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►B COMMISSION DECISION
of 2 September 1992
concerninganimal health conditions and veterinary certificates for the import of domestic animals
of the bovine and porcine species from Switzerland
(92/460/EEC)
(OJ L 261, 7.9.1992, p. 1)
Corrected by:
►C1Corrigendum, OJ L 85, 6.4.1993, p. 28 (92/460)
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COMMISSION DECISION
of 2 September 1992
concerninganimal health conditions and veterinary certificates for
the import of domestic animals of the bovine and porcine species
from Switzerland
(92/460/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community,
HavingregardtoCouncilDirective72/462/EECof12December1972
onhealthandveterinaryinspectionproblemsupontheimportofbovine,ovineandcaprineanimalsandswineandfreshmeatormeatproductsfromthird countries(
1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
3763/91(2), and in particular Article 8 and 11 thereof,
Whereas Member States shall import domestic animals of the bovine
and porcine species in accordance with the provisions of CouncilDirective91/496/EEC(
3)whichlaysdowntheprinciplesgoverningthe
organization of veterinary checks on animals entering the Communityfromthird countries;
Whereas the geographical proximity of Switzerland to the Community
has implications for trade in live animals;
Whereas following Community veterinary missions it appears that
animalhealthinSwitzerlandiscontrolledbyveterinaryserviceswhichcan offer satisfactory guarantees concerning diseases which might betransmitted through the import of domestic animals of the bovine orporcine species;
Whereas the responsible Swiss veterinary authorities have confirmed
thatSwitzerlandhasduringthelast24monthsbeenfreefromfoot-and-mouthdiseaseandduringthelast12monthsbeenfreefromrinderpest,contagious bovine pleuro-pneumonia, vesicular stomatitis, bluetongue,classicalswinefever,Africanswinefever,porcineenteroviralencepha-lomyelitis (Teschen disease), swine vesicular disease and vesicularexanthemaandthatnovaccinationshavebeencarriedoutagainstanyofthose diseases during the past 12 months;
WhereastheresponsibleSwissveterinaryauthoritieshaveundertakento
notify the Commission and the Member States, by telex or telefax,within 24 hours, of the confirmation of the occurrence of any of theabovementioneddiseasesoroftheadoptionofvaccinationagainstanyofthemor,withinanappropriateperiod,ofanyproposedchangesintheSwissimportrulesconcerningbovineanimalsorswineorthesemenorembryos thereof;
Whereasbovinetuberculosisandbrucellosishavebeeneradicatedfrom
Switzerland,vaccinationagainstbovinebrucellosisisnotpermittedandthe measures taken by the responsible Swiss authorities to prevent arecrudescence of these diseases are sufficient to equate the status ofSwiss herds, other than those under official restriction, with that ofherdsintheCommunityhavingthestatusofofficiallytuberculosis-freeor officially brucellosis-free;
WhereastheresponsibleSwissveterinaryauthoritieshaveundertakento
supervise officially the issue of certificates arising fromthis Decisionand to ensure that all relevant certificates, declarations and statementson which export certification may have been based remain on official
(1) OJ No L 302, 31. 12. 1972, p. 28.
(2) OJ No L 356, 24. 12. 1991, p. 1.
(3) OJ No L 268, 24. 9. 1991, p. 56.
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file for at least 12 months following the dispatch of the animals to
which they refer;
Whereas the responsible Swiss veterinary authorities have undertaken
not to permit the issue of the certificates described in the Annexes tothis Decision in respect of animals which have been imported intoSwitzerland unless such animals were imported in accordance withveterinaryconditionsatleastasstrictastherelevantrequirementslaiddowninDirective72/462/EEC,includinganyrelevantsubsidiarydeci-sions;
Whereas 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. Without prejudice to paragraphs 2 and 4, Member States shall
authorize the import from Switzerland of the following animals:
(a) domesticanimalsofthebovinespeciesforbreedingorproduction
whichmeettherequirementssetoutintheanimalhealthcertificatein Annex A to this Decision and are accompanied by such acertificate;
(b) domesticanimalsofthebovinespeciesforslaughterwhichmeetthe
requirementssetoutintheanimalhealthcertificateinAnnexBtothis Decision and are accompanied by such a certificate;
(c) domesticanimalsoftheporcinespeciesforbreedingorproduction
whichmeettherequirementssetoutintheanimalhealthcertificatein Annex C to this Decision and are accompanied by such acertificate;
(d) domestic animals of the porcine species for slaughter which meet
therequirementssetoutintheanimalhealthcertificateinAnnexDto this Decision and are accompanied by such a certificate.
