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of26June1990
onanimalhealthconditionsgoverningthemovementandimportfromthirdcountriesofequidae
(90/426/EEC)
(OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 42)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 L 224 29 18.8.1990
►M2Council Directive 91/496/EEC of 15 July 1991 L 268 56 24.9.1991
►M3Commission Decision 92/130/EEC of 13 February 1992 L 47 26 22.2.1992
►M4Council Directive 92/36/EEC of 29 April 1992 L 157 28 10.6.1992
►M5Commission Decision 2001/298/EC of 30 March 2001 L 102 63 12.4.2001
Amended by:
►A1Act of Accession of Austria, Sweden and Finland C 241 21 29.8.1994
(adapted by Council Decision 95/1/EC, Euratom, ECSC) L 1 1 1.1.1995
Corrected by:►
C1Corrigendum, OJ L 296, 27.10.1990, p. 66 (90/426/EEC)
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COUNCILDIRECTIVE
of26June1990
on animal health conditions governing the movement and import
fromthirdcountriesofequidae
(90/426/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee (3),
Whereas equidae, being live animals, are included in the list of
productsin Annex II to the Treaty;
Whereasin order to ens ure the rational development of equidae
production, thereby increasing productivity in that sector, rulesgoverning the movement of equidae between Member Statesmus t belaid down at Community level;
Whereasthe breeding and rearing of equidae and in particular of hors es
is generally included in the farming sector; whereas it constitutes asource of income for part of the farming population;
Whereasdis paritiesasregardsanimal health conditionsin the Member
Statess hould be eliminated in order to encourage intra-Communitytrade in equidae;
Whereas, in order to encourage the harmonious development of intra-
Community trade, a Community system should be laid down to governimportsfrom third countries ;
Whereasthe conditionsfor the movement on national territory of
equidae bearing an identification document should also be regulated;
Whereas, in order to be the subject of trade, equidae must satisfy
certain animal health requirements, so as to avoid the spreading ofcontagious diseases; whereas it appears in particular appropriate toprovide for a possible regionalization of restrictive measures;
Whereas transport conditions should be laid down for the same reason;Whereas, to ensure that those requirements are satisfied provision must
be made for the issue by an official veterinarian of a health certificateto accompany the equidae to their place of destination;
Whereasthe organization of and the follow-up to the checksto be
carried out by the Member State of destination and the safeguardmeasures to be implemented should be fixed within the framework ofrulesto be laid down for veterinary checksin intra-Community trade inlive animalsin view of the completion of the internal market;
Whereas provision should be made for the possibility of checks by the
Commission; whereas these checks should be carried out in cooperation
with the competent national authorities;
Whereasdefining Community provis ionsapplicable to importsfrom
third countriesrequiresa lis t to be drawn up of third countriesor parts
of third countriesfrom which equidae may be imported;
Whereas the choice of these countries must be based on criteria of a
general nature such as the state of health of the livestock, the organiza-1990L0426 — EN — 31.07.2001 — 006.001 — 2
(1) OJ No C 327, 30. 12. 1989, p. 61.
(2) OJ No C 149, 18. 6. 1990.
(3) OJ No C 62, 12. 3. 1990, p. 46.
