Spain - CISA added to the list of national laboratories authorised to handle the live FMD virus

Spain has officially informed the Commission that the Centro de Investigación en Sanidad Animal (CISA), Valdeolmos, Madrid, complies with the requirements laid down in Article 65 of Directive 2003/85/EC. Spain requested that the CISA be added to the list of national laboratories, authorised to handle the live foot-and- mouth disease virus, set out in Part A of Annex XI to that Directive.

Accordingly, it is necessary to replace the entry for Spain in the list of national laboratories set out in Part A Annex XI to Directive 2003/85/EC.