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►B COMMISSION DECISION
of 15 July 1999
establishing the officially brucellosis free status of bovine herds of certain Member States or
regions of Member States and repealing Decision 97/175/EC
(notified under document number C(1999) 2092)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(1999/466/EC)
(OJ L 181, 16.7.1999, p. 34)
Amended by:
Official Journal
Nopage date
►M1Commission Decision 2000/69/EC of 22 December 1999 L 23 76 28.1.2000
►M2Commission Decision 2000/442/EC of 11 July 2000 L 176 51 15.7.2000
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COMMISSION DECISION
of 15 July 1999
establishing the officially brucellosis free status of bovine herds of
certain Member States or regions of Member States and repealing
Decision 97/175/EC
(notified under document number C(1999) 2092)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(1999/466/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 bovineanimals and swine(
1), as last amended by Directive 98/99/EC (2), and in
particular Annex AII(7) thereof,
(1)Whereas Member States or regions of Member States may bedeclared officially brucellosis-free if they meet certain conditionsset up in Directive 64/432/EEC;
(2)Whereas Commission Decision 97/175/EC (3) of 18 December
1996 laying down the methods of control for maintaining theofficially brucellosis-free status of bovine herds in certainMember States and regions of Member States, specifies theMember States and regions within Member States that fulfil thesecriteria;
(3)Whereas this Decision will not be adapted to the legal situationon 1 July 1999 since Directive 64/432/EEC was amended byDirective 98/46/EC (
4); whereas moreover certain provisions for
the recognition as officially brucellosis-free Member State orregion have been modified by Directive 98/46/EC; whereas it isnecessary torepeal Decisio n 97/175/EC;
(4)Whereas in accordance with the provisions of Directive 64/432/EEC Member States or regions may be declared officiallybrucellosis-free if they meet the conditions of Annex AII(7) andthey retain their status as long as the conditions of Annex AII(8)are fulfilled;
(5)Whereas Member States and regions officially free of bovinebrucellosis are to report the occurrence of all cases of brucellosisto the Commission, which may propose a decision to suspend orrevoke the status in accordance with the provisions of AnnexAII(9) of that Directive;
(6)Whereas in accordance with Annex AII(7)(b) an identificationsystem allowing the identification of herds of origin and transitfor each bovine animal in accordance with Council Regulation(EC) No820/97 (
5) is a prerequisite for granting the officially
free status for bovine brucellosis;
(7)Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are inaccordance with the opinion of the Standing VeterinaryCommittee,
(1) OJ 121, 29.7.1964, p. 1977/64.
(2) OJ L 358, 31.12.1998, p. 107.
(3) OJ L 73, 14.3.1997, p. 16.
(4) OJ L 198, 15.7.1998, p. 22.
(5) OJ L 117, 7.5.1997, p. 1.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The Member States and regions thereof referred to respectively in
Annexes I and II are declared officially free of bovine brucellosis.
Article 2
The Decision shall be reviewed by 31 December 1999.
Article 3
Decision 97/175/EC is hereby repealed.
Article 4
This Decision shall apply from 1 July 1999.
Article 5
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
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ANNEX I
MEMBER STATES DECLARED OFFICIALLY FREE OF BOVINE
BRUCELLOSIS ►M1 ◄
Denmark
GermanyLuxembourgNetherlands (
1)
AustriaFinlandSweden
(1) As from 1 August 1999.
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ANNEX II
REGIONS OF MEMBER STATES DECLARED OFFICIALLY FREE OF
BOVINE BRUCELLOSIS ►M2 UNTIL 31 OCTOBER 2000 ◄
Great Britain (United Kingdom)
Province Bolzano (Italy)