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►B COMMISSIONDECISION
of18April2000
approvingtestsforthedetectionofantibodiesagainstbovinebrucellosiswithintheframeworkof
CouncilDirective 64/432/EEC
(notified under document number C(2000) 1042)
(TextwithEEArelevance)
(2000/330/EC)
(OJ L 114, 13.5.2000, p. 37)
Amended by:
Official Journal
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►M1Commission Regulation (EC) No 535/2002 of 21 March 2002 L 80 22 23.3.2002
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COMMISSIONDECISION
of18April2000
approving tests for the detection of antibodies against bovine
brucellosiswithintheframeworkofCouncilDirective 64/432/EEC
(notified under document number C(2000) 1042)
(TextwithEEArelevance)
(2000/330/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 98/99/EC(2), and in parti-
cular Article 6(2)(b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)Bovine animals intended for intra-Community trade must, with
regard to bovine brucellosis, come from a holding officially
free of bovine brucellosis and, in addition, be tested within 30days of dispatch by use of either a serum-agglutination test orany other test approved by Standing Veterinary Committeeprocedure following the adoption of the relevant protocols.
(2)In accordance with Article 16 of Directive 64/432/EEC, theCommission, in acordance with the procedures of Article 17and on the basis of the opinion of the Scientific VeterinaryCommittee, shall update and if necessary amend Annexes B, Cand D (Chapter II) to adapt them to scientific developments.
(3)The Commission has now received the final report of the Scien-tific Committee on Animal Health and Animal Welfare on themodification of the technical annexes to Directive 64/432/EECto take account of scientific developments regarding tubercu-
losis, brucellosis and enzootic bovine leucosis(
3).
(4)In this report the Scientific Committee recommended the prefer-
ential use of ELISA tests, the complement fixation test and thebuffered brucella antigen tests for the detection of antibodies
against bovine brucellosis, carried out inter alia on samples of
blood taken from individual bovine animals. The recommendedprocedures are in line with the internationally recognised stan-dards set out by the OIE (Manual of standards, Edition 1996,Chapter 3.2.1).
(5)It appears appropriate to recognise for certification purposes thebrucellosis test results produced by use of ELISA tests, thecomplement fixation test and the buffered brucella antigen tests,if the tests were carried out in accordance with the approvedprotocols on samples of blood taken from individually identified
bovine animals within the 30 days prior to certification of the
tested animals for intra-Community trade.
(6)Therefore, pending the update of the technical Annexes B, C andD (Chapter II) in accordance with Article 16 of Directive 64/
432/EEC, the ELISA tests, as specified in the report of the
Scientific Committee and the complement fixation test and thebuffered brucella antigen tests as specified in Annex C to thatDirective shall be approved for brucellosis testing for certifica-tion purposes as provided for in Article 6(2)(b) and the animalhealth certificate in Annex F, model 1.2000D0330 — EN — 12.04.2002 — 001.001 — 2
(1) OJ 121, 29.7.1964, p. 1977/64.
(2) OJ L 358, 31.12.1998, p. 107.
(3) Doc. SANCO/B3/R10/1999.
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(7)The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance
with the opinion of the Standing veterinary Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The complement fixation test, the buffered brucella antigen tests and
the ELISA tests carried out in accordance with the provisions in AnnexC to Directive 64/432/EEC are hereby approved for certificationpurposes.
Article 2
Where, for the purposes referred to in Article 6(2)(b) of Directive 64/
432/EEC a test referred to in Article 1 of this Decision is used, the test
must be specified in the column ‘Test’ of the tables in point 3, second
indent, and in point 5 of Section A in Annex F, Model 1 (health certi-ficate) to Directive 64/432/EEC.
Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.2000D0330 — EN — 12.04.2002 — 001.001 — 3
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