Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/221 of 15 February 2018 amending Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the European Union reference laboratory for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (Text with EEA relevance. )

• CELEX: Regulation (EU) 2018/221
• Articles: 3

Article 1

In Chapter B of Annex X to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001, point 1 is replaced by the following:

‘1.

The EU reference laboratory for TSEs is a consortium between the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta (IZSPLVA) and the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), led by IZSPLVA:

Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta (IZSPLVA)

Via Bologna 148

10154 Torino

Italy

Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS)

Viale Regina Elena 299

00161 Roma

Italy’.

Article 2

In Part I of Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004, point 13 is replaced by the following:

‘13.

EU reference laboratory for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs)

The laboratory referred to in point 1 of Chapter B of Annex X to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001’.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

It shall apply from 1 January 2019.