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►B COMMISSIONDECISION
of24April2001
concerningrestrictionstothemovementofanimalsofsusceptiblespecieswithregardtofoot-and-
mouthdiseaseandrepealingDecision2001/263/EC
(notified under document number C(2001) 1149)
(TextwithEEArelevance)
(2001/327/EC)
(OJ L 115, 25.4.2001, p. 12)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
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COMMISSIONDECISION
of24April2001
concerning restrictions to the movement of animals of susceptible
species with regard to foot-and-mouth disease and repealing Deci-
sion2001/263/EC
(notified under document number C(2001) 1149)
(TextwithEEArelevance)
(2001/327/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990
concerning veterinary and zootechnical checksapplicable in intra-
Community trade in certain live animalsand productswith a view tothe completion of the internal market(
1), aslas t amended by Directive
92/118/EEC(2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)The animal health conditionsfor trade in bovine animalsand
swine are laid down in Council Directive 64/432/EEC on animal
health problemsaffecting intra-Community trade in bovineanimalsand s wine(
3), aslas t amended by Directive 2000/20/
EC(4).
(2)The animal health conditionsfor trade in ovine and caprine
animalsare laid down in Council Directive 91/68/EEC of 28
January 1991 on animal health conditionsgoverning intra-Community trade in ovine and caprine animals(
5), aslas t
amended by Commission Decision 94/953/EC(6).
(3)The animal health conditionsfor trade in biungulatesother thanthose referred to in Directive 64/432/EEC and 91/68/EEC arelaid down in Council Directive 92/65/EEC of 13 July 1992laying down animal health requirementsgoverning trade in andimports into the Community of animals, semen, ova andembryosnot s ubject to animal health requirementslaid down in
specific Community rules referred to in Annex A(I) to Directive
90/425/EEC(
7), as last amended by Commission Decision 95/
176/EC(8).
(4)The welfare conditionsfor trans port of animalswithin the
Community are laid down in Council Directive 91/628/EEC of
19 November 1991 on the protection of animalsduring trans portand amending Directives90/425/EEC and 91/496/EEC(
9), aslas t
amended by Directive 95/29/EC(10).
(5)Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/97 of 25 June 1997 concerns
Community criteria for staging points and amends the route plan
referred to in the Annex to Directive 91/628/EEC(11).
(6)Following the reports of outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease inthe United Kingdom, France, the Netherlandsand Ireland, theCommission adopted Decisions 2001/172/EC(
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(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 29.
(2) OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 49.
(3) OJ 121, 29.7.1964, p. 1977/64.
(4) OJ L 163, 4.7.2000, p. 35.
(5) OJ L 46, 19.2.1991, p. 19.
(6) OJ L 371, 31.12.1994, p. 14.
(7) OJ L 268, 14.9.1992, p. 54.
(8) OJ L 117, 24.5.1995, p. 23.
(9) OJ L 340, 11.12.1991, p. 17.
(10) OJ L 148, 30.6.1995, p. 52.
(11) OJ L 174, 2.7.1997, p. 1.
(12) OJ L 62, 2.3.2001, p. 22.
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EC(1), 2001/223/EC(2) and 2001/234/EC(3) concerning certain
protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease inthe respective Member State.
(7)The foot-and-mouth disease situation in certain parts of theCommunity isliable to endanger the herdsin other partsof theCommunity in view of the placing on the market and trade inlive biungulate animals.
(8)All Member Stateshave implemented the res trictionsto the
movement of animals of susceptible species laid down in Deci-
sion 2001/263/EC(4), as last amended by Decision 2001/317/
EC(5).
(9)In the light of the disease evolution and the findings of theepidemiological investigations carried out in the affectedMember Statesin clos e cooperation with the other Member
States, it appears appropriate to further prohibit the movement
of animalsthrough s taging pointsand to maintain for an addi-tional period of time the restrictions to the movement ofsusceptible animals within the Community.
(10)At the same time the provisions on movement of animals ofsusceptible species included in Decision 2001/263/EC should be
repealed.
(11)The situation shall be reviewed at the meeting of the Standing
Veterinary Committee scheduled for 25 April 2001 and themeasures adapted where necessary.
(12)The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordancewith the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
For the purpose of this Decision:1. ‘approved assembly centres’ shall be those defined in Article 2(2)(o)
of Council Directive 64/432/EEC and communicated in accordancewith Article 11(3) of that Directive to the Member Statesand theCommission until 2 May 2001 at the latest;
2. ‘region of a Member State’ shall mean part of the territory of the
Community asdefined in Article 2(2)(p) of Directive 64/432/EEC.