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tion and powersof the veterinary s ervicesand the health regulationsin
force;
Whereas, in addition, imports of equidae should not be authorized from
countries infected with contagious or infectious animal diseases whichpresent a risk to Community livestock or which have been free from
such infection for too short a period; whereas such considerations are
also valid for imports from third countries in which vaccination againstsuch diseases is carried out;
Whereasthe general conditionsapplicable to importsfrom third coun-
tries must be supplemented by special conditions drawn up on the basisof the health situation in each of them; whereas the technical natureand the diversity of the criteria on which these special conditionsdepend require for their definition recourse to a flexible and rapid
Community procedure in which the Commission and the Member
Statescooperate clos ely;
Whereas the presentation of a common standard form of certificate
upon import of equidae constitutes an effective means of verifying
that the Community rulesare being applied; whereass uch rulesmayinclude special provisions which may vary according to the thirdcountry concerned, and whereasthismus t be taken into account indrawing up the standard forms of certificates;
Whereas official Community veterinarians should be responsible for
verifying that the requirementsof thisDirective are obs erved, particu-larly in third countries;
Whereasthe checkscarried out upon importation mus t cover the origin
and the state of health of the equidae;
Whereasthe Member Statesmus t be allowed, on the arrival of equidae
in the territory of the Community and during transit to their place ofdestination, to take all measures, including slaughter and disposal,
required for the purpose of safeguarding the health of humans and
animals;
Whereasthe general rulesapplicable to the checksto be carried out on
importation must be defined within an overall context;
Whereasevery Member State mus t have the right to place an
immediate prohibition on importsfrom a third country when s uch
imports may be dangerous for animal health; whereas in such a casecoordination of the attitudesof the Member Stateswith regard to thatthird country must be assured without delay, without prejudice topossible amendments to the list of countries authorized to export to
the Community;
Whereas the provisions of this Directive should be revised in connec-
tion with the completion of the internal market;
Whereas provision should be made for a procedure establishing close
and effective cooperation between the Commission and the Member
State within the Standing Veterinary Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
CHAPTER 1
General provisions
Article 1
ThisDirective laysdown animal health conditionsfor the movement
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Article 2
For the purposes of this Directive:
(a) ‘holding’ means an agricultural or training establishment, a stable
or, generally speaking, any premises or facilities in which equidaeare habitually kept or bred, for whatever use;
(b) ‘equidae’ meanswild or domes ticated animalsof the equine
(including zebras) or asinine species or the offspring of crossings
of those species;
(c) ‘registered equidae’ means any equidae registered as defined in
Directive 90/427/EEC (
1), identified by meansof an identification
document issued by the breeding authority or any other competentauthority of the country where the animal originated whichmanages the studbook or register for that breed of animal or anyinternational association or organization which manages horses forcompetition or racing;
(d) ‘equidae for slaughter’ means equidae intended to be transported
either directly or after transit through a market or an approved
marshalling centre to the slaughterhouse for slaughter;
(e) ‘equidae for breeding and production’ meansequidae other than
those mentioned in (c) and (d);
(f) ‘Member State or third country free from African horse sickness’
meansany Member State or third country in which there hasbeen
no clinical, serological (in unvaccinated equidae) or epidemiolo-gical evidence of African horse sickness on the territoryconcerned in the previoustwo yearsand in which there have beenno vaccinations against the disease during the previous 12 months;
(g) ‘compulsorily notifiable diseases’ means the diseases listed in
Annex A;
(h) ‘official veterinarian’ meansthe veterinarian des ignated by the
competent central authority of a Member State or of a thirdcountry;
(i) ‘temporary admission’ means the status of a registered animal
originating in a third country and admitted into Community terri-
tory for a period of less than 90 days to be fixed by the
Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article24, depending on the health situation in the country of origin.
CHAPTER II
Rulesforthemovementofequidae
Article 3
Member States shall authorize the movement of equidae registered in
their territory or send equidae to another Member State only wherethey satisfy the conditions laid down in Articles 4 and 5.
However, the competent authoritiesin Member Statesof des tination
may grant general or limited exemption in respect of movement of
equidae which:
— are being ridden or taken, for sporting or recreational purposes,
along roadss ituated near internal bordersof the Community,
— are taking part in cultural or similar events or in activities organized
by authorized local bodiess ituated near internal bordersof theCommunity,
— are intended solely for temporary pasturing or work near internal
bordersof the Community.
Member States making use of such authorization shall inform the
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Article 4
1. Equidae must show no clinical sign of disease at inspection.
Inspection must be carried out in the 48 hours prior to their embarka-
tion or loading. In the case of registered equidae, however, thisinspection shall, without prejudice to Article 6, be required for intra-Community trade only.
2. Without prejudice to the requirementsof paragraph 5 regarding
compulsorily notifiable diseases, the official veterinarian must, at the
time of inspection, be satisfied that there are no grounds — in parti-cular on the basis of declarations by the owner or breeder — forconcluding that the equidae have been in contact with equidae sufferingfrom an infectious or contagious disease during the 15 days immedi-ately preceding inspection.
