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"B"M1 COMMISSION DECISION
of 25 July 2000
establishing transitional measures within the framework of Council Directive 64/432/EEC 3
(notified under document number C(2000) 2259)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2000/504/EC)
(OJ L 201, 9.8.2000, p. 6)
Amended by:
Official Journal
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"M1 COMMISSION DECISION
of 25 July 2000
establishing transitional measures within the framework of Council
Directive 64/432/EEC 3
(notified under document number C(2000) 2259)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2000/504/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 health
problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine (1), as
last amended by Directive 2000/20/EC (2), and in particular Article 16(3)
thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Article 6(2)(a) of Directive 64/432/EEC, bovine
animals intended for intra-Community trade must come from a holdingofficially free of bovine tuberculosis and in addition in the case of
animals more than six weeks old, be tested with negative reaction
within 30 days of dispatch by use of an intradermal tuberculin testcarried out in accordance with the provisions in Annex B point 32(d).
(2) The test referred to above is not required where the animals originate
in a Member State or part of a Member State recognised as officiallytuberculosis free or in a Member State or part of a Member State withan approved surveillance network.
(3) Certain Member States are not officially free from bovine tuberculosis
and have not yet accomplished the installation of a surveillancenetwork. However, pursuant to Council Directive 71/285/EEC (
3) they
had established a system of tuberculin testing carried out by authorised
veterinary surgeons outside the herd of origin both at approved dealerspremises and assembly centres, during the 30 days prior to dispatch toother Member States.
(4) Since 1 July 1999, the practice to carry out the tuberculin testing for
certification purposes outside the herd of origin is no longer in linewith Directive 64/432/EEC. It appears appropriate to allow under
certain conditions until the surveillance network is approved in
accordance with Article 17 and in any case for a transitional period ofnot more than two years, the tuberculin testing to be carried out duringthe 30 days prior to dispatch outside the herd of origin.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the
opinion of the Standing veterinary Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
1. Derogating from the provisions of Article 6(2)(a), first paragraph of
Directive 64/432/EEC, Member States listed in the Annex may authorise theintradermal tuberculin test required for certification of bovine animals for
intra-Community trade to be carried out outside the herd of origin.
2. Member States using the derogation provided for in paragraph 1 shall
ensure that bovine animals older than six weeks of age are only certified forintra-Community trade, if they fulfil the following conditions:
—they come from herds officially free from bovine tuberculosis, and
—they have reacted with a negative result as defined in Annex B point
32(d) of Directive 64/432/EEC to an intradermal tuberculin test, carried
out during the 30 days period prior to certification.!B
(1) OJ 121, 29.7.1964, p. 1977/64.
(2) OJ L 163, 4.7.2000, p. 35.
(3) OJ L 179, 9.8.1971, p. 1.2000D0504 —EN—11.01.2001 —001.001 —2
Article 2
Member States using the procedures for tuberculin testing referred to in
Article 1 shall ensure, that bovine animals for intra-Community trade so
tested are accompanied by an animal health certificate as laid down in Annex
F Model 1 of Directive 64/432/EEC amended as follows:
1. In the second indent of paragraph 3 in Section A the words ‘Article 6(2) ’
are replaced by the words ‘Article 6(2)(b) and (c) ’.
2. In the table under the second indent of paragraph 3 in Section A the row
relating to the tuberculin test and the word ‘testing ’in the header of the
fourth column are deleted.
3. In Section C a new paragraph is added in arithmetic order as follows:
‘6. The animal had been tested for bovine tuberculosis with negative
result during 30 days prior to certification in accordance with
Commission Decision 2000/504/EC as follows:
TestTest not required for the fol-
lowing categories of animalsRequired
Y es/no (4)(5)Date of testing
Tuberculin test Animals less than six
weeks of age’
Article 3
By way of derogation from Article 6(2)(a) and (b) of Directive 64/432/EEC,
Member States may license the introduction onto their territory of bovineanimals aged less than 30 months for meat production which have not beensubject to the tests required in Article 6(2)(a) and (b) referred to above, under
the following conditions.
1. These animals
—come from the Member States listed in the Annex,
—come from herds which are officially tuberculosis-free and officially
brucellosis-free,
—are accompanied by an animal health certificate in accordance with
Annex F of Directive 64/432/EEC, Model 1, in which in particular
paragraph 7 in Section A is duly completed.
2. The competent authorities of the Member State of dispatch have made the
necessary arrangements to ensure that the animals comply with the
requirements of Article 4(1) of Directive 64/432/EEC.
3. The Member State or region of dispatch is of at least the same health
status with regard to bovine tuberculosis and bovine brucellosis as theMember State or region of destination.
4. The competent authorities of the Member State of destination take all
necessary measures to keep the animals referred to in point 1 under their
supervision until these animals are slaughtered. This supervision shall
include at least regular inspection of the herds of destination and testingfor bovine tuberculosis and sampling for laboratory testing for bovinebrucellosis of the animals in accordance with the provisions of
respectively Annex A(I) and (II) to Directive 64/432/EEC.
5. The competent authorities of the Member State of destination take all
necessary measures to prevent effectively any contamination of
indigenous herds.
Article
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The Decision shall apply until 1 May 2002 at latest.
Article "M1 53
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.!B
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ANNEX
Member States applying the measures provided for in "M1 3this
Decision:
— France
— Ireland
— Belgium
— Spain!B
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