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COMMISSION DECISION
of 30 March 1990
amending Decision 84/423/EEC on health protection measures in respect of Botswana
(90/171/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of bovine animals and swine and fresh meat or meat products from third countries (1), as last amended by Directive 89/662/EEC (2), and in particular Article 15 thereof,
Whereas Commission Decision 84/423/EEC (3) granted the Member States the option of authorizing imports into their territory, under certain conditions and from certain regions, of fresh meat from Botswana, taking into account, in particular, the existing health situation in that country and the measures taken by that country's authorities to combat foot-and-mouth disease and to avoid its spreading into unaffected regions;
Whereas the situation concerning foot-and-mouth disease in Botswana continues to improve, no outbreak of the disease having occured since September 1980; whereas it is now possible to extend the disease-free area by including certain new veterinary disease control zones (zones 5 and 6);
Whereas in order to further clarify the situation with regard to the veterinary disease control zones it is necessary to further define the limits of these zones in a different manner;
Whereas the situation in Botswana will continue to be kept under review by the Commission;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Decision 84/423/EEC is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 1 is replaced by the following:
'Article 1
The prohibition provided for in Article 14 (2) of Directive 72/462/EEC shall not apply, in respect of deboned carcase meat of bovine animals, to the following veterinary disease control zones of Botswana:
Veterinary disease control zone 5:
That area which is bordered:
- to the north-west by the cordon fence running from the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans via Orapa Mining Area to the Central Kalahari Game Reserve,
- to the south by the cordon fence from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve via Makoba Quarantine to Dukwe Quarantine,
- to the north-east by the cordon fence from the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans to join the cordon fence from Dukwe to Makoba Quarantine.
Veterinary disease control zone 6:
That area which is bordered:
- to the north-east by the cordon fence running from Vakaranga through Mosojane Quarantine to join the cordon fence from Maitengwe to Dukwe Quarantine,
- to the west by the cordon fence from Maitengwe Quarantine via Dukwe to Makoba Quarantine,
- to the south by the cordon fence from Thalamabele to Serule,
- to the east by the railway line from Vakaranga to Serule via Francistown.
Veterinary disease control zone 7:
That area bordered:
- to the north by the cordon fence along the border between Botswana and Zimbabwe from the Tuli Circle to Vakaranga,
- to the west by the railway line from Vakaranga to Serule,
- to the south by the cordon fence from Serule to Zanzibar,
- to the south-east by the border between Botswana and South Africa to a point around the confluence of the Shashe and Limpopo rivers and to the east by the cordon fence from this point to the Tuli Circle.
Veterinary disease control zone 8:
That area bordered:
- to the west by the cordon fence from Thalamabele to Makoba,
- to the south by the Makoba/Markoro cordon fence,
- to the east by the Makoro/Serule railway line,
- to the north by the Serule/Thalamabele cordon fence.
Veterinary disease control zone 9:
That area bordered:
- to the north by the Serule/Zanzibar cordon fence,
- to the west by the Marokoro/Serule railway line,
- to the south by the Makoro/Sherwood cordon fence,
- to the east by the border between Botswana and South Africa between Sherwood and Zanzibar.
Veterinary disease control zone 10:
That area bordered:
- to the north by the cordon fence from Sherwood through Makoro and Duakome Quarantines to Makoba,
- to the west by the Makoba/Central Kalahari Game Reserve cordon fence,
- to the south by the cordon fence from Buffels Drift via Dibete Quarantine and Lephephe to the Central Kalahari Game Reserve,
- to the east by the border between Botswana and South Africa from Buffels Drift to Sherwood.
Veterinary disease control zone 11
That area including:
- Kweneng District
- Southern District
- Kgatleng District
- South East District
Veterinary disease control zone 12
The area of Ghanzi District.
Veterinary disease control zone 13
The area of Kgalagadi District.
Veterinary disease control zone 14
Botswana Meat Commission Abattoir Lobatse.
Veterinary disease control zone 18
Botswana Meat Commission Abattoir Francistown.'
2. The third indent of paragraph 1 of Article 2 is replaced by the following:
'- the meat shall come from bovine animals coming from the districts mentioned in Article 1 and which have been slaughtered at least seven days after the completion of slaughter of cattle from unauthorized areas of northern Botswana and the cleaning and disinfection of the slaughterhouses at Lobatse and Francistown.'
3. The third indent of paragraph 2 of Article 2 is replaced by the following:
'- the offal shall come from bovine animals coming from the districts mentioned in Article 1 and which have been slaughtered at least seven days after the completion of slaughter of cattle from unauthorized areas of northern Botswana and the cleaning and disinfection of the slaughterhouses at Lobatse and Francistown.'
Article 2
The Annexes of Decision 84/423/EEC are replaced by the Annex hereto.
Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 30 March 1990.