3. The equidae must not be intended for slaughter under a national
programme of contagious or infectious disease eradication.
4. The equidae must be identified in the following manner:
(i) in the case of registered horses, by means of an identification docu-
ment, asprovided for in Directive 90/427/EEC (
1), which must
certify in particular that Article 5 (5) and (6) have been compliedwith. The offical veterinarian will have to suspend the validity of
thisdocument for the period of the prohibitionsprovided for in
paragraph 5 or in Article 5. The document should, following theslaughter of the registered horse, be returned to the authority whichissued it. The procedure for the implementation of this point shallbe adopted by the Commission in accordance with the procedurelaid down in Article 24;
(ii) for equidae for breeding and production, identification by a method
to be established by the Commission in accordance with the proce-dure laid down in Article 24.
Until such time as this method is in use, the officially approved
national identification methodss hall remain applicable, providedthat they are notified to the Commission and the other MemberStateswithin three monthsof the date on which thisDirective is
adopted.
5. In addition to the requirementslaid down in Article 5, the
equidae must not come from a holding which has been the subject ofone of the following prohibition orders:
(a) if all the animals of species susceptible to the disease located on
the holding have not been slaughtered, the period of prohibitionconcerning the holding of origin must be at least:
— six months in the case of equidae suspected of having
contracted dourine, beginning on the date of the last actual orpossible contact with a sick animal. However, in the case of astallion, the prohibition shall apply until the animal is castrated,
— six months in the case of glanders or equine encephalomyelitis,
beginning on the day on which the equidae suffering from the
disease in question are slaughtered,
— in the case of infectious anaemia, until the date on which, the
infected animalshaving been s laughtered, the remaininganimals have shown a negative reaction to two Coggins testscarried out three monthsapart,
— six months in the case of vesicular stomatitis,— one month from the last recorded case, in the case of rabies,— 15 days from the last recorded case, in the case of anthrax;
(b) if all the animals of species susceptible to the disease located on
the holding have been slaughtered and the premises disinfected,the period of prohibition shall be 30 days, beginning on the dayon which the animals were destroyed and the premises disinfected,1990L0426 — EN — 31.07.2001 — 006.001 — 5
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except in the case of anthrax, where the period of prohibition is 15
days.
The competent authoritiesmay derogate from thes e prohibition
measures for hippodromes and racecourses, and shall notify the
Commission of the nature of any derogations granted.
6. Where a Member State drawsup or hasdrawn up a voluntary or
compulsory control programme for a disease to which equidae aresusceptible, it may present the programme to the Commission, within
six months of notification of this Directive outlining in particular:
— the distribution of the disease on its territory,
— the reasons for the programme, taking into consideration the signif-
icance of the disease and its cost/benefit advantages,
— the geographical area in which the programme will be imple-
mented,
— the status categories to be applied to establishments, the standards
which must be attained for each species and the test procedures to
be used,
— the programme monitoring procedures,— the action to be taken if, for any reason, a holding loses its status,
— the measures to be taken if the results of the tests carried out in
accordance with the provisions of the programme are positive,
— the non-discriminatory nature of trade in the territory of the
Member State concerned with respect to intra-Community trade.
The Commission shall examine the programmes presented by the
Member States. Where appropriate it shall approve them in accordancewith the procedure laid down in Article 24. Any additional guarantees,general or specific, which may be required in intra-Community trade
may be defined in accordance with the same procedure. Such guaran-
tees must not exceed those required by the Member State in its ownterritory.
Programmes submitted by Member States may be amended or supple-
mented in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 25.
Amendmentsor additionsto programmeswhich have already been
approved or to guaranteeswhich have been defined in accordancewith the second subparagraph may be approved under the same proce-dure.
Article 5
1. A Member State which is not free of African horse sickness
within the meaning of Article 2 (f) may dispatch equidae from thatpart of itsterritory which iscons idered to be infected within themeaning of paragraph 2 of thisArticle only under the conditionss etout in paragraph 3 of thisArticle.
2. (a) A part of the territory of a Member State shall be considered to
be infected with African horse sickness if:
— clinical, serological (in unvaccinated animals) and/or epide-
miological evidence hasrevealed the pres ence of African
horse sickness in the past two years, or
— vaccination against African horse sickness has been carried
out in the past 12 months.