2. MemberStatesmayonlyauthorizetheimportationfromSwitzer-
landofthedomesticanimalsofthebovineorporcinespeciesindicatedin paragraph 1 which have been imported into Switzerland if suchanimals were imported from the Community or from a third countryincluded in the list set out in the Annex to Council Decision 79/542/EEC(
1)insofarasitcoversdomesticanimalsofthesespeciesand
onlyiftheimportwaseffectedinaccordancewithveterinaryconditionsat least as strict as the requirements of Chapter II of Directive 72/462/EEC, including any relevant subsidiary decisions.
3. Member States shall require that animals which are submitted to
tests in application of this Decision are continuously isolated underconditions approved by an official Swiss veterinarian fromall cloven-hoofedanimalsnotformingpartofaconsignmentintendedforexportto the Community or not of equivalent health status to such animals,from the time of the first test to the time of loading.
4. MemberStatesmayonlypermittheentryontotheirterritoryfrom
Switzerland of bovine animals if such animals:
(a) comefromherdsdeclaredbytheSwissveterinaryauthoritiestobe
enzootic bovine leukosis-free as defined in Annex E to thisDecisionandhavebeensubjected,within30daysbeforeexportandwith negative result, to an individual test for enzootic bovineleukosis carried out according to the Protocol in Annex I toCommission Decision 91/189/EEC(
2);
(1) OJ No L 146, 14. 6. 1979, p. 15.
(2) OJ No L 96, 17. 4. 1991, p. 1.
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or
(b) areintendedformeatproduction,arenotmorethan30monthsof
age,comefromherdswhichareincludedinanationalprogrammefor the eradication of enzootic bovine leukosis and in which therehasbeennoevidencewhateverofthatdiseaseforatleasttwoyearsand are permanently marked as described in Annex F to thisDecision;
or
(c) come from herds which are included in a national programme for
the eradication of enzootic bovine leukosis, are consigned directlytoaslaughterhouseandareslaughteredwithinthreeworkingdaysof their arrival there.
Inthecaseoftheanimalsreferredtoat(b)and(c),MemberStatesshall
ensure, by inspection, that such animals are clearly identified, shallsupervisethemuntilslaughterandshalltakeallmeasuresnecessarytoprevent contamination of indigenous herds.
5. MemberStatesshallnotauthorizetheimportofdomesticanimals
ofthebovineorporcinespeciesotherthanasindicatedinthisArticle.
Article 2
Pending the entry into force of any measures adopted by the
Communityfortheeradication,preventionorcontrolofacontagiousorinfectious bovine or porcine disease other than rabies, tuberculosis,brucellosis, foot-and-mouth disease, anthrax, rinderpest, contagiousbovine pleuropneumonia, enzootic bovine leukosis, porcine enteroviralencephalomyelitis (Teschen disease), classical swine fever, Africanswine fever or swine vesicular disease, Member States may apply inrespect of animals imported from Switzerland such additional healthconditions as they apply to other animals within the framework of anationalprogramme,submittedtoandapprovedbytheCommission,forthe eradication, prevention or control of such disease.
Asatemporarymeasureuntil31December1992,MemberStatesmay
apply this Article in respect of national programmes which have beensubmittedtobutnotyetapprovedbytheCommissionbutinthatcasethey must, without delay, provide the Commission and the otherMember States with details of the relevant health conditions.
Article 3
1. MemberStatesshallrendertheintroductionintotheirterritoryof
bovineorporcineanimalsfromSwitzerlandsubjecttotheprovisionofa guarantee that the animals to be imported have not been vaccinatedagainst foot-and-mouth disease.
2. MemberStatesshallrendertheintroductionintotheirterritoryof
pigsfromSwitzerlandsubjecttotheprovisionofaguaranteethathavenotbeenvaccinatedagainstclassicalswinefeverand,inthecaseofpigsintendedforbreedingorproduction,aguaranteethattheyhaveshownanegative result to a test for the antibody produced by the virus ofclassical swine fever.
Article 4
ThisDecisionshallenterintoforce30daysafteritsnotificationtothe
Member States.
