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►B COMMISSIONDECISION
of15July1999
establishing the officially brucellosis free status of bovine herds of certain Member States or
regionsofMember StatesandrepealingDecision97/175/EC
(notified under document number C(1999) 2092)
(TextwithEEArelevance)
(1999/466/EC)
(OJ L 181, 16.7.1999, p. 34)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page 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
►M3Commission Decision 2000/694/EC of 27 October 2000 L 286 41 11.11.2000
►M4Commission Decision 2002/588/EC of 11 July 2002 L 187 52 16.7.2002
▼B
COMMISSIONDECISION
of15July1999
establishing the officially brucellosis free status of bovine herds of
certain Member States or regions of Member States and repealing
Decision97/175/EC
(notified under document number C(1999) 2092)
(TextwithEEArelevance)
(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 problemsaffecting intra-Community trade in bovineanimalsand s wine(
1), aslas t amended by Directive 98/99/EC(2), and
in particular Annex AII(7) thereof,
(1)WhereasMember Statesor regionsof Member Statesmay 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 methodsof control for maintaining theofficially brucellosis-free status of bovine herds in certainMember States and regions of Member States, specifies theMember Statesand regionswithin Member Statesthat fulfil
these criteria;
(3)Whereas this Decision will not be adapted to the legal situation
on 1 July 1999 since Directive 64/432/EEC was amended byDirective 98/46/EC(
4); whereasmoreover certain provis ionsfor
the recognition as officially brucellosis-free Member State or
region have been modified by Directive 98/46/EC; whereasit isnecessary to repeal Decision 97/175/EC;
(4)Whereasin accordance with the provis ionsof Directive 64/432/
EEC Member Statesor regionsmay be declared officially
brucellosis-free if they meet the conditions of Annex AII(7) andthey retain their s tatusaslong asthe conditionsof Annex AII(8)are fulfilled;
(5)WhereasMember Statesand regionsofficially 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)Whereasin 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) No 820/97(
5) isa prerequis ite for granting the officially
free status for bovine brucellosis;
(7)Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accor-
dance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The Member Statesand regionsthereof referred to res pectively in
Annexes I and II are declared officially free of bovine brucellosis.1999D0466 — EN — 16.07.2002 — 004.001 — 2
(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.
▼B
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.1999D0466 — EN — 16.07.2002 — 004.001 — 3
▼B
ANNEXI
MEMBER STATES DECLARED OFFICIALLY FREE OF BOVINE
BRUCELLOSIS ►M1 ◄
Denmark
Germany
Luxembourg
Netherlands(1)
AustriaFinland
Sweden1999D0466 — EN — 16.07.2002 — 004.001 — 4
(1) Asfrom 1 Augus t 1999.
▼M4
ANNEXII
REGIONS OF MEMBER STATES DECLAREDOFFICIALLY FREE OF
BOVINEBRUCELLOSIS
Great Britain (United Kingdom)
Province Bolzano (Italy)
Islands of Pico, Graciosa, Flores and Corvo (Autonomous Region of Azores,
Portugal).1999D0466 — EN — 16.07.2002 — 004.001 — 5