(b) The part of the territory considered to be infected with African
horse sickness must comprise as a minimum:
— a protection zone with a radiusof at leas t 100 km around
any centre of infection,
— a surveillance zone at least 50 km extending beyond the
protection zone, in which no vaccination hasbeen carriedout in the last 12 months.1990L0426 — EN — 31.07.2001 — 006.001 — 6
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(c) The rulescontrolling the combat meas uresrelating to the terri-
toriesand zonesreferred to in points(a) and (b) and the relevantderogationsare s pecified in Directive 92/35/EEC (
1).
(d) All vaccinated equidae found in the protection zone must be
registered and identified in accordance with Article 6 (1) of
Directive 92/35/EEC.
The identification document and/or health certificate shall carry
a clear reference to such vaccination.
3. A Member State may dispatch from the territory referred to in
paragraph 2 (b) only equidae which meet the following requirements:
(a) they must be dispatched only during certain periods of the year,
having regard to the activity of vector insects, to be determined in
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 25;
(b) they must show no clinical symptom of African horse sickness on
the day of the inspection referred to in Article 4 (1);
(c) — if they have not been vaccinated against African horse sickness,
they must have undergone and reacted negatively to a comple-
ment fixation test for African horse sickness as described in
Annex D, on two occasions, with an interval of between 21and 30 days between the two tests, the second of which musthave been carried out during the 10 daysprior to dis patch,
— if they have been vaccinated, they must not have undergone
vaccination during the previoustwo monthsand mus t have
undergone the fixation test described in Annex D at the afore-
mentioned intervalswithout having recorded an increas e in theantibody count. Under the procedure laid down in Article 24,the Commission may, following the opinion of the ScientificVeterinary Committee, recognize other monitoring methods;
(d) they must have been kept in a quarantine station for a minimum
period of 40 daysprior to dis patch;
(e) they must have been protected from vector insects during the
period of quarantine and during transportation from the quarantinestation to the place of dispatch.
Article 6
Member States which implement an alternative control system
providing guaranteesequivalent to thos e laid down in Article 4 (5) as
regardsmovementswithin their territory of equidae and regis teredequidae, in particular by meansof the identification document, maygrant one another derogations from the provisions of the secondsentence of Article 4 (1) and the second indent of Article 8 (1) on areciprocal basis.
They shall notify the Commission thereof.
Article 7
1. The equidae must be transported, as soon as possible, from the
holding of origin either directly or via an approved market or marshal-
ling centre asdefined in Article 3 (6) of Directive 64/432/EEC to the
place of destination in vehicles or containers which have been regularlycleansed and disinfected with a disinfectant at intervals to be fixed bythe Member State of dispatch. The vehicles must be designed in such away that equidae droppings, litter or fodder cannot escape from the
vehicle during transportation. Transportation must be effected in such
a way that the health and well-being of the equidae can be protectedeffectively.
2. The Member State of destination may, on a general or restricted
basis, grant a derogation from some of the requirements of Article 4 (5)1990L0426 — EN — 31.07.2001 — 006.001 — 7
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for any animal bearing a special mark indicating that it is scheduled for
slaughter, provided that the health certificate mentions such derogation.
In the case of granting such a derogation equidae for slaughter must be
transported directly to the designated slaughterhouse and be slaughtered
within five days of arrival at the slaughterhouse.
3. The official veterinarian must record the identification number or
identification document number of the slaughtered animal and forwardto the competent authority of the place of dispatch, at the latter'srequest, an attestation to the effect that the animal has been slaugh-tered.
Article 8
1. Member States shall ensure that:
— registered equidae which leave their holdings are accompanied by
the identification document laid down in Article 4 (4) together —if they are intended for intra-Community trade — with the attesta-tion provided for in Annex B,
— equidae for breeding, production and slaughter are, during their
transportion, accompanied by a health certificate complying with
Annex C to thisDirective.
