II 
(Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is not obligatory)  
DECISIONS  
COMMISSION  
COMMISSION DECISION  
of 5 August 2009  
amending Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration that certain Member States and regions 
thereof are officially free of bovine brucellosis  
(Notified under document C(2009) 6086)  
(Text with EEA relevance)  
(2009/600/EC)  
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,  
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Community,  
Having regard to Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June 
1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community 
trade in bovine animals and swine (  1 ), and in particular 
Annex A(II)(7) thereto,  
Whereas:  
(1) Directive 64/432/EEC provides that a Member State or 
part of a Member State may be declared officially free of 
bovine brucellosis as regards bovine herds, subject to 
compliance with certain conditions set out in that 
Directive.  
(2) The lists of Member States and regions thereof declared 
free of bovine brucellosis are set out in Commission 
Decision 2003/467/EC of 23 June 2003 establishing 
the official tuberculosis, brucellosis and enzootic- 
bovine-leukosis-free status of certain Member States and 
regions of Member States as regards bovine herds (  2 ). 
(3) Ireland and Poland have submitted to the Commission 
documentation demonstrating compliance with the 
appropriate conditions provided for in Directive 
64/432/EEC as regards their whole territory in order 
that those Member States may be considered officially 
bovine brucellosis-free Member States.  (4) Following the evaluation of the documentation submitted 
by Ireland and Poland, the whole territory of those 
Member States should be recognised as officially bovine 
brucellosis-free.  
(5) Portugal has submitted to the Commission documen ­
tation demonstrating compliance with the appropriate 
conditions provided for in Directive 64/432/EEC as 
regards the islands of Faial and Santa Maria in the 
Autonomous Region of Azores in order that those 
islands may be considered officially bovine brucellosis- 
free regions of Portugal.  
(6) In addition, Spain has submitted to the Commission 
documentation demonstrating compliance with the 
appropriate conditions provided for in Directive 
64/432/EEC as regards the provinces of Santa Cruz de 
Tenerife and Las Palmas in Spain in order that those 
provinces may be considered officially bovine brucel ­
losis-free regions of Spain.  
(7) Following the evaluation of the documentation submitted 
by Portugal and Spain, the islands and provinces 
concerned should be recognised as officially bovine 
brucellosis-free regions of those Member States.  
(8) Decision 2003/467/EC should therefore be amended 
accordingly.  
(9) The measures provided for in this Decision are in 
accordance with the opinion of the Standing 
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,EN 6.8.2009 Official Journal of the European Union L 204/39  
( 1 ) OJ 121, 29.7.1964, p. 1977/64.  
( 2 ) OJ L 156, 25.6.2003, p. 74.HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:  
Article 1  
Annex II to Decision 2003/467/EC is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.  
Article 2  
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.  
Done at Brussels, 5 August 2009.  
For the Commission  
Androulla VASSILIOU  
Member of the CommissionEN L 204/40 Official Journal of the European Union 6.8.2009ANNEX  
Annex II to Decision 2003/467/EC is replaced by the following:  
‘ANNEX II  
CHAPTER 1  
Officially brucellosis-free Member States  
ISO code  Member State  
BE Belgium  
CZ Czech Republic  
DK Denmark  
DE Germany  
IE Ireland  
FR France  
LU Luxembourg  
NL Netherlands  
AT Austria  
PL Poland  
SI Slovenia  
SK Slovakia  
FI Finland  
SE Sweden  
CHAPTER 2  
Officially brucellosis-free regions of Member States  
In Italy:  
— Region Abruzzo: Province of Pescara,  
— Region Emilia-Romagna: Provinces of Bologna, Ferrara, Forli-Cesena, Modena, Parma, Piacenza, Ravenna, Reggio 
Emilia, Rimini,  
— Region Friuli-Venezia Giulia,  
— Region Lazio: Province of Rieti;  
— Region Liguria: Provinces of Imperia, Savona,  
— Region Lombardia: Provinces of Bergamo, Brescia, Como, Cremona, Lecco, Lodi, Mantova, Milano, Pavia, Sondrio, 
Varese,  
— Region Marche,  
— Region Piemonte,  
— Region Puglia: Province of Brindisi,  
— Region Sardegna: Provinces of Cagliari, Nuoro, Oristano, Sassari,  
— Region Toscana,  
— Region Trentino-Alto Adige: Provinces of Bolzano, Trento,  
— Region Umbria: Provinces of Perugia, Terni,  
— Region Veneto.EN 6.8.2009 Official Journal of the European Union L 204/41In Portugal:  
— Autonomous Region of Azores: Islands of Corvo, Faial, Flores, Graciosa, Pico, Santa Maria.  
In Spain:  
— Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife,  
— Province of Las Palmas.  
In the United Kingdom:  
— Great Britain: England, Scotland, Wales.’EN L 204/42 Official Journal of the European Union 6.8.2009