Article 2
Member States other than the United Kingdom shall ensure that:
1. Transport of animals of species susceptible to foot-and- mouth
disease is prohibited.
Without prejudice to Council Directives64/432/EEC, 91/68/EEC
and 92/65/EEC, thisprohibition s hall not apply to movementsofanimals of species susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease from theholding of dispatch:
— directly or through one single assembly centre to a slaughter-
house for immediate slaughter,
In the case of intra-Community trade, the assembly centre must
be approved and the transport is subject to authorisation by thecompetent authoritiesof the place of departure and des tination,or2001D0327 — EN — 04.05.2001 — 001.001 — 3
(1) OJ L 73, 15.3.2001, p. 38.
(2) OJ L 82, 22.3.2001, p. 29.
(3) OJ L 84, 23.3.2001, p. 62.
(4) OJ L 93, 3.4.2001, p. 59.
(5) OJ L 109, 19.4.2001, p. 74.▼M1
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— directly or through one single assembly centre to one single
holding of destination in the case of animals of susceptiblespecies other than bovine and porcine animals subject to author-
isation by the competent authorities of the place of departure and
destination,
In the case of intra-Community trade, the assembly centre must
be approved, or
— directly to another holding in the case of bovine and porcine
animals, subject to notification to the competent authorities ofthe place of departure.
In the case of intra-Community trade the transport is subject to
authorisation by the competent authorities of the place of depar-ture and destination.
Derogating from the notification requirement in the first point of
thisindent, Member Statesmay grant a general movementlicence valid for 30 daysfor direct movement within the s ameMember State from one holding to another holding which takes
place regularly in established contractual relations between the
holding of departure and destination. Such license shall beimmediately withdrawn in the case of a suspect case of foot-and-mouth disease within the region where the holding ofdispatch is situated, or
— directly or through one single assembly centre to a maximum of
10 holdings of destination in the case of bovine and porcine
animals, subject to authorisation by the competent authorities ofthe place of departure,
In the case of intra-Community trade, the assembly centre must
be approved and the transport is subject to authorisation by thecompetent authoritiesof the place of departure and des tination,
or
— directly or through an assembly point to group herds or flocks
for transhumance to designated pastures, subject to authorisationby the competent authoritiesof the place of departure and des ti-nation.
2. The movement of animalsauthoris ed in accordance with the deroga-
tionsin paragraph 1 s hall take place under the condition that:
(a) in the case of animals destined for intra-Community trade,
during transport such animals do not come into contact with
animals not of the same holding of dispatch, unless such
animals:
— either are consigned for slaughter, or
— originate in and come from holdingss ituated in a region of a
Member State in which no restrictions in accordance withArticle 9 of Directive 85/511/EEC have been in place onthe date of dispatch and during at least 20 days of the resi-dence period where required in paragraph 3;
(b) vehicles which have been used for the transport of live animals
are cleaned and disinfected after each operation, and shallfurnish proof of such disinfection, and
(c) transports to other Member States of such animals shall only be
allowed following 24 hoursadvance notification dis patched bythe local veterinary authority to the central and local veterinaryauthoritiesin the Member State of des tination and to the central
veterinary authoritiesin the Member State of trans it.
3. Where required by thisDecis ion, the competent authoritiesat the
place of departure authorise the movement of animals of species
susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease only under one of thefollowing conditions:
— animalsare des tined for intra-Community trade and have
remained on the holding of dispatch for at least 30 days priorto authorisation, or since birth in the holding of origin wherethe animals are less than 30 days old, and no animal of suscep-tible species was introduced into that holding during this periodin the case of ovine and caprine animals, or during the past 202001D0327 — EN — 04.05.2001 — 001.001 — 4
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days in the case of bovine animals, or during the past 10 days in
the case of porcine animals,
— animalsare des tined for movement within the Member State of
dispatch and have remained on the holding of dispatch for atleast 20 days prior to authorisation, or since birth in the holding
of origin where the animalsare les sthan 20 daysold, and no
animal of susceptible species was introduced into that holdingduring this period, or during the past 10 days in the case of pigs,
— animalsare des tined for movement within a region of a Member
State,
— animals are transported directly and without passing through an
approved assembly centre to a slaughterhouse for immediateslaughter.
4. Without prejudice to Article 3(1)(aa) second indent of Council
Directive 91/628/EEC, Member States shall ensure that animals ofspecies susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease are not moved throughstaging points established and approved in accordance with CouncilRegulation (EC) No 1255/97.
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Commission Decision 2001/263/EC is repealed.
Article►M1 4◄
This Decision shall apply until midnight on 18 May 2001.
Article►M1 5◄
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.2001D0327 — EN — 04.05.2001 — 001.001 — 5
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