR DISEASES OF BIVALVE MOLLUSCS

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ANNEX D

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