Article 5
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
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ANNEX A
ANIMAL HEALTH CERTIFICATE
for domestic animals of the bovine species for breedingand production intended for consig nment
to the European Economic Community

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V.Health information:
I, the undersigried official veterinarian, hereby certify:
►(1)1. that Switzerland has during the past 24 months been free from foot-and-mouth disease and during the
past12monthsbeenfreefromrinderpest,contagiousbovinepleuro-pneumonia,vesicularstomatitisandbluetongue,thatnovaccinationshavebeencarriedoutagainstanyofthesediseasesduringthepast12Monthsandthattheimportationofanimalsvaccinatedagainstfoot-and-mouthdiseaseisprohibited; ◄
2. that the animals described in this certificate meet the following requirements:
(a) — they were born on the territory of Switzerland and liave remained there since birth,
or
— theywereimported;notlessthansixmonthsago,frorrlaIVIemberStateoftheEuropeanCommunity
or frorn a third country included in the list annexed to Council Decision 70 / 542 / EEC, inaccordancewithveterinaryconditionsatleastasstrictastherelevantrequirementsofDirective72/4621 EEC, including any -subsidiary decisions;
(Delete’ unwanted reference)
(b)they have been examined this day and show no.clinical sigris of disease;
(c) they have not been vaccinated against foot-and-mouth disease;(d)they come from herds which are not restricted under the Swiss tuberculosis eradication, legislation,
— theyhavebeensubjectedwithinthepast30daysandwithnegativeresulttoanintradermaltuberculin
test;
(Delete reference to test if certificate applies to animals under six weeks old)
(e) they come from herds which are not restricted under the Swiss brucellosis eradication legislation,
— they have been subjected within the past 30 days to a serumagglutination test which showed, a
brucella count of less than 30 international units of agglutiriation per ml,
— they have not been vaccinated against brucellosis;
(Delete reference to test if certificate applies to animals under 12 months old or to male castrates of any age)
(f) — they come from herds dec1ared by the veterinary authorities of Switzerland to be enzootic bovine
leukosisfreeasdefinedinAnnexEtoDecision92/460/EECandhavebeen-subjected,withinthepast30 days and vith negative result, to an individual test for enzootic bovine leukosis,
or
— theyareintendedformeatproduction;arenotmorethan30monthsofage,comefromherdswhich
are included in a national programme for the eradication of enzootic bovine 1eukosis and in whichtherehasbeennoevidencewhateverofthatdiseaseduringthepasttwoyearsandaremarkedinthemanner defined in Annex 1 to Decision 92/460/EEC;
(Delete accordiig to the category of animal to which this certificate appies)
{g)theyshownoclinicalsignofmastitisandtheanalysis(andsecondanalysis,whererelevant)ofthemilk
carriedoutaccordingtoAnnexDtoCouncilDirictive64/432/EECwithinthepast30daysshowednocharacteristicinflammatorycondition,nospecificpathogenicmicro-organismor,inthecaseofasecondanalysis, the presence of an antibiotic;
(Delete section unless certificate applies to dairy cows)
(h)they are not animals which are to be destroyed under a national contagious or infectious disease
eradication programme;
(i) they have remairied duing the past 30 days, or since birth if Iess than 30 days old, on a holding or
holdingssituatedinthecentreofacircle20kmindiameterinwhich,accordingtoofficialfindingsbytheveterinaryauthoritiesofSwitzerland,duringthepast30daystherehasbeennocaseoffoot-and-mouthdisease;
(j) they come from holdings on which there has been no evidence of:
— anthrax for the past 30 days,— brucellosis for the past 12 months,
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ANNEX B
ANIMAL HEALTH CERTIFICATE
for domestic bovine animals for immediate slaughter intended for consignment to the European
Economic Community

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ANNEX C
ANIMAL HEALTH CERTIFICATE
for domestic animals of the porcine species for breedingand production intended for consig n-
ment to the European Economic Community

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ANNEX D
ANIMAL HEALTH CERTIFICATE
for domestic animals of the porcine species for immediate slaughter intended for consignment to
the European Economic Community

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ANNEX E
ENZOOTIC BOVINE LEUKOSIS-FREE HERDS AND REGIONS
1. A herd becomes established as enzootic bovine leukosis-free when:
(a) (i) therehasbeennoevidencewhateverofenzooticbovineleukosisintheherdforaperiodof
at least two years;
and
(ii) ithasbeensubjectedwithnegativeresulttotwoherdtestsforenzooticbovineleukosisat
anintervalofnotlessthanfourandnotmorethan12months,eachherdtestconsistingofone of the serological tests described in Annex I to Decision 91/189/EEC applied to allbovine animals in the herd over 24 months of age on the date of the test;
or
b) theregioninwhichitissituatedbecomesestablishedasanenzooticbovineleukosis-freeregion,
provided the status of the herd is not at the time suspended under the terms of paragraph 5.