The certificate, or in the case of an identification document, the form
containing the health particulars, must, without prejudice to Article 6,be drawn up during the 48 hourspreceding their embarkation or els e nolater than the last working day prior to it, in at least one of the officiallanguages of the Member States of dispatch and destination. The dura-tion of validity of the certificate is 10 days. The certificate must consist
of a single sheet.
2. Importsof equidae other than regis tered equidae may be covered
by a single health certificate per consignment rather than by the indivi-dual certificate referred to in the second indent of paragraph 1.
Article 9
The ruleslaid down in Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990
concerning veterinary and zootechnical checksin intra-Communitytrade in certain live animalsand productswith a view to the comple-
tion of the internal market (
1), shall apply in particular to checks at
origin, to the organization of, and follow-up to, the checksto be carriedout by the Member State of destination, and to the safeguard measuresto be implemented.
Article 10
Veterinary experts from the Commission may, to the extent necessary
to ensure uniform application of this Directive and in cooperation with
the competent national authorities, carry out on-the-spot inspections.
The Commission shall inform the Member States of the outcome ofsuch inspections.
The Member States in whose territory an inspection is carried out shall
give the experts all the assistance necessary to carry out their task.
General arrangementsfor the application of thisArticle s hall be
adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 24.1990L0426 — EN — 31.07.2001 — 006.001 — 8
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CHAPTER III
Rulesforimportsfromthirdcountries
Article 11
1. Equidae imported into the Community must satisfy the conditions
laid down in Articles12 to 16.
2. Until the date of entry into force of the decisions adopted
pursuant to Articles 12 to 16, the Member States shall apply to imports
of equidae from third countries conditions at least equivalent to thoseresulting from the application of Chapter II.
Article 12
1. In order to be imported, the equidae must come from a third
country or part of a third country appearing on a list included in aseparate column to be added to the list drawn up in accordance withArticle 3 of Directive 72/462/EEC.
2. The proceduresand criteria for the preparation, modification and
publication of the list of third countries or parts of third countries
provided for in Article 3 of Directive 72/462/EEC shall apply to thelist applicable to imports of equidae.
Article 13
1. The equidae must come from third countries:
(a) free from African horse sickness;
(b) which have been free for two yearsfrom Venezuelan equine ence-
phalomyelitis(VEE);
(c) which have been free for six months from dourine and glanders.
2. The Commission may, in accordance with the procedure laid
down in Article 24:
(a) decide that the provisions of paragraph 1 shall apply to only a part
of the territory of a third country.
In the event that the African horse sickness requirements apply on
a regional basis, at the very least the measures laid down in Article5 (2) and (3) must be complied with;
(b) require additional guarantees for diseases alien to the Community.
Article 14
Before the day of loading for transportation to the Member State of
destination, the equidae must have remained without interruption inthe territory or part of the territory of a third country or, in the eventof regionalization, in the part of the territory defined pursuant toArticle 13 (2) (a) for a period to be determined in the decisions to beadopted pursuant to Article 15.
They must come from a holding placed under veterinary supervision.
Article 15
Importation of equidae from the territory of a third country or part
thereof asdefined in accordance with Article 13 (2) (a) on the lis t
drawn up in accordance with Article 12 (1) shall be authorized only ifthe equidae, over and above the requirementsof Article 13:
(a) comply with the animal health requirementsadopted, with refer-
ence to the species in question and the categories of equidae, inaccordance with the procedure laid down in Article 24 for imports
of equidae from that country.
The reference basis for fixing animal health conditions in accor-
dance with paragraph 1 shall be the standards laid down inArticles4 and 5; and1990L0426 — EN — 31.07.2001 — 006.001 — 9
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(b) in the case of a third country not free of vesicular stomatitis or
viral arteritis for at least six months, the equidae must meet thefollowing requirements:
(i) they must come from a holding which has been free of vesi-
cular stomatitis for at least six months and they must havereacted negatively to a serological test prior to dispatch;
(ii) in the case of viral arteritis, male equidae must — notwith-
standing Article 19 (ii) — have reacted negatively to aserological test or to a virus isolation test or to any other testrecognized in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 24 which would guarantee freedom from the virus.
In accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 24, and
following the opinion of the Scientific Veterinary Committee,
the Commission may define the categories of male equidae to
which thisrequirement s hall apply.
