ANNEX IV

National African swine fever laboratories and their responsibilities 1. The national African swine fever laboratories are as follows: Belgium Centre d'étude et de recherche vétérinaires et agrochimiques, 1180 Bruxelles Denmark Danmarks Veterinære Institut - Afdeling for Virologi, Lindholm, 4771 Kalvehave Germany Bundesforschungsanstalt für Viruskrankheiten der Tiere, Tübingen, 17498 Riems Greece Veterinary Institute of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, 15310 Ag. Paraskevi Spain Centro de Investigación en Sanidad Animal, 28130 Valdeolmos (Madrid) France AFSSA-Ploufragan, Zoopole des Côtes d'Armor, 22440 Ploufragan Ireland Veterinary Research Laboratory, Abbotstown, Castleknock, Dublin 15 Italy Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Umbria e delle Marche, 06100 Perugia Luxembourg Laboratoire de médecine vétérinaire de l'État, 1020 Luxembourg The Netherlands Central Institute for animal disease control (CIDC-Lelystad), P.O. Box 2004, 8203 AA Lelystad Austria Bundessanstalt für veterinärmedizinische Untersuchungen in Mödling, Robert Koch-Gasse 17, 2340 Mödling Portugal Laboratório Nacional de Investigação Veterinária, 1500 Lisboa Finland Eläinlääkintä- ja elintarviketutkimuslaitos, 00231 Helsinki Forskningsanstalten för veterinärmedicin och livsmedel, 00231 Helsingfors Sweden Statens Veterinärmedicinska Anstalt, 75189 Uppsala United Kingdom Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright, Woking, Surrey GU24 ONF 2. National African swine fever laboratories are responsible for ensuring that in each Member State the laboratory testing to detect the presence of African swine fever and the identification of the genetic type of virus isolates are carried out in accordance with the diagnostic manual. To this end, they may make special agreements with the Community Reference Laboratory or with other national laboratories. 3. The national African swine fever laboratory in each Member State is responsible for coordinating the standards and diagnostic methods in each African swine fever diagnostic laboratory within that State. To this end: they may provide diagnostic reagents to individual laboratories; they shall control the quality of all diagnostic reagents used in that Member State; they shall arrange comparative tests periodically; they shall hold isolates of African swine fever virus from cases and outbreaks confirmed in that Member State.

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