2. A region becomes established as enzootic bovine leukosis-free when:
(a) at least 99,8% of bovine herds have the status of enzootic bovine leukosis-free;
or
(b) (i) therehasbeennoevidencewhateverofenzooticbovineleukosisintheregionforaperiod
of at least three years;
and
(ii) allbovineherdsintheregionhavebeensubjectedtoatleastoneherdtestasdescribedin
paragraph 1;
and
(iii) at least 10% of bovine herds in the region, selected on a randombasis, have been
subjected with negative result to at least two herd tests as described in paragraph 1.
3. A herd maintains its status as enzootic bovine leukosis-free as long as:
(a) there is no evidence whatever of enzootic bovine leukosis in the herd;
and
(b) allthebovineanimalsintheherdwerebornthereorwereintroducedfromherdsofenzootic
bovine leukosis-free status;
and
(c) within three years of the date of its establishment as enzootic bovine leukosis-free, and at
intervalsofnotmorethanthreeyearsthereafter,itissubjectedwithnegativeresulttoaherdtest as described in paragraph 1.
4. A region maintains its status as enzootic bovine leukosis-free as long as:
(a) eachyear,aproportionoftheherdsintheregion,selectedonarandombasisandsufficientin
numbertodemonstrate,witha99%confidencerating,thatnotmorethan0,2%ofherdsareinfected with enzootic bovine leukosis, have been subjected to a herd test as described inparagraph 1;
or
(b) each year, a proportion of the herds in the region, sufficient to contain at least 20% of the
bovineanimalsintheregionover24monthsofage,havebeensubjectedwithnegativeresulttoa herd test as described in paragraph 1.
5. The enzootic bovine leukosis free status of a herd is suspended when:
(a) the conditions described in paragraph 3 cease to apply;
or
(b) oneormoreanimalsgiveapositiveresulttooneoftheserologicaltestsdescribedinAnnexIto
Decision 91/189/EEC.
6. The enzootic bovine leukosis-free status of a region is suspended when:
(a) the conditions described in paragraph 4 cease to apply;
or
(b) enzooticbovineleukosisisdetectedandconfirmedinmorethan0,2%ofbovineherdsinthe
region.
7. The enzootic bovine leukosis-free status of a herd is re-established when:
(a) anyreactoranimaland,ifthereactorisacow,itsprogenyintheherdhavebeenremovedunder
thesupervisionoftheveterinaryauthoritiesforslaughter,exceptthatthecompetentauthoritymaygrantaderogationfromtherequirementfortheremovaloftheprogenyofareactorcowifitissatisfiedthattheanimal(s)was/wereseparatedfromits/theirdamimmediatelyafterbirth;
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and
(b) (i) ifthesuspensionresultsfromapositivetestonasingleanimal,theherdhasbeensubjected
with negative result and not less than three months after the withdrawal referred to inparagraph 7 (a) to a herd test as described in paragraph 1;
or
(ii) ifthesuspensionresultsfromapositivetestonmorethanoneanimal,theherdhasbeen
subjectedtotwoherdtestsasdescribedinparagraph1,thefirstbeingappliednotlessthanthreemonthsafterthewithdrawlreferredtoinparagraph7(a)andthesecondnotlessthanfour or more than 12 months later, the tests to include any progeny of a reactor cowretainedintheherdunderthederogationreferredtoinparagraph7(a),regardlessoftheirage at the time of test;
and
c) an epizootological enquiry has been conducted on all herds epizootologically linked to the
infected herd.
8. The enzootic bovine leukosis-free status of a region is re-established when:
(a) atleast99,8%ofbovineherdsintheregionhavethestatusofenzooticbovineleukosis-free;
and
(b) atleast20%ofbovineherdsintheregionhavebeensubjectedwithnegativeresulttotwoherd
tests as described in paragraph 1, at an interval of not less than four and not more than 12months.
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ANNEX F
Mark to be applied to bovine animals in application of Article 1 (4) (b)
Apermanentmark,havingthedimensionsindicatedbelow,appliedtoandvisibleonatleasttwoplaces
on the hind-quarters of each animal using the technique known as ‘freeze-branding'.