Article 16
1. The equidae must be identified in accordance with Article 4 (4)
and accompanied by a certificate drawn up by an official veterinarian
of the exporting third country. Thiscertificate mus t:
(a) be issued on the day of loading of the animals for dispatch to the
Member State of destination or, in the case of registered horses, onthe last working day before embarkation;
(b) be drawn up in at least one of the official languages of the Member
States of destination and one of those of the Member State in
which the import inspection is carried out;
(c) accompany the animalsin the original;
(d) attest that the animals satisfy the requirements of this Directive and
those laid down pursuant to this Directive with regard to importa-
tion from third countries;
(e) consist of a single sheet;
(f) be made out for a single consignee or, in the case of animals for
slaughter, for a consignment, provided the animals are properlymarked and identified.
Member States shall inform the Commission if they make use of
thisoption.
2. The certificate must be drawn up on a form complying with a
model established in accordance with the procedure laid down inArticle 24.
Article 17
Checks shall be carried out on the spot by veterinary experts of the
Member States and the Commission to verify whether the provisionsof thisDirective, and in particular thos e of Article 12 (2), are beingapplied in practice.
Should checkscarried out within the termsof thisArticle bring to light
serious facts as against an approved holding, the Commission shall
immediately inform the Member Statesand forthwith adopt a decis ion
provisionally suspending the approval. The final decision shall be takenaccording to the procedure provided for in Article 25.
The experts from the Member States who are to be entrusted with these
checks shall be appointed by the Commission, acting on a proposalfrom the Member States.
These checks shall be made on behalf of the Community, which shall
bear the cost of any expenditure incurred in this connection.
The frequency of and the procedure for these checks shall be deter-
mined in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 24.1990L0426 — EN — 31.07.2001 — 006.001 — 10
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Article 18
1. Immediately upon arrival in the Member State of destination,
equidae for slaughter shall be taken to a slaughterhouse, either directly
or after transition through a market or a marshalling centre, and, inaccordance with animal health requirements, be slaughtered within aperiod of time specified in the decisions to be adopted pursuant toArticle 15.
2. Without prejudice to any special conditions which may be
adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 24, the
competent authority of the Member State of destination may, on animalhealth grounds, designate the slaughterhouse to which such equidaemust be taken.
Article 19
The Commission, acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 24:
(i) may decide that importsfrom a third country or part of a third
country are to be confined to particular species or categories;
(ii) shall, notwithstanding Article 15, establish the special conditions
for the temporary entry into Community territory of registered
equidae or equidae intended for special uses or their re-entry into
Community territory after being temporarily exported;
(iii) shall determine the conditions for converting temporary entry into
permanent entry.
CHAPTER IV
Finalprovisions
Article 22
The provisions of this Directive, and in particular those contained in
the second sentence of Article 4 (1) and in Articles 6, 8 and 21, shallbe re-examined before 1 January 1993 in the framework of the propo-sals relating to the completion of the internal market, on which theCouncil will decide by a qualified majority.
Article 23
The Annexes to this Directive shall be amended by the Commission in
accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 25.
Article 24
1. Where the procedure laid down in thisArticle isto be followed,
the chairman shall refer the matter without delay to the Standing Veter-inary Committee set up by Directive 68/361/EEC (
1), hereinafter
referred to asthe ‘Committee’, either on hisown initiative or at the
request of the representative of a Member State.
2. The representative of the Commission shall submit to the
Committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The Committee shalldeliver itsopinion on the draft within a time limit which the chairman
may lay down according to the urgency of the matter. The opinion
shall be delivered by the majority laid down in Article 148 (2) of theTreaty in the case of decisions which the Council is required to adopton a proposal from the Commission. The votes of the representatives ofthe Member Stateswithin the Committee s hall be weighted in themanner set out in that Article. The chairman shall not vote.1990L0426 — EN — 31.07.2001 — 006.001 — 11
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3. The Commission shall adopt the measures envisaged if they are in
accordance with the opinion of the Committee.
4. If the measures envisaged are not in accordance with the opinion
of the Committee, or if no opinion is delivered, the Commission shall
without delay submit to the Council a proposal relating to the measuresto be taken. The Council shall act by a qualified majority.
If, within three monthsof the date of referral to the Council, the
Council has not acted, the proposed measures shall be adopted by theCommission except where the Council has decided against themeasures by a simple majority.
Article 25
1. Where the procedure laid down in thisArticle isto be followed,
the chairman shall refer the matter without delay to the Committee
either on his own initiative or at the request of the representative of a
Member State.
2. The representative of the Commission shall submit to the
Committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The Committee shalldeliver its opinion on the draft within two days. The opinion shall bedelivered by the majority laid down in Article 148 (2) of the Treaty in
the case of decisions which the Council is required to adopt on a
proposal from the Commission. The votes of the representatives of theMember Stateswithin the Committee s hall be weighted in the mannerset out in that Article. The chairman shall not vote.
3. The Commission shall adopt the measures envisaged if they are in
accordance with the opinion of the Committee.
4. If the measures envisaged are not in accordance with the opinion
of the Committee, or if no opinion is delivered, the Commission shall
without delay submit to the Council a proposal relating to the measures
to be taken. The Council shall act by a qualified majority.
If, within 15 daysof the date of referral to the Council, the Council has
not acted, the proposed measures shall be adopted by the Commissionexcept where the Council has decided against the measures by a simplemajority.
Article 26
Article 34 of Directive 72/462/EEC shall apply to the requirements set
out in Chapter III of thisDirective.
Article 27
Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and admin-
istrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive no later
than 1 January 1992. They shall forthwith inform the Commissionthereof.
Article 28
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.1990L0426 — EN — 31.07.2001 — 006.001 — 12
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ANNEX A
COMPULSORILYNOTIFIABLEDISEASES
The following diseases are compulsorily notifiable:
— Dourine
— Glanders— Equine encephalomyelitis(of all types , including VEE)— Infectiousanaemia— Rabies
— Anthrax
— African horse sickness— Vesicular stomatitis1990L0426 — EN — 31.07.2001 — 006.001 — 13
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ANNEX B
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ANNEX C
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ANNEX D
AFRICANHORSESICKNESS
DIAGNOSIS
Complementfixationtest
The antigen isprepared from the brainsof one-month-old mice inoculated intra-
cerebrally with a neurotropic strain of the virus. This can be done using the
following method of Bourdin. The brainsare frozen and then ground in Veronal
buffer at the rate of 10 brains for 12 ml buffer. The resulting suspension is
centrifuged for one hour at 10 000 rpm at 4 ºC. The supernatant constitutes theantigen. It isus ed preferably without further modification but may be inacti-
vated with beta-propiolactone. Inactivation may be effected by adding 0,1 ml
of a 3 % solution of beta-propiolactone in distilled water to each 0,9 ml of
antigen and shaking the mixture for three hours at room temperature in a venti-
lated cabinet and for 18 hours at 4 ºC. One may also use Casals method (Casals
J. (1949):Pro Soc Exptl Bici Med, 70.339).
In the absence of an international standard serum, the antigen should be titrated
against a locally-prepared positive control serum.
Sera should be heated for 30 minutes at 60 ºC. To avoid anticomplementary
effects, sera should be separated from the blood as soon as possible, in parti-
cular sera from asses. Positive and negative control sera should be used in the
test.
One may use either a macro-technique or a micro-technique. In both cases, the
final point is represented by 50 % haemolysis.
To one volume of doubling dilutionsof s erum, add one volume antigen asindi-
cated by titration so that there are two units. Mix and leave for 15 minutes at
room temperature. Add two volumesof complement containing five units , mix,
cover the platesand leave for 18 hoursat 4 ºC. The complement s hould be
titrated in the presence of antigen to take into account all anticomplementary
effects. After leaving the plates for a further 15 minutes at room temperature,
add one volume of sensitized sheep erythrocytes diluted to 3 %. Mix and incu-
bate at 37 ºC for 30 minutes, mixing again after 15 minutes of incubation. If
platesare us ed, centrifuge the platesfor five minutesat 1 500 rpm at 4 ºC.1990L0426 — EN — 31.07.2001 — 006